Comments on: 2011 Mets Player Review: Ike Davis, 1B

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:04:44 +0000

If you look at Ike’s career from High School up to last season He has excelled everywhere he has been. From all the awards and championships in H.S. to being named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in College and First Team All-Pac-10 honors as a sophomore. Then in the minors in 2009 after a strong 1st half in St Lucie he was promoted to Binghamton and finished with a strong 2nd half. That was followed with him playing for Team Usa where they won the Gold medal and a good showing in the AFL where he was named to the Rising Stars Game. Followed with his nice showing in 2010 as a Pro.

Yes everything about Ike says if he can remain healthy there is no telling how good he can really be.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:19:20 +0000

Ike carries a swagger with him in a big spot, can be arrogant in his own way (which btw is what Mets need, not nice guy BS), will be a 30-45 HR, 90-110 RBI, .280+ hitter for years to come. And like Joe D said, Ike hates losing.

If our infield looks like this – on the right side we have Ike Davis and Tejada, on the left side we have Wright and Reyes. We have Bay in LF, Duda in RF, the fences lowered and moved in.
Sounds like a good lineup to build upon and try and CONTEND FOR THE POST SEASON – SANDY!!!!
Now we need word on Santana and if he’s good to go than I’m good with Santana, Dickey, Niese, & Gee (no specific order)

Now use whatever money you have left over, 30 million maybe? And GO make this team a contender for 2012 AND PROMOTE IT.

Terrible job by Alderson on the public relations part of this too. If he sells the team like I have there you can convince fans to come and buy tickets. You have to TALK TO THE FANS Sandy! Like him or not Omar and Phillips always spoke clearly about filling holes and competing the next year. They sold the team to the fans and you loved it at the time. I know I did.

By: Alex68

Alex68 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:16:33 +0000

hard tp review him due to his injuries. but, he was doing fine up until that point. if healthy this man imo has the capability to hit 30+ hr’s for years to come as a met.

By: any

any — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:21:25 +0000

If he plays the full year, 30 is certainly reasonable.

I feel that Ike is one of the biggest keys this season. If he is in there and mashing like last year (likely in the 4 hole?), and solidifying the infield D, it is going to help significantly to give them a shot at being competitive.

certainly other things have to work out, but he is a big one.

By: srt

srt — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:58:14 +0000

Saw the interview on SNY’s Hot Stove earlier today with Burkhardt and Davis.

Burkhardt asked him about how disappointing it was getting off to the good start he did in his sophomore year. And basically if he thinks he’ll pick up where he left off. Davis actually said he hopes he’s improved even though he hasn’t played. Said something about being a little too impatient at the plate and wanting to improve on recognizing ‘his’ pitch to hit. I guess the kid had more than enough time on his hands to be ‘thinking’ about improving his game, since he couldn’t do much else after May last season.

We’ll just have to keep our fingers crossed on the health of that ankle. If he is good to go, gets off to a good start and continues to improve, he might be one of the pieces to look forward to in 2012. I don’t think 30 HRs would be a stretch at all, especially with the OF changes in the works.

By: Joe Diaz

Joe Diaz — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:54:52 +0000

What concerns me about Ike is the possibility that his ankle injury may have triggered the onset of arthritis and that could possibly shorten his career.Hard to believe what seemed like a minor injury cost hm the season.He’s the key the teams success both long and short term.