Jolbert Cabrera

Make-The-Mets-O-Meter: Batters, Vol. 3

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010

Rob Carr - AP Ru-ben Tejada, says Jon Miller. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) View full size photo » We have less than three weeks remaining before Opening Day and the roster is beginning to take shape. If we assume the Mets will carry 12 pitchers that leaves us with 13 spots for position players. Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran are likely to begin the season on the disabled list, so our starting lineup looks...

Looking at surprise players who made the 1st cut...

Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 03/16/2010

Yesterday the Mets made their first round of cuts ( this post ), originally I focused on the list of players sent to the minor league camp and aside from Josh Thole leaving so soon, no one truly surprising was cut. However; looking at it in a different perspective, there were a few surprises as to who stayed in camp. I'm not talking about the players with an actual shot at making the team, more the...

Make-The-Mets-O-Meter: Hitters, Vol. 2

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010

Charlie Riedel - AP Baseball and such. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) View full size photo » Lots of movers and shakers since last week . Chris Carter and Ike Davis continue to punish the ball, while Fernando Martinez reminded everyone why he was such a highly touted prospect. Anderson Hernandez seems the likely backup shortstop should Jose Reyes miss out on Opening Day, but Ruben Tejada is making...

Today’s Game: Mets at Braves

MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2010

The Mets play the Braves today at 1 pm in Disney World. Here is today’s starting lineup: OF Jason Pride 2B Ruben Tejada 1B Daniel Murphy 3B Mike Hessman DH Chris Carter C Omir Santos OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis OF Jolbert Cabrera SS Russ Adams …i actually wish this game was being televised… i’d like to see nieuwenhuis, pridie and tejada in action, not to mention hessman [...]

Pre-Game: Mets vs. Nationals

MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 03/06/2010

The Mets travel north to Viera to take on the Washington Nationals today at Space Coast Stadium. Game time is 1:05 pm. Most of the regulars will stay in Port St. Lucie today and workout at Tradition Field. Today’s lineup is as follows: 1. Angel Pagan, CF 2. Fernando Martinez, LF 3. Jolbert Cabrera, 2B 4. Mike Jacobs, DH 5. Mike Hessman, [...]

Spring Training Invitees

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010

This list is not exhaustive, but the following folks are confirmed Spring Training invitees. IF Jolbert Cabrera--Former Expo IF Luis Hernandez--Career 49 OPS+ SP Bobby Livingston -- analysis SP Travis Blackley--very similar to Bobby Livingston SP Jenrry Mejia--our hero RP Carlos Muniz--probably should have made the bullpen in '08, but not this year SP Eric Niesen-- prospect #21 . Also: C Francisco...

• News: Mets Invite 11 Players to Spring Training - MetsBlog

Mets sign veteran infielder

Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010

Ed Price of AOL fanhouse is reporting that the Mets have signed Jolbert Cabrera. The 37 y/o right handed hitting journeyman was signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training. Cabrera has played ever position except catcher on the field, he's a lieftime .257 hitter, OBP.306, Slg. .365 and OPS .670. He last played in the majors in 2008 with the Reds after spending two seasons in...

News: Mets sign Jolbert Cabrera

MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010

According to Ed Price of AOL FanHouse, the Mets signed Jolbert Cabrera to minor-league deal and invited him to Spring Training. Cabrera, 37, last played in the big leagues during 2008, when he hit .252 with 10 extra base hits and 12 RBI in 48 games for the Reds. He is a career .257 hitter with a .306 [...]

Heroes of the Zeros: Left Field

Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009

Of all of the positions on the All Decade Team, this one should be the clearest no-brainer. One person started 53% of the games in LF during the decade and had the best offensive numbers. The Reds did have some decent other hitters in LF, but none of them had the playing time to match up in my opinion. Ballot is after the jump. Other ballots: Starting Rotation | Bullpen | Catcher | First base | Second...

Best of the Decade: Best MLB Game

InHistoric (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

Gold Medal: Yankees vs. Diamondbacks, Game 7 – 2001 Not only was it the best MLB game of the decade, you can make a case that it’s one of the best baseball games EVER. Game 7 of the 2001 World Series pitted Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens -- two future Hall of Famers -- against each other. With the Yankees carrying a 2-1 lead thanks to an Alfonso Soriano homer, Mariano Rivera was just...

This Day In Sports History: August 5th

InHistoric (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009

8/05/1999 - Big Mac serves up 500 Reaching the plateau one year after setting the single-season home run record, Mark McGwire belts the 500th home run of his career off of Andy Ashby. For McGwire, it was the last milestone home run of his career. He would finish with 583 career home runs before retiring as a sure-fire Hall of Famer... Unfortunately, steroid revelations got in the way a bit. McGwire...

Knights allow 7 runs early in loss to Tides

Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009

(Observer News Services) The Charlotte Knights were unable to recover from an ugly start and fell short to the Norfolk Tides 8-4. The loss is the Knights fifth in their past six games Charlotte starter Jeff Marquez (1-7) was hit early and often as he allowed seven runs in just two innings of work. The big shot was a 3-run homer from Norfolk's Jolbert Cabrera. The Knights did their best to catch up...

Pawtucket: Two Triple Plays In Last Four Games

The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009

Pawtucket turned two triple plays in its four-game series against Norfolk. The first one happened in the fifth inning on Tuesday night. Jolbert Cabrera lined out to second baseman Travis Denker, who tagged second to retire Joey Gathright and fired to Aaron Bates at first to triple off Justin Christian. Then, in the first inning last night , Christian and Gathright were again on first and second, when...

Farmers Only: Homer Bailey just may have AAA figured out

Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009

Homey Louisville beat Norfolk pretty handily 6-2 on another impressive start by Homer Bailey . Homer went 8 shutout innings and struck out 7 while walking only 1. In his 5 starts since coming back from Cincinnati, Bailey's given up 3 runs in 37 1/3 innings for an ERA of 0.72. He's also struck out 31 in that span while only walking 8. Daniel Dorn was 3-for-4 and Luis Bolivar had two hits to lead the...

If Izturis goes on the disabled list, and that appears likely, the Orioles will choose between...

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009

If Izturis goes on the disabled list, and that appears likely, the Orioles will choose between Triple-A infielders Jolbert Cabrera (.247, three homers, 25 RBIs), Carlos Rojas (.160, six RBIs) and Melvin Dorta (.300, one homer, four RBIs) to serve as a reserve infielder. Justin Turner, acquired from the Cincinnati Reds this offseason in the Ramon Hernandez trade, was a lead candidate, but he is dealing...