Mets - Signed Pena
New York Mets - Signed OF Willy Mo Pena to a minor-league contract.
Why Willy? You only get to be “Wily Mo” if you’re going to actually pronounce that utter coolness that is “Wily Mo” on a regular basis. “Willy Mo” sounds like the name of a dirt farmer with stacks of old Ballantine Beer cans on his shootin’ truck parked on the lawn. Wily Mo? Wile E. Coyote’s older, competent brother who feasts on game birds and port all year ‘round.
Pena has had an interesting career curve, being a useful player at 22 and just hanging onto his professional career at age 27. Whether it’s the Dominican Republic Birth Certficate© or the weight he’s put on (Pena is still listed at 6’3” 215 on B-R!), Pena’s pretty much reached the nadir of his career. This isn’t even one of those minor league contracts where one expects the major leaguer to be called up as soon as he’s in shape, as Pena’s probably going to be pretty low on the depth chart in Buffalo.
There’s still time for Pena to turn his career around, but he’s not really even a suitable role player at this point. Even if he can’t be a suitable regular, Pena either needs to be able to play defense or crush lefties to deserve a major-league contract at this point. The former seems unlikely and as for the latter, Pena has even more trouble making contact against lefties for some reason (and a wacky 76 point $H differential as a result), so he can’t just go and be Ron Coomer.
2009 ZiPS Projection - Wily Mo Pena
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Year-to-Date 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Rest-of-Yr 240 26 61 11 1 9 25 18 70 2 .254 .312 .421
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Total 240 26 61 11 1 9 25 18 70 2 .254 .312 .421
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Year-to-date and totals include minor-league translations, if applicable
Dan Szymborski
Posted: April 21, 2009 at 06:15 PM |
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1. Darnell McDonald had a farm Posted: April 21, 2009 at 08:28 PM (#3146893)"The Mets signed Wily Mo Pena. If he makes it up to the big club, it will be interesting to see him wandering about in Citi's big outfield. Imagine the Hebrews in the desert, with more grass and less sand."
I'm pretty sure the Red Sox tried in spring of '07.
unless you also wishcast for Josh Bard's career year to happen in Boston and Manny not malingering after Boston fell out of the pennant race.
Manny malingered only after the Sox fell out, though. He was a monster in the home series in which the Red Sox got swept after learning about Ortiz's heart trouble.
Because he gets confused by the curling ball flightpaths in the corners and takes bad routes, which he does less in CF.
Einstein he's not.
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