Comments on: Jason Bay Is At The Crossroads of His Mets Career

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:03:18 +0000

At the crossroads of his Mets career? You have got to be kidding. The guy who has always been a run producer comes to NY which takes some getting used to. He struggles offensively at the plate but anyone who watched him play could see that the guy hustles, was a good outfielder (contrary to some reports) and would eventually get used to the cavernous ballpark that we call Citi Field. The poor guy ends up hustling to make a catch and nearly kills himself running into a wall with his head. Concussions are no laughing matter. A guy standing in the batters box who has been disabled because of a concussion may feel a bit funky at times vision wise and of course with headaches. Would you want to be facing a young fireballer with control problems? I think not…..Jason Bay will hit for this team….

Better he be totally healthy when he goes out there, then to try and start the season with a nagging injury that has not had time to heal.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:59:16 +0000

As I have maintained all offseason.

If this team is out of it by the time the trade deadline hits then lets play the kids, trade guys like Bletran (if Possible) and even entertain trading Reyes and Bay if it nets us some kids for the future and once the money on them comes off the books we should have enough kids ready to go an buy the talent to fill around them.

Even if we pay a majority of Bay’s contract to a trade partner whatever we save will be money we could spend somewhere else.

I happen to think Bay will be alright by then but if he is not then no reason not to try and get something for him including some payroll relief (as minimal as it may be) and some kid we can try and groom for the future.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:55:41 +0000

Well I wouldn’t count on Evans. He managed to skate by waivers this time but once the season starts unless we have a roster spot for him It is doubtful he will skate by again.

Like you said other teams are in the same boat as us right now but the next time maybe not.

By: vinnie papandrea

vinnie papandrea — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:19:50 +0000

Right away you bring up Matt Holiday, as if he was going to sign any where but St Louis. Just be patient I’d rather he miss the first few weeks

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:09:56 +0000

It couldn’t hurt to add a catcher, they could claim May and send Nickeas to AAA.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:07:41 +0000

Don’t forget FMart, if he get’s off fast and Duda struggles, my guess is they will shift pretty quickly to the kid.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:04:36 +0000

A week? Had alot of experience with ribcage injuries have ya? They take forever to heal and it is very easy to reinjure it. This one will probably cost Bay 4-6 weeks at least. Aaaaah that would be May, not March.

By: JerryG15

JerryG15 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:45:05 +0000

Santana is on the DL

Bay will be on the DL for about a week…………….

Same fans jumping off the ledge in March

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:13:16 +0000

Luke May in a full season of AAA last year hit .291, 16 HRs, 51 RBIs in 351 ABs.

Now I’ve learned about Luke May and so have the readers. The readers can guess his OBP and they’ll probably be close. Casual readers will never learn about players anymore because the new way is just to give a general idea of what the player is but OH….let’s list his OBP. Gets more sickening every day.

*He played for 2 teams in AAA last year.

By: Hitman

Hitman — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:46:04 +0000

Looked at May’s stats on baseball-reference and you’re right. He put up good numbers in the minors. If he passes through the AL on the waiver wire, the Mets should pick him up. Can hit for average, can attain a high OBP, has some pop, so-so on defense. I say go for it if it means we don’t see Nickeas as the backup.

By: t agee

t agee — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:22:33 +0000

KC and Milwaukee just released a couple of catchers. The Royal’s let Luke May go. 26 years old doesn’t look too bad by the #’s in the minors. I’d be interested in what the scouts had to say.

By: francis

francis — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:18:45 +0000

all i saw this spring was murphy killing the ball. i didn’t see too much, so I may be all wrong, but I’d keep him around.

I’ll say this: it will be tough to stomach a .450 season without having castillo, ollie, jerry, hojo, and razor shines to blame.

Only Pelfrey is left from my list, and I’m adding Nickeas. I can’t believe they’re starting the season with him as their #2 catcher.

By: Des

Des — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:18:30 +0000

I’m optimistic about Duda, but he’s got a lot to prove. In the outfield in the minor leagues over four years, he’s got only 436 PO’s spread between LF and RF. He is really green.

By: t agee

t agee — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:09:42 +0000

This is a great year to give a younger player a chance at a position he can handle. Duda and Davis make Wright better as one or the other will get the platoon advantage and if we could get Evans up here we could get a look at him too.

Depending on how Duda does against LHP and whether Bay comes back or not I could see Murphy going down to make room for Evans.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:06:12 +0000

hairston can add some value if he only faces lefties at least.

By: francis

francis — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:00:56 +0000

It would be nice if Hairston stays hot.

I would get a catcher in here for Bay before keeping Duda.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:58:46 +0000

who cares about Evans? He is the 1B at Buffalo. The fill in for Bay is Duda/hairston most likely. Those 2 combined might not match the vintage bay from a couple years ago, but they will most likely produce more than he did last year, and could easily match the much lowered predictions for Bay this year.

By: francis

francis — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:45:51 +0000

Duda ? Evans ? Go around the depth charts of teams and look at their left fielders. Then compare Duda and Evans to them. At best, Duda and Evans can hit .250 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI for April.

Don’t kid yourself.

Next thing, you’ll be convincing me that Mike Nickeas can carry the load at catcher if Thole goes down.

By: t agee

t agee — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:31:45 +0000

At least we have someone we can play there if he can’t or doesn’t play well in Duda or Evans. We won’t have to live with it like we did Castillo or be caught short like with Alou.

Rowand and Zito didn’t prevent SF from winning because they had Torres and Bumgarner.

It’s a shame we allocated 80 M to a guy who will most likely be out played by a rookie but I think it does make our line up better although it might run Angel ragged covering part of Right for Beltran and part of left for Duda.

By: stick

stick — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:30:53 +0000

have to quibble about 1 thing. He is not “oft injured” Since 2005, until last year, he never played less than 145 games (the other years 150+). And you can’t really say he is injury prone last year, for getting a concussion.

anyway, at this point, he is at best at the bottom of the list of core or top players. forgetting his overly generous contract for his current performance level, he is maybe the 5th best/most important player in the lineup.

wright and reyes, absolutly more key. Pagan probably is ahead too, and Ike has a bigger role now.