Mets Place Jason Bay On Disabled List

RBIZZZZ

And the ARM. And the SI cover. And the smiles. And the clubhouse leadershipz on/from the field. And he tells others when to shave.

how do you do this ?.

I have many jokes to play on people.

show better plate discipline than he’s displayed so far in the majors. His career minor league OBP is 73 points higher than his career batting average.

He would be hard-pressed to perform worse than Frenchy against righties. There’s a chance that his ultimate value to the team would be about the same as Feliciano’s, if Feliciano hits for a higher average and Duda hits for more power.

But there’s little question that Feliciano’s upside is basically what we saw – decent-to-high average, contact hitter, not great in terms of plate discipline or taking walks. His minor league numbers tell you that, and it’s not like he’s going to develop any more as a player at his age. Conversely, Duda is more of a risk – he could be completely overmatched – but his upside is much higher. Given where the Mets are in the standings, they aren’t going to make the playoffs without a lot of breaks/luck, so the better course, in my view, would be to roll the dice with the high-upside players, rather than players like Feliciano, who, as Dennis Green might put it, are who we think they are.

if the options at the major league level were appreciably better. But we’re talking about Frenchy and Feliciano here; one is an above-replacement player against lefties and a below-replacement players against righties; the other is a replacement player against both. Under the circumstances, especially with a capable platoon partner, I’d take a chance and see what happens – not unlike what they did with Thole last year.

Re the power, it’s not uncommon for that to be one of the later “tools” to develop in a player, and the plate discipline has always been there.