Mar
31
2011

Q & A with New Met Allan Dykstra

An article by Ben Yoel

A good friend of mine, Joe DeMayo, who writes for NYBD and StLucieToFlushing.com (of which I am also affialiated with), did an interview with new Mets acquisition Allan Dykstra. It’s a great read if you have a minute and would like to get to know a bit about our new prospect.

Here is a few of the Q & A’s from the interview -

PSL2F: If you were a scout assigned to watch Allan Dykstra, what would your scouting report be?

AD: Has plus power and good strike zone discipline. Still needs to clean bat path up a little.

PSL2F: A lot of people believe this trade was heavily influenced by Paul DePodesta and Sandy Alderson’s knowledge of you from their days in San Diego. How much do you know them? And what do you know about them?

AD: I just met them when I was drafted and signed in 2008. I know they look strongly into OBP and OPS.

To read more visit the following link to St. Lucie To Flushing.

About the Author: Benjamin Yoel

Graduate of St. John's University. Majored in Sports Management. Torn on where career will take me next. Considering Baseball Operations, Scouting, and Journalism. Writer for Metsmerized Online & StLucieToFlushing.com. Devout #Mets fan.

5 Comments + Add Comment

Brian March 31, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Well I’m glad the hip surgery rumor was false, as I started readingit I was like, what another injured player? Welcome to the Mets Allan.
Squidoo March 31, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Kunz was going nowhere so if we could recycle Dykstra into something useful more power to us. But I wasn’t to say something about some of the asinine remarks I read about the connections between Ricciardi and Emaus, or Alderson and Depo with Dykstra.

Since when did it become wrong for a GM or other front office people to go after players they know?

Omar Minaya did that for six years!!!

So I wish people would stop shedding light on things that are not the issue and just focus on the quality of the players no matter how or why we got them.
scottydoesn'tknow March 31, 2011 at 4:34 pm

This may be a dumb question, but is he Lenny Dykstra’s kid?
- Satish Ram March 31, 2011 at 4:45 pm
  
  Wishful thinking, but no. They are not related.
  - ben_yoel March 31, 2011 at 4:55 pm
    
    Your thinking of Lenny’s son Cutter. Allan is of no relation.

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