Friday Morning Applesauce: Sandy Speaks, Reyes Comes Up
The winter meetings are upon us, with several items of importance coming up for the Mets. The Rule V draft may see some of our promising youngsters depart, we may end up with some bullpen help, and there's always that Reyes guy. MLB.com had an article on what's clearly the most pressing topic of the meetings for the Metsies, our top tier shortstop. Sandy Alderson spoke with the media at the meetings and naturally the topic came up. He also had a conference call with some of the blogosphere, the transcript of which can be found here.
In actual Mets happenings, the team made some changes to their scouting department. None of these names mean a whole lot to me, but it's definitely nice to see Sandy making decisions on who he wants where at this point. With signability issues somewhat eliminated with the new CBA, effective scouting is going to be more important than ever.
There have been some rumblings that Jorge Posada had interest in the Mets but the team had no interest in the "catcher". Jorgie's agent moved quickly to quash that rumor, denying that any such phone call ever took place.
The minnows of Miami signed their first larger fish yesterday, inking former Met Heath Bell to a 3-year $27 million deal. I guess that's better than the Papelbon contractl, but it looks like another division rival isn't too smart with their money (especially since they have far less of it). FanGraphs took another look at that Papelbon deal in the context of the market and it still doesn't look any better.
Last but not least, Ron Santo will be inducted into the Hall of Fame after the Veterans Committee selected him. Congratulations to Santo are in order, he seems like he should have been in the hall long ago.
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scouts?
I don’t understand this position in the Alderson run Mets. A squad of guys who take time to look at numbers and evaluate a potential players woth? WACKY
I hate Philadelphia so much.
by the caveman on Dec 2, 2011 9:52 AM EST via mobile reply actions
i know its trite to marvel at the size of MLB player contracts
but twenty seven million smackers? holy crap. thats insane.
even if heath bell only see one third of that after taxes, agents cut, etc, AND not counting any money he made previously in his career, that NINE MILLION BUCKS IN THE BANK.
all my sons are going to be pitchers whether they like it or not.
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
The key is to get them out there throwing curve balls as early as possible
You want them to master their breaking stuff by 13
I believe in one Dickey, Maker of knuckles and balls
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Dec 2, 2011 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
Schedule Tommy John surgery
directly after the bar mitzvah.
by TheBigStapler on Dec 2, 2011 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Florida has no
income tax. He only has to pay income tax on road games. That will add up to more money for him.
FYI Texas doesn’t either.
That only applies to state and local income tax
He always has to pay federal income tax.
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sounds like someone needs to invest in a boat to live on in international waters...
Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?
by KeithsMoustache on Dec 3, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
You should make it clear that Santo was not in fact selected yet.
That’s just BtBS’s mock election.
I made the same mistake
They’re being sneaky with that ‘BtBWAA’ acronym.
by Walter Gropius on Dec 2, 2011 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
Headline of that article is so misleading
Damn tiny “t”.
Congratulating a dead man on getting pretend-elected to the Hall of Fame is kind of a downer.
by Potatoes O'Grady on Dec 2, 2011 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
So what Rule V guy are we targeting next week?
‘I dunno. Probably Vampires Or Something.’
I love this man.
by MetsFan4Decades on Dec 2, 2011 10:24 AM EST reply actions
Vampires, for the win!
Zombie are so this year.
SM Sandy has been spending too much time with Cole Hamels
and their twilight book club.
In lobby for: Jaime Cevallos, Zack Lutz, orange unis and Rickroll as the 7th inning song.
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Vote!!!
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011/12/2/2605640/community-pitching-prospect-20-runoff
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Don't vote!!!
It turns out that there was a hidden rule that people should not be directed to that site to vote if they are not regular members of the community. The speed limit sign was put up today after the speed limit was in effect.
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jeez
Really makes me think less of commenting community @ minorleagueball
by myron kondrake on Dec 3, 2011 11:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

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