I see Vientos and hopefully remember that Mike Schmidt hit around .200 in his first 500 MLB AB. Later And he mostly played every day during those 500+ at bats... September callup in '72 and then was called mid April in '73 And while Schmidt was a gold glove Third baseman in his career, he made plen...

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 2:28 pm Not saying he won't be a guy someday but he's looked pretty bad as a big leaguer.

kind of hard to play good as a youngster when you have 5 days worth of wood splinters in your ass after being on a homer tear in AAA...

He should have a little more respect from the team in terms of being a prospect...guy is a Dave Kingman like power threat, and similarly to Kingman can play 1B/3B/LF just not up to metrics that the team uses...then again, I don't think that McNeil did either until they were forced to give McNeil a s...

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:03 pm ... and I'm batting .297 / .441 / .514 // .955 in 51 games at AA.

And I'm 5'6".

That on-base percentage, again, is .441.

When you are short, you see a lot of balls

https://www.milb.com/binghamton/news/rhp-mike-vasil-named-eastern-league-pitcher-of-the-month-for-may BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Double-A Affiliate of the New York Mets, are proud to announce that RHP Mike Vasil has been named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for May. Vasil wo...

He turned 23 in March. He's come up through the ranks, from the Florida Coast League to St. Lucie to Brooklyn before arriving at Binghamton. He's long been on the Mets ranked prospect list. Buzz is we may see him at Citi Field as soon as 2024. If we continue to stink, I wouldn't be surprised by the...

The answer to that is that the ballpark won't be what generates money for the state and municipality. The gambling will be. I saw something yesterday that the A's are leaning towards 4 pm starts as their default starting time...their logic: people can go to the game and then still have time to hit ...

I can't imagine wearing a Jets shirt ever in public...

ashie62 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:24 pm This is slowly morphing into a sort of fan club

Nah

You might also appreciate this article about what a swell guy Chase Utley is...

https://tbonesbaseball.com/chase-utley- ... er-person/

"Seems", yeah. And his comments after losing to the Mets last year about cheap hits almost confirmed it, but: Strider had been diagnosed with high blood pressure at 18. Unable to pitch, he researched new eating habits. He quit meat and his body appreciated it, he said. Being vegan also “[...

Centerfield wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:26 pm And he has a stupid moustache.

he looks like an arrogant french gay porn star from the 70's...

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Sun Apr 23, 2023 10:42 am Pilots became the Brewers. Senators became the Twins.

I was on a quick break from work, and didn't have time to do the research...but you got my intention...kind of like when "the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor"...

It seems like they'd sooner change Athletics to Aces it's not like the Baltimore Orioles remained the Orioles when they moved to NYC, they became the Highlanders and eventually the Yankees...The Expos became the Nationals...The Browns became the Orioles (and the Ravens)...the Pilots became the Twin...

Marshmallowmilkshake wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:48 pm I totally missed that you were kidding! Oops.

Not a problem, I try to disguise my humor/sarcasm.

I think they'll play in Oakland through next year and then in the existing minor league park in Vegas until the new stadium is ready. They built that AAA stadium in a year, they are used to quick construction in Vegas, so they could conceivably build a MLB stadium in record time... But also to back...

bmfc1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:08 pm So the team plays for 3 years in Oakland as lame ducks?

they could move to Montreal for 3 years, if they wanted to...I'd imagine that they could draw as much interest in Montreal as they do in Oakland...

I thought that Oakland colliseum still looks cool...makes me feel like it's 1973 all over again...I think that the A's should be forced to stay there forever...nothing that Orkin and RotoRouter can't fix... Nothing that a wrecking ball can't fix! It's a multipurpose disaster with crazy foul territo...

After raking in the winter leagues, and hitting impressively in Spring Training...Mauricio has kept it full throttle on hitting so far in AAA Syracuse: 13 runs; 22 hits; 1 triple; 7 doubles; 6 home runs; 14 RBI; 2 steals; 4 walks; .355 Average; 1.193 OPS; 49 Total Bases in 16 games played. It's been...

I thought that Oakland colliseum still looks cool...makes me feel like it's 1973 all over again...I think that the A's should be forced to stay there forever...nothing that Orkin and RotoRouter can't fix...

De Los Santos looks intriguing, however it's concerning that he's 23 but has never played above A ball St Lucie. The age thingie tends to make scouts discount prospects. But when they scout a college player of the same age, it is sometimes overlooked. In his case I'd chalk that up to the disruption...

De Los Santos looks intriguing, however it's concerning that he's 23 but has never played above A ball St Lucie.

Coaching as in not teaching them how to read pitchers and catchers.

By comparison, Cleveland got 104 steals with only 21 caught stealing from their starting infield, left fielder and center fielder last season. Some of them are guys that don't appear overly fast.

IMO, the Mets have had several prospects in recent years (aka the "Sandy" years) that might have been considered fast runners, but looking at their numbers, it didn't translate into success in the running game... Examples: Ronny Maurico: 39 steals; 34 caught stealing (minors); however in t...

Not sure where to put this...but since it's a player development issue, I figured that "Adopt a prospect" is the best fit...

Since I was Maxwell Smart agent 86 at the Metsonline.net (aka MOFO). I feel like it is a given, which I must choose...