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Carlos Delgado is on pace to hit around .235, just under 30 home runs and 90 RBI this season, which would be quite similar to his totals from 2007.
However, his batting average, on base percentage and slugging percentage will all likely drop for the fourth consecutive season.
In 30 day games this season, Delgado is batting .293, while averaging one home run every 10 or so at bats.
Meanwhile, in 49 night games this season, Delgado is batting just .190, while averaging one home run every 50 at bats.
Delgado is batting .214 with runners in scoring position.
He has already made eight errors this season. He made eight errors total in 2007, as well as in 2006.
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I think a bunch of people might have accidentally voted thinking they were voting for Reyes. I know I did.
That explains my post below, hahaha.
lol yea same thing happened to me
How’d you mix that up?
look at my response to adam jones.
This was originally in the Reyes post. Then it was moved to it’s own post.
After 24 votes, Delgado is tied for A/B with 6 a piece, and he’s finishing last in the ‘F’ category with only 3. Oh boy, give it 15 minutes and lets see where we’re at.
Oh boy the main event..grading delgado. Im sure alot of people are going to go for the F in this grading. IMO i think C is a good grade for delgado. He is just your average 1b man at this point in his career and i think he will have a better second half. If matt fixes the vote thing because apparently me and gina thought we were voting for reyes again…my vote for delgado would be a C.
a C for delgado and a C+ for Reyes?!!? I don’t understand your bell curve.
Well IMO delgado is giving what i expected him to give and thats average numbers for a 1b man. I didnt nor do i expect delgado to deliver 06 and past season numbers. I gave reyes a C+/B- because i know reyes can be better and can be more consistant. Reyes best days are ahead of him and thats something to look fwd to and yea its a bit rough but its tough love. Delgados best days are behind him and frankly a C for putting up average numbers for 1b is fair by me
your tough love is tough! I see what you mean, but just for straight-up-performance-comparison sake: Reyes is 2nd in SS VORP in all of baseball behind HRamirez. At 1B, Delgado is 23rd (or 16th out of 19 with at least 300 plate appearances). I do understand the emotional side of it, though.
Why did you think you were voting for Reyes? It clearly says Delgado and Reyes is 4 posts down. Do you people not read?
because when i saw the voting panel it was under the reyes profile..so i voted for reyes again..when it refreshed to tally my vote in, a new profile was up for delgado and my vote went to his poll.
It must be the metsblog/SNY “connection” further adding to the idea that they are in cahoots together. On tonight’s pregame Matt will do a segment on how Delgado was receiving a great number of A/B votes and then all of the sudden the masses turned and started voting D/F. FIRE WILLIE!!!
On the plus side, Delgado’s power/rbi numbers are on pace for what we expected. Of course the projections are inflated due to Delgado’s outburst last weekend at Yankee stadium.
All around batting, defense and all that other stuff is just awful. Seeing as he’d be batting 7 in a healthy Mets lineup, I’d give him a D based on what he has done so far.
Slightly off topic but has anyone else noticed that Delgado might have a problem with his vision? Look at his at bats- he goes from squinting to wildly bulging eyes and back and forth again. I noticed it last year and particularly this year. i could be wrong-maybe he’s always looked like that but I think I would have noticed. Remember the terrible year bernard Gilkey had back in the 90s that had everyone stumped and then his vision was corrected and he bounced right back the next year in Arizona. If you think Mets doctors would notice this during a physical don’t forget they “missed” the dislocated shoulder of Duaner Sanchez after the taxicab incident-costing him all of last season. Seriously, watch Delgados at bats on tv and tell me he isn’t having trouble with his eyesight
PLEASE remove the ‘B’ I gave to Reyes and substitute 16 million ‘F’s for this POS. It’s enough to make you believe in conspiracies… only Delgado’s poll gets mixed up, all the others were fine. Let’s start counting the hanging chads!
So, a guy who is going to hit 30 homers and drive in 90 runs is a POS? Brilliant.
He’s no POS, but that would be the most overrated 30/90 in the history of Major League Baseball.
Have you actually watched any other game he’s played in besides that 9 RBI epiphany against the Yanks? He’s dead weight.
D
I’ve watched just about every game this year. He clearly isn’t the same player he used to be, and he was absolutely awful the first 23 games of the season. But, over the past 60 games, he’s batting around .260 and producing at a 35HR/95RBI pace.
Considering the monster season and post-season he had in 2006, I’m amazed that so many people hate him so much. During his time here has has produced much more on the field than Pedro or Alou. Yet, I don’t sense nearly the same level of hatred toward them.
I think a lot of his has to do with his anti-American antics / statements and the hate/hate relationship with the fans. Pedro and Alou have never spoken badly about our country and they remain fan favorites despite their lack of production. Pedro revitalized the mets image, whether he get shelled for 5ER or more in every start he makes for the rest of the year (which I believe he will) there is no debating that he revitalized this organization.
Delgado is from Puerto Rico, so um, America is HIS country, too. I also don’t recall comments he made. I do recall him silently protesting the military testing going on in Vieques, Puerto Rico by not standing for God Bless America. It’s pretty funny that the very same people who love to throw the word freedom around are the first people to hate someone for actually exercising it. Good times.
Also, what the hell does any of that have to do with baseball?
freedom of speech is only for private citizens in their own home, not for guys getting paid millions of dollars to play a game! baseball should be played by homogenous cliche-spouting Solid Americans who stick to the plan and play for the winning team, PERIOD.
anyone who calls his .265 in ‘06 “monster” is beyond help- but I will try. A) nobody brought up his protest- YOU did. B) Vieques was another one of his campaigns, but ‘not standing’ was related to Iraq C) John Rocker expressed himself freely in a magazine and baseball excommunicated him- did you defend his freedom? Delgado brought his protest ONTO THE FIELD, while IN UNIFORM- try that at your office, see what happens! D) No other Met ever talked about his ‘boredom’ or showed it more on the field… Pedro and Alou have PRODUCED and TRIED HARD- they’ve been injured. Totally different.
There is a difference between quietly protesting your cause, and being a bigot and a racist.
Wow, you are wrong about so many things here I’m not really sure where to start.
Actually, I do. I’ll start with this:
Comment by ParisWilponCOO
2008-07-02 14:29:38
A) nobody brought up his protest- YOU did.
WRONG
Comment by Adam_Jones
2008-07-02 14:09:40
I think a lot of his has to do with his anti-American antics / statements and the hate/hate relationship with the fans.
Clearly, even you can see that I didn’t bring it up.
As for Delgado being against the war in Iraq, he didn’t bring the protest on the field. He quietly went into the clubhouse so as not to make a spectacle of it. And, oh my, he was against the war in Iraq. What a jackass. Now that he sees what a roaring success it was, I bet he wishes he could re-think that one. And, I don’t know about you, but I’m not asked to stand for God Bless America everyday at my job.
I suppose I’m beyond help for thinking 38 homers and 114 RBI in a pitchers park is a monster year. That’s just as dumb as Delgado thinking the Iraq War was a bad idea.
On the subject of Delgado’s “boredom,” the only way anyone could take his comments as saying HE was bored, is to intentionally misrepresent what he said.
As Matt posted on this blog in November:
“Carlos Delgado has been getting mocked and criticized for having said he was bored during the end of the season, which is not accurate…i keep reading in this site’s comment’s section, as well as hearing on talk radio, about how delgado is bored, he doesn’t care, etc, due to comments he made in a pre-game interview on WFAN in late September…for the record, here are the comments, of which he was speaking and generalizing about his sense of the team, not his specific, individual attitude…
“Delgado, talking to WFAN on September 21, 2007 said…
“’I think at times we can get a little careless. We’ve got so much talent, I think sometimes we get bored.’
“…he’s not saying he is bored, specifically…he’s saying the team in general would play like it was bored, which is something i think you and i would actually agree with him about…yet, if you read and listen to some fans, you’d think the statement was, ‘I, Carlos Delgado, am bored and do not care to win,’ which is not at all what he said…”
I love Pedro as much as the next guy, but the bottom line is he hasn’t been there when the team needed him. I understand he’s been injured because he is old and it’s not his fault. How is that any different than Delgado not catching up to a fastball the way he used to because he’s old? Delgado hit .351 in the playoffs in 2006 with an OPS of 1.199, which is slightly better than say David Wright’s .216 BA and .688 OPS in the 2006 playoffs.
well writ, that.
Lots of players have hit well in a handful of playoff games- that doesn’t justify a lousy season. The timing of his ridiculous 1-month on/1-month off happened to be good that year- he hit .250 with 4 HR for all of September, then woke up for a few days in October. MEANWHILE, he hit .229 with RISP all year in ‘07, and Willie had him at 4th or 5th almost every game. If he had just hit .250 or .260 that would have made a difference of 5 or 6 games, therefore playoffs. Are you willing to admit that he is a major reason we missed the playoffs last year?
By the way, the song is not “Bless Iraq” or “Bless Bush”- they started playing it to commemorate 3,000 deaths a few miles from Shea. If he goes and pisses on Ground Zero in a Mets uni, is that an appropriate ‘protest’ also? As a citizen, he is welcome to march, speak, sing or not stand at any moment of his private life. When he wears a Mets uniform, he represents the team and MLB and should refrain from ANY politics, pro or con, until the shirt comes off.
dude, he isn’t pissing on ground zero. you’re offering false comparisons. and apparently, MLB doesn’t have a problem with it, nor does the team. I see the issue upsets you, but having a personal disagreement with his political views doesn’t mean he worked any less at his job than anyone else.
I do agree that Delgado’s sub par year last year contributed to the Mets missing the playoffs. Along with Reyes falling apart in the second half, Alou and Pedro being hurt all the time and no one being able to pitch the last month of the season.
Comment by ParisWilponCOO
2008-07-02 15:09:16
If he goes and pisses on Ground Zero in a Mets uni, is that an appropriate ‘protest’ also?
YES, that’s exactly the same thing as quietly protesting.
Comment by ParisWilponCOO
2008-07-02 15:09:16
When he wears a Mets uniform, he represents the team and MLB and should refrain from ANY politics, pro or con, until the shirt comes off.
Not that I’d want you to have to bear the inconvenience of letting the facts get in the way of hating a guy on your own team, but he has actually never engaged in this protest as a member of the Mets. The Mets have a policy that everyone stands during God Bless America and Delgado has made clear that he is an employee of the team, thus he will abide by the wishes of ownership.
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I agree.
Also, most people believe in freedom of speech, but just because you believe in it doesn’t have mean that you have to agree with that speech. You can still disagree with what he/she says or how they express it.
Of course, I don’t think someone has to agree with Delgado. Each of us has the right to our own opinion. I just fail to see what it has to do with baseball. It makes perfect sense if you want to vote against someone because you disagree with them on these things. But, it just seems silly to me to hate a baseball player on your own team because of it.
But, hey, to each his own.
What did Rocker’s comments in a magazine have to do with baseball? Delgado brought politics onto the field- I have never criticized anything he did or said in his private life. I am fairly certain he made sure to ‘disappear’ at the right time when he first joined the Mets; but if I am wrong, I KNOW he did it while wearing an official MLB uniform while on a baseball field, and to me that is absolutely inappropriate. How hard is it to wait until AFTER the game to stage whatever protest you want? Unless you want to USE the stadium as a soapbox for your views…
I agree with you that Rocker’s comments had nothing to do with baseball. My hatred of Rocker was because of the uniform he wore, not because of anything he said. Which is the same reason I root for Delgado and everyone else in orange and blue.
I’m against all forms of Political Correctness, whether it’s comments about race and gender or judging someone’s patriotism by whether or not they stand for “God Bless America.”
If Delgado chose that method of opposing the war, or used his platform as an athlete to express his support for it, I wouldn’t care. I just root for the guys wearing the Mets uniform. I find it kind of refreshing, whether or not I agree with his views. I’m sick of the Jordan/Tiger/Jeter model of athlete as mindless, cliche-spewing robot. I mean, wow, what does it say about how low our politics have sunk if we can’t root for a guy who has a different opinion? Guys like Cobb, Ali and Clemente spoke out about issues and, whether they were right or wrong, somehow the word didn’t go careening off its axis.
Correcting a typo.
End of my post should say “the WORLD didn’t go careening off its axis.”
Nice to see that we can find some common ground- I WANT to root for anyone in blue & orange… sometimes I just can’t. Cheaters (Mota) Spitters (Alomar) People who publicly scorn the Mets (Delgado as a free agent) are just anathema to me. Criminals like Sprewell (assault) or Ali- refusing to report for the draft (under a Democratic president, by the way) are dead to me. Aside from that, I have no beef with anyone having an opinion, and expressing it in any NON-OFFICIAL venue.
Strong argument, Booo, and I think both you guys have a point on Delgado. There’s one thing you’re forgetting about – there is a court of public opinion and there is a court of judicial opinion.
Judiciously, Delgado is free to do whatever he wants – and surely he has a full right to – guaranteed by the 2nd amendment. However, a court of public opinion is a different creature, creating social laws that are outside the boundaries of the constitution. For Delgado’s specific example, that law is centered around the strong patriotism wrapped around this country, especially at a time when we were entering the war with Iraq. Pro-war and pro-American propoganda was everywhere – the republicans are masters at it. And guess what, Delgado’s stand on it, while 100% within his rights, hit hard against the overly patriotic fans, media and the like and spoiled his image.
See – the guy you’re arguing with doesn’t even know whether Delgado is still doing it or not – but the court had been adjourned a while ago. You can put this one in the same pot that makes Troy Percival be “fiery” and Reyes “immature”. The opinion is different in the north – where we are more liberal with our views, however most of US is engulfed with whatever brainwashing their delegates are feeding them – as if they’re too blind or too stupid to make their own rational decisions. And I hate to make a political statement of my own, but it’s that kind of idiocracy that got that Texan into office in the first place…
LOL- I would love to see Delgado exercising his 2nd amendment right to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. And while Boooo and I have debated the appropriateness of Delgado’s conduct without name-calling or political statements, you manage to call people ‘blind’, ’stupid’ and ‘brainwashed’ for not sharing your ‘liberal’ views. Add in some degrading stereotypes about the “North” vs. ‘Texans’, some shots at Republicans and people who are patriotic… yes, you are just a wonderful open-minded fan here to talk sports, aren’t you?
Boooooooooooooo (Did I miss an o? ), You are clearly either Delgado’s agent or Delgado himself, which one is it?
I’ll give you credit, your posts and arguments are very well written and you really do Delgado justice by defending his position. You almost have me agreeing with everything you say and you even back up your position with actual quotes (unlike most posters on here who just put words in people’s mouths). But, then………………………………. I slap myself in the face and snap myself out it. Boy, that Coolaide you dish out is mighty strong stuff! LOL.
Again, I applaud you for intelligently articulating your points and making very strong arguments why Delgado does not deserve all the criticisms he has received from Mets fans. I said I applaud you, not agree with you.
As I’m sure you are well aware, numbers don’t always tell the whole story, especially in baseball.
You are very fund of projecting ahead and crediting Delgado with 25+ HRs and 90+ RBI’s in 2008 but with a .235 batting average, that basically tells us the guy is a “Feast or Famine” hitter with absolutely no consistency at the plate and a “Human” rally killer 85% of the time except that occasional game (Yankees) where he pads his numbers for season’s end. Is it any wonder opposing pitchers pitch around Beltran and Wright? So what if he hits an occasional HR now and then, pitchers will take their chances every time with Delgado knowing they have an 85% chance of getting him out. I know I would if I were pitching and had to face that Mets line-up. Let me see……………85% = OUT, 15% = HR, I’ll take those odds every time baby.
