The Pena Legacy?

In light of Special Assistant Ramon Pena’s firing, lets take a look at some of the Mets top international prospects performances this season…

1. Fernando Martinez – signed July 2, 2005 (pre-Pena). Made his MLB debut at age 20, after tearing the cover off the ball in May in AAA.

2. Jenrry Mejia – signed April 4, 2007 by Ramon Pena, Ismael Cruz & Sandi Rosario. A true find. Mejia put up a 1.97 ERA in the FSL and then struck out more than a batter an inning as a 19-year old in AA.

3. Wilmer Flores – signed 8/6/07 by Ismael Cruz, Sandy Johnson & Robert Alfonzo. Hit .264/.305/.332 as a 17/18-year old in the SAL in 2009.

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[For the rest of the Mets top International Prospects]

via Mets Minor League Blog

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Why him, of everyone to fire?

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

by squid92 on Sep 24, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions

"On the Ramon Pena Firing" Toby Hyde

Link

5. Was Pena simply fired for poor job performance? (…)
These quotes might well be an accurate portrayal of upper management impatience, but they do a major disservice to how baseball players develop. It is simply unfair to expect a an executive whose business is largely to bet on 16 and 17 year old players to produce Major League results in just over three years.
7. Busted – The Real Reason. Rubin:
"A source said he worked as a high-level executive for Gigantes del Cibao, a Dominican winter-league team, without permission of the Mets last offseason, which irked team officials."

by Michkin on Sep 24, 2009 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

As usual, Hyde's analysis is the best we've seen around

I would, however, like to see analysis from writers of inside business operations before the scandal or the firing. Lots of people like myself are interested in the process of talent evaluation, signing, and devlopment.

by TheBigStapler on Sep 24, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions

TheBigStapler (has) lobby for a job in player development.

And I say this because coming from TheBigStapler, okay, and TheBigStapler, you gotta understand this, TheBigStapler, for the past couple of years, has lobby for a player development position. He has lobby myself, he has lobby Tony. So when these things came out I was kind of a little bit, I had to think about it. And I was a little bit, you know, somewhat, kind of, we gotta find out about this. We really have to do a thorough investigation of this.

by Michkin on Sep 24, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Davidoff likes the firing

He said that Pena, like Bernazard, was not respected generally in baseball and that he, like Bernazard, mostly spent his time strutting around importantly and sucking up to people he felt could improve his status. I haven’t looked it up so I’m just recalling this off the top of my head, but he thinks the Wilpons are pushing Omar to stop relying on his friends and start hiring people based on actual achievements.

by SuperT on Sep 24, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions

This is what they did with Bobby V and Davey

is that they fired their guys. Not the managers, but their coaches
I feel that the Wilpons are doing the same thing with Omar

"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 Sep 24, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, sure, it's how it often goes

But that doesn’t mean either guy should have been in the job in the first place. They both had issues with comporting themselves appropriately and both had to be told to stop hanging around the major league club and go do the job they were hired to do.

Interestingly, I’m lazy and don’t want to look it up, but I think Davidoff said that Pena was also, like Bernazard, good friends with Jeff.

by SuperT on Sep 24, 2009 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions