Nick Evans put on waivers
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Who?
I guess we’ll find out soon, when he gets to play for another team.
Kicking knowledge in the face.
anything's possible in that park
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
ill bet slappy hits at least 8
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll take that bet
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 28, 2011 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Get your who jokes in now...its a going out of who? sale
ghostman we hardly knew you
I hate Philadelphia so much.
dont worry, the real Hu is still around
he’ll save the day.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!
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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 28, 2011 6:20 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Only 2 traumatizing events have earned this magnitude of NO
1) MTC running away to another continent for better exchange rates
and
2) this
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by Wright of passage on Mar 28, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Good memory!
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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 29, 2011 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope he slips through
I really wanted to see what he can do since I’ve never even heard of the guy.
I really don't want anyone to claim him,
even though he’d probably get more playing time somewhere else. This is all Omar and Jerry’s fault.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 28, 2011 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
can't ever forget about sheffield and tatis
getting more playing time than nick evans in september of 09. jerry really had it in for evans.
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
I was thinking more Reed and Sullivan
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 28, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
This.
These two were even more inexcusable.
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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 28, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
at least they were younger
sheffield and tatis were playing their last year of baseball….starting them over your young players knowing damn well they won’t be with your team next year (and will probably retire) is crazy.
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
Reed and Sullivan were suckier though
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by Ogre39666 on Mar 28, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
no he deserves to be somewhere
that he’ll get a chance to play.
by ThnkGoodnessforHowieRose on Mar 28, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Losing Misch is probably more significant in the long run
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Not sure if serious
Misch is AAAA fodder at best
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
well, not to start an argument but at least he's an arm
Evans could also be considered AAAA. With Duda, Murphy, Hairston, Harris, and the prior mismanagement of his options (sent down in favor of Sheffield for example), he was just the odd man out.
Maybe he will clear.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I doubt it.
If we really wanted to keep him they should have held onto him until the very last minute when other teams were scrambling to get down to 25 men.
Tons of teams out there looking for 4th outfielders.
Damn I hate Jerry Gangsta!
by ScottfromPeekskill on Mar 28, 2011 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Misch has a bad reputation
Why, I don’t know, looking at the numbers he’s put up for us subbing in at the ML-level. But, he hasn’t done too poorly for us.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 28, 2011 10:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He's Mischbegotten?
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
And its a Mischtery as to why
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 28, 2011 11:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I have to admit, he deserves better
he should get a chance somewhere. I hope he finds a team that will give him a true shot.
Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all
The only good thing is that he will get plenty of playing time in Philly, Atlanta, Washington or Miami
Then he will turn into the new Pat Burrell
“Unknown former Met turns out to be Met killer.”
by ScottfromPeekskill on Mar 28, 2011 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Off topic but...
did you guys see the play Castillo made today ?……not only that, but then he slapped a double of the head of the left fielder.
where was this before ?.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
he's playing for revenge
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Like a Gangsta.
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@sparbz
by sparbz on Mar 28, 2011 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions 14 recs
straight gangsta
if only we could insert palpatine into the pizza gif..yankee doucheyness would be optimised
recd
I hate Philadelphia so much.
I live for this shit.
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by sparbz on Mar 28, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 12 recs
So does his herpes
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by Russ on Mar 28, 2011 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Help us Obi Wan Oberkfell, you're our only hope.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
by Ogre39666 on Mar 28, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
green
thats now 3 times i’ve rec’d you in one thread
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Save us, Ike Skywalker
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@sparbz
by sparbz on Mar 28, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
You need to twist the image
he’s a southpaw u boob!
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by Wright of passage on Mar 28, 2011 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
He used the Force
to change his good hand.
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
by StorkFan on Mar 28, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ooooh
The force is strong in this one.
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by Wright of passage on Mar 28, 2011 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
make that 4 recs for you good sir
youre on a roll tonight
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
The play wasn't anything special, a good defender makes it look easy
And the double was only cause the left fielder came in way too far.
if you recall
He wasn’t a good defender for us
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by fxcarden on Mar 28, 2011 8:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I hope he goes through
Squeezed to Song and Bendtner and Song and Nasri oh lovely lovely lovely!
-Peter Drury, the one time his commentating has ever been acceptable.
I'm not sure if i should hope he slides through unnoticed, or that he gets picked up by a team in the AL
and gets to play at least a reasonable amount.
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 7:30 PM EDT reply actions
I say he gets through waivers
Someone mentioned, most teams have their own jazz trombonist-type players, so why would they want ours, neceessarily?
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 28, 2011 8:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We just don't have room for him at the corners
some other team might
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
There isn't exactly a run on
(Thus far) AAAA-level corner outfielders with not all that much ML-level experience as far as I can tell. We’re far from the only team with a crowded OF/bench.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 28, 2011 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So how long till we know his destination?
