Edes: Mets Might Be On A Road To Nowhere

The exact same article as harper's. All my replies stand.

4 months ago Sam Page 9 comments 0 recs |

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Double-A Binghamton, the scout said, is mediocre, and he still shudders at the memory of his visit last season to watch the team’s Class-A affiliate in the Florida State League, the Port St. Lucie Mets, whom he called the worst minor league team he watched all year.

32-32 in the first half and home to Havens, Davis, N!, Veloz, Holt and Mejia most of the season. Obviously, the scout didn’t watch St. Lucie this season.

by All Shook Down on Jul 3, 2009 5:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How often

do we see “anonymous scouts” quoted in these types of columns? I think these “scouts” are just made up, and writers make up quotes from them to mesh with whatever they’re writing. Also, who cares what this guy thinks:

by James Kannengieser on Jul 3, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

People shouldn't make sweeping declarations after watching a team play one game

by Zwill on Jul 3, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Baseball America ranked the Mets’ farm system 17th among the majors’ 30 clubs, but much of the promising talent – shortstop Wilmer Flores, pitcher Brad Holt (recently promoted to Binghamton), third baseman Jefry Marte – are still in the lower minors.

Do these guys just all copy each others work? Brad Holt, promoted to double A Binghamton is still in the low minors? Didn’t Harper do the same thing?

And why do I have a feeling all these statements made by scouts came from before this season. I want to know the scout that is down on Jenrry Mejia or doesn’t like Havens bat.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Jul 3, 2009 6:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

From Sam's original riposte:

“Brad Holt, a very attractive lower-level prospect, in the Mets upper-levels…”

Ditto Mejia et al.

by Eric Simon on Jul 3, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't stand these anymore.

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

by squid92 on Jul 3, 2009 8:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Takeaways

1) Pelfrey wasnt at the infamous Jerry Manuel meeting. What? That meeting didnt produce the next game’s win? Oh, meetings have no effect on baseball ability. I forgot.

2) Scout who saw nothing at Buffalo: a) obviously. The mets notoriously fill AAA with old dudes who can come up and be DFA’d with no consequence (see Lamb, Mike); b) he liked Eddie Kunz?

3) I want more: “the Mets Farm system sucks except for these 6 players columns.”

by mets81 on Jul 3, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Same article, written by different douchenozzle

This is like the 5th in the last week. You would think that inherant knowledge about the subject in which you are scribing would be a pre-requisite for some of these media mediums. The article immidately loses credibility when the writer obviously knows nothing about the Farm System of the team he is writing about.

I serious think that these national writers just regurgitate the crap that they read in The Post.

Just wait until August when we have everyone back and are looking good…then we’ll read all the “Mets are great and have been through SOOOO much” articles.

Oh, and I think the unnamed scouts in all of these articles are Jim Duquette and Steve Phillips with a dash of Joe Morgan mixed in.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but Jerry abuses the privilege.

by AnthonyR on Jul 3, 2009 11:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs