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Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2014 09:27 AM

Berry Berry Good Mets.

sharpie Dec 11 2014 09:33 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

His top comp on Baseball Reference is Ryan Thompson.

seawolf17 Dec 11 2014 09:33 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

If that's official, I like it. Mayberry career vs LHP: .269/.324/.533 with 30 HR in 490 AB.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2014 09:34 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Gonna whallop them lefties

Edgy MD Dec 11 2014 09:34 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Mayberry NYC [youtube:1yhkwnd6]e5rqINHGNR0[/youtube:1yhkwnd6]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 11 2014 09:35 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

And hey, Ryan Thompson wouldn't have made a terrible fifth OF (with center-ing capability)/1B. It's official, then? Somewhat unique among erstwhile Phils, he always gave me that guy-I-wouldn't-mind-seeing-in-our-colors feeling. (Rollins, too.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2014 09:38 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Internet says pending physical, 1-year Major League deal.

sharpie Dec 11 2014 09:41 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Not great news for Eric Campbell.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2014 09:43 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Hits den Dekker harder, I think.

Ceetar Dec 11 2014 09:47 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Edgy MD wrote: Hits den Dekker harder, I think. den Dekker's a lefty (Though I prefer Nieuwenhuis). One of them probably still mans the bench with Mayberry. Depending how you look at it, Flores/Tejada/Murphy up the middle and Recker as the C backup, you've got one more spot that you need to be able to backup 3B, so Campbell might still be okay.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 11 2014 09:50 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

I think we're not done.

Edgy MD Dec 11 2014 09:50 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Ceetar wrote: Hits den Dekker harder, I think. den Dekker's a lefty (Though I prefer Nieuwenhuis). One of them probably still mans the bench with Mayberry. Sure, likely Nieuwenhuis, based on options and performance. Ceetar wrote: Depending how you look at it, Flores/Tejada/Murphy up the middle and Recker as the C backup, you've got one more spot that you need to be able to backup 3B, so Campbell might still be okay. What I'm saying.

Frayed Knot Dec 11 2014 09:58 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

JMJ plays a decent defensive OF too, IIRC, so could fill in at any of the three positions -- or am I, like Andy Pettitte, misremembering here?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 11 2014 11:04 AM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

I think "fill-in" is the key phrase, there. He's not embarrassing in the outfield, but he's no asset.

Frayed Knot Dec 11 2014 12:07 PM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Well yeah, I don't expect to start on a regular basis anywhere. I just meant that I have a vague opinion that he brings good defensive traits to the party and that he has played a decent amount of CF over the years, although it's possible that I may just be conflating him and Dom Brown* to the point where I'm mixing up which skills go with what guy. * All those tall, black, OFs in Philly unis look alike to me

smg58 Dec 11 2014 01:17 PM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Not a bad pickup. He should definitely play against lefties. Nieuwenhuis and den Dekker appear to be competing for one spot. I would hope, based on how he hit in the second half, that Nieuwenhuis has the leg up. Campbell, I think, is on the outside looking in.

Fman99 Dec 13 2014 08:08 PM Re: Throneberry, Strawberry, Mayberry

Chico Escuela would approve.