Comments on: Q&A: MetsBlog and C Josh Thole http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/ Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nate W. http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590716 Nate W. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590716 It only has no effect if Thole would have to be added this winter. Which I don't know if he does or doesn't... But in general when you add players early for no good reason it exposes someone else you could protect. It makes little sense to call up a player until the Sept before the winter he needs to be put on the 40 man roster unless there is a need or he is ready. Isn't Fernando Martinez accumulating half a year of service time for being on the big league DL mistake enough? Should we do the same with Holt and Mejia so fans can get a look at them? It only has no effect if Thole would have to be added this winter. Which I don’t know if he does or doesn’t…

But in general when you add players early for no good reason it exposes someone else you could protect. It makes little sense to call up a player until the Sept before the winter he needs to be put on the 40 man roster unless there is a need or he is ready.

Isn’t Fernando Martinez accumulating half a year of service time for being on the big league DL mistake enough? Should we do the same with Holt and Mejia so fans can get a look at them?

]]> By: Nate W. http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590714 Nate W. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:09:25 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590714 Yes it is! If he is put on the 40 man roster two years before he had to be it is two more years that someone else can't be on the 40 man roster. Its silly to call someone like Mejia up to so the fans can get a look at him. If you want to see him go to Binghamton. Leave him be until he is ready to help the Mets win something. They have nothing to win this year. Yes it is!

If he is put on the 40 man roster two years before he had to be it is two more years that someone else can’t be on the 40 man roster. Its silly to call someone like Mejia up to so the fans can get a look at him. If you want to see him go to Binghamton.

Leave him be until he is ready to help the Mets win something. They have nothing to win this year.

]]> By: Razor Shines http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590636 Razor Shines Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:08:39 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590636 Victor Martinez : Dog :: Josh Thole : Tail wagging the dog Victor Martinez : Dog :: Josh Thole : Tail wagging the dog

]]> By: theperfectgame http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590632 theperfectgame Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:58:16 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590632 Mejia will start 2010 in Binghamton. He may make it to Buffalo, but it's highly doubtful he'll be there the whole year. Mejia will start 2010 in Binghamton. He may make it to Buffalo, but it’s highly doubtful he’ll be there the whole year.

]]> By: theperfectgame http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590631 theperfectgame Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:55:42 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590631 They may well get a chance to play together next year, with Havens at 2B and Tejada at SS (or both splitting time at both positions). I was so disappointed when Tejada didn't get a chance to repeat the FSL this year, but he's really handled AA well, much better than excpected. I can only hope they don't push him to AAA at 20. They may well get a chance to play together next year, with Havens at 2B and Tejada at SS (or both splitting time at both positions). I was so disappointed when Tejada didn’t get a chance to repeat the FSL this year, but he’s really handled AA well, much better than excpected. I can only hope they don’t push him to AAA at 20.

]]> By: wang923 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590630 wang923 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:49:06 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590630 If Thole can produce a .400 OBP in the majors, you'll find him a place on the diamond - it doesn't matter where. Of major leaguers that qualify for the batting title, only 16 have an OBP of above .400. He's only 22 and he's shown gap power - his power will come. If Thole can produce a .400 OBP in the majors, you’ll find him a place on the diamond – it doesn’t matter where. Of major leaguers that qualify for the batting title, only 16 have an OBP of above .400. He’s only 22 and he’s shown gap power – his power will come.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590626 Patrick Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:36:42 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590626 At the time it was a pretty risky move by the Nationals in that he never played above A+ and was not a terribly selective hitter. That being said, if you believe a player is a big part of your future and the Mets believed Flores had a future, you have to protect them. At the time it was a pretty risky move by the Nationals in that he never played above A+ and was not a terribly selective hitter.

That being said, if you believe a player is a big part of your future and the Mets believed Flores had a future, you have to protect them.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590624 Patrick Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:32:38 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590624 Martinez has done zilch to earn his value, he can't keep on the field and he is very underwhelming when on it. Martinez has done zilch to earn his value, he can’t keep on the field and he is very underwhelming when on it.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590622 Patrick Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:30:43 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590622 he has bascially caught the majority of his last two seasons, there is nothing but artificial walls that would hold him back next year. he has bascially caught the majority of his last two seasons, there is nothing but artificial walls that would hold him back next year.

]]> By: mets81 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590621 mets81 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:29:08 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/04/qa-metsblog-and-c-josh-thole/#comment-590621 A guy like Meija is going to be in Buffalo all year next year, so him being on the 40 man isnt a big problem. A guy like Meija is going to be in Buffalo all year next year, so him being on the 40 man isnt a big problem.

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