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OlerudOwned
Nov 16 2006 09:38 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aj6UzpTsHYUHz2N.SMZwfGKFCLcF?slug=ap-mets-easley&prov=ap&type=lgns

]NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Backup infielder Damion Easley and the New York Mets agreed Thursday to an $850,000, one-year contract.

Easley hit .233 with nine homers and 28 RBIs in 189 at-bats last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, playing 27 games at shortstop, 20 at third base, nine at second base, three at first base and one in right field.


I guess that spells the end of the Woodward era.

Easley hit three home runs in one game against Atlanta last season. I'd like to see more of that.

Johnny Dickshot
Nov 16 2006 09:51 PM

36 years old.

MFS62
Nov 16 2006 09:55 PM

Nice pickup, especially for that amount of money.
He will make a nice platoon with Valentin who, IIRC didn't exactly kill lefty pitching.

I wanted the Mets to try to get him in the pre-Kaz days.
I be happy.
Later

metirish
Nov 16 2006 10:04 PM

Easley don't kill it either..and is worse against righties..

Johnny Dickshot
Nov 16 2006 10:06 PM

I don't see much other than versatility to recommend him. I recall him as the symbol of the Tigers' issues in the early 2000s, grossly overpaid and was, for a time at least, the released player owed most on a contract ever. At least that's how I remember it.

Am I missing something?

patona314
Nov 16 2006 10:25 PM

his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates.

metirish
Nov 16 2006 10:26 PM

Born in New York,NY...checked baseballreference.com,your right Johnny,made some serious twine with the Tigers,at least for the player he is.

SteveJRogers
Nov 16 2006 10:38 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 16 2006 11:02 PM

="patona314"]his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates.


Mike Easler you mean


Also a MFY and a bona fide "Hit Man" before Don Mattingly and Bret Hart made the nickname famous

KC
Nov 16 2006 10:42 PM

MFS: >>>He will make a nice platoon with Valentin<<<

Let's pray that's not the plan for the position.

JD: >>>I don't see much other than versatility<<<

I see it this way, hopefully a good guy to plug in here and there ... the yearly
salaries guys like this pull in nowadays is amazin'.

patona314
Nov 16 2006 10:44 PM

="SteveJRogers"]
="patona314"]his father killed us on a regular basis, and I mean KIILLED us. F the pirates.


Mike Easler you mean


Also a MFY and a bona fide "Hit Man" before these guys made the nickname famous



i just had a nice dinner and you made me blow chunks just looking at that baseball card. thank you for making me go to bed hungry.

SteveJRogers
Nov 16 2006 10:52 PM

Heh, dude, the Met pitching of the era was worse than the Pirates Lumber Company of that era, so that combo...

Hey it worked out, we ended up with one of them as our hitting coach!

KC
Nov 16 2006 10:56 PM

I vote we keep pictures like that of Bret Hart on the bedroom walls of
people who give a crap about him and out of a discussion of men on the
Mets' 2007 bench.

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:01 PM

the problem w/mike was that against everyone else, he pretty much sucked. we weren't the only ones w/sucky pitching back in the day

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:10 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 16 2006 11:11 PM

KC wrote:
I vote we keep pictures like that of Bret Hart on the bedroom walls of
people who give a crap about him and out of a discussion of men on the
Mets' 2007 bench.


why schaefer? "the one beer when you're having more than one"?. I better drink 20 then. (i always loved that marketing ploy). lots of drunk 60 year olds in queens because of it. GOD DAMMIIT GIVE ME A FRIGGIN RHEINGOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frayed Knot
Nov 16 2006 11:11 PM

]Am I missing something?


Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.
If all he's doing is replacing Woodward then I don't have any problem with this. Dude packs a little bit of pop and can play several positions.

He did sign one of those big dot-com era contracts w/Detroit off of those 20+ HR seasons. Then, when the 20+ became 10-15 they dumped him with 2 years and about $12-13mil remaining, a record for owed money until the Angels sent Appier packing with nearly $20 due.

I seem to remember him beating us with a late game hit while he was with Florida.

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:15 PM

Frayed Knot wrote:
]Am I missing something?


Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.
If all he's doing is replacing Woodward then I don't have any problem with this. Dude packs a little bit of pop and can play several positions.