How long do teams have to claim ( or not claim) him?
All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it than not.
-Samuel Johnson
by Blame-everyone-else on Mar 28, 2011 8:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Only way to have kept him
would have been to have Tejada at 2nd and Evans instead of Murphy. I would have preferred that.
Really?
Tejada has no business in the majors at this point, he can’t hit at all, and Murphy provides more versatility than Evans. They could have cut Hairston and kept Evans.
Tejada hit .281 in September
At his age a truer picture is given by looking at his progression, not his averaged results. He began well, then struggled mightily, and then found his way at the end. That’s something to build on. All the while he came through in the clutch and the Mets won when he was in the game. He did fine in ST and has continued right up to yesterday when he hit a 3 run triple. He never let his struggles at the plate affect his defensive play last year. The only reason he’s in AAA right now is to pave the way to not keep Reyes.
ST means nothing
He had an OPS+ of 61 last year. He is not even close to ready yet.
There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ
The 2011 Mets- Rock bottom: We haven't reached it yet
He's 20.
And he’s in AAA because he’s not close to being a major-league player yet.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 28, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
.
the Mets won when he was in the game.
Been reading the Times, have we?
Save Jenrry Mejia!
by Ogre39666 on Mar 28, 2011 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
What do you mean!
The Times has all the news thats fit to print
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by Aidan Gibson on Mar 29, 2011 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I also love how now
playing a prospect at his true position = paving the way for star player to leave via FA.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
What?
Tejada wasn’t even in the conversation. He had a ticket for Buffalo since December.
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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 28, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
If anybody, it'd be Turner at 2nd.
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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 28, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
How does another team say
“We’re claiming nobody.”
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
apparently adam rubin says theres good cahnce he clears waivers
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Adam Rubin is also as dumb as Helen Keller's autistic grandson.
Oh wait, he is Helen Keller's autistic grandson
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by sparbz on Mar 28, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Bad Move By The Mets
This one will come back to hurt especially if he’s picked up by a NL East rival which is real possibility. He had great stats last season in the minor leagues – and batted .300 for us. I find it hard to believe that 23 homers and .907 OPS in the minors in 2010 are stats that 29 other teams will pass.
Although Evans didn’t have future here as starter, at the least, for this season, he would provide valuable depth and could have been later traded for some value after putting up more good numbers in 2011. Alderson will say he did it for Nick, but, I believe it’s a short sighted move for the team, this season. Our depth for first base now consists of Murphy and Duda. And for third, it’s Murphy. That’s it. I’m waiting to hear the Phillies, Nats or Braves claim Evans.
There's no one to blame but the Old Regime.
What other choice did they have?
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actually we should have dropped the core
then in the madness that ensued, Nick Evans would surely be overlooked (moreso than usual)
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
nope
I truly believe we should have put all of our good players through waivers to throw others off the scent of Nick Evans
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm, that didn't quite work
but you get the idea
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by KeithsMoustache on Mar 28, 2011 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm down w/ that depth
it certainly beats mike jacobs and fernando tatis
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
i'm actually hoping lutz hits the tar out of the ball this yr
that way he could be valuable in trade possibility
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Or he fills in when we
trade wrongz during Adam Rubins proposed fire sale
by ScottfromPeekskill on Mar 29, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Meh
I like Nick, and it will be sad to see the ‘Who?’ jokes go, but losing a player of his skillset isn’t a huge deal. I’m sure a good amount of teams have similar players in their organization.
Bet he does somehow land in the NL East. The other teams seem to love collecting whatever we throw out….
I still think there's a good chance he slides through unclaimed
Most teams have roster crunches going on, and as much as we love him “who” isn’t exactly a must have commodity. Someone might take a chance, but I’d guess waiving him early might have enough teams waiting for other options before claiming Evans.
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 28, 2011 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
This
I think people are overrating his skill set a little in this thread. He’d be a good lefty-mashing bat off the bench, but probably not much else.
by EricAColucci on Mar 28, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
No, that's just fucking cruel.
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
sucks.
He’ll do well in the right situation.
by ThnkGoodnessforHowieRose on Mar 28, 2011 10:15 PM EDT reply actions
I mean Who I am supposed root for now.
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Hu, indeed
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 28, 2011 10:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The cubbies put Max Ramirez on waivers
He might be worth picking up for Paulino’s suspension/medical issues
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 28, 2011 10:17 PM EDT reply actions
Hmm, interesting.
Wasn’t he the guy who was supposed to go to Boston in exchange for Lowell last year?
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Well, Nickeas' upside is pretty much a replacement level player
Ramirez might turn into a positive contributer.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Watchout I'm dive bombing in from left field
You wanna upgrade 3B? I’ll ship you 3B-Jose Bautista for a SP’s Josh Johnson and Jered Weaver.
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by Wright of passage on Mar 28, 2011 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
well it doesn't have to be straight up
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by Wright of passage on Mar 28, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
he'll only take it if you throw in a pack of steroids from bautista
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
I hate this.
Automatically assuming Bautista’s ‘10 season = steroids is lazy.
1. There were signs in ’09 that he was changing into a different type of hitter. He had a .393 wOBA and .349 ISO in Sep/Oct that season.
2. Toronto’s coaching staff have a very power-centric approach. Sit on your pitch and don’t swing at things you aren’t looking for. Use the stadium to your advantage (every single one of his homers was to LF (he’s a righty)).
3. If it wasn’t in his wheel house, namely on the inside part of the plate, he didn’t swing at it (24.1 O-Swing Rate (league ave was 29.3%) and for what it’s worth, his career mark it 19.5%)- and if he did, he usually fouled it off. He’s not all about the power. He had a 14.6% BB/9 (league average was 8.5%). He made the pitcher be perfect if he was going to get him out.
Is he going to hit 50 again? No, probably not, but Bautista is legit.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
you'll never manage to convince me that bautista wasnt on roids
a) even if you wanna look at his sept/oct stats from the yr before, who says he wasnt on roids than?
b) thats not a huge sample size. i remember that karim garcia (remember him?) once led the league in hr’s after the all star brake. it’s not saying much
c) the dude had an ASTRONOMICAL increase in HR’s. even if you wanna say the coaching staff is power centric and he revamped his swing and he got lucky. it still doesnt account for that much of an increase. maybe that’d cause it to go to 30-35, not 50
d) i agree w/ all the things you mention as being factors. but here’s the thing. just b/c you take steroids doesnt mean youre suddenly gonna hit 50. its roids plus many other factors. all these factors you mention are the reason that w/ roids he was able to hit 50. 50 is just not done anymore and for a guy coming off never having a big yr, its gotta be the roids
e) in my mind he’s in the same group as brady anderson, adrian beltre (last dodgers yr), ryan howard (58 hrs) as most obvious steroiders ever
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Not that I don't enjoy having your tenacity on my side for once
But I’m kinda in Dabu’s camp on this. I’m also nowhere nearly equipped to defend my stance statistically against your peripherals. But a near .200+ SLG spike that jolted his career SLG upwards of .05+ is rather alarming.
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by Wright of passage on Mar 29, 2011 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The Toronto coaching staff and their approach.
Usually you hear coaches say that they want there hitters to use all fields. Not in Toronto. They’ll give up some AVG in exchange for the power that comes with trying to hook everything down the line. There was a really great article on Bautista and Buck and the Toronto approach on FanGraphs that really outlined this much better than I can. I wish I could find it.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
Funny
I landed Bautista and Buck.. How bout’ them 2 for your pocket aces!?
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by Wright of passage on Mar 29, 2011 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Buck is now minus Rogers Centre and the Blue Jays coaching staff.
(and yes, I know Rogers Centre is a traditionally neutral site wrt favoring batters or pitchers and is 328 down the lines.)
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again to my point
steroids alone desnt get you 50 hr’s. but steroids maybe coupled w/ this new approach will. just simply utilizing this approach doesnt make an angel pagan into babe ruth
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above league average?
bautista was way way above average and had never been even average in his prior journeyman career. how many guys go from a career of general suckitude to suddenly bashing by far the most hr’s in the league
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Yeah Bautista was way above league average.
But going by your logic, when you apply it in general, every player that does any better than league average is on steroids.
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no no no
i usually apply it only when players either far far outperform previous production (this isn’t to say that guys cant have career yrs, rather that some career yrs look really fishy). also most players who perform above league average are generally viewed as good players. bautista was garbage his whole career and suddenly he was the best player in the league. i have trouble believing that just a new approach alone made him into the player he became. i also apologize if i’m a tad cynical now when it comes to outlandish hr numbers. previous events kinda made that way a bit. does that make me think every player is on steroids. of course not. does that make me suspect guys maybe more than i should. absolutely
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But your designation of career years that are suspect and those that are not
is mostly arbitrary.
Save Jenrry Mejia!
thats probably true
but i think you’d agree that bautista’s year last yr was not your average career year
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Ryan Howard, really?
1)You think he can’t hit 58 HRs in that bandbox stadium on his own? So you jump straight to ‘roids, because it’s impossible for anyone to have a career year, ever.
2)I’m not entirely sure what year of Garcia’s career you’re referring to, but I’m assuming it’s 2002, when he hit a career-high 16 home runs, all after the ASB. Assuming he did in fact lead the league in 2nd-half homers that year, it doesn’t really jump out that much. The reason he didn’t hit any in the first half is because he was in the minors for all but 2 games until August. What I see is a 25-year old minor-league slugger who got hot for 2 months.
3)If you’re going to make such baseless accusations about players using steroids, at least use proper grammar. I have a hard enough time taking your post seriously without wading through your numerous basic grammatical errors.
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by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 29, 2011 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions
1) you could be right about howard and i probably shouldnt have included him in that group. that being said it annoyed after he hit 58 that there were headlines along the lines of “finally a hr champ not on steroids”. i’d say it’s at least 50/50 he was juicing
2) my point about garcia wasn’t that he was roiding rather that ogre pointing out that bautista was fantastic in sept/oct shows that he’s not roid fueled. as you point out it could’ve been just a hot streak or some fluke (or he was already on roids). it in no way shows that he suddenly b/c the hr force he now is. its simply too small a sample size
3) not sure what grammar has to do w/ this discussion but i apologize. i’m not so careful about these things when righting quickly
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
Bautista being fantastic in Sept/Oct of '09 doesn't shows that his '10 wasn't 'roid fueled
it simply shows that he showed signs of breaking out before ‘10. And the way you posit the situation, there’s almost no way to prove you wrong (i.e. he didn’t take steroids). You’re assuming him guilty until proven otherwise when he should be assumed innocent until proven guilty (since his body mass and head size didn’t explode and the underlying process checks out).
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of course there's no way of proving wrong
its all conjecture. and you are right here that i’m assuming guilt here (dont worry, in real life i try my best to not think that way) but again, i got very jaded by the steroid scandal and whenever i see something extremely fishy i tend to think the worst
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
The grammar thing's probably more of a pet peeve than anything else, really
Kind of a grammar nazi, so I notice that stuff more. But like I said, some people will give less credence to what you say if it’s poorly written out.
The other thing about Howard is that he wasn’t some vet who hadn’t shown much power before; that was his age 25 season. While you could attribute his loss of power last season to going clean, you could also argue that he’s just aging fast – guy’s already 31. There’s nothing in his stats that suggests steroids, and I don’t think anyone’s ever mentioned him as a user, outside of idle speculation. Much as I hate to defend a Phillie, it’s entirely unsubstantiated.
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 29, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions
True, it is a wretched hive of scum and villiany...
"And that's why anybody who invested with Lenny Dykstra should really call that number. Lawyers are standing by."
by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 29, 2011 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
the howard thing for me has more to do w/ the fact that it was still technically (although at the tail end of) the “steroid era”. 58 hr’s isn’t just a lot, its a crazy amount. while i think it’s possible howard didnt take steroids (i certainly think it’s a lot less likely he did than bautista. howard has always been a power guy, w/ bautista it came out of the blue) i found it strange that he got a fully clean pass. i feel it’s that ppl wanna ignore the steroid issue and pretend everything in baseball is rosy
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This still cracks me up
“Ryan Howard is the best first baseman in baseball.”
“What? Are you fucking high?”
by ScottfromPeekskill on Mar 29, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
can't beat a baseball name
like Dusty Ryan anyway!
by ThnkGoodnessforHowieRose on Mar 28, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Good power, great walk rate, high K, low batting avg (and BABIP), no defense
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 28, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Three times in 2011, including twice in one week!
He signed with the Braves out of Venezuela in 2002. Traded to Cleveland in 2006, then to Texas in 2007. Waived by Texas in January2011 , claimed by Boston. The Red Sox had no room on the 40-man, so they had to expose him to waivers in order to keep him. He was claimed by the Cubs, who have now waived him. A brief glance at the scouting reports reveals that he was always an offense-only prospect. His offensive production hit a wall in 2009 and hasn’t recovered. Hasn’t slugged above .400 since 2008 and is said to be poor defensively. Perhaps not quite as intriguing as he seemed before I looked him up. Solid defense is pretty much a prerequisite for backup catchers, no?
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I wanted Murphy sent down. He had options, Evans didn’t.
F me.
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Someone took him in our league
so turn that frown upside down.. Then turn it back into a frown cuz I drafted Emaus and subsequently dropped him for a bridge relief guy in Joaquin Benoit. FML
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by Wright of passage on Mar 29, 2011 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I second NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO but also, tell me why he's not a cheaper, better option than say Scott Hairston?
Hairston, Fernando Tatis…Sheffield?
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Could the Mets pull Evans back off waivers if they wanted to?
For example, if a claim is made could they pull him back and instead release say Harris? This could be Sandy’s thinking. Try and slip Evans through waivers to maximize depth and if he’s claimed adjust.
That isn't the type of waiver which allows players to be sent to the minors
If a player passes through revocable waivers, he is able to be traded after the deadline but must remain on the 25. Irrevocable waivers are used to send a player without options down. Evans is an irrevocable waiver, so if he’s claimed by a team he joins their 25.
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 29, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
per adam rubin he cleared
and is headed to AAA Buffalo. I feel bad for him.
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