And by the way, it’s not just us Mets fan getting on Delgado case, almost every professional sports analyst that cover the game of baseball basically say the same thing. The guy is washed up. But I’m sure you’ll have some “Piffy” comments to throw my way and probably some more quotes and stats as well, fire away body, I’m kind of thirsty and could use some more Coolaide! LOL X-Man.
Ah Paris, it always comes down to Right Vs. Left it seems, we must be in a political year. LOL I myself am an Independant and can appreciate both sides.
Zero09 on the other hand will NEVER appreciate the other side of the argument and you can tell that by his “Closed” minded comments when refering to the “Texan”. I will throw a political jab back his way and say that I can guarantee you he runs with the Hollywood crowd. Don’t forget “Middle America” my friend, there allot of Real Estate between LA and NY.
I hear you X-man- both extremes are in overdrive right now (Bush=Satan; Obama=Osama). Too bad the Mets are so mediocre right now- including Delgado. I would much rather be watching Jacobs or Carp at first, Kepp or Gotay at 2nd… When will this franchise realize that buying over-the-hill former stars makes you like the ’80’s yankees- not the Mets?
I think C is good for now, because I am anticipating him hitting around .280 in the 2nd half.
Finishing up around .260 28-30 HR 90 RBI’s.
are the Mets playing all day games in the second half?
I think some of the A/B’s are because people expected Delgado to be worse, and he’s exceeded their expectations.
I can’t believe this guy is getting this many good votes. People must be making mistakes.
Unlike Reyes, Wright, and Castillo, I did not expect much from Delgado. Therefore he has only minimally disappointed me, and I gave him a D. I thought seriously about the F becuase he wiffs too much and sucks on 1st, but he is on pace for 30 dingers and 90 RBI’s, which is hard to give an F.
Crap, the more I think about it, I wish I would have given him an F.
Delgado’s offense has been acceptably mediocre. I wasnt expecting him to get any better than last year like Omar…
But his defense has been attrocious, and I thought his defense was terrible last year and couldnt get worse… but it has.
I gave him a D. If his defense was just as terrible as last year I would have given him a C. My expectations were for him to be one of the worst 1B in the NL.
If the Twins stay in the playoff hunt do you think we can send them Delgado as a player to be named later in the Santana trade?
I’d give him a C for his offense, right around what I expected, and a D/F for his pitiful defense. Between him and Castillo Church must be getting a hell of a work-out.
D, D, D all the way.
The Mets have played 83 games, and he has played in 81, that is a problem.
I think if this guy was given at least a blow a week, it might make a slight difference, but not all that much.
May an American League team need a DH, now, please.
I gave Carlos a C. He is basically putting up the kind of stats you could reasonably expect for a declining slugger in the post-juice era. Albeit, he puts up his numbers in streaky clumps, which is electrifying on the 3-for-3 days, or multiple home run games, but frustrating and maddening during the those 2-for-19 stretches in between the explosions.
His fielding has definitely gotten worse, and seems to be declining faster this year.
But, all the hate directed at him is, i feel, misguided. Actually, hate directed at ANY Met, feels ridiculous and inappropriate.
That being said, I look forward to cheering a bunch of new young Mets like Carp, Davis, Evans, Murphy, Niese, Holt in the near future.
Let’s beat the stinkin Red Birds tonite, and destroy the Philles this weekend. Squash them like bugs.
Up until now, I’ve been explaining the thought process behind my grades. No need here. And all of you who have watched this man play on a regular basis know why he deserves:
D
I gave him a D.
he’s been better, but needs to sustain it.
i guess its safe to say delgado gets a D lol
That’s right… come to the dark side!
lol not even close my friend just stating the obvious per the vote turn out at the moment
Oh where’s the fun in that!
You stink… :P
Seriously.. Who would give him an A…. Must be Philly fans..
Or Dan Giese.
scroll up.
to?
… or for fun?
To the posts explaining how he got A’s and B’s.
I’ll give him an A on opposite day. Too bad that’s not until next month.
Try this hypothetical: Mike Carp hits .240 with 25 HR and 80 RBI. Lots of errors, about .200 with RISP. What grade do you give him? Probably a C, “well, he’s young, he’ll improve..” Now imagine that he gets approximately 5 DOLLARS OUT OF EVERY TICKET SOLD AT SHEA THIS YEAR. Add in that he’s a veteran, that we traded multiple prospects for. Just because you don’t WANT him to be Mo Vaughn doesn’t mean he isn’t! Actually that’s not fair to Mo, who was never ‘bored’ and who we swapped a big bad contract for- not Jacobs, who is ALREADY out-producing Delgado. When you add bad numbers + superstar salary+ bad attitude, the result is F minus minus!
i gave him a D. he is the oliver perez of our offense.
how can u give this guy ANYTHING but an F?
does ANYONE watch the games?
NUMBERS alone cannot be the judge of a player. He hits his HRs and gets on base when NO ONE else is on (the yankee game being the one friggin exception).WHen we need him, he never comes thru. So many of his hits are meaningless. The power is there, whooppee. His BA, SLG, and OBP are ALL declining AGAIN
AND, while making a few nice diving grabs here and there, he ALREADY matched his error total last year.
I TRULY am a Delgado fan, i always have been. But he is BY FAR one of the main reasons this team is hovering around .500
u want some STATS, not “numbers” (as in Rbis/HR and stuff)
avg. w/ bases loaded: .143, ok thats only 9 ABs…but how about this
Close and Late: .116, THREEEEEEE rbis…3 (43 AB)
Men on, 2 out: .186, 15 RBIs
Yes, there are SOME situations where he is doing well (1st and 3rd, hitting .500 w/ 12 ABs, Man on 3rd <2 outs hitting .294 w/ 14 rbis)
but when we TRULY need him, the guy Ks or pops up to SHALLOWWWW Center/2b, thus not even moving a runner or driving him home
He deserves an F. Plain and simple
Its nice to see stats that show justice to just how pitiful hes been and how hes hurting this team every time he plays. Its the little things he does horribly that cost us games. Any time we need a big hit from him it never comes. The only time he plays well is when were either up or down a ton of runs. Its good to see there are other people out there who actually know something about players and not just what they see in the 5 games they watch all year
I think Pedro Cerrano is doing exactly what we expect of him.
He’s an aged overpaid 1st base lug who we all knew would do this the final two years of his contract.
We basically traded him for crap though, Mike Jacobs really isnt anything special. we had him for the four best games of his carrer in AZ three years ago.
listen, u cant get on omar for the jacobs for delgado deal. in 2006, delgado really helped this team. if we trade for a superstar say this year, you arent going to worry about whats going to happen years from now. plus, jacobs had only a really good month before that deal happened. delgado is not omars fault. castillo, on the other hand, u can blame omar for resigning him. delgado’s struggles are only on him.
I can see how the D is warranted, after the fluke 9RBI game put him on pace for 30/90. HOWEVER, how more people believe he’s closer to a C than an F is absolutely absurd!
Well its like this. His average has gon down each season. I think he will get up to a .250 by seasons end which isn’t great but isn’t terrible. He will hit 30 HR and 90 rbis.
But When we traded for him we thought we were getting .300 35-40 HR and 100-120 rbi.
I cannot grant him any leiniency but will note the following
AVG HR RBI OPS
Ryan Howard .218 20 68 .77
Kevin Millar .239 11 34 .727
Adam LaRoche .235 8 35 .696
Richie Sexson .226 10 27 .699
Delgado .236 14 45 .748
A lot of worse 1B in the leauge. on a curve I can offer some bonus points for this exam but being he is suppose to be one of our main middle of the order guys I will raise him from the F to a D+
People stop with the 30/90 crap, he is not hitting that. He really isn’t on pace for it, sure he technically is because of the 9RBI game, but before that he was on pace for 20/75-80, let’s calm down a bit.
Comeon Adam. You know he is going to bust out and probably hit 60 or so HR the second half. Be optimistic.