He did sign one of those big dot-com era contracts w/Detroit off of those 20+ HR seasons. Then, when the 20+ became 10-15 they dumped him with 2 years and about $12-13mil remaining, a record for owed money until the Angels sent Appier packing with nearly $20 due.

I seem to remember him beating us with a late game hit while he was with Florida.


wasn't that the MO deal?

SteveJRogers
Nov 16 2006 11:18 PM

[url]http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/easlemi01.shtml[/url]

BA right around .270-.313 every year, OBP and Slugging weren't terrible.
All Star in 1981

Couple of top tens in Slug and OPS, pretty soild career, not exactly "Sucks against everyone and only does well against us" ala Joe McEwing vs Randy Johnson or Tommy Hutton vs Tom Seaver.

Wouldn't build a team around a player like that obviously, but a good cog in the middle.

Edgy DC
Nov 16 2006 11:18 PM

The Hit Man hurt us, but we weren't the only ones

You're part correct. He got us bad, though he got Toronto worse, though, and a few teams as bad.

TeamABAVGOBPSLGOPS
ATL112.259.331.500.831
BAL158.272.311.367.678
BOS75.387.425.533.958
CAL141.333.369.560.929
CHC229.319.383.454.837
CHW154.260.311.403.714
CIN146.260.299.459.758
CLE153.281.355.386.741
DET150.307.370.393.763
HOU118.288.323.441.764
KCR131.290.347.412.759
LAD125.264.311.376.687
MIL133.256.340.444.784
MIN128.289.359.414.773
MON244.307.357.512.869
NYM218.321.369.560.929
NYY101.277.318.426.744
OAK142.282.338.521.859
PHI183.333.395.530.925
PIT15.267.267.267.534
STL156.288.331.372.703
SDP118.314.357.424.781
SFG133.256.315.331.646
SEA128.258.326.477.803
TEX151.258.356.417.773
TOR135.356.407.6001.007


You're incorrect about him being Damian Easley's Dad though.

Frayed Knot
Nov 16 2006 11:19 PM

]wasn't that the MO deal?


Yes, we dealt Appier away to get Mo - and, as bad as Met fans complain about Vaughn, it was the Angels who wound up eating a much more expensive lunch on Appier. At least w/big Mo it was an injury that did him in and the insurance policy that was inherited from his Angels' contract paid off a majority of his final missed season.

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:24 PM

Frayed Knot wrote:
]wasn't that the MO deal?


Yes, we dealt Appier away to get Mo - and, as bad as Met fans complain about Vaughn, it was the Angels who wound up eating a much more expensive lunch on Appier. At least w/big Mo it was an injury that did him in and the insurance policy that was inherited from his Angels' contract paid off a majority of his final missed season.



still, he sucked

Johnny Dickshot
Nov 16 2006 11:25 PM

]Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.


Yes, but he's on the old end of that scale. JD prefers the youngish vets who were pushed into service by poor teams as 21 year-old and are suddenly 28 yo benchies.

But sure, he's worth a shot as Woody's replacement and can fake it as Reyes' backup and fill in elsewhere (mad dog)I can't kill 'em for this(/mad dog)

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:32 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote:
]Well nothing except that he kinda fits the Dickshot test of marginal full-timer morphing into a decent bench player.


Yes, but he's on the old end of that scale. JD prefers the youngish vets who were pushed into service by poor teams as 21 year-old and are suddenly 28 yo benchies.

But sure, he's worth a shot as Woody's replacement and can fake it as Reyes' backup and fill in elsewhere (mad dog)I can't kill 'em for this(/mad dog)


are you talking about yourself as a 3rd person? (JD prefers)?

patona314
Nov 16 2006 11:39 PM

You're incorrect about him being Damian Easley's Dad though.

mike easley is the dad.. .. and my source is kiner...

smg58
Nov 17 2006 10:14 AM

He does have some pop, at least. Otherwise, I don't see much to recommend him. I wonder if that finishes the work on the infield, or simply gives them insurance if they can't get anybody else.

Yancy Street Gang
Nov 17 2006 10:28 AM

smg58 wrote:
I wonder if that finishes the work on the infield


Geez, I hope not.

sharpie
Nov 17 2006 10:39 AM

On baseballreference.com Easley's most similar batter is our old friend Davey Johnson.