18
2013
Mets Sign Catcher Landon Powell to Minor League Contract
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The Mets just announced they have signed C Landon Powell to a Minor League contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training.
Powell spent some time in the majors and in 406 plate appearances with the Oakland Athletics he posted a .207/.284/.328 batting line. He also was behind the plate for Dallas Braden’s perfect game last season.
In Triple-A Oklahoma City, he batted a .251/.353/.377 in 279 plate appearances and posted a 12.9% walk rate. Defensively he threw out 39% of would be base stealers and posted a .992 fielding percentage.
In 2010 Powell was diagnosed with ”autoimmune hepatitis, a rare liver disease with no known cure.” Essentially his body mistakes good cells for bad cells in the body and attacks them. The symptoms of that disease are, Abdominal distention, dark urine, fatigue, general discomfort, itching, loss of appetite and nausea among others. According to one report, his medical condition is manageable but eventually he’s going to need major surgery.
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Yet another bum …
“”autoimmune hepatitis, a rare liver disease with no known cure.” Whatta bum. LOL.
Why do I care about our AAA backup catcher anyway?
well, you should, because somehow all our AAA somehow find a way to the major league club under sandy alderson, no matter how shitty they are. we will see this POs along with the rest of the rejects SA brought in this offseason at some point with the big league club.
You are right, our 4th string catcher should be much better!!! Dang him.
You know I got to thinking. Do you ever get tired of just complaining about everything? When Omar was here you spent 99% of your time complaining about everything on Metsblog, then Omar is gone and you spend 99% of the time complaining about everything here. You just really are and have been an unhappy Mets fan the entire time I have known you. Thus you have actually been unhappy since what 2005? And don’t say that Alderson turned you this way because you were doing the same exact thing before he was ever thought of.
Do you ever get tired of challenging him?
Yeah. I take plenty of breaks
You are nothing but a bi***, you call it complaining because i am blasting your GM, the guy you seem to idolize more than the team you root for, i gave this guy a pass the FIRST YEAR because i understood he needed to see what Omar left behind, however, i have been 100% right about him and that bothers you, just like i was 100% about your godsend not being well, a godsend and that bothers you as well. Stop being a bi*** and defendign this guy because all it does is make you look bad, you call it complaining while in reality is called being right.. you defend all his moves no matter what, maybe next year you can up your “Get on him for not doing his job” talk by giving him till 2015… BTW, how’s the desert doing? Seem your focus is MMO as you spend all day here trying to correct everyone who don’t like your GM.
Way to stay classy, but I guess that once your limited vocabulary runs out of words what is left?
Do you remember what we used to disagree about other than Wright? It was you saying the exact same thing you are now except replace Sandy with Omar. You whined about every little move Omar made too and did the same strutting around and crowing then too. Again, you just seem to be one of the unhappiest Mets fans I have ever seen and I actually feel sorry for you. It’s not like you would be any different if they changed GM’s or changed owners or even if they were winning. Kinda sad. But anyway, back to my moratorium on your ignorance.
You are something else, i criