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Church to be challenged by Pagans?

Frayed Knot Jan 05 2008 12:47 PM

Or at least [u:714572b917]A[/u:714572b917] Pagan anyway Mets deal two minor leaguers: OFer [url=http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=3D74]Corey Coles[/url] and pitcher [url=http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=3A66]Ryan Meyers[/url] in exchange for the man with the wonderfully contradictory name: [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paganan01.shtml]Angel Pagan[/url] The switch-hitting Pagan, 27 in July, was a one-time [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paganan01.shtml]NYM farmhand[/url] who has spent the last two seasons with the Cubs. Decent pop, not too much OBP, and better as a LH batter over his 300+ ML ABs (so maybe not such a great platoon candidate).

metsguyinmichigan Jan 05 2008 02:53 PM

Post title of the year!!!!

smg58 Jan 05 2008 04:49 PM

I think Pagan will give the Mets the luxury of having somebody other than Carlos Gomez to call up in case of an injury. I don't see him being much more than that. So it certainly doesn't hurt, but it might not help all that much.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 05 2008 05:55 PM

Sounds to me as if they just made ND Chavez less vital.

Fman99 Jan 05 2008 06:11 PM

="smg58"]I think Pagan will give the Mets the luxury of having somebody other than Carlos Gomez to call up in case of an injury. I don't see him being much more than that. So it certainly doesn't hurt, but it might not help all that much. He's the new Ben Johnson... only maybe this guy can contribute something.

smg58 Jan 05 2008 06:20 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 05 2008 06:29 PM

And I don't think either guy we gave up will turn into Heath Bell. Not that our pen could have used his 93 innings or anything...

smg58 Jan 05 2008 06:25 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Sounds to me as if they just made ND Chavez less vital. It's certainly possible, although I'd much rather sign Kielty than give a roster spot to Pagan should one open up.

MFS62 Jan 06 2008 09:00 AM

As has been mentioned here before, his name is a text book oxymoron. I think the trade can mean one of three things: 1) It sets up a trade of one of the young outfield prospects. 2) It allows Gomez to play a full season at AAA to hone his skills. 3) Omar really likes the way Pagan's game has developed, and needs a righty hitting good outfielder to go along with Endy. (Pagan, a switch hitter, has shown more power from the right side and better average from the left side) 4) Omar woke up screaming when he saw Easley playing the outfield in a dream. Angel becomes the only experienced center fielder on the roster behind Beltran. While he can play center well, I think of Endy as spending a lot of time as the semi-regular left fielder this year. EDIT: What happened to my avatar of Doc Gooden? Looks like it killed the format of this thread. Edit 2: Looks like this has been fixed. Thanks to whoever did it. Later

Gwreck Jan 06 2008 12:10 PM

MFS62 wrote: 4) Omar woke up screaming when he saw Easley playing the outfield in a dream. Angel becomes the only experienced center fielder on the roster behind Beltran. While he can play center well, I think of Endy as spending a lot of time as the semi-regular left fielder this year. "Well" might be understating how Endy plays the OF. I'd argue he's the best defensive outfielder on the team (yes, better than Beltran). Besides, if Alou and Beltran were somehow both out at the same time, I would fully expect Chavez to be in center anyway.

AG/DC Jan 06 2008 01:02 PM

Yeah, but that was number four of three, so I wasn't sure what to make of it.

MFS62 Jan 06 2008 01:34 PM

AG/DC wrote: Yeah, but that was number four of three, so I wasn't sure what to make of it. Rethought my post. Inserted #2 (Give Gomez more minor league time). Changed the numbers, but not the sentence. My bad. Later

AG/DC Jan 06 2008 02:10 PM

A cool thing about Angel is that he has another year of options.

smg58 Jan 06 2008 05:35 PM

Yes. I don't like him as a mainstay in the outfield, but as a first call-up he could be very useful.

Willets Point Jan 06 2008 09:55 PM

My prodigal son returns!