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Outfield Depth Chart, 2017
| Edgy MD Feb 24 2017 04:50 AM |
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The outfield scene for the Mets is seemingly a lot thinner than the crowd of their infield brothers. There's depth up top, but down below, barely a prospect at each level. And them that ain't prospects haven't even tended to demonstrate themselves as useful role players. A whole bunch of outfielders at about the NY-Penn League and Appalachian League levels put up stats no better than Tim Tebow in AFL, and this was over a full (half) season.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 24 2017 12:14 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Of all those guys, Desmond Lindsay might be the best prospect.
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| Edgy MD Feb 24 2017 01:26 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Well, then Desmond Lindsay has already leapfrogged one! I thought, after the damage he wreaked on the New York-Penn League last year, that he might just skip the Sally League and go straight to St. Lucie. Mentally bump him up there, and add Jay Jabs to Columbia. Jay had an awful debut with Brooklyn last year (.498 OPS in 200 PA), but like I said, outfield pickin's are slim.
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| 41Forever Feb 24 2017 01:37 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Wow, once you pass Nimmo, the outfield is about as deep as a kiddie pool.
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| Benjamin Grimm Feb 24 2017 01:49 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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My sense is that the lack of outfield depth in the organization probably won't be a problem for 2017. Next year, though, with Granderson and Bruce presumably gone, hopefully Lagares and Conforto will be able to step in. But the Mets will almost certainly have to backfill their depth between 2017 and 2018.
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| MFS62 Feb 24 2017 02:01 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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He may never make it to the majors, but Tucker Tharp is one heckuva' name.
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| Edgy MD Feb 24 2017 02:29 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Yeah, they've got perhaps six big-league ready outfielders, and the three reserves among them (Conforto-Lagares-Nimmo) probably wouldn't be the worst starting trio in the majors.
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| Edgy MD Mar 20 2017 05:16 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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I was wondering which minor leaguers weren't getting floated up to big league games, while Tim Tebow was, and I notice Jared King hadn't appeared. Turns out, after two lousy seasons at AA, King has turned in his spikes.
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| Edgy MD Mar 20 2017 05:51 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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And on that note, Newsday hits with a quote from Alderson that T is indeed opening in Columbia.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 20 2017 06:34 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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By placing him between the Rookie level teams and Port St Lucie, this at least partially kills those theories that this is all an attendance ploy for one of the Wilpon-owned minor league squads.
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| Ceetar Mar 20 2017 06:37 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Columbia's a new affiliate. Help them out. good PR.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 20 2017 06:52 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Sure, but any attendance spike most directly helps the owner of the team which, in this case, is not the Wilpons.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 20 2017 09:29 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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Lots of college football cities in that league as well.
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| MFS62 Mar 21 2017 02:02 AM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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For a player who repeated AA Binghamton and only hit about .250 with little power there last year, I don't see Jayce Boyd being promoted to AAA Las Vegas this year. I don't see who obviously might be promoted instead of him. But after what he has shown this spring, maybe they'll jump Champ Stuart over him.
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| Edgy MD Mar 21 2017 03:12 AM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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I can see it now. By which, I mean, I can actually see it now.
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| Frayed Knot Mar 21 2017 03:24 AM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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So do they get a refund on those tickets if he does real well and gets promoted to PSL in mid-season?
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| Frayed Knot Mar 22 2017 03:26 PM Re: Outfield Depth Chart, 2017 |
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The Greenville (S.C.) Drive, the Red Sox affiliate in the South Atlantic Lg, announce a promotion where fans get a free BK Whopper if Tebow strikes out three times over the length his first series in Greenville.
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