Comments on: Read: The Return of Alex Cora http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/ 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: BringBackDaveTelgheder http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608249 BringBackDaveTelgheder Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:00:30 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608249 The bottom line is in a couple months if we're all still arguing about Cora on the roster one of 2 things happened... We had a very good offseason, OR... Nothing but coal for the Mets this offseason. I really hope we're arguing about the 25th man :) The bottom line is in a couple months if we’re all still arguing about Cora on the roster one of 2 things happened…

We had a very good offseason, OR…
Nothing but coal for the Mets this offseason.

I really hope we’re arguing about the 25th man :)

]]> By: PedroMANIA http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608239 PedroMANIA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:28:37 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608239 Cora can't hit or field. Thats why people don't like him. Add in that some people want to give him 6-8x the major league minimum and well yeah... Cora can’t hit or field. Thats why people don’t like him. Add in that some people want to give him 6-8x the major league minimum and well yeah…

]]> By: Ceetar http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608234 Ceetar Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:18:28 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608234 Why would DeRosa come play somewhere he'd get 10-15 starts, maybe a couple more if he'll play first. It's not like we need a guy to hit .340 off the bench. and what he did this year he did injured, and exposed. I'm not saying he's the perfect option, but he's certainly serviceable, and he's coming for very little money. Yes, it's almost 1.6 million more than a crappy minor leaguer that isn't a free agent..but you're not going to find a stud that's willing to sign for nothing and be a backup. Those guys are generally diamond in the rough guys. Cora's probably the 'safe' option, but as a backup MI, that really doesn't bother me. Why would DeRosa come play somewhere he’d get 10-15 starts, maybe a couple more if he’ll play first.

It’s not like we need a guy to hit .340 off the bench. and what he did this year he did injured, and exposed. I’m not saying he’s the perfect option, but he’s certainly serviceable, and he’s coming for very little money. Yes, it’s almost 1.6 million more than a crappy minor leaguer that isn’t a free agent..but you’re not going to find a stud that’s willing to sign for nothing and be a backup. Those guys are generally diamond in the rough guys. Cora’s probably the ‘safe’ option, but as a backup MI, that really doesn’t bother me.

]]> By: BringBackDaveTelgheder http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608227 BringBackDaveTelgheder Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:20:03 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608227 How is Cora a fine player? What one thing can he even do other then physically standing at a few different positions? He is useful, and there is a place for him in the NL when late game switches call for someone that can field different spots, but he isn't a productive hitter and tying up too much money or at bats into this guy is a mistake. Spend the couple million or so a year and try to get a DeRosa or someone that can play multi-positions and is actually productive. How is Cora a fine player? What one thing can he even do other then physically standing at a few different positions?

He is useful, and there is a place for him in the NL when late game switches call for someone that can field different spots, but he isn’t a productive hitter and tying up too much money or at bats into this guy is a mistake.

Spend the couple million or so a year and try to get a DeRosa or someone that can play multi-positions and is actually productive.

]]> By: JohantheMan http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608223 JohantheMan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:05:09 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608223 I don't know what Cora did except manage to hold a bat with BOTH his hands sustaining torn ligaments, for most of the season and please i don't want a ton of responses about how he may be a gritty nice guy but he's not worth 2 million because really in the grand scheme of "one of the highest payrolls in the NL i don't think 2 million dollars matters I don’t know what Cora did except manage to hold a bat with BOTH his hands sustaining torn ligaments, for most of the season and please i don’t want a ton of responses about how he may be a gritty nice guy but he’s not worth 2 million because really in the grand scheme of “one of the highest payrolls in the NL i don’t think 2 million dollars matters

]]> By: Hit The Weights Zeile http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608205 Hit The Weights Zeile Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:20:51 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608205 you may be right, im just saying if we got cantu murphy would be between a rock in a hard place, either learn 2nd or get traded since davis is definitely ahead of him in as far as future plans for 1st base and there is no point in having murphy just sit on the bench doing nothing. you may be right, im just saying if we got cantu murphy would be between a rock in a hard place, either learn 2nd or get traded since davis is definitely ahead of him in as far as future plans for 1st base and there is no point in having murphy just sit on the bench doing nothing.

]]> By: Ceetar http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608194 Ceetar Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:00:37 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608194 What did Cora do that everyone hates him so much? Hernandez and Valdez are not answers. Cora is a fine player, and we're talking about 2-3 starts at SS and maybe 10 at 2B. he's not a liability, is a smart player, and while he doesn't hit a ton injured, he's not exactly an auto-out either. I _would_ probably prefer someone that has a little pop, so we can use them as a real threat off the bench as a pinch hitter. It also might not be a horrible idea to have a bench guy that can play 1B/3B as well. The Mets don't have the answer, and that probably means signing someone. Signing someone means usually signing above league minimum, so we're not even talking about a 1.6mill difference anymore, but less than that. It's not worth worrying about. What did Cora do that everyone hates him so much?

Hernandez and Valdez are not answers.

Cora is a fine player, and we’re talking about 2-3 starts at SS and maybe 10 at 2B. he’s not a liability, is a smart player, and while he doesn’t hit a ton injured, he’s not exactly an auto-out either.

I _would_ probably prefer someone that has a little pop, so we can use them as a real threat off the bench as a pinch hitter. It also might not be a horrible idea to have a bench guy that can play 1B/3B as well.

The Mets don’t have the answer, and that probably means signing someone. Signing someone means usually signing above league minimum, so we’re not even talking about a 1.6mill difference anymore, but less than that. It’s not worth worrying about.

]]> By: dykstraw http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608186 dykstraw Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:34 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608186 not only can cora not hit or field, his presence on the team didn't seem to stop them from making one stupid mistake after another early last season. $2M down the drain. pass. not only can cora not hit or field, his presence on the team didn’t seem to stop them from making one stupid mistake after another early last season. $2M down the drain. pass.

]]> By: BringBackDaveTelgheder http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608184 BringBackDaveTelgheder Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:33:53 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608184 The second base experiment ended last year in the AFL. Didn't last very long either. Murphy is a 1b or DH and that's all he can be.. The second base experiment ended last year in the AFL. Didn’t last very long either.

Murphy is a 1b or DH and that’s all he can be..

]]> By: Hit The Weights Zeile http://www.metsblog.com/2009/10/30/read-the-return-of-alex-cora/#comment-608183 Hit The Weights Zeile Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/?p=43986#comment-608183 ....if not better ….if not better

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