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Damion Easley Batting Fifth and Playing First Today

Elster88 May 27 2008 06:04 PM

Apparently that's what cutting Delgado would mean.

seawolf17 May 27 2008 06:26 PM

See, what happens is that you replace Delgado on the roster with another player. They let you do that when you cut a guy.

Elster88 May 27 2008 06:29 PM

Do you have any players in mind?

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2008 07:09 PM

I'm guessing it's Mike Carp. I agree that cutting Delgado is unwise at best, foolish at worst.

seawolf17 May 27 2008 07:21 PM

Hell, just ride Tatis until he remembers that he's too old to keep this up also. Or Carp. Or Michel Abreu. Or anyone, really, considering Luis Fucking Castillo has a higher OPS than Delgado.

Elster88 May 27 2008 07:23 PM

Out of the players you named, my money would be on Delgado to have the best production for the rest of the year. Tatis is fun right now, but I don't trust him long term. If you're talking about a temporary benching I might agree and see what Tatis can do. But now we need Tatis in the outfield. Cutting Delgado wouldn't work.

AG/DC May 27 2008 07:27 PM

Who cares what his OPS is relative to Castillo the first two months. It's his OPS relative to his backups going forward that matters.

seawolf17 May 27 2008 07:32 PM

I just don't see what makes anyone think Delgado's going to get better as the season goes on.

Elster88 May 27 2008 07:34 PM

I agree. I see him playing the same and outproducing any potential replacements. I don't see why anyone thinks cutting him without replacing his production would benefit the team.

Willets Point May 27 2008 08:07 PM

Cutting Delgado would be the utmost in stupidity.

RealityChuck May 27 2008 08:30 PM

Willets Point wrote: Cutting Delgado would be the utmost in stupidity. No. The utmost in stupidity is cutting him and expecting Mike Carp to pick up the slack.

AG/DC May 27 2008 08:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 28 2008 07:00 AM

Well, let's be careful with superlatives. Cutting Wright would be the utmost in stupidity. Small aside: I remember the Giants had a halfback named Billy Taylor who had a few good starts that made me hopeful in 1979, fell into part-time status in 1980, and mostly disuse in 1981. The Giants released him in the middle of that year, and I remember telling my Dad, "Did you hear? The Giants released Taylor." His response, "They released Lawrence Taylor?!" blew my mind, because somewhere in his head, it was conceiveable that his beloved sad-sack franchise, still only a few short seasons removed from The Fumble, could be foolish enough to cut the greatest rookie outside linebacker anybody could recall. That would have been the utmost in stupidity.

TheOldMole May 28 2008 05:29 AM

I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220?

TheOldMole May 28 2008 05:30 AM

And I'd say not protecting Tom Seaver in an expansion draft would be the utmost in stupidity. But no team would do that, would they?

duan May 28 2008 06:14 AM

TheOldMole wrote: I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220? there possibly is, but there's also no reason to pay what would clearly be a ferocious LH bench threat to hit for someone else. EVEN if all he's good for is a long ball in 20abs. By all means platoon him, by all means make him a sunday starter, but eating the money would be stupid. We're not so drastically short of roster space that acquiring one is worth $12 million. Lets not forget, we're currently carrying THREE catchers, an IF/OF from AA who's gone O for 10 after getting his 3 doubles aswell as rotating various under performing (hey that's you Matt Wise, Jorge Sosa and Carlos Muniz) rarely utilised relievers through the 12 pitcher slot.

AG/DC May 28 2008 07:04 AM

When we're certain he's either a clearly worse threat off the bench than Raul Casanova and has little chance of changing that, or that he's damaging the prospects of other players, that's when we reach that point. The only other release trigger would be if he's begging for his release and explitily implicitly threatening to be a distraction if he doesn't get it. We're not there yet either. For all the accusations coming in, the guy has been nothing but a gent since he arrived.

smg58 May 28 2008 11:25 AM

He also has three home runs in the past week. Yes his average still sucks, but he's been swinging the bat at least a little better lately.

Willets Point May 28 2008 11:46 AM

TheOldMole wrote: I don't particularly agree with cutting Delgado either, but are we so absolutely convinced that nowhere in baseball is there an available first baseman who can hit over .220? Yes there is. His name is Carlos Delgado and he will return to form. Maybe for the Mets if rash decisions aren't made.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2008 11:46 AM

Willie seemed to suggest in today's snooze that Delgado might sit again today... or else I read the thing wrong.

metirish May 28 2008 12:19 PM

Bondy in the Snooze claims that "Willie has decided to platoon Carlos Delgado, finally".

