Daily Archives: February 6, 2010
This afternoon, in the Caribbean Series in Venezuela, Fernando Martinez went 1 for 4 with a solo home run and a great running catch in the left-center field gap for the Dominican Republic in their 7-2 win over Mexico.
For a full recap and box score, click here.
Martinez’s solo home run, his second of the Caribbean Series, gave the Dominican Republic a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning, and he is now hitting .316 with two home runs and three RBI with no walks and three strikeouts in 19 at bats during the tournament.
Update, February 5 at 6:55 pm:
This afternoon, in the Caribbean Series in Venezuela, Fernando Martinez batted fifth and went 2 for 4 with a double in the Dominican Republic’s 7-3 loss to Puerto Rico.
Martinez has raised his Caribbean Series batting average to .333 (5 for 15).
Metsmerized Online is wondering “Is the 2010 season over already?”
Meanwhile, Kevin from the NY Hot Corner takes a look at Josh Thole as part of their “40-Man Roster Overview”.
Shannon, from the Mets Police, has a gift idea for the Wilpons.
Adam, the Brooklyn Met Fan, feels GM Omar Minaya has been compromised.
Finally, John from Metstradamus wants to know who the Mets are going to get “for the guy they wouldn’t trade for Johan Santana, Matt Holliday, or anyone else?”
Buster Olney of ESPN.com believes there is a good chance the Mets go in to Spring Training with Omir Santos as their starting catcher.
In a post to his blog, Olney quotes one American League talent evaluator who feels Santos is a ‘capable back-up,’ not a starter, who has average arm strength and average receiving ability, and who can hit around .250 with just under 10 home runs.
The second AL Talent evaluator told Olney:
“I think Santos is more like an up/down guy for a good club… Santos is decent emergency protection at AAA for a good club and a backup catcher for a club that isn’t going to contend. He can run into a fastball, but the more action he sees, the more that his aggressive approach at the plate is likely to be exposed at the big league level.”
In the end, the second talent evaluator wonders, “You’d think they’d be more than willing to give Josh Thole a shot to see regular at-bats, as at least he has some upside.”
In a poll to MetsBlog.com last week, 45 percent of voters said they would prefer to see a combination of Blanco and free-agent C Rod Barajas, while 36 percent chose a Blanco-Santos platoon, and just 19 percent preferring Blanco be teamed up with Thole.
