Daniel Murphy Out 2-6 Weeks
by James Kannengieser on Mar 31, 2010 4:43 PM EDT
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PrintMike Jacobs is both a "veteran guy" and "frontrunner" for the Opening Day 1B spot. Check out Adam Rubin's tweets about the situation:
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Grand.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 31, 2010 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
Damn,
and I had just made a fanshot with this news as this came up. Hopefully Chris Carter will start but the “frontrunning veteran” has the lead so that probably won’t happen.
There are no words
Ted Berg had a good piece on this a week or two ago, but basically, Jacobs gets hot for a couple weeks with the Mets a few years ago, then bounces around awful/rebuilding teams like the Marlins and Royals. He’s terrible for both of them, yet gets the reputation of being, as Omar so eloquently put it, “a veteran guy.”
Carter spends a couple of years mashing in the minors but can’t advance because he’s stuck in an organization that’s loaded at the corners/DH.
Instead of just using numbers (not to mention their eyes this spring) to determine that Carter is a superior player in just about every respect, Jacobs’ “veteran” status wins him the job.
by Bieser's Balk on Mar 31, 2010 4:58 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have words:
“Fucking hell. Why is this team run by such stupid people?”
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 31, 2010 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Chew on this quote
“Do I see a way that he doesn’t make the team? Not today. … There’s going to be some interesting dialogue about that.” -Jerry Manuel via Lobby Rubin’s Twitter.
The only silver lining about that quote
is that hopefully it implies that Omar still wants him in the minors
by Bieser's Balk on Mar 31, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
That was about Jenrry, right?
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 31, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope not...
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 31, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
one would like to ask the Wilpons
You are so rich, why aren’t you smart?
You can't always use ST stats to justify moves
Admittedly, while I’ve been following their stats, I haven’t seen Carter or Jacobs hit this spring, but Jacobs has hit about 50 HRs over the last two years. Carter’s never done anything at the major league level. Do you know how many schlubbs have hit up a storm in ST to do nothing up at the ML level? Please.
With a better line-up to surround him, Jacobs could put up better stats this year if given a chance to play.
But, c’mon, let’s face it, this season is looking pretty crappy already. Forget 1B – especially if you’re hopes were riding on Chris Carter or Daniel Murphy (lol) – our starting pitching is a disaster … already. And the season hasn’t even started yet.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Who's using ST stats, people were arguing for Carter to begin with.
No one’s even talking about ST stats. Jacobs has been awful every year he’s been a major leaguer. Carter’s was a solid prospect who was blocked by above average players in two different organizations and never got a chance (not to mention they liked him enough to give up the chance of two first rounders for him). Jacobs has been bounced from two pretty bad organizations with meh options. Jacobs has hit 50 homers and done absolutely nothing else, there’s a reason a guy who’s hit 50 the last two years couldn’t do better than a minor league deal, I mean even adam laroche got what 5 million, and even if this season is a disaster that’s even more of a reason to see go with a player like Carter who might have some upside over a retread who’s already proven over the last 4 years he’s a fringe major leaguer at best. Maybe Carter won’t be better but he at least doesn’t have 4 years of data yet saying it, Jacobs does.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
I'm tempted to post the Chris Carter Bandwagon Composite Index again, but now in 1280x1280 size.
I guess nobody has extensively written about him, right?
In lobby campaign for Chris Carter.
Also it's not like he was hitting in God awful line ups with the Marlins
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Since the Mets won't do the right thing and start Carter,
Garko>Jacobs?
If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.
Who are these Jacobs anyway? They related?
I thought we already had a couple guys named Evan that could play 1B?
by Pack Bringley on Mar 31, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
what's with all these damn first names?
Evan, Mike, Nick, Jacob…I’m just so confused. Damn these kids and their rock and roll music.
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
Jenrry is a name you don't forget.
If those other guys followed suit, they’d be on the team too:
Nickk Evans
Chrris Carter
Nelsson Figueroa
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 31, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Gran Torino?
Great movie!
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
You know what would be hilarious
If at the end of spring training Omar Minaya held a press conference announcing this year’s opening day first baseman: Nick Evans. Jerry would be like, “who?”.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Mar 31, 2010 5:02 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
I will pay money for that
"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 Mar 31, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm a "veteran guy". Why can't I be in the mix?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 31, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions
No way they take Carter.
My prediction: “Veteran Guy Platoon” = Jacobs/Millar.
Personally, I would like to see a Carter/Evans platoon, but I know that would never happen.
"Seriously, Lana, call Kenny Loggins ‘cause you’re in the danger zone."
well that sucks
What the hell do they see in Jacobs… he’s done absolutely nothing useful for YEARS.
by KeithsMoustache on Mar 31, 2010 5:13 PM EDT reply actions
Jerry probably heard about the guy that got away that played on the Royals last year.
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
My only remaining hope is that Jerry loves "the animal"'s grission
Maybe he’s pulling for him over Jacobs.
Well, it’s not my only remaining hope. My other remaining hope is that they don’t need to delve deeply into numbers to see what Jacobs can’t do, they need only look to his batting average. Everyone understands batting average.
So we're down The Hammer and Beltran to start the season
both potentially for a month, Reyes may or may not be ready by opening day, and Santana has looked less than stellar so far this Spring Training (neither has Ollie, but who’s surprised by that really?), they prefer Jacobs over Carter, and our top pitching prospect may end up as our set-up man… yup I get the feeling its going to be a vintage Mets season this year.
by KeithsMoustache on Mar 31, 2010 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
vintage somewhere around '63, I think
A fine, complex vintage with fruity notes of schadenfreude, heavy bitterness, and a slight nutty aftertaste.
by anonymous on Mar 31, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
whoa, whoa, whoa.
If you’re gonna go by nicknames, you gotta break out “Voltron”.
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
fair enough
although I refer to Beltran and Voltron interchangeably, I refer to Murphy almost exclusively as the Irish Hammer.
by KeithsMoustache on Apr 1, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Castillo
I hate to harp on this, but the loss of Murphy, and replacement with an inferior defensive player, makes upgrading Castillo defensively even more important.
Seriously: an infield of Wright, Cora, Castillo, and Jacobs will have absolutely no range. They need to mitigate this somewhere…
Mike Pelfrey just broke another set of golf clubs.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 31, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Under Jerry's thought process
We should have Cora starting when Reyes is healthy, and Tatis starting over Wright. I’m sick of listening to Jerry latch onto crappy players and block out everyone else. Chris Carter hit a pinch hit homerun today. He has 4 Homeruns in 28 at bats, how the hell do you not notice him? I’m sure when he is filling out his card he looks back and sees the name Carter and just assumes he spelt Catalanatto wrong or something. It is Carters time now and Davis’ time in the future. I don’t see Jacobs, F-Cat, or Murphy in any longterm solution for 1B, so why bother now?
Mike Jacobs
Has now become the starting 1B and cleanup hitter. Unbelievable….
Wait, what?
Are they seriously hitting him between Wright and Bay?
"Seriously, Lana, call Kenny Loggins ‘cause you’re in the danger zone."
Time to pop open the Malbec
and start drinking heavily.
"Seriously, Lana, call Kenny Loggins ‘cause you’re in the danger zone."
by keithprime on Mar 31, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Contest keeps getting closer...
Pretty soon Moore is going to have to start injuring his own starts to keep up with Minaya, or Omar could just blow right by him. I can just see him taking a lead pipe to Billy Butler’s knees right now…
"F***ing shocker." -Billy Wagner
"We're gonna' need a bigger boat."
In all honesty, my signature “saw” this coming.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Mar 31, 2010 8:51 PM EDT reply actions
Mike Jacobs batting clean-up and and starting at first certainly is worser.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 31, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
better break out the "jaws" of life
i’ll be here all week, folks
John Olerud, Hall of Famer. Got a nice ring to it.
Can Chris Cater out grizzzion Jacobs?
Maybe he can make crap up and tell Jerry he’s related to the Chris Carter from X-Files.
I would rather see carter too
I hope they at least give him a shot at a few stats, rotate them in and out some to see who is better suited to play until Murphy comes back.
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