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2011
Evans, Misch and Hernandez Clear Waivers
An article by Hojo's Mojo
According to Adam Rubin of ESPN, outfielder/first baseman Nick Evans has officially cleared waivers, and was sent to Triple-A. Evans was waived after losing out on a bench spot to Daniel Murphy, Willie Harris and Scott Hairston.
Pat Misch and Luis Hernandez also cleared waivers.
Original Post 3/28
This just in from Adam Rubin of ESPN New York:
The Mets placed Nick Evans, Luis Hernandez and Pat Misch on waivers Monday, according to a baseball official who was not authorized to speak publicly because the process is secretive.
The results of the waiver process should be known Wednesday.
Manny Acosta is the lone Met in a tenuous position who is out of options and may not have been placed on waivers Monday, according to the source. Acosta seemingly is the third combatant in the battle with Blaine Boyer and Jason Isringhausen for one relief spot.
The Padres had appeared interested in Hernandez via trade, but reportedly just acquired Alberto Gonzalez from Washington instead.
I thought for sure the Mets would figure out a way to somehow keep Evans and Misch, but it looks like they’ll be toiling for another team. It’s looking like Manny Acosta could suffer the same fate.
This would mean Daniel Murphy is officialy on the 25 man roster, and that the last bullpen spot is now down to Blaine Boyer or Jason isringhausen.
Earlier today, one of the beat writers said via Twitter that Boyer was summoned into the managers office. It could have something to do with his status with the team, or Collins simply could have wanted directions to a good hamburger joint.
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That’s cool. If a team claims them, it’ll show interest and be easier to make a trade. If they’re not claimed, even better for the Mets.
SF should be all over Hernandez. They have one SS who’s 36 and was playing 3B last year. A 3B who may not be able to handle 3B anymore in Sandoval and Torres and Fontenot at 2B. They very well may to bench Sandoval, move Tejada and get someone who can play SS. With their strikeout and flyball pitchers he doesn’t have to be great but they need more than just one guy who’s 36.
I’ll throw out a name, 21 year old 2B/SS in rookie ball Carlos Willoughby. Probably will age out but you never know. A- this year, A+ in 2012 and AA in 2013. Better than nothing.
If and when there are claims made on them they are gone, adios, there will be no trades dude.
facts Pete.. Not allowed on this site.
Iz, the fact is you don’t know know the first thing about baseball. Let the grownups talk and go color in the corner.
Facts Iz…
If a team claims a player off waivers and has a viable claim as described above, his current team (the “waiving team”) may choose one of the following options:
1 – arrange a trade with the claiming team for that player within two business days of the claim; or
2 – rescind the request and keep the player on its major league roster, effectively canceling the waiver; or
3 – do nothing and allow the claiming team to assume the player’s existing contract, pay the waiving team a waiver fee, and place the player on its active major league roster.
If a player is claimed and the waiving team exercises its rescission option, the waiving team may not use the option again for that player in that season. If no team claims a player off waivers after three business days, the player has cleared waivers and may be assigned to a minor league team, traded (to any team), or released outright.
Why not? The only way the Mets would just GIVE the team that player is if there was a salary issue, like Alex Rios.
When a player is put on waivers because they don’t make the roster, if they are claimed by another team they are gone, you can’t pull a player back in this case. The Mets were very lucky that no one claimed Evans or Misch or Hernandez (although he may not except the minor league assignment). Let’s just hope no one claims Acosta, who is a very useful bullpen arm.
A trade is not beyond the realm of possibility. It will be interesting to see if in fact that ends up happening.
The problem is even if we make a trade that player will not be of any use to us since there will be no room for him to help us!
We need to fix the option issues of Emaus and Beato first!
So we should give thier old teams first crack at either of them.
I would certainly be happy if they sent Evans and Acosta to the Orioles to get the rights for Beato.
It would be a lopsided deal to be sure but better to get an Option on a young kid than to get some other kid that probably isn’t all that good and wouldn’t be able to get on the roster even if he was!
