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="seawolf17":pep7rik2]...Pete Incaviglia, Jesse Barfield, Cory Snyder, and Bob Allison. I'd stick any of them in the outfield over a 20-year-old kid.[/quote:pep7rik2]
Pete Incaviglia? Really? You need to re-think that.
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Edgy DC
Jun 17 2009 10:48 AM
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Unless he's gotten as big as I fear, Wily Mo has always been a good defensive outfielder. No Barfield, but no Incaviglia either.
Mets with options:
SPs:
Nieve
RPs:
Parnell
Switzer
Takahashi
Cs:
Santos
IFs:
Murphy
OFs:
Fartinez
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Hawkeye57
Jun 17 2009 01:56 PM
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I think that Willy Mo is a good alternative should (heaven forbid) any outfielder that isn't Beltran get sick/hurt and require the DL.
Not completely sold on Willy Mo just yet. Haven't gone to any of the Bisons games yet this season so I don't have a firsthand look so far.
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Ashie62
Jun 17 2009 04:50 PM
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="Edgy DC":88672rsw]The present has some importance also.[/quote:88672rsw]
I'm a litle surprised hasn't been included in the cattle call yet
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Edgy DC
Jun 22 2009 10:13 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 22 2009 10:55 AM
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A small dream dies today with the news that Wily Mo Peņa has been released along with javier Valentin.
Not much in the way of clues behind either. Valentin had been playing the infield for Buffalo, and had just come off of the DL. Maybe he was unable to catch and when he hadn't recovered his catchiness while recuperating, they cut their losses.
Wily Mo is another case, as he had been hitting. The only clue I have comes from this report on Friday night's game.
<blockquote>In the third inning, Wily Mo Pena blasted had a solo home run that cleared three tiers of outfield signage. In the fifth he was removed from the game after suffering apparent cramps while legging out an infield single.</blockquote>With no further info, I'm guessing he either (1) became a casualty in the Mets fake war against dogging, or (2) became distraught when Evans got promoted over him and asked for his release, either explictily or through pouting and dogging.
Anyhow, one of the spots goes to Arturo Lopez (real first name: Javier), a lefty reliever from Mexico, picked up on waivers from the Pads.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 22 2009 10:18 AM
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"That large man hits balls over fences? He simply clubs them out? Why, that's quite vulgar, and most definitely NOT in the spirit of Metropolitans brand base-ball."
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smg58
Jun 22 2009 10:52 AM
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="Edgy DC":3551cmku]Not much in the way of clues behind either. Valentin had been playing the infield for Buffalo, and had just come off of the DL. Maybe he was unable to catch and when he hadn't recovered his catchiness while recuperating, they cut their losses.[/quote:3551cmku]
That sounds plausible. It would seem odd at face value to cut their next best catching option after dealing Castro, but if he can't catch then he's not really worth much. And we still have Robinson Cancel in case of an emergency.
="Edgy DC":3551cmku]With no further info, I'm guessing he either (1) became a casualty in the Mets fake war against dogging, or (2) became distraught when Evans got promoted over him and asked for his release, either explictily or through pouting and dogging.[/quote:3551cmku]
Well he did beat the throw, so I doubt it had to do with dogging. But I wouldn't put it beyond Pena to take getting passed over on a promotion poorly.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 22 2009 11:06 AM
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="smg58":h2tlz1zf]="Edgy DC":h2tlz1zf]Not much in the way of clues behind either. Valentin had been playing the infield for Buffalo, and had just come off of the DL. Maybe he was unable to catch and when he hadn't recovered his catchiness while recuperating, they cut their losses.[/quote:h2tlz1zf]
That sounds plausible. It would seem odd at face value to cut their next best catching option after dealing Castro, but if he can't catch then he's not really worth much. And we still have Robinson Cancel in case of an emergency.
="Edgy DC":h2tlz1zf]With no further info, I'm guessing he either (1) became a casualty in the Mets fake war against dogging, or (2) became distraught when Evans got promoted over him and asked for his release, either explictily or through pouting and dogging.[/quote:h2tlz1zf]
Well he did beat the throw, so I doubt it had to do with dogging. But I wouldn't put it beyond Pena to take getting passed over on a promotion poorly.[/quote:h2tlz1zf]
Refused assignment with the Nats earlier this year-- it's how he got released.
It doesn't seem implausible he signed with the Mets thinking he was 'one away' and felt betrayed in some way when that didn't immediately materialize.
(I'm not sure I understand Evans over him, either. Ah, well.)
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Fman99
Jun 22 2009 12:27 PM
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Dumb. Like the Mets don't need an OF with pop in his bat.
I continue to be mystified by Omar and Jerry and their "boobery" of roster and lineup management.
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metirish
Jun 22 2009 01:25 PM
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Pena is the kind of player that would thrive under Bobby Valentine , not that that means anything. Just that he reminds me of a Benny Agbayani type.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 22 2009 02:34 PM
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="metirish":m03tfpx2]Pena is the kind of player that would thrive under Bobby Valentine , not that that means anything. Just that he reminds me of a Benny Agbayani type.[/quote:m03tfpx2]
Except a LOT bigger.
He wasn't exactly killing it up north, and is less "outfielder" than "a guy who can fake three OF positions," but he did have a higher home runs/PA (1/30) than half of today's starting lineup, and a three-or-four-year stretch in his recent rearview where he absotively posolutely murdered lefties.
Unless he took a bat to somebody or fondled a batboy/girl/dog behind closed doors... I don't get it.
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Edgy DC
Jun 22 2009 09:08 PM
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And Conor Robertson gets DFA'd. It's a bloodletting up in Buffalo.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 22 2009 09:19 PM
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Ike Davis in the meantime was promoted to AA. He was killing it in St. Lucie.
He's the LH hitting 1Bman they drafted with their first pick last year.
Connor Robertson was Jeff Wilpon's "addition by subtraction" booshit.
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