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Welcome back Mikey.
Does any one here, among the consistent viewers, think Wright plays third better than Reyes plays short? I'm among those who think that Wright will improve enough to be average or better but I'm guessing that Sheehan hasn't watched a lot of Mets games this year.
What are the Mets going to do with respect to the rotation this offseason? For argument's sake, let's assume the Mets decline Glavine's option and don't re-sign El Duque or Trachsel. These are the guys who the Mets have who could start next season at some point.
Pedro, Maine, Pelfrey, Bannister, Heilman, Perez, Soler, and Humber.
Now, the Mets have a big enough payroll that they could sign two free agent starters. Even if they do sign just one, they are probably going to have to trade at least one of the aforementioned pitchers.
Anyone who watchs a week's worth of Met games would disagree with that statement.
Wright plays third better than Reyes plays short.
He plays his position, third base, better than Reyes plays his; in fact, Wright is going to contend for the Gold Gloves that Ryan Zimmerman doesn’t win over the next decade.
And people call me a David Wright fanboy??? Sheesh.
You can pull up any thread you want, since David Wright was first drafted by the Mets. You will never find a single comment I've made -- not one -- that is as over-the-top, unsupportable, what-was-he-smoking, about David Wright as that one. If that is indicative of the conclusions that BPro's defensive metrics produce, they are utterly worthless.
Anyway. This was otherwise a really nice Wallace Matthews column, but this particular statement struck me as pretty far off-base:
And by the time the Mets win the World Series, which could be this year, plenty of Mets fans will have forgotten Piazza ever even wore the uniform.
Matthews was saying it shouldn't be that way -- that Piazza should always be remembered by Mets' fans with great respect and affection -- but I really don't think there's any chance that Mets' fans currently between the ages of 10-60 are going to forget Mike Piazza.
What's Wright's OPS+ this year? ;-)
From that Piazza column:
The Mets will probably never retire Piazza's number.
Why wouldn't they? He's the best position player in team history (for now) and will probably go into the HoF as a Met.
Thank you Mikey for bringing us back to legitimacy after years of pain and anguish
My all your bombs this series be solo.
Lets Go Mets!
I remember the day when they traded for him- I was going to the game that night (against the Brewers) with a friend. He called me that afternoon and gave me the great news. We were both ecstatic and high-fiving each other over the phone. There was a great buzz at the stadium that night (along with the fun we had in the right field seats chanting, "Huskey's got a big fat ass, doo-dah, doo-dah"); we all couldn't wait till he arrived the next day.
And the number was worn for much of John Franco's career. I can't think of a more proper number to retire than 31, in honor of both Piazza and Franco.
But alas, the Mets don't retire numbers.
Tom Seaver says, "Hi," and asks you to look out to the outfield wall next time you're at Shea.
Duh, I know they have retired numbers. When was the last time they did it Sam, huh? They don't make a habit of it.
June 24, 1988. Seaver's 41 is the only number they've retired for a guy as a Mets' player.
So I'd say: go in as a Met HOFer, and you get your number retired. Or at least that could be the standard. Piazza's got a shot. He's certainly the first guy since Seaver who does.
Obviously, it didn't take long for me to come around to the realization that I was an idiot, a realization that has been repeated many times since then.
Carter: No way. He spent only FOUR full years with the Mets (1985-88), and then played 50 games in an injury-plagued 1989. Carter played exactly 600 games in a Met uni. That's it. I cannot imagine retiring the number of a position player who played that few games, and in Carter's case, most of those were past-his-prime games, at that. His last two full years, Carter had OPS+ numbers (83, 93) that were pretty damned pedestrian. So you'd really be retiring the guy's number for TWO seasons -- 1985 and 1986. OK, those were magical seasons, but to be honest, Carter wasn't even the best player on the team either of those years. He wasn't one of the two best players.
Hernandez: Much closer case. His arrival in 1983 was integral to turning the team around starting in 1984, and he spent much more time as a Met. He WAS the best player on at least one Mets' team (1984), and might have been in 1986 as well. The problem with Keith was that he isn't a Hall of Famer, and he also brought some real baggage with him. His leadership was a mixed bag in a lot of ways; he taught those young guys how to play the game on the field, but the off the field stuff was not good. He may have cleaned up his act 50% from what it had been in St. Louis, but that left a lot of ugly . . . . I'm pretty conservative when it comes to retiring numbers. I say a guy should be pretty much a slam-dunk case, and Keith isn't. If they did it, I wouldn't object too much, but I'm OK with saying no and keeping that honor really, REALLY exclusive.
I'm not challenging you on any level. You're the expert here, and I'm curious to see what you think.
Nah, watching LoDuca's shrimpy ass running around has skewed your judgement.
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Johnson, who is still scheduled to attend the 1986 World Series championship celebratory event Aug. 19 at Shea Stadium, apparently left the team for a couple days to attend a family function. According to the club, he was not given permission to leave.
Great.
You are telling me. Tbis guy has been filthy all year. Ohhh...you mean against the opposition?
Is this short for "Trazodone," the sleeping pill? If so, well played.
Did you see my note in the DC meetup thread?
I get to see nine innings of Mikey P live tomorrow.
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