Comments on: Get To Know Mets Pitching Prospect Josh Edgin

By: Reese

Reese — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:07:16 +0000

I am laughing at some of the people saying, “Of course he dominated — he’s 24 against a bunch of 18 year olds.” They’re the same ones who, if he started in AA or AAA this year would decry his 2013 campaign as “He’s ALREADY 26 and STILL hasn’t made the majors!”

Granted, he is about a year or so behind considering a high school to 4 year college path would have him at 22 hitting the minors, but if he produces there’s no reason to put him on the glacial path to the majors, particularly with the Byrdak injury. I often say why go with a proven mediocrity (like Herrera) or an injury reclamation project (like James) when you’ve got someone who could potentially be quite a bit better? Believe me, no one’s going to CitiField to watch Ronny Cedeño play and no one will get excited about Josh Stinson or Chris Schwinden or Miguel Bastita. However, they MIGHT get excited to see a glimpse of the future.

About the only reason I could see the Mets NOT doing it is that they don’t want to start his service time clock ticking for 6 weeks at the beginning of the year. Then again, if he does pitch well, Parnell has an option left.

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:46:10 +0000

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By: t agee

t agee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:20:11 +0000

Glad to get my Met news again from you Joe. Hope your doing well.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:35 +0000

Hey, I thought we lost you, glad to see you back agee.

By: t agee

t agee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:06:56 +0000

I’ve been great Pete. Went down to Santo Domingo for the Dominican round robin, saw a bunch of old friends. Carlos Gomez, Tatis, Figgy, Arias, Anderson Hernandez, Francesco Pena.

Amazing how many guys with Met ties play down there.

By: srt

srt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:58:40 +0000

Crazy dog lover here so I totally get it.

Will be looking forward to your take on the games you’ll be going to.

Only minor league affiliate I’m close to is the Phillies one in Lakewood.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:52:05 +0000

Thanks agee! Ollie sends his regards too! New Britain, that’s right, I was thinking Bristol for some reason, I took that whole week off from work, I’m going to try and catch a few of those games in New Britain. How you been? I haven’t seen you around in a while.

By: t agee

t agee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:41:49 +0000

All the best to Ollie too. Hope he’s OK.

By: t agee

t agee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:40:23 +0000

Best source of Met prospect news right under your by line Pete. Must reading for true fans of the Team and unquestionably a bright spot amidst an avalanche of depressing news.

Great job and looking forward to the game in New Britain.

By: any

any — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:36:24 +0000

hmm, lakewood is only about 45 minutes from me. Might have to make a run out. Lehigh valley is probably 75 minutes or so too.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:24 +0000

Thank you so much srt. You are one of my biggest supporters, and I always appreciate your kind words, and baseball insights. Unfortunately, I will not be able to go to Florida for ST. I have a regular job I can’t get away from at this time, and I got a sick pup at home. Actually Ollie just turned 13 and he’s not feeling too great these days, and I can’t leave him when he’s feeling under-the-weather. He’s my bud.

BUT, I will be in Binghamton for a few days the first week of the season, first weekend in April actually, and I should be able to say hello to Darin Gorski, Matt den Dekker, and Josh Edgin, maybe even Matt Harvey, or Zack Wheeler. I also am hoping to touch base with Cesar Puello, Juan Centeno, and Brad Holt, and as many of the AA team that I can talk to. And I’ll be seeing the B-Mets again when they come to Bristol, CT I think in May. TAgee and me are supposed to go to a Thursday morning game there that starts at 10:30 am! I’ll be eating an egg mcmuffin while agee rambles on about stuff, can you imagine?

I’ll be catching the Bisons the third week of April, in Lehigh Valley, PA, which is a lot closer than Buffalo! I won’t be able to see the Savannah squad until the middle of July when they come up to Lakewood, NJ. But, of course the Cyclones will be starting up middle of June, and I will be seeing them a lot. I won’t get to see Kingsport or St. Lucie this year, but MMO does have a minor league correspondent we are getting set up down in Florida who will be our eyes ears and voice in spring training and for the St. Lucie Mets. More info on that will follow as we work stuff out.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:05:43 +0000

Thanks for the compliment jesse, that’s really nice of you to say. Actually I do send each player I interview a link to the article after it posts. They all read them, and most of them email me to tell me they liked the piece, and to thank me. Some of them have sent thank you’s to Joe D as well. I’ll say one thing about the kids in our system, they are all good people, sportsmen, and gentlemen, and it has been an absolute pleasure getting to know them. Whether they make it to the bigs or not, they are a bunch of fine people.

By: Petey Pete

Petey Pete — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:58:30 +0000

Actually that hasn’t been set up yet, although I hope very much it happens.

By: srt

srt — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:28:05 +0000

These interviews alone make this site a must read.

Not sure what you’ve got planned for in season. Are you close to one of the minor league affiliates where you routinely go to games and can give us what the ‘eyes’ are seeing?

Will you be down in FL for ST doing any interviews?

By: srt

srt — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:26 +0000

And steak as favorite food.

By: any

any — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:22:15 +0000

does seem that way. Might be partly because they have 4 months off in the middle of peak hunting seasons!

By: any

any — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:20:52 +0000

nail down the change, learn a cutter and make him the closer.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:13:09 +0000

To finish my earlier comment. Is the Jay Horwitz interview his 1st for a Mets fan site?

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:50 +0000

As usual interesting reads Pete thx. I saw where there is an interview with Jay Howitz to look forward to. W

By: AV

AV — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:24 +0000

Is it just me or have a lot of these guys listed hunting as a hobby? I just find it odd that so many baseball players are into hunting (even guys that are not from the deep South, which I typically associate as a big hunting region).