Sandy Alderson implements new system of scouting, evaluating for Mets, overseen by J.P. Ricciardi

"In contrast to Omar Minaya's method of assigning pro scouts to a large number of major league teams (special assistant Bryan Lambe, for example, covered the entire National League last year), Alderson's Mets will charge each pro scout with covering just three organizations, but far more comprehensively than before - from the low minor leagues to the major league club. J.P. Ricciardi will oversee their work."

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<3 Sandy

by SuperT on Feb 9, 2011 11:08 AM EST reply actions

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Sandy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

by brooklynlou on Feb 9, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

Why do

you less than three Sandy?

by JavaJoe on Feb 9, 2011 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

I learned this from wrightgirl

by SuperT on Feb 9, 2011 7:55 PM EST up reply actions

I like

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

AA Gamethread Embiggening Record Holder- 453 posts (10/03/10)

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 9, 2011 12:52 PM EST reply actions

Small Market Sandy is

up to his Small Market, savin' money tricks!!! Damn him!!!!

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!

by Steve Schreiber on Feb 9, 2011 1:01 PM EST reply actions

You had me at "In contrast to Omar Minaya's method"

by Bieser's Balk on Feb 9, 2011 1:43 PM EST reply actions 7 recs

Bingo.

When you’re at the South Pole, every movement is north.

by Kepler on Feb 9, 2011 2:42 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

well put

rec’d

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Feb 9, 2011 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

Except that when you move south,

you get to the North Pole…

How about an Orange Monster at Citi Field for Bay?

by Mets-Suns-Texans on Feb 9, 2011 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

every post or shot about Sabdy should start off with that

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Feb 9, 2011 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

Sandy

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Feb 9, 2011 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

dream job

major league scout. go watch games everyday, of course get divorced first. That is like a dream retirement job

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Feb 9, 2011 2:48 PM EST reply actions

Gee

this makes sense. Can’t help but be thankful that moves like these will continue to stregnthen the foundation.

by Coolpapabell on Feb 9, 2011 3:38 PM EST reply actions

We had 1 scout covering 16 teams? It's bad if Lambe was just responsible for the big league clubs.

I sure hope that didn’t mean he was also supposed to cover all the National League minor league clubs too.

by FrancoTAU on Feb 9, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions

There's no way

that Lambe was covering the minor league teams; that would be one guy covering 80+ teams. Logistically impossible.

But one scout covering 16 teams isn’t particularly crazy. In fact, under the new system, each scout will be responsible for 19 teams. As far as I know, last year the Mets had six or seven professional scouts (off the top of my head I can’t quite remember), plus Lambe who is a special assistant, plus their advance scout, though that’s really a separate function. Wayne Krivsky might have also shouldered some of the load—really not sure. If Lambe covered 16 teams, that would leave the other six (or seven) men to cover the remaining 165 or so teams out there. It seems like a huge load for each man to shoulder, but that’s professional scouting. You set the scouts up geographically to reduce travel costs and make the scout’s life easier. Under the new system, you’ll have an extra couple of scouts (two or three, probably), and so they’ll cover a couple fewer teams while also covering more territory.

by Alex Nelson on Feb 9, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions

When have the Omar Mets ever been logistically possible, though?

by Jonathan. on Feb 10, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions

False hustle.

by Jamesir Bensonmum on Feb 9, 2011 4:34 PM EST reply actions

love this from the article

Skeptics consider this a less efficient model, full of logistical challenges. Under the Mets’ new method, scouts will scramble all over the country to cover three major league teams and about 16 minor league clubs, and will rarely be able to see two of their assigned teams in a single game. That will likely lead to increased travel expenses, inconveniences in scheduling and difficulties in seeing individual teams and players often enough.

If this was 1964, then yeah… it would be hard.

But with this newfangled thing called the internet it prob wont be that hard to keep tabs on these teams. Considering that every pro game is televised, and you can always read about every level team from all the local papers (they generally publish that stuff on that crazy web thingamajing) and study the outcome of every ab they have…. I bet the scouts can manage.

I think it was Bobby V who said: "You are never as good as you are when you are at your best, and you are not as bad as when you are at your worst."

by gbaked on Feb 10, 2011 2:26 PM EST reply actions

To be fair, it does seem like more work for a scout.

The trade off is that it’s a lot easier for the front office. “We’re looking to trade Beltran to the Angels, get our Angels guy who knows their whole system on the phone!” Instead of figuring out the 5 different scouts that follow each separate minor league level.

by FrancoTAU on Feb 11, 2011 2:05 AM EST up reply actions