Buzz: Teams ask Jermaine Dye if he’ll play 1B
According to FoxSports.com, teams interested in free-agent OF Jermaine Dye have been asking if he is willing to play first base.
The 35–year-old Dye hit .250 with 27 HR and 81 RBI last season, but just .179 in the second half of the year.
Dye is batting .289 against left-handed pitching during the last three seasons, while Mets 1B Daniel Murphy hit just .223 against left-handed pitching last year.
…the Mets and dye were connected in several trade rumors prior to last year’s Winter Meetings, or roughly one year ago right now… frankly, i feel like the same can be said about the year before that… so, maybe me writing about dye on MetsBlog is the new Thanksgiving tradition…
…i have no idea if he’s on their radar now… that said, dye is a good player… i just don’t like the idea of having a platoon team of two guys both of whom are learning to play first… i mean, in a murphy-dye platoon, murphy is the more experienced first baseman at that point…
…dye is a power hitter, no doubt, but he does it in bunches… and, i’d prefer to see the Mets value consistency and balance, just as much as a raw power… plus, he’s had countless little injuries, which the Mets should also be leery of…