I know, I know. Not only that, but he will go on a tear in the playoffs and hit 6 postseason home runs for us. Every team’s scouting card on him will suddenly change from pitching high and tight on him, starting him off with 2 strikes (derived from the swinging variety) to throwing meatballs over the center of the plate ala batting practice.
you people all need to relax……what did you expect?
who would you rather playing first for us?
anderson = no thanks
tatis = hgh and one hr
phillips = yankee scraps
easly = ah no
carp = hmm AA and not ready
Delgado is still a threat and I’ll take his 20-25 hrs right now…..church is back so lets just relax
Carp AA and not ready? That’s funny because the majority of the blog is calling for Ike Davis to be called up ASAP and to be starting next year. Let’s see IKE hit .340 in AA for an entire season before we say he’s ready.
If everyone is healthy, I’ll take his numbers out of the 7 hole anyday. It just hurts so much more when he’s hitting 5 or 6.
yeah of course it does but if people started to lay off this guy and maybe cheer for him or maybe stop booing he’d settle in and do some work………not carry out but do some work…..Like hes done
While not entirely fair, if you take away his 9 RBI game, he may have been on pace for 26 HR and 70 RBI. It appears that this is a more accurate reflection of the type of player he has been this season. That being said, he seems to be remotely productive against right-handed pitching, particularly those without “nasty” stuff. They really need to find a right-handed semi-platoon option for 1B- a guy with power. I would love to see this Pascucci guy get that shot. If Delgado is not overexposed he can still be somewhat productive; and would also add a power left-handed bat to the bench when he doesn’t start. This organization simply refuses to use the parts they have in the best possible arrangement.
I was going to give him a D.
Then I realized that he has failed to do anything he is supposed to, and I can name 100 people who I’d rather have at 1B (including Shawn Green). So, I gave him an F.
I’d love if Green was our starting 1B too, however he is not of latin origin.
I’d hate Shawn Green there, but I’d take him over Delgado.
I’m starting to think that Sexson might also be better than Delgado.
The guy is a waste.
Sexson no, but Green wouldn’t fail 80% of the time, he wouldn’t be an automatic out, he fouls off a ton of pitches, works the count and is an intelligent overall baseball player with class, character and heart. How many times did the goofball dive for a ball in right field for his hat to go flying, yet Delgado can’t dive for a ball in the infield dirt as he’s afraid to cut his hands and get an infection. Hell Delgado can’t be bothered to even bend down at this point.
Delgado is like the 3rd coming of Bobby Bonilla
you are an idiot thats all
who’d you like ?
Why can’t I grade Delgado? I have been waiting for this for two days. The results are already posted and I do not have the option to vote. I tried to refresh the page two or three times but no luck.
You’re probably one of the many whose vote for Reyes went into the Delgado numbers (aka: ALL the A’s and B’s, probably most of the C’s). Now you’ve voted, you can’t vote again.
Great…an artificially inflated Delgado grade. This guy should be somewhere between an F and a D. I was wondering how he got so many C’s.
I gave him a big fat F. His attitude has done much damage to this team. He’s nothing but a Puerto Rican Dave Kingman now, with special emphasis on the fading, lazy defensive play…
Cut Delgado, then fire Omar
Cut Delgado…sure, if it is late enough in the season and they are totally out of it…then why not? However, I just don’t get how everyone is calling for Omar’s head. Think about it…during spring training about 90% of the baseball world thought the Mets were the best NL team on paper and favored to make it to the word series. Everyone applauded Omar for pulling off the Santana trade when no one thought the Mets had a chance. That’s all the GM can do…assemble the roster. If the players get hurt or do not perform to their max abilities, why is that Omar’s fault?
No, another thing a GM can do is do no harm. And by picking up Alou’s option, giving El Duque 2 years, giving Castillo 4 years, banking on Delgado for 3 years, neglecting the farm system, and other misdeeds … Omar did plenty of harm.
That’s why many of use think the team would be better off with a better GM.
No one was saying any of those things before the season started and we all thought the Mets were going to dominate and make it to the world series. Hindsight is 20/20.
I’d like to know who the 21 people where who gave Delgado an A.
That is truly a mystery to me