Im sorry for Evans but glad for Murphy. They need a left hand batter on the bench.
nick evans will be a successful major leaguer on another team.
I agree. I hope he finally gets a full season under his belt and show what he really can do. Shame Minaya & Manuel had to jerk him around between the majors & minors the past few years.
That’s what used up all his options.
Why were Manuel and Minaya jerking him around? I thought they kept bringing him up to give hims a shot to make the big club.
They weren’t. They brought him up to cover short term needs because the roster was always so ill configured and blew his options just like Heath Bell and some other guys. Evans most likely would have been selected in the rule 5 next year so if we didn’t lose him now we would have lost him later.
Might have gotten something for him in between depending on how he did though.
The M&M boys were useless and had no clue. They burned through options without a care in the world. They started the arbitration clock on F-Mart or Mejia without a thought on what that meant long term for the team. Two useless idiots that I’m glad are gone.
I know, but it makes me sick that a team as crummy as the Mets couldn’t figure out a way to hold onto an asset like Evans.
Lets not get carried away, Evans is young and has signs of good play, but he’s not THAT good. He struck out almost 200 times in the MINORS last year. Had good average and other numbers but……
I’d hold off on the barf bag though…….(and the team is not THAT crummy)
Nick Evans was drafted in the 5th round, for a reason. Rounds 5 and higher sometimes produce really great players but by far and away the vast majority of great players come from rounds 1 and 2.
In a differently configured roster Evans could be a platoon at 1B or LF, but that’s really all.
1B and LF are the two easiest positions to play and he only really has hit to date against LHP. That’s about a 1/3 of the AB’s a position player can get so he’s restricted (or should be) to 1/3rd of the AB’s at one of the two easiest positions to play.
Evans, Duda, Gee, Thole, Murphy are all round 5-21 picks. Some can claim a spot but others potential is limited by their deficiencies and the current makeup of the team. I would love to see Duda/Evans in LF. I think it would produce more than Bay and we’d still have to have two OFers who can play CF so as much as you’d like to get something from these guys its not always possible to fit them in.
We already lucked out with Thole for 2/3rds of the AB’s at catcher, could have possibly lucked out with Murphy at 3B if he wasn’t blocked and might still really luck out with Gee but I guess we won’t with Evans.
His best chance would have been a platoon with Murph in LF in 2009 with three other guys that could play CF in Beltran, Pagan and Church. When Delgado went down, Murph went to 1B, he could have had a chance. What was to lose at that point?
I can see Tatis but Reed and Sullivan?
His best chance I think, Agee, was a platoon with Frenchy last year in right. But someone was too dumb to realize Frenchy’s splits…or knew and was too dumb to care.
sorry I meant Pagan not frenchy, once Beltran came back.
Not a real RFer though Chris. Even looked disinterested out there the last weekend of the season to me but he would have covered Pagan’s only weakness out there.
I would really have liked to give him a chance when we were out of it early in 2009. If he had looked decent maybe we don’t sign Bay and go Duda/Evans in LF this year and saved 80 M and who knows, maybe got a player with the #2 pick we gave Boston.
It makes me question how secure Sandy and Terry are. If they have a medium range or long range plan, Evans fits in better than Willie Harris. But if they’re shooting for what they think will be an acceptable, “get by” season in 2011, maybe Harris is the choice. It wouldn’t be mine, given the longer term tradeoffs.
Hu would be the backup at 2B or SS but if he’s already backing up one of them then Harris could come in at 2B without having to start bringing guys up here and back like crazy for a short term situation.
Murphy can handle corner IF, Thole/Nickeas and Harris/Hairston.
That and a LH bat that can also back up CF, something Evans really cannot do.
You are a total FRAUD agee. After listening to your crap blasting every older guy signed by minaya, yoiu ahve the nerve to kmiss Alderson up and down for doing what you so sanctimoneoesouly beat upinaya for. Youya re just a HATEr and a FRAUD agee. And I bet yuour morn followers like donal the patrrot and brainless kay buy your fraud. AGEE = FRAUD.
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
‘yoiu ahve the nerve to kmiss’…
‘sanctimoneoesouly beat upinaya’…
‘Youya re just a HATEr’…..
‘yuour morn’…….
Holy ‘what the hell language’ rant is this, Batman!
Somewhere in here I suppose there is a point.
Probably not, actually.
Harry, not that it makes any difference but Evans was let go in favor of guys who could play a position he cant. CF and 2B, and a guy who’s the same age he is. The only other backup spot is at catcher or backup middle infield. Evans doesn’t play those positions.
It’s not the same as Minaya VOLUNTARILY handing SF a #1 draft choice for a 40 year old LFer and then resigning that 40 year old LFer again the next year after he only played half the season the year before. Seasons in which we lost the postseason by a total of 3 games and seasons in which the 40 year old LFer, who couldn’t stay on the field in his 20′s, played a total of 100 games out of a possible 324.
It’s also not the same thing as signing a 32 year old 2B who needed knee surgery on BOTH knees to a four year contract and then backing HIM up with a 37 year old who had been hurt the year before and cutting a 24 year old 2B in order to do it. A 2B he had traded another 2B for just a couple of years before.
It’s also unlikely that we’ll be devoting a roster spot to a pitcher who can’t pitch, a DH you can’t put on the field or that we’ll have to DFA the entire bench mid season again this year like we had to last year.
I also doubt that we’ll have 14 “hitters” on the team who get OB less often than TWO of our starting pitchers do, but that’s a different story.
Keep up your humor Harry C., and you’ll need a box of Depends. If not you, then us. The scary part is that I think you’re serious. Definitely a prunes day for you tomorrow, Harry C. lol
Why are you using MY name in this thread, when have I EVER discussed ANYTHING with YOU?
Don’t you EVER bring my name up again, EVER…………
Go back to school or lay off the booze because you are not even making any sense and are an embarressment to all Mets fans.
Kay, Harry C. is just being Harry C. Don’t take it personally. He just picked a short name — three letters — and went with it. I escaped being his target this time but I better add some more letters to my name. he he he
There is a long, detailed analysis of the Evans-Harris tradeoffs at:
http://www.metsminorleagueblog.com/
*FINGERS CROSSED EVANS SLIPS THROUGH WAIVERS*
MetsMan86 — From your lips to God’s ears.
You’d think Isringhausen’s spot would be more secure, an experienced ballplayer like that. He could be valuable.
By the way, I’ve got my own Mets blog, if you’re interested in checking it out. Just go midwesternmet.blogspot.com
His health and longevity are issues
I can see Evans batting .280 with 25 homers and 78 RBI and possibly winning a rookie of the year. Too bad it wont be for the Mets.
All of a sudden this great love for Evans, why didn’t he get a full time spot last year?
So this was clearly a case of Mets fans over-hyping their players, yes? Why in the world would a .280/25/78 guy clear waivers? Give me a break……..
Well someone else said this (I think TAgee) but other teams are seemingly in the same boat as us trying to get down to 25 and that could be a primary reason Evans wasn’t claimed. They may have the same roster space issues we do at this point.
I don’t really care what the resons are just glad that we retained him because I think he is just the kind of guy who makes a good part of a multi player trade for pitching or something else we need at the trading deadline.
The only real knock on Evans is he is (truly) a 3B who hits like a 2B!
We play him in the OF (because of Wright) but OFs are a dime a dozen! Thats where all the guys who have transitioned from a position they can’t break through in go when they don’t go to 1B!
Apparently, you’re the only one who sees that because EVERY OTHER TEAM IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL elected to pass on him.
Awesome news! We keep Evans who gives us depth at the corners in the infield and outfield. Misch is a good option to have as long relief/ spot starter. And Hernandez gives infield depth. Surprised Evans didn’t get picked up. Hope Acosta slips through as well.
Just glad we retained those guys. I had reservations about exposing them but Sandy took a gamble and won.