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Mets to Stage Hamilton

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 02 2020 09:55 AM

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Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 02 2020 09:59 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

I guess this means Cordell's days as the defensive RH hitting noodle bat pinch runner are numbered, Marisnick is a ways from coming back, and Lagares is on the pay-no-mind list.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 02 2020 09:59 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Is he a "natural" center fielder? Does he go ahead of Roger Lagares on the depth chart?

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 02 2020 10:01 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

He is. Had a decent start to his career but never really hit. Super fast

G-Fafif Aug 02 2020 10:15 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Please reacquire Cesar Centeno for base-stealing drill purposes.

bmfc1 Aug 02 2020 10:40 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Unless this was BVW's only way to get something for Humphreys, I don't get it. Hamilton is a plus defender but that's what Marisnick is for (I know he's hurt) and so is Cordell. He's very fast but so is Fargas (currently hanging out in Brooklyn).

dgwphotography Aug 02 2020 11:07 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

I got a notification about this, and came here to see what the thread title would be. Not disappointed.

Edgy MD Aug 02 2020 11:09 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Well I remember his bitter duel with Aaron Boone.

nymr83 Aug 02 2020 11:15 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

how long is the roster 30 players? might be the best pinch-runner in the league if the Mets can stash him on the 40 but off the 25 until playoffs?

A Boy Named Seo Aug 02 2020 11:52 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Yeah he's a super pinch runner in the age of stupid baseball 2020. Imagine this stupid bullshit: top of the 9th, 2 outs, runner at first. Pinch run Hamilton. You could steal him, yes. Or you could have him sit down between first and second and get "picked off". In-form Diaz (fantasy, I know) mows down the opposing team in the bottom of the 9th and Hamilton starts the 10th on second with no outs. This idiotic scenario is possible in 2020 now.

nymr83 Aug 02 2020 12:36 PM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

It is pretty dumb, but it seems like a good strategy given the dumb rules - pinch run him with 2 outs knowing he starts the 10th on 2B if caught stealing. You can also presumably pinch run for the guy on the 2nd anyway, right?

MFS62 Aug 03 2020 05:59 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

=G-Fafif post_id=42530 time=1596384928 user_id=55] Please reacquire Cesar Centeno for base-stealing drill purposes.

I had the same thought. One of my adoptees who actually made it to the majors.



I think they needed to replace Cespedes with someone with a similar skill set. The team needs hitting in key situations, not a speedy glove guy.



Later

nymr83 Aug 03 2020 07:14 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

=MFS62 post_id=42681 time=1596455965 user_id=60] =G-Fafif post_id=42530 time=1596384928 user_id=55] Please reacquire Cesar Centeno for base-stealing drill purposes.

I had the same thought. One of my adoptees who actually made it to the majors.



I think they needed to replace Cespedes with someone with a similar skill set. The team needs hitting in key situations, not a speedy glove guy.



Later


Dom Smith is already here and ready to go!



The way Cespedes was 'hitting' so far and with a nearly 2 year layoff, the Mets may be better off with Smith in the daily lineup anyway.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 03 2020 07:36 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

And just to be clear, Hamilton is not Cespedes replacement

Chad ochoseis Aug 03 2020 08:03 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

The Mets have plenty of hitting, assuming Alonso's slump is a temporary funk. The RISP issue is a statistical anomaly. We laugh at old-school fans who criticize a player for not being "clutch", but somehow we still criticize a team when the randomly scattered hits don't happen to cluster for a while. One problem the Mets really do have is four corner outfielders and no centerfielders on the active roster. So, yeah, it might be nice to have Hamilton on our side.

Chad ochoseis Aug 03 2020 08:05 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Please reacquire Cesar Centeno for base-stealing drill purposes. I keep reading this as "Cesar Cedeno" and thinking that he'd be a great fit if he hadn't retired 40 years ago.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 03 2020 08:14 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

I wish he had. Didn't he hit a killer home run for the Cardinals against the Mets in 1985?

Chad ochoseis Aug 03 2020 08:23 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Yeah, I have vague memories of that. I checked BBref, and he actually retired in 1986. I mainly remember him as a 70s Astro.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 03 2020 08:34 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

The Cedeno homer has been eclipsed by the Pendleton homer two years later.

MFS62 Aug 03 2020 02:56 PM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Cedeno homer has been eclipsed by the Pendleton homer two years later. If I were in Congress, I'd add Camp Pendleton to the list of military bases targeted for a name change. The name, and that home run, must be stricken from all recorded history. So let it be written. So let it be done. Later

Edgy MD Aug 03 2020 09:27 PM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Cesar Cedeño with the 1985 Cards was one of the all-time most successful deadline acquisitions, and a huge part of why the Mets came up just short in the division race. He kind of gakked in the post-season, though.

G-Fafif Aug 03 2020 09:43 PM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Jim Kaat, coaching for the Reds in 1985, clued his old manager Whitey Herzog in that Cedeño still had something left, so the Rat traded for him. I'd like to think this has kept Kaat out of the Hall.

LWFS Aug 03 2020 10:28 PM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

They DFAed Humphreys for Peterson? Or for someone else? I think it's kinda fun how Brodie keeps finding new ways to give up prospects for defense-first/absolutely-NO-hit outfielders (Broxton, Marisnick, Hamilton) he could have signed free and clear earlier. I also like that he seems to be doing his best to squeeze 162 games of Brodie into a mere 60 games. Dig that work ethic, Bro MacIlvane!

MFS62 Aug 04 2020 06:11 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

=LWFS post_id=42779 time=1596515283 user_id=84] They DFAed Humphreys for Peterson? Or for someone else? I think it's kinda fun how Brodie keeps finding new ways to give up prospects for defense-first/absolutely-NO-hit outfielders (Broxton, Marisnick, Hamilton) he could have signed free and clear earlier. I also like that he seems to be doing his best to squeeze 162 games of Brodie into a mere 60 games. Dig that work ethic, Bro MacIlvane!

For a GM who was praised for how he handled the last draft, Brodie is treating prospects in their minor league system like qualified scientists in the CDC.

Later

MFS62 Aug 04 2020 06:14 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

=LWFS post_id=42779 time=1596515283 user_id=84] They DFAed Humphreys for Peterson? Or for someone else? I think it's kinda fun how Brodie keeps finding new ways to give up prospects for defense-first/absolutely-NO-hit outfielders (Broxton, Marisnick, Hamilton) he could have signed free and clear earlier. I also like that he seems to be doing his best to squeeze 162 games of Brodie into a mere 60 games. Dig that work ethic, Bro MacIlvane!

For someone who was praised for the way he handled the last draft (and time will tell on that), he's handling prospects in the organization like they are qualified scientists in the CDC.

Later

nymr83 Aug 04 2020 07:58 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

=MFS62 post_id=42780 time=1596543117 user_id=60] For a GM who was praised for how he handled the last draft, Brodie is treating prospects in their minor league system like qualified scientists in the CDC. Later

I must have missed the press conference where he threw the former prospects under the bus and called them names.

LWFS Aug 04 2020 09:04 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

He saves that for FREE AGENT signees, and only in OTR comments that only he could have made

Edgy MD Aug 04 2020 10:26 AM Re: Mets to Stage Hamilton

Mets undefeated in the Hamilton era.