Hessman Applesauce - Mets expect Hessman to compete for MLB spot, Flores evaluation, Met organist passes

You’d hope he’d compete for a big league job; that’s really the point of bringing hm in. I for one hope he makes the team, because I’d love to see him be the feel-good story of the year at 1B.

That guy in the Lance Broadway article got pretty severely jacked up. Ouch.

is an astounding piece of revisionist history.

Had he been named the Mets’ amateur scouting director, Zduriencik might have found that talent and might have been on the GM trajectory. Instead, bypassed for the role, he left for the Dodgers in 1998. Today Phillips lives in disgrace, Duquette does radio and Minaya is barely holding on as GM after overseeing another discouraging Mets offseason.

on number of mets fan who saw the lance broadway story and who’s initial thought was “we should have kept this guy he’s got more heart/grisson/toughness than the rest of our roster combined”.

“Zduriencik,” above, is a different font size. haha cut and paste. shit’s almost as hard as Krzyzewski!

Can’t see him making the bench.. Seems like the bench will shake out: Cora, Blanco, GMJ, Tatis, with Carter and F-Cat battling for the last spot (we need a decent lefty off the bench, and I believe Hessman is a righty anyway).

He’s a nice story, but he’s really not going to add much to the MLB roster.

Had a chance to meet her under unfortunate circumstances— her two-week evacuation from her apartment following a crane collapse in 2008.

I’ve dealt with many people— young and old— under that sort of duress. I don’t remember anyone being quite so placid— and borderline chipper— in the face of such uncertainty/disturbance (and it wasn’t senility, believe you me).

I don’t know why they can’t make the canned organ music they play during weekend day games HER versions of “Meet the Mets,” “Hat Dance,” and the like. It would be a really, really easy tribute… and one that would be very much appreciated by longtimers.

He projects for additional size through the shoulders, but it is too early to say how much muscle his frame can carry considering his age and the possibility he is not done growing.

One thing that really annoys me when it comes to MSM/popular opinion evaluation of prospect acquired through IFA is they seem to forget how young and raw these guys are when they come in and once they’ve heard about them for a few years, without them making it the majors/making significant leaps in production in the minors and decide they’re complete busts. But when you consider the fact Flores has been in the system for 2 years, and he’s still too young to even project how his frame will develop it’s not that surprising that after 3-5 years in the minors a guy like F-mart still isn’t ready for the majors. I mean in 2 years are people going to be declaring Flores a bust and claiming we should trade him for spare parts cause he hasn’t lived up to the hype?

On the flip-side it’s also why I think it’s ridiculous for some people to say it’s okay the mets don’t draft well/go overslot because of bringing in IFA’s, just because the guys are so far away and hard to project.