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Benjamin Grimm Mar 04 2010 12:42 PM

Breaking news: Signed by the Mets to a minor league contract.

G-Fafif Mar 04 2010 12:43 PM You Know What You Get With Kiko Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 04 2010 12:46 PM

You Know What You Get With Kiko That's what Ron Darling just said of newly signed bullpen hand Kiko Calero.

Edgy DC Mar 04 2010 12:45 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Would be the first Met to share a name with a Los Lobos album.

G-Fafif Mar 04 2010 12:45 PM Re: You Know What You Get With Kiko

Combine Kiko threads at will...

TransMonk Mar 04 2010 12:47 PM Re: Kiko Calero

What's the rub? Only a minor league deal? His 2009 stats look pretty great to me.

Methead Mar 04 2010 12:49 PM Re: Kiko Calero

[quote="Edgy DC"]Would be the first Met to share a name with a Los Lobos album.

First player, that is. We've got "Colossal Head" right here.

Edgy DC Mar 04 2010 12:54 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Type B free agent in a depressed market. But the former shouldn't matter because Florida didn't offer arbitration. He tore his cuff in 2008 and missed some time with shoulder problems last year. That's something. Althought the Mets might think "He only missed some time? Where do I sign!" He was negotiating with the Cubs, but they were offering one year, and he wanted two, so him falling to the Mets may be kharmic payback for the Bengie Molina storyline, but I doubt it'll be framed that way.

metirish Mar 04 2010 12:57 PM Re: You Know What You Get With Kiko

[quote="G-Fafif"] You Know What You Get With Kiko That's what Ron Darling just said of newly signed bullpen hand Kiko Calero.

Seems like Ron still needs Spring Training.

smg58 Mar 04 2010 12:57 PM Re: Kiko Calero

A lot of teams expressed concern over his shoulder issues. But even 30 innings from him would help our pen. He had the best year of any relief pitcher on the market, many of whom got overly generous deals. This could turn out to be a major steal. And the worst case scenario is the Mets wind up where they were this morning.

TransMonk Mar 04 2010 12:59 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Well, if he missed time last year it didn't stop him from throwing 60 innings which is his career best for a season. That 1.95 ERA wasn't shabby either. I like low risk/high reward pickups a lot.

Edgy DC Mar 04 2010 12:59 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Kiko needs to get Brandon Lyon's agent.

Frayed Knot Mar 04 2010 01:03 PM Re: You Know What You Get With Kiko

You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero Just by the sound of it I'd say you get a drink that comes with a tiny umbrella.

Edgy DC Mar 04 2010 01:09 PM Re: Kiko Calero

I've always liked him, and I tend to hate on Tony LaRussa's relievers. We're going to be going to Puerto Rico as the home team.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2010 01:21 PM Re: You Know What You Get With Kiko

You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero Salty, soy-based sauce with a little Polynesian kick?

metsguyinmichigan Mar 04 2010 01:38 PM Re: You Know What You Get With Kiko

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"] You Know What You Get With Kiko Calero Salty, soy-based sauce with a little Polynesian kick?

Bullet of Cool! And Vlad is kicking himself for not thinking of it first! :)

Edgy DC Mar 05 2010 08:39 AM Re: Kiko Calero

You know, he's got a similar act as Brian Stokes with more success.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 05 2010 09:15 AM Re: Kiko Calero

More years and shoulder issues than Stokes, though. Less MPH (he's an 88-89 MPH fastball/77-78 MPH slider guy) and more Ks (some GAUDY K/9 numbers the last few years), too.

Edgy DC Mar 05 2010 09:49 AM Re: Kiko Calero

Yeah, I thought of Stokes as slurvey though. With straight slowish heat that he tries to keep away from folks to set them up for the offspeed pitches. Anyhow, seems like a quality potential replacement for Stokes, to the extent that he needed replacing.

MFS62 Mar 05 2010 10:30 AM Re: Kiko Calero

Don't remember having seen him pitch. But with a mostly sub-90 MPH fastball, his K/IP numbers (over 9) very impressive. Does he have a hard to follow delivery? Later

Edgy DC Mar 05 2010 10:33 AM Re: Kiko Calero

He has a miss-able curve.

Frayed Knot Mar 05 2010 10:40 AM Re: Kiko Calero

A man, a miss a kiss, a curve He kissed the miss then missed the curve Burma Shave No real point here - only that the 'miss-able curve' line reminded me of this actual long-ago Burma Shave highway ad.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 05 2010 11:44 AM Re: Kiko Calero

Ha. Also also, last year's almost-definitely-unsustainable HR rate (1 in 60 innings) helped his Marlin value a bit. Between that and the age and the barky shoulder, though... it's somewhat understandable that major-league interest would be tough to come by. Also, Stokes threw HARD, brah-- mid-to-high 90s. (Then, so did Schoeneweis.)

Vic Sage Mar 08 2010 12:23 PM Re: Kiko Calero

If he's healthy, and they're going to carry him, who gets taken off the 40-man roster to make room for him?

Edgy DC Mar 08 2010 12:27 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Chris Coste looks pretty waive-able.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 08 2010 12:31 PM Re: Kiko Calero

So does Ollie. (Hey, nobody's picking him up.)

Ashie62 Mar 08 2010 06:22 PM Re: Kiko Calero

Calero may end up doing what the Mets hoped Kelvim Escobar could do. I believe Escobar has been shut down