Here's a concern moving forward, unless the Mets are going to build an incredible offense to over compensate for a mediocre rotation they need a solid number two pitcher. I Don't see the Mets signing Matt Holliday, Bengie Molina, Orlando Hudson, Garret Atkins ( for the bench) and trading for Adrian Gonzalez, so the rotation will need to be addressed. As far as free agency, there is John Lackey who...
The Mets entered last off-season with the goal of trading Luis Castillo and when their efforts failed to move him, they entered the season with him as their starting 2B. But a year later in which Castillo put up stellar table setter numbers, played the entire season healthy and is only owed 12MM over two more years the team seemed optimistic about their chances of moving him. Clearly the Mets are trying...
Pirates hire Steve Williams as Major League scout Williams, 45, most recently served the Kansas City Royals as their Assistant Director of Scouting, a position he held since August 15, 2006. Prior to joining the Royals, Williams worked for the Detroit Tigers as their Midwest Scouting Supervisor (2000-01) and East Coast Supervisor (2002-06), overseeing a territory from Maine to Puerto Rico. His scouting...
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP Andre Ethier and Manny Ramirez join fellow outfielder Matt Kemp as the only Dodgers projected by CHONE to have an OPS of .800 or above in 2010. Browse more photos » Last month we looked at the projections from the 2010 Bill James Handbook . Now, the second set of projections are in, from Sean Smith of the wonderful blog Anaheim Angels All The Way . His...
John Delcos wonders what it will take to get Roy Halladay. Drew Costello at MetsFansForever did a complete analysis of the Mets infield (geez, it took me a month to do the same!) Andrew Vazzano at TheRopolitans offers the good and bad of trading Luis Castillo and signing Orlando Hudson. MetsPolice can’t get a press pass to Bisons [...]
More photos » by Paul Abell - AP None shall pass. Browse more photos » It's a light news day for the Rockies as there's nothing much out there, but here are a few links: Inbox: What's next for Hawpe and Atkins? | ColoradoRockies.com: News Thomas Harding dips into his mailbag to answer questions Atkins and Hawpe, a big right-handed bat, and who the backup catcher will be. One of those questions...
These charts tells me the Royals are now in the Luis Rodriguez sweepstakes. Click to enlarge Full data after the jump. Second basemen AGE TYPE CLUB OPTION WAR UZR/150 wOBA ISO PA Felipe Lopez 30 B 4.6 7.6 0.356 0.118 680 Placido Polanco 34 A 3.1 11 0.321 0.112 676 Juan Uribe 31 2.9 16.4 0.351 0.206 432 Orlando Hudson 32 A 2.9 -3.7 0.342 0.134 631 Craig Counsell 39 2.8 18 0.336 0.124 459 Adam Kennedy...
According to [Orlando] Hudson, Torre never once called him into his office to discuss the situation, a slap in the face Hudson has trouble accepting. "My teammates talked to me about it more than Joe did, but I never had any answers because (Torre) and I never talked," Hudson said. "There was no conversation." Ramona Shelburne of the LA Daily News caught up with Orlando Hudson,...
Obama may not have been able to deliver Chicago the Olympics, but at least his hometown hosted the MLB Winter Meetings in his first year in office. Not much activity thus far, but here are some rumblings: Per a Buster Olney Tweet (via mlbtraderumors.com), the Reds are shopping Coco hard. Olney's heard from other teams that the Reds would love to move closer Francisco Cordero. Of course, closers are...
In July, the Daily News wrote, “Growing up in South Carolina, Orlando Hudson dreamed of playing for the Mets. Even though he grew up in Braves country, Hudson loved Darryl Strawberry and was a proud Mets fan.” …i will not lie, things like that influence me… Nelson Figueroa has a similar story, about growing [...]
How fucking impressive is it to win the Gold Glove when all your damn highlights come in games against the Pirates? There were down 5-0 in the first one, for cripe’s sake. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=7128933 Suck it, Orlando … [visit site to read more]
MLB announced the winners of the Gold Gloves for the National League Wednesday, a day after they picked the American League list. You can read our breakdown by the numbers for the AL here . Again, we'll take a look at the NL squad by looking at the numbers. Based on simple defensive statistical metrics, who should have won the award compared to who actually won the award. For full disclosure, different...
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP One gold glove winner, the Dodgers Orlando Hudson, breaks up the aspirations of a would be winner, the Rockies Troy Tulowitzki, on May 26. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Browse more photos » So for the fifth straight season, NL coaches and managers thought that the Rockies didn't really have any defenders who were the best at their craft . I get the feeling...
So, I'm trying a new format today. Thoughts? Criticisms? Meet the Mets Mets will try to keep Figgins from Philadelphia I don't exactly have a place to put him, but would love to have Figgins. Jon Heyman twitters that the Mets will look at Pineiro 3 years $30 million is awfully steep for a one-year wonder. 1986 + MTV H/t to Metsmerized. Who would have ever known that Lenny Dykstra would reach such heights....
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