The Spot Starters (Free subscription) | 12/16/2008
Rank: 91 Name: Jacinto Damion Easley Tigers Tenure: 1996-2002 Awards: All Star and Silver Slugger in 1998 Best Season: 1997. 1998 was when Easley collected the accolades and put up 100 RBI, but his best all around season was 1997. He hit only .264 but was patient at the plate and had an on base percentage of .363, easily [...]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Midnight tonight is the deadline for teams to offer salary arbitration to their own free agents, of which the Mets have eleven: Oliver Perez Luis Ayala Pedro Martinez Moises Alou Damion Easley Tony Armas Orlando Hernandez Ricardo Rincon Ramon Martinez Matt Wise Trot Nixon Only three of these guys have been ranked by Elias: Oliver Perez is a Type A free agent; Luis Ayala and Moises Alou are both Type...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
10:20am: Jack Magruder of the East Valley Tribune says the D'Backs offered a one-year contract to Vazquez, but he seeks a multiyear deal. 10:08am: According to MLB.com's Steve Gilbert, the Diamondbacks have talked to the representatives for free agent infielders Damion Easley and Mark Loretta recently. They've already offered a contract to Ramon Vazquez; Easley or Loretta could form a platoon with...
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Being that we currently have Marlon Anderson in the super-sub role, I’m assuming Damion Easley will be let go. Frankly, as much as I’ve grown to love some of our bench players, most of them looked half a step slower than the year before, so I’ve grown a bit weary of players like Marlon and [...]
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
The NYPost is reporting that six more Mets have filed for free agency, including SP Pedro Martinez and RP Luis Ayala. Also filing for free agency were SP Tony Armas, OF Moises Alou, RP Ricardo Rincon and INF Ramon Martinez. They join SP Oliver Perez, INF Damion Easley and RP Matt Wise in the free [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Damion Easley had the following to say today to MLB.com, when asked if Jose Reyes’s celebrations irritate the opposition: “Jose has to be himself. If that’s what he needs to do to get more out of himself, then he should do it… But there’s backlash to that. He has to understand there’s a consequence to it.” Speaking [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Oliver Perez filed for free agency yesterday, as did Damion Easley and Matt Wise, according to the Associated Press. The early buzz from New York is that Perez will initially seek a five-year deal worth more than $10 million per season, while eventually settling on a three– or four-year deal later in the off-season. I suspect the Mets will make a [...]
The Mets Report (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Image by Getty Images via Daylife On the first day that players are eligible to file for free agency Oliver Perez, Damion Easley, and Matt Wise all filed. The period runs [...] This is a brief summary of the content at MetsReport.com. Please visit the site to view the full blog post.
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
1. Oliver Perez, Damion Easley and Matt Wise all filed for free agency today. The Perez situation should drag on for awhile. Being that Perez is represented by Scott Boras the contract demands will likely be substantial. Additionally, Perez may end up a Type-A free agent, meaning that if the Elias Sports Bureau determines that Perez [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
According to a statistical break-down by Beyond the Boxscore, the Mets not only had the worst second baseman in all of baseball, in Damion Easley, they also had the third worst in Luis Castillo and the sixth worst in Argenis Reyes. …thanks to Nate for the info, i guess… Naturally, according to the same post, the best [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
Matthew Cerrone, from MetsBlog: Speaking of position players, I was sent a question from Ted in Brooklyn, and he asked, ‘When you have guys like Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes, who maybe weren’t hitting so well off the bench, why didn’t you turn to guys like John Rodriguez or Val Pascucci, who were hitting really [...]
Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
CONTRACT ISSUES Free agents: Alou, OF; Fernando Tatis, OF; Damion Easley, 2B; Perez, LHP; Martinez, RHP; Hernandez, RHP; Luis Ayala, RHP; Ricardo Rincon, LHP; Matt Wise, RHP. Eligible for arbitration: Ryan Church, OF; John Maine, RHP; Pedro Feliciano, LHP; Aaron Heilman, RHP; Duaner Sanchez, RHP. Player options: None Club options: Delgado, 1B, $12 million, $4 million buyout Non-tender possibilities:...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Damion Easley will head home with 1,706 regular-season games played without a playoff appearance, the most of any active player.
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
( moved from fanposts. --eric ) Admit that when Damion Easley recorded the final out yesterday you were in no mood for the closing ceremonies of Shea Stadium. Admit that for a fleeting moment, you were thinking the stadium would empty and whatever was planned for Shea's requiem would pass through quickly, as fitting as a 4th of July parade in February. Admit that you wanted to slam down the remote...
Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
While Ramon Martinez is starting at second base today, Damion Easley has informed Jerry Manuel he’s ready to start. Easley, who has been limited to pinch-hitting since straining his right quadriceps muscle against the Braves at Shea during the last home stand, labeled himself 80-85%. Bottom line: Easley has played more games than any active player who has never appeared in the postseason, and it’s...