86-Dreamer May 28 2008 12:23 PM

metirish wrote: Bondy in the Snooze claims that "Willie has decided to platoon Carlos Delgado, finally". I agree that it is worth trying to find a platoon partner. I would prefer that they give Val Pascucci the chance over Easley or Evans.

AG/DC May 28 2008 12:48 PM

Yeah, I pine for Val. Righthanded and slugging a ton in New Orleans.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2008 12:52 PM

I think they need another outfielder before they let Evans go

AG/DC May 28 2008 01:14 PM

Well, if they DL Church (and it sure looks like they should), Val plays some outfield. Other outfielders that are performing in AAA include Chris Aguila (nine homers), Brady Clark (.304 BA) and Jesus Feliciano (.366 OBP with no power).

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2008 01:22 PM

Didn't I read that Brady was out for the remainder of the season with an injury?

AG/DC May 28 2008 01:27 PM

Of course. Knee injury. That bumps Feliciano up the depth chart.

Gwreck May 28 2008 01:34 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Willie seemed to suggest in today's snooze that Delgado might sit again today... or else I read the thing wrong. He said same on pregame show on WFAN with Ed Coleman last night.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 28 2008 01:38 PM

See in New Orleans Chris Aguila Full of charm and appeal Handsome, elegant, intelligent, sweet He's really ideal

metirish May 28 2008 02:11 PM

From his wiki bio. ] * Aguila comes from a widely varied ethnic background. His father is Filipino, and his mother is Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian. As of 2006, Aguila and Tony Solaita are the only known ethnic Samoans who have played in Major League Baseball. * Aguila has been doing Polynesian fire knife dancing since he was in the fifth grade.

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2008 02:12 PM

] * Aguila has been doing Polynesian fire knife dancing since he was in the fifth grade. That sounds even more dangerous than flying from Atlanta to Denver with a concussion.

metirish May 28 2008 02:15 PM

The Mets are a circus now, what will it be like when a Polynesian fire knife dancing player comes abroad?

Willets Point May 28 2008 02:41 PM

metirish wrote: The Mets are a circus now, what will it be like when a Polynesian fire knife dancing player comes abroad? Personally, I think that would be freakin' awesome.

seawolf17 May 28 2008 05:46 PM

I hope he does it on his way to right field after hitting a tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

AG/DC May 29 2008 10:16 AM

Worth noting that Delgado's OPS is .701, rather than .685, if you return to him the homer that Bob Davidson took.

soupcan May 30 2008 08:59 AM

From today's New York Post: The Mets are considering left-handed first baseman Scott Hatteberg, who was designated for assignment Tuesday by the Reds, but the Mariners are considered the leading contender for his services.

metirish May 30 2008 09:14 AM

Snooze. ] RIGHT IN THERE: Carlos Delgado started last night against Dodgers righthander Brad Penny after sitting against Marlins lefthanders Andrew Miller and Scott Olsen the previous two days. Willie Randolph maintained he will not use a straight platoon now, which means Delgado should play tonight against Dodgers southpaw Clayton Kershaw, although the manager wanted to first review tape of the ballyhooed rookie. With Moises Alou and Ryan Church both injured, Randolph knows he needs to get Delgado to return to form, not start platooning him. "Let's be real," Randolph said. "With Moises being out and Church being out, we're going to have to find some thump somewhere." Delgado, who went 2-for-4 with a run, didn't sound prepared to accept being platooned anyway. "Then we would need to talk," he said.

AG/DC May 30 2008 09:28 AM

Willie would never "maintain" he's using a straight platoon, even if he was. It goes against his grain to give the press and his opponent too much information, and he'd always want room for gut decsions.

Vince Coleman Firecracker May 30 2008 09:57 AM

What does Val Pascucci have to do to get another shot in the majors? For the last 4+ years, he's been absolutely raking at AAA and in Japan. I'd much rather see him as the RH side of a 1B platoon than Easley, and I don't think much would be gained by bringing up Carp before he starts seeing AAA pitching.

mario25 May 30 2008 10:18 AM

I agree give Pascucci a chance..... He also could give the Mets some much needed HR pop off the bench

metirish May 30 2008 10:24 AM

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: What does Val Pascucci have to do to get another shot in the majors? For the last 4+ years, he's been absolutely raking at AAA and in Japan. I'd much rather see him as the RH side of a 1B platoon than Easley, and I don't think much would be gained by bringing up Carp before he starts seeing AAA pitching. Can Val bunt?