Comments on: News: Alex Cora to have Season-Ending Surgery

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:16:43 +0000

cora was on one championship team

By: Son of Choo Choo Coleman

Son of Choo Choo Coleman — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:56:56 +0000

Matt – Can you check with Elias Sports Bureau and see if there has EVER been a team with as many injuries to their starters as the Mets have had this year? They must be approaching some sort of record.

By: ExileInLA

ExileInLA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:54:15 +0000

Updating my post from Sunday with the Mets’ DL-ineup:

Reyes – SS
Alex Cora – 2B
Beltran – CF
Delgado – 1B
Wright – 3B
F-Mart – RF
Lucas Duda – LF [AA DL - he had 41 games in LF]
Mike Nickeas – C [AA DL]

Maine – SP
Niese – SP
Nieve – SP
Ryan Coultas – SP [AA DL]
Dillon Gee – SP [AAA DL]

Carlos Muniz – RP [AAA DL]
Wagner – Setup
Putz – Closer

Also, for a laugh, go to http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/depth-chart/NYM and look at the Mets’ most commonly used lineups this year. The 2 most common (5 each) were the opening day lineup with Schneider and the opening day lineup substituting Castro for Schneider. Only 3 of those players – Murphy, Castillo & Schneider – are still active with the club.

By: ExileInLA

ExileInLA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:44:07 +0000

Cora was invaluable. He was both a starting infielder for half the season AND, before Francouer, probably the biggest locker room leader.

A-Hearn will play the same positions for 1/4 the money, but Cora is the type of player who end up on lots of championship teams.

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:49:11 +0000

can baserunners please learn how to slide feet first again?

By: Lorenzo23

Lorenzo23 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:14:38 +0000

Yea lets be honest for $2 million we don’t need a veteran back up infielder who hits .250.

I agree that he played hard and it’s appreciated however we could allocate $2 million elsewhere…

By: stilltheEWM

stilltheEWM — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:49:23 +0000

I disagree.. we hardly got 2 million bucks out of him…

By: Xavier22

Xavier22 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:46:14 +0000

Cora was a great pickup this year. I hope they re-sign him for another season as he’d be a great bench player.

By: Old Backstop

Old Backstop — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:45:48 +0000

Nicely played Michael. I have to agree, major kudos to Cora, who was a trooper for us this season. It will probably go unnoticed by many a Mets fan due to the loss this season has been, but the guy played and played hurt when we needed him, and did a smooth and admirable job at a premium defensive position.