Comments on: Health: El Duque Update

By: Dafatone80

Dafatone80 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:08:35 +0000

Okay, the answer here is simple. Get Duque healthy, tell him not to pitch.

Make the postseason (that’s the hard step)

Throw El Duque pretty much every single postseason game. Let him start, let him relieve, let him close, let him pinch hit, I don’t care.

By: Dafatone80

Dafatone80 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:07:47 +0000

Armas isn’t exactly young.

By: GangstasOnTheField

GangstasOnTheField — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:19:49 +0000

haha awesome because you put who before “que” which means “what” in spanish…very nice

By: preiman

preiman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:07:41 +0000

We would be better suited to offer RON Darling a contract.

El Duque is not going to do anything but take a roster spot from a more desrving young player that we can develop. AKA Armas,Kunz, ETc,,,,

Be real. trade this guy for cash and some baseballs to anyone that will take the contract.
Maybey AARP will be interested

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:03:29 +0000

It’s out of 119, min 50 plate appearances with RISP to qualify, but you’re right it’s not bad. It’s just not like he’s been amazing with RISP.

By: zer09

zer09 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:51:01 +0000

That thing gets tons of swings and misses. I love that curve…

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:49:16 +0000

28th of 208 position players (assuming 13 position players/team) isn’t that bad.

By: zer09

zer09 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:48:43 +0000

You can’t be serious. When El Duque’s on, he’s on. There is a reason why this guy is 42 and is still pitching in the majors – he can pitch, no doubt about it. If he’s “back to normal” – whenever that may be – I want him on the roster for sure. Who are we sending down? How about Armas? Who are we sending down when Alou comes back? How about Tatis?

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:47:50 +0000

Well if Orlando Hudson makes it to free agency, he has said he’d love to play in Flushing (of course it could just be a ploy)…Thats a big if however. 2nd base is probably the shallowest postion in the bigs in terms of talent and depth. A guy like Hudson can command a great contract, and will get interest from many teams….The 4 year deal to Castillo was tough to swallow, but imagine how much worse the team would be if they didn’t get him (for the record, Gotay is hitting on the interstate).

By: zer09

zer09 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:45:23 +0000

I think it’s way too early for that question, metfan. Omar will have a lot of money to play around with and if he can’t land a big bat at first base, he’ll likely pursue a big bat in LF. I can’t imagine having rookies at both positions…