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Edgy MD Oct 17 2011 11:44 PM

I'm always taken by suprise when these leagues start play before the World Series. These are the guys Amazin' Avenue is reporting as playing in the winter leagues. I would have thought there'd be more and won't be shocked to find there are more. I was kind of hoping to see Taylor Buchholz and maybe Jenrry Mejia, among others. Manny Alvarez, with your 10 innings pitched in the summer of 2011, what say you? Anyhow, we've got three infielders down south. Two showed up with their hitting sticks. Gamboa is kind of a secret, as he started 2011 late in the Gulf Coast League, tore the cover off the ball for 17 games, moved up to Savannah, kept hitting, and then was loaned out to Mexico City in the Mexican League, something that's done, but not usually with players so young or low down in the minors. But he held his own there even, going .265 / .302 / .465 // .771 in 21 games. Hitting Guy Team League Special Guest Manager AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS Josh Satin Caracas Venezuealan Winter League Tim Teufel .333 5 15 4 5 0 0 1 2 8 5 3 0 0 .500 .533 1.033 Wilmer Flores Margarita Venezuealan Winter League Don Baylor .200 5 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 .238 .200 .438 Juan Carlos Gamboa Los Mochis Mexican Pacific League Enrique Reyes .429 4 14 3 6 2 0 1 3 11 1 2 0 0 .467 .786 1.252 Pitching Guy Team League Special Guest Manager W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO GO/AO AVG Dylan Owen Caracas Venezuealan Winter League Tim Teufel 0 0 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 0 8 9.00 .217 Armando Rodritguez Escogido Dominican Winter League Tony DeFrancisco 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.33 .000

Edgy MD Oct 17 2011 11:51 PM Re: Winter Jobs

Mets list of players in action in the offseason: Juan Centeno, Arizona Raul Chavez, Venezuela Wilmer Flores, Venezuela Juan Carlos Gamboa, Mexico Juan Lagares, Arizona Jefry Marte, Arizona Niuman Romero, Venezuela Wilfredo Tovar, Arizona Marcos Camarena, Mexico Dylan Owen, Venezuela Ronny Morla, Dominican Josh Satin, Venezuela Jordany Valdespin, Dominican Jeurys Familia, Dominican Rhiner Cruz, Dominican Armando Rodriguez, Dominican Robert Carson, Arizona Collin McHugh, Arizona Erik Turgeon, Arizona Taylor Whitenton, Arizona Raul Reyes, Dominican Juan Torres, Venezuela No Alvarez, Mejia, or Buchholz. No Santana either, for what that's worth.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2011 06:58 AM Re: Winter Jobs

- Mejia had TJ surgery in, what, May?, June? ... no way is he ready to throw in winter ball. We're probably talking the middle of next season before we see him on a mound for real-sies. - Buchholz is another one who hasn't been heard from since he last pitched at the end of May and the subsequent announcement that he was dealing with "personal issues". Don't know what his status is. - The first clue about Alvarez might be to find out why he only pitched 3 innings this season and when those were.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 18 2011 07:05 AM Re: Winter Jobs

Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum. Moved.

Edgy MD Oct 18 2011 07:13 AM Re: Winter Jobs

'Cuz when you post at 2 AM.... Buchholz was being treated for clinical depression. I don't know what hole Alvarez fell into.

TransMonk Oct 18 2011 07:53 AM Re: Winter Jobs

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum. Moved. When I first saw this in the NBB forum, I thought maybe Edgy got a night gig as a security officer at Sears (or some such) for the holiday season.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 18 2011 07:57 AM Re: Winter Jobs

I could've sworn I saw something about Nimmo playing winter ball (in the Dominican, maybe?). No Murph, either. Is the second base experiment Adam Dunn?

Edgy MD Oct 18 2011 08:00 AM Re: Winter Jobs

TransMonk wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Also not sure why this is in the NBB forum. Moved. When I first saw this in the NBB forum, I thought maybe Edgy got a night gig as a security officer at Sears (or some such) for the holiday season. Is Sears hiring?