Thursday, May 16, 2013
Silva: Time to End the Collins Era and Bring On Backman
(metsmerizedonline.com)
...and Wally dug the Mets out of the basement.
Read More...Backman is known to be a great motivator and teacher. He won’t wave a magic wand and make this 4-A squad a contender, but I guarantee the players will maximize their potential- whatever that may be. He can manage a bullpen, and certainly will run a clean clubhouse. He will demand respect and a winning attitude. The Mets may not win under Backman, at least not right away, but they will compete. This is not what I can say has been the case 100% ...
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1. ellsbury my heart at wounded knee posted on December 01, 2012 at 12:56 AM # hit 0 | hit 0If Wright left anything on the table, it was probably a pen or something.
*** bWAR: 4.3, 4.0, 2.5
fWAR 3.5, 4.0, 1.9
Both included fielding numbers that strong suggested a move off of 1B within a few years was going to be necessary. He wasn't going to get more than 8 years, and it's hard to imagine with a three year record of real decline that one great year was going to put Wright in the 20m bracket.
I like the deal for both sides, but the Mets aren't getting a sure thing by any means.
Both systems show him as excellent last year. May he was just hurt during the two bad years?
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