Goodbye Dr. Who? Applesauce: Evans & Pridie Waived Off 40 Man, Phillies Overpay Papelbon, Marlins Show Off New Logo/Uniforms
by Steve Schreiber on Nov 12, 2011 9:00 AM EST
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Jose Reyes Watch: The rumors regarding Jose's affair with the Marlins continue to swirl around. Doc Gooden added his own thoughts, as he thinks Reyes will leave and may even go to Philadelphia.
The Mets will unveil uniform changes and a new 50th anniversary patch at a news conference on Wednesday morning, according to Adam Rubin.
Some guy named Nick Evans was removed from the 40 man roster, along with outfielder Jason Pridie. Both players can opt to become free agents since they've already been outrighted off of the 40 man roster before.
Remember Ike Davis? No? Well, he says that he is recovering well from his ankle injury.
Toby Hyde took a look at the shortstops playing in the Mets short season leagues. Phil Evans and Danny Muno, both 2011 draftees, are the names to keep in mind here.
Looks like the Mets aren't looking at former Dodgers' closer Jonathan Broxton yet. I still think Joe Nathan's the better option from the injured closer bin.
Finally, Howard Megdal suggests that the Mets should look into acquiring Gavin Floyd from the White Sox. While I doubt Angel Pagan is enough of a return, I think Floyd could certainly be attainable for the Mets and he'd be an obvious step up from the Mike Pelfrey's and Dillon Gee's of the world.
Around the Majors
Great news out of Venezuela, as Nationals' catcher Wilson Ramos was rescued on Friday night and is safe and sound at home. I'm sure there will be more details coming out soon but it's just great news that he's okay.
It looks as if the rumors regarding the Phillies re-signing of Ryan Madson were premature, as they reached an agreement with former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon instead. The 31 year old will get a 4 year, $50 million contract with an easily attainable vesting option for a 5th year. In case you didn't realize it, there are plenty of reasons to think this contract will only end poorly. Not to mention that the addition of Papelbon adds to the unlikability (is that a word?) of the boys from Philly.
The Marlins continue to make news early on in this offseason. The Marlins have made supposedly competitive offers to Jose Reyes, Albert Pujols and now to Mark Buehrle as well. On Friday evening, they officially rebranded themselves as the Miami Marlins and showed off their new uniforms and logos.
Jim Crane could finally gain control of the Houston Astros next week, as a vote on the sale of the team has been placed on the agenda for next week's owner meetings. It'll be interesting to see if the Astros and MLB go through with the plan to move the 'Stros to the American League in 2013.
I got a good laugh out of this one. Apparently, Dodgers' GM Ned Colletti is turning to sabermetrics. To demonstrate his new found love of numbers, he decided that it was a good idea to overpay replacement level OF Juan Rivera for some reason.
Finally, Mets fans have been traumatized by awful bunting for years now. While Terry Collins decided to profess his love for the sacrifice bunt late in the season, the Mets did not appear on FanGraphs list of the worst bunts of 2011. That's a big surprise to me, actually.
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Mas Los Mets jerzeyios poor favorz
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Nov 12, 2011 9:29 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
so they are going to wear the real unis now?
Its been documented. I am no fan of the black uni. Its not a mets color. But I for one do welcome the return of the pinstripe. Its classic Mets and it is a clean look. I hope they wear them a ton, add the blue, use gray roads.
The way it should be. Also deathnell of the shadow box? Huzzah.
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Nov 12, 2011 10:02 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
'real unis'?
May I remind you that the word ‘pinstripes’ has been a registered trademark of Yankees, Inc. for over eighty years now? No Met should ever wear pinstripes, no matter how traditional they may be, for fear of being misidentified as a Yankee.
As far as black not being a Met color, I don’t care. The black unis look good (as do the Los Mets blue and the grey, in that order); the white is meh, and the pinstripes look terrible.
The Ynakees don't own pinstripes.
They may think they do but they weren’t’ the first team to wear them and they aren’t the only team who uses them. Just another example of Yankee arrogance.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
by Ogre39666 on Nov 12, 2011 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
The Cubs were the first team to don pinstripes
And regardless, lots of teams still wear them today…Mets, Phillies, etc.
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
by Rey-O on Nov 12, 2011 4:23 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Doesn't make it right.
Pinstripes are ugly, whether on a suit or a uniform. Just say ‘no’.
I disagree
I think the Mets should primarily use the pinstripes at home and classic gray “New York” unis away. Pinstripes look good on baseball uniforms, that’s why not just the Mets, but the Phillies, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Reds, Yankees, Rockies, White Sox and Marlins all wear/wore them.
Still Amazin'.
Jose Reyes is a MET in 2012.
