The Mets are "absolutely in" on Figgins.

Jerry thinks it's gangsta.

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omg yes

castllo for lyle, sign figgins 3/36 or 4/44, holliday 6/100 and wolf 2/20

by viktor06 on Nov 11, 2009 8:08 PM EST reply actions

wow there's some Figgins love

by Sam Page on Nov 11, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions

You're mighty generous with the Wilpons cash

by Gina on Nov 11, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions

lol

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Nov 11, 2009 11:19 PM EST up reply actions

3/36 at that age?

ummm…….. aren’t the mets already going through this with castillo. 13 MIL a year is nuts for him. let someone else pay that. I’m not sure of his numbers but he’s bound to regress at his age.

by skinsymets on Nov 11, 2009 8:44 PM EST up reply actions

4/44?

/eyes boggle in disbelief

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Nov 11, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions

Can Figgins play a good 2B?

Just wondering where they’d put him.

by Jsz on Nov 11, 2009 9:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Its hard to gauge due to small sample size

but in the only two seasons he played there 20 times or more, he posted a UZR of -4.5 and -10.8, so that doesn’t suggest he’s fantastic there. I really think the Mets will be “in” on every big name free agent this year just so they can be “also ran”s so they can then claim they chased a lot of talent this offseason and it just didnt pan out.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 11, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions

That sounds about right.

I’d rather concentrate on Holliday and pitching/ a catcher than a position where we actually have good players.

by Jsz on Nov 11, 2009 9:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

113 games in 8 years, so...

No. Figgins is the perfect bad GM signing. He’ll get a largish contract, on the Mets his only reasonable position is 2b, one year ago he was horrible, he’s very old for a MI, he’s not durable, and doesn’t actually, you know, PLAY 2b.

by SeanSchirmer on Nov 11, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

In other word, he'll get 3/30 from Omar.

by SeanSchirmer on Nov 11, 2009 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

he only does that for pitchers, since position players play 5 times as many games

he’d give him 3/150, its simple Omar math.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 11, 2009 9:52 PM EST up reply actions

Oh--and Figgins may have the worst postseason numbers

for any hitter with over 100 PAs.

by SeanSchirmer on Nov 11, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions

ehh, small sample size

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Nov 12, 2009 6:29 AM EST up reply actions

I'm "absolutely" nonplussed.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 11, 2009 9:42 PM EST reply actions

eh

I don’t see them making this move. They never sign overrated hitters and then play them out of position…oh, wait

No, but seriously – my hunch is they are “in on” Figgins to jack up his price for the Phillies. At least that’s what I hope

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Nov 12, 2009 11:53 AM EST reply actions

that's what I hope too

but i have visions of omar steaming from having his prized gritty experienced winning left fielder, with the body of a 25 year old, stolen from him last year and coming over the top of some ridiculous Philly offer to prevent a repeat.

by Gina on Nov 12, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions