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Note: Gotay, Bostick and other minor-league Free Agents

By Matthew Cerrone on Nov 17, 2009, 10:58 am

In a post to Fan Graphs, Dave Cameron looks at four minor-league free agents he finds ‘interesting,’ including Ruben Gotay.

Cameron believes Gotay has a good enough bat to play in the major leagues, concluding, “Heading into his age 27 season, his best days may still be ahead of him.”

The Mets put Gotay on waivers in 2008 during Spring Training.  He was later picked up by the Braves, for whom he hit just .235 with seven extra base hits in 88 games.

To see 16 other minor-league free agents who could be leaving the Mets organization, such as infielder Wilson Valdez, pitchers Carlos Muniz and Adam Bostick and OF Jesus Feliciano, go to Mack’s Mets.

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  1. 2 angels and a pagan
    Nov 17, 2009, 11:49 am at 11:49 am #

    i always liked the way he swung the bat. If i remember correctly the mets didnt like his range at second, but it couldn’t be that much worse than luis’ can it?

  2. wannabegm
    Nov 17, 2009, 1:07 pm at 1:07 pm #

    I remember his smart mouth when the Mets turn the page on him,
    he said that they would regret it. Yeah, right…

  3. theplan
    Nov 17, 2009, 7:11 pm at 7:11 pm #

    Bostick has been good against lefties. They should give him a spring training invite to be the second lefty out of the pen. Minor league splits usually carry over to the bigs so it would be a fairly good prediction that he could do th job.

  4. YankeeHater
    Nov 18, 2009, 10:35 am at 10:35 am #

    The one thing Omar is good at is finding minor leaguers that can play i.e. Tatis, Pagan