Comments on: Justin Upton Could Be On The Move, D’Backs Engaged In Active Discussions

By: Donal

Donal — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:35:15 +0000

“And Beltran not going to Walter Reed was classless.”

Beltran knew ahead of time he had a previous engagement scheduled at the same time as the team visit so he went to Walter Reed prior to the team. On his own dime.

“Dont cry and need to be pushed out of the dugout by a fifty year old for a curtain call.”

He wasn’t crying, he’s just doesn’t express himself the way people apparently expect him to. It doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy or a bad team mate or a bad leader.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:18:49 +0000

well, because what free agent outfielder is as young and as good as Upton?

By: Even Flow

Even Flow — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:38:30 +0000

Are you seriously gonna judge Skaggs after a small sample size like that? Did you judge Niese the same way when he started out and had an ERA of 7?

By: XtreemIcon

XtreemIcon — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:20:43 +0000

Possibly not, but I think he’d be the last to go. Or at least would have to be heavily overpaid for.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:12:21 +0000

Because when you have a walk rate over 4, you aren’t the frontline pitcher some say you are. But go back to your “Jon Niese for Travis Darnaud and Jake Marisnick” trade proposals. And you say the idiots are at Metsblog eh?

By: Hitman

Hitman — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:06:50 +0000

With the way Towers is putting people on the block left & right, Montero may not even be exempt.

By: XtreemIcon

XtreemIcon — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:48:47 +0000

Indeed. Hence why Arizona locked him up.

By: Ruben DeJesus

Ruben DeJesus — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:47:41 +0000

Oh that’s not good. He would have been perfect

By: XtreemIcon

XtreemIcon — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:43:41 +0000

He signed an extension with Zona. Not a free agent.

By: Ruben DeJesus

Ruben DeJesus — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:41:16 +0000

I know the Mets need a catcher badly. Isn’t Miguel Montero a free agent? Last year he batted .286 with 15 hrs and 88 rbi’s. We need an offensive catcher. Why is he not being mentioned for next year? Is he asking alot in salary?

By: TruthsaboutMurphy

TruthsaboutMurphy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:13:25 +0000

Because Matt said so.

By: trs86

trs86 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:13:03 +0000

+2.

By: Hitman

Hitman — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:09:41 +0000

I really want to hear an explanation on how he’s so overrated….

By: Matt Mosher

Matt Mosher — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:56:48 +0000

Trevor Bauer is the single most overrated pitching prospect in the game. No thank you.

By: Matt Mosher

Matt Mosher — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:55:03 +0000

I like J Upton, but he’s not a fit in NYC. Add to that the fact that you’d have to overpay and it is a total “no go”.

By: Matt Mosher

Matt Mosher — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:53:59 +0000

Why in God’s name would Toronto do that?

By: TruthsaboutMurphy

TruthsaboutMurphy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:09:02 +0000

Beltran was a wonderful player that happened to get hurt a lot. The thing is, when there’s players that seem to always get hurt and others who never do, people start wondering if the hurt player is soft or unwilling to play through injury. I think Beltran never really got the benefit of the doubt.

Was it deserved? I don’t know, but there are players who sit if they get chapped lips, and Beltran was on the DL a lot both with the mets and his two latest teams as well. Also, I don’t hold that horrible collision with Cameron against him.

Concerning catcher, there are zero obvious choices in house because their best young catchers are years away. The only player even close to ready is the unproven and woefully minuscule Juan Centeno. There’s definately defensive ability there, but he’s never had more than 300 minor league AB’s at any level and quite frankly is destined for a career backing up better prospects in triple A or as the starter in a independent league. Sorry, a .370 average in Brooklyn doesn’t mean anything when he didn’t even have a seasons worth of at bats in a short season league. This 5 foot 7 inch workhorse has a lot to overcome.

And Beltran not going to Walter Reed was classless. No amount of excuses or stats defends that and nobody cares how other fans from different teams treat their players. When you negotiate for the bigs bucks, you should expect that we expect results. Dont cry and need to be pushed out of the dugout by a fifty year old for a curtain call. Thanks for Wheeler and I honestly wish you were back, but your not and that’s that.

By: Just_Da_Damaja

Just_Da_Damaja — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:15:45 +0000

In KC…he didnt have these detractors
In Houston…he didnt have these detractors
In SF…he didnt have these detractors
In St.L…he didnt have these detractors

only when he comes to NY does he become lazy, selfish, aloof, etc

and people tend to pre-judge…

if someone told you a particular burger looked nasty and came from a place that had infected cows…even before you take one bite…it is going to affect your experience…

this is the same with sports journalism…

fans make up their minds about who certain hero’s and villians were w/o ever having 1 single experience with that person…

people constantly said the same thing about luis castillo…

the media said one thing…people like sheep repeat it…but the only people who never said those negative things were his managers and teammates…aka the people who interact with him

the fact that the narrative seems to always play along the same stereotypical lines is a whole nother topic for another day

By: hotstreak

hotstreak — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:55:08 +0000

Too bad no likes here. You excellent post makes alot of common sense and dollars too.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:49:04 +0000

There have been many Beltran detractors, without warrant, but there are also many that respected him as a top flight player when health and a classy individual.