Jun
6
2011

Lucas Duda Is Raking In Buffalo, Why Not Flushing?

An article by Hojo's Mojo

A few minutes ago, I caught a tweet from the Buffalo Bisons that read: Lucas Duda has vaulted his average 46 pts the past 10 games. It sounded pretty impressive so I thought I’d investigate further.

The hulking 6-4 outfielder is mashing the ball for the Bisons and in just 115 at-bats, Duda has slugged eight home runs and driven in 19 runs while scoring 18 of them. If you were to prorate that over 500 AB, we’re talking about 40 homers and 100 RBI.

Duda is batting .287 with a .400 on-base and a .548 slugging. His .948 OPS would certainly give the Mets a huge boost right now considering the woeful production they have received from Jason Bay, Scott Hairston and Willie Harris.

In his last ten games, Duda has posted a .406/.512/.938/1.450 slash line in 32 at-bats.

I think it’s time to give this kid another look-see, while at the same time cutting bait with Hairston or Harris..

About the Author: Rob Johnson

12 Comments + Add Comment

Even Flow June 6, 2011 at 1:24 pm

If it wasn’t for the fact that Murphy got hot as of late, Duda would’ve been called up to man 1st base with Davis out for the foreseeable future. He’ll be up soon.
Metstheory22 June 6, 2011 at 1:52 pm

Because we are paying J. Bay millions to play leftfield.
- any June 6, 2011 at 2:10 pm
  
  about time to “learn” that Bay has been playing with a sore calf, and needs a few weeks off to work with a swing doctor (er, rest and get healthy, yeah, that’s the ticket!). Then roll Duda out while he is locked in and see what he can do.
  
  Flow is right, if Murphy and Turner were not both hot, Duda could be getting the call to play 1B instead.
  
  anyway, this is not really new (the YTD stats), since that is about what he put up last year in the minors. Heck, he even had a very good finish to his September call up, after somewhat of a slow start!
  
  far from enough, or consistant, ABs this year to really prove anything.
86mets June 6, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Why not cut Hairston, bring up Duda who plays 1B vs RHP (Nick Evans vs LHP), with Murphy moving to 3B (his natural position when drafted) and Turner at 2B. This way you have everyone playing their natural positions.
alex68 June 6, 2011 at 2:25 pm

he’s on fire against below average competition, once in the bigs, overmatch like many overhype met players…
- Nester June 6, 2011 at 3:01 pm
  
  Overmatched like Turner, Murphy, Gee, Tejada and Pridie?
Reese Kaplan June 6, 2011 at 2:34 pm

That scenario would likely play out when they trade Jose Reyes for an inexpensive bag of balls due to the dire financial condition they are in. Tejada and his surprising .300 bat slide over to SS, thus opening up spots for Duda, Turner and Murphy until Davis returns.
rzanca June 6, 2011 at 5:12 pm

Du Da Impossible!
jdon June 6, 2011 at 5:55 pm

Because Buffalo is in the minor leagues and New York is in the major eagues. Duda has shown nothing to date.
chuck June 6, 2011 at 6:08 pm

He’ll probably be the rightfielder when they trade Beltran.
Russell Zanca June 6, 2011 at 6:17 pm

Next incarnation of Greg Luzinski!
Metstheory22 June 7, 2011 at 9:18 am

Until they fix the park for righthanded hitters, they need to stack the lineup with lefthanded power hitters.

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	42	30	.583	-
Phillies	35	37	.486	7.0
Nationals	34	36	.486	7.0
Mets	27	40	.403	12.5
Marlins	22	48	.314	19.0

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