The Mets originally chose pinstripes to pay homage to the Yankees
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It's seemingly true
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 13, 2011 5:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I take solace in the idea
that this homage was paid to a much more dignifying club that’s dated well before my time.
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Nov 13, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
The Mets' colors are a mix of the Dodgers and Giants
The Dodgers has blue and white, the Giants black and orange. While it wasn’t an original color, black is a part of the Mets history and the black unis are nice.
The black uni's I'm getting used to
but that awful blue billed black hat is the single most unforgivable part of anything I’ve ever seen worn by a team I have rooting interests in. I really can’t stand it.
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Nov 12, 2011 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
I thought they ditched those years ago
They should use the all blue ones most of the time and the all black ones with the all black unis, but that’s it.
Still Amazin'.
Jose Reyes is a MET in 2012.
My Assumption
is that with or without Jose, the Mets aren’t going to be acquiring anyone who is on anyone’s 40 main roster. It’s a Rule 5 offseason until the Mets can get out of this financial and young talent hole.
Which reminds me, you know the Mets have historically come up with slogans when the team is bad? “The Magic is Back.” “We Play Hard for the Die Hards.”
Let’s say the team fails to re-sign Jose, trades David Wright for prospects and writes off Jason Bay and Johan. Given that the to 1 percent earn more than $500K and the major league minimum is $400K, perhaps the new slogan could be…
“We Are the 99 Percent!”
...
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
The Official Seinfeld Gif-Man of GGN!!!!!!!!
i'm a moderator for GGN. I will accept tribute.
by rexthejet on Nov 12, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Seinfeld GIFs=So awesome.
Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!
You might know me as mistermet.
by Steve Schreiber on Nov 13, 2011 12:43 AM EST up reply actions
Major League baseball players
Will never be the 99%.
AAARRRRRRRSSSSSHHHHHHHHAAAAAAVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!
Dream goal!
by Aidan Gibson on Nov 12, 2011 11:01 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
The Magic is Back
may have been the slogan when the team was bad, but that was also the same period in which Cashen came and drafted Strawberry, Gooden, Fernandez, Darling, you get the picture. The magic was back, even if it wasn’t apparent at first.
Still Amazin'.
Jose Reyes is a MET in 2012.
Angel Pagan for Gavin Floyd
Why stop there? How about Daniel Murphy for Matt Moore? Fernando Martinez for Matt Cain?
by James Kannengieser on Nov 12, 2011 10:06 AM EST reply actions
Geez apparentloy somebody else watched Apocalypse Now too
Holster that surfboard Kilgore!
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Nov 12, 2011 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This is the First of the Ninth. Air cav, son, air mobile.
I did watch it on AMC last night.
by James Kannengieser on Nov 12, 2011 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I never got through the whole thing
almost 5 friggin hours of your life you’d have to dedicate between the movie and the commercials.
"Intelligence is not a genetic predisposition. Think stupid!!"
by Wright of passage on Nov 12, 2011 6:05 PM EST up reply actions
That's what DVDs are for.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 12, 2011 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this, I have the attention span of a fly and rarely make it 30 minutes into movies
but I watched Apocalypse Now in one sitting. It’s that good.
one does not simply walk into mordor...unless winter is coming
Don't watch the extended version either.
That 30 minute Frenchman scene might be the most boring scene in the history of cinema.
It's not called Apocalypse Eventually
Get to it!
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Nov 13, 2011 12:52 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I've no idea who this dr. who is, but I've heard Nick Evans is in the running to be the next inspector spacetime
too nerdy?
one does not simply walk into mordor...unless winter is coming
by Gina on Nov 12, 2011 10:19 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Definitely not.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 12, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
From the Coletti article:
“Colletti re-signed righthanded hitter Juan Rivera ($4.5 million) because his quantitative analysis showed the Dodgers’ lefthanded hitters posted a .566 OPS against lefthanded pitching.”
LOL
Jeez
I really hope the Mets don’t fuck up their patches again.
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
Can't wait for Wednesday press conference announcing the signing of a new uniform.
These are exciting times for our franchise!
I'd rather have a 2-man rotation of Pelfrey and Gee
than have Rick Ankiel anywhere near this team, let alone be the starting CF.
Still Amazin'.
Jose Reyes is a MET in 2012.
I had a trade for Floyd in my AAOP
I love Gavin Floyd. He’s incredibly undervalued, and I think the American League is hurting him. Bring him over, his ERA will start to reflect his FIP and xFIP, and we’ll have a solid number two starter. I dealt Murphy for him, which I think is probably more realistic than Pagan.
"F***ing shocker." -Billy Wagner
I will miss Pridie and Evans horribly if their Mets days are over
Moreso for the BABIP goddess and Who jokes than anything about the players themselves, though both of them have been satisfactory bench players.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. "
– Tug McGraw when asked about his preference for grass or astroturf
She sure will
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