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Mets in the 2014 Playoffs
| Edgy MD Oct 03 2014 08:34 AM |
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Baltimore
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| d'Kong76 Oct 03 2014 08:38 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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D'oh, SNAP!
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| G-Fafif Oct 03 2014 08:49 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Not so fast there, Bill Laxton-breath! Outfielder Ezequiel Carrera was signed out of Venezuela by the Mets in 2005 when he was 17 and made it as high as St. Lucie before he was packaged as part of the three-team blockbusterish deal that made J.J. Putz unfortunate...I mean a Met. Last night the Detroit Tiger reserve notched his first postseason PA, walking as a pinch-hitter in the ninth to load the bases before his Bengals bowed out, 12-3. As Ted Berg pointed out, three different players the Mets sent away in that December 2008 transaction played postseason ball yesterday: Carrera, Joe Smith and Jason Vargas. Hope you enjoyed those bagels, Omar.
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 03 2014 08:54 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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It was real crowded in the Mall that day, and Jim Duquette was distracted by the fall fashion mannequins in the window at Macy's. When he turned around......little Scotty was GONE!!
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| Edgy MD Oct 03 2014 08:57 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Man, good call. That trade just keeps giving.
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| Mets – Willets Point Oct 03 2014 08:58 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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That's a lot of Putz-ing around.
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| d'Kong76 Oct 03 2014 09:05 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Re: Kazmir from bbrdotcom
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| G-Fafif Oct 03 2014 11:49 AM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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A little more on those Omar bagels...
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| Gwreck Oct 03 2014 01:32 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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I was reminded about that watching Smith last night. He reached free agency after the 2013 season, so we have a pretty good idea of where this trade wound up. The Mets got: JJ Putz, Negative 0.5 WAR in 2009, and paid him $6 million Jeremy Reed, Negative 0.7 WAR in 2009, and paid him $925k Sean Green, zero WAR in 2009 and Negative 0.2 WAR in 2010; paid $1.4 M over the two seasons. All of these players were lost as free agents with no draft pick compensation. The Mets traded away: Maikel Cleto. Has pitched 45 major league innings, almost all badly. Traded away by Seattle before reaching the majors, and has been with three other organizations since. Ezequiel Cabrera. Traded by Seattle to Cleveand (in a separate deal) before reaching the majors. Negligible value/minimal salary as a bench player for Cleveland before singing as a free agent with the Tigers this offseason. Endy Chavez. Was a minimally effective bench player for Seattle at $2M salary, for one year before reaching free agency. Mike Carp. Put up 1 win above replacement, cumulative, over 4 seasons, at minimal salary. Seattle sold his contract to Boston where he was a useful bench player for their WS-winning team in 2013. Aaron Heilman. Had two arbitration years left, and got $3.7M salary. Seattle flipped him to the Cubs almost immediately, where he put up a 0.9 WAR season. Traded to the Diamondbacks for the next year, he had a poor year (negative 0.1 WAR). All of that wouldn't be so bad, except for: Joe Smith. Put up 5.9 WAR over five seasons with Cleveland before reaching free agency, for just $6.5M of total salary. OUCH.
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| G-Fafif Oct 03 2014 05:51 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Ooh, one more: Drew Butera, now of the Dodgers (interviewed between innings while fending off a shower of sunflower seeds from his teammates), late of the Twins after the Mets sent him as partial payment for Luis Castillo, the J.J. Putz of second basemen, except longer and more painful.
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| smg58 Oct 03 2014 05:56 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Have we forgotten Ike already?
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| G-Fafif Oct 03 2014 06:06 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Ike Who?
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| Fman99 Oct 03 2014 08:16 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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The Metliest thing about the postseason to me is hearing Ronnie call games for TBS with whomever these other two dorks are.
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| MFS62 Oct 03 2014 08:54 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Add to that Bal'mer list Nelson Cruz, who was originally signed by the Mets, then traded away as a minor leaguer:
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| Edgy MD Oct 03 2014 09:52 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Mike Moustakas: Former Mets batboy.
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| G-Fafif Oct 04 2014 08:53 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Joaquin Arias still a Giant, once a Met.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 05 2014 02:30 PM Re: Mets in the 2014 Playoffs |
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Don't know that this means much, more like just a quirky thought that came to me while watching Delmon Young
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