Sunday Applesauce

by Eric Simon on Nov 2, 2008 12:00 PM EST in Applesauce

Hawaiian Winter Baseball

Ruben Tejada went 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a throwing error (.288/.323/.373).
Jordan Abruzzo went 2-for-4 with an RBI (.220/.250/.260).
Greg Veloz went 0-for-4 (.203/.280/.230).
Junior Guerra pitched 1.1 innings of relief, allowing a walk and striking out one.
Roy Merritt pitched 1.2 innings of relief, allowing a walk and striking out two.

Domincan Winter League

Azucareros del Este 5, Leones del Escogido 4

Argenis Reyes went 1-for-5 with a double (.256/.360/.302).
Abraham Nunez went 0-for-3 with two walks and a run scored (.400/.571/.500).

El Duque filed for free agency yesterday. He made $9 million last season to do nothing. Au revoir!

David Wright is not bitter about the Phillies' world title, but rather motivated. The Phillies were a slightly better team than the Mets, with the bullpen making up the entire difference and then some. I was talking about this with a good friend of mine who also happens to be a Phillies fan, and about the (obvious) impact a closer with no blown saves would have on any team. If the Mets didn't blow any ninth-inning leads, they would've won upwards of a hundred games. Of course, they blew a ton of ninth-inning leads, as well as any number of eighth-inning leads. Those are the breaks.

SI.com leaked the full list of Type A and Type B free agents on Friday. ESPN.com's free agent tracker does the same, though it also includes unranked free agents. Oliver Perez is a Type A; Moises Alou is a Type B. The Mets obviously have to offer Perez arbitration. Even if he accepts, a one-year deal at whatever money is hardly a big problem. Smart money is on he and Boras taking the biggest, longest contract offered, and the Mets would recoup some of the picks they are bound to lose when they sign free agents of their own (Derek Lowe and Brian Fuentes are both Type As).

MLB is setting up shop in Secaucus, NJ, as the headquarters for their forthcoming cable network.

Football fans, head over to Big Blue View (Giants) and/or Gang Green Nation (Jets) for coverage and gamethreads.

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Draft Pick Compensation

How does it work If we sign 2-3 type a free agents and lose just Ollie.

by Gina on Nov 2, 2008 12:57 PM EST reply actions

Compensation

The Mets would lose their first, second and third round picks, but get back a first and a sandwich pick between the first and second. So, not terrible at all.

As long as the Mets extend arbitration to Perez, he could sign elsewhere and the Mets could sign two Type As and a Type B and actually wind up in better shape, pick-wise, than they started.

by Eric Simon on Nov 2, 2008 1:24 PM EST up reply actions