Players who were Grade As at one point:
Charles Johnson (Epstein): Successful outcome.
Javier Valentin: Bust compared to expectation. I was an easier grader then.
Joe Mauer: Excellent outcome.
Victor Martinez: Excellent outcome.

Players who were Grade A-
Raul Casanova (Epstein): Bust.
Mike Sweeney: Excellent at another position.
Jason Kendall: Excellent for awhile, successful outcome.
Michael Barrett: Solid regular.
Ben Petrick: Some success before injury bust.
Daric Barton: Too early to tell, now at another position.
Jeff Mathis: Too early to tell, don’t like current trends.

So the catchers rated A- or better had a 54% success rate – that’s actually pretty dang good if you ask me based on the uncertainty of prospects. I’ll tell you this – if d’Arnaud turns out to be as good as guys like Johnson, Barrett, Kendall, Mauer, VMart, or Sweeney – the Mets will be a-okay with that.

Plus this article was pre-Wieters, so I will happily throw him into the A- or better mix which jacks the % up to 58%

2009 you can add Jesus Montero, Carlos Santana and Buster Posey to that list.

So while any prospect list is skeptical – I think your point is actually not valid because the success rate is actually pretty solid

Ernie Banks was a Just-da Bum

The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers were Just-da Bums

Get a life Just-Da Damaja .

I was being sarcastic

Reyes is just a piece of the puzzle for them. After adding the last piece – Dickey – they’re now predicted to win the AL east division. Yankees and Red Sox aren’t projected to even make post season.

Remains to be seen how it works out for them. Right now, they look pretty good on paper.

its more thumbing a nose at the detractors who said he had no value when we shipped him off.

obviously pagan DID have value…

if u look at his numbers from the 2nd half of 2009, the entire 2010, we saw a player entering his prime. He had a bad 2011 for various reasons. Health apparently one of them. I think Terry was impatient with his mistakes and didnt see the forest through the trees. Every CF makes a few mistakes. Torres in his first day as a met misjudged a fly-ball, then got injured, 2 things that he rarely did. 2 things that Pagan was kicked out of NY for.

and still sandy’s defenders staunchly hold the idea that Pagan IS terrible. Despite his good 2012

Fonzie13 September 1, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Point was trading away Pagan didn’t create a hole in CF, Pagan was a hole in CF.

Yeah, David would not be up for team ambassador…therefore would not be so tied up with the marketing of the team, would not be so tight with the wilpons, and would not be wearing a met uniform right now

Raul Casanova now that’s a trip down memory lane. I do believe that he caught Nelson Figuroa’s first game with the Mets in 2008. Beltran loaned his suite to Nelson’s family for the game. Sweet.

I don’t think Toronto will bomb like the Fish did. They already had some really good players in place, and had terrible luck with injuries this past year. Adding the guys they added, they should be a good team. Tough division though – hard to know how good “good” is.

The Mets should have been able to afford the both of them though. It’s pathetic that this even has to be a discussion.

in an absolutely anemic lineup, in a pitchers ball-park, last year as a #3 hitter in 62 games, Reyes hit .308 with 17 2B, 5 HR, 6 3B

stretched out over 162 games and thats 40 2B, 18 3B, 15 HR with a .308 batting avg.

o and he got paid 5 mil less last year than FranchiseFace

Remind me why folks think Dr.Dimples is a better deal again?

I’ll take the bet that Reyes will hit more HR than FranchiseFace aka DaveyDimples in 2013

Yeah ok, what he meant to say is, I signed with Miami cause they gave me a bunch of tax free money, now I am screwed.