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Does anyone remember ...?

Nymr83 May 04 2010 07:52 PM

Brian Schnieder? what about Omir Santos? Josh Thole? me neither. this guy is smacking them like he's Piazza and its the Steroid Era.

seawolf17 May 04 2010 08:26 PM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

I'd like to be the first to retroactively go on the record and say I told you all that I wanted this guy signed as soon as free agency started this offseason.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2010 08:32 PM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

Frayed Knot May 04 2010 08:34 PM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

He's making outs at a rate unlike Piazza (about 75% of the time) but fully half of his 18 hits have gone for XBs including 7 of those 9 over the fence. Overall that out rate isn't a great trade-off but both backstops have been providing the defense we never had with MP, aren't (IMO) ever going to get from Santos and probably not Thole either, and were hoping to get but never came close to with Schneider. Neither one is a long-term solution but are plugging holes this season so far at least.

Ashie62 May 04 2010 08:59 PM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

As far a Barajas goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

MFS62 May 04 2010 09:51 PM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

If anyone's going to criticize anything about the Mets so far this year, they'll have to spare the Rod. Later

attgig May 05 2010 08:04 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

swinging with the uppercut: http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?pl ... &type=full = flyball outs or home runs. Sounds like a good strategy for someone who's there for his defense. and the statisticians can say that his babip is far below the major league average, so he's actually better than what he is now. The way he's swinging now, it seems like he'll most likely eclipse last year's mark of 19, and possibly hit his career high of 21. I'll take that for the catcher spot, no matter how low his ave/obp is. now if he can start throwing some runners out now....

Ceetar May 05 2010 08:11 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

To be fair it's only been like 6 runners that he hasn't thrown out right? If he's gonna provide clutch power, I'll take it for sure. I saw someone tweet earlier that the Mets Catchers didn't have a home run for like the last 40+ games last year or something.

Edgy DC May 05 2010 08:12 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

He's not throwing guys out, but neither are they running on him, so we're not really losing there. My concern is that clutch power surges aren't as sustainable as other offensive skills, of which he has few.

Ceetar May 05 2010 08:16 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

Edgy DC wrote: He's not throwing guys out, but neither are they running on him, so we're not really losing there. My concern is that clutch power surges aren't as sustainable as other offensive skills, of which he has few. Indeed, and not getting the runner in on a sac fly the other day was disappointing. If he continues to play good defense and hits better than our catchers have in the last two years, really that's all I was looking for.

G-Fafif May 05 2010 09:05 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

Before we decide he isn't Rod Barawesome, the man needs a suitable nickname. Ten of them are considered and discarded here.

Fman99 May 05 2010 10:29 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

I like Rod and his .230 with power over Schneider and his .230 with no power, thanks. Gary mentioned yesterday that in the last 66 games of 2009 the Mets got zero home runs from the catcher's position.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 05 2010 10:30 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

attgig wrote: Sounds like a good strategy for someone who's there for his defense. and the statisticians can say that his babip is far below the major league average, so he's actually better than what he is now. Not all BABIP regresses to the mean, though. Fly-balls tend to drop in at rates lower than those at which ground balls sneak through infields; IOW, those who hit 'em/those who allow folks to hit 'em tend to see lower BABIP numbers than their gopher-murdering peers (think Ollie P's BABIP as compared to Brandon Webb's, which tends to hover around .300). Of course, Barajas' BABIP right now is .177 (as compared to his career BABIP of .251) so either he's due for some bump-up there, or he's nothing but extreme uppercuts now (which, frankly, would explain the rise in his HR/slugging numbers). And how's about "BarMan," as in "serving shots?"

Edgy DC May 05 2010 10:54 AM Re: Does anyone remember ...?

It doesn't say much, but Punchy is working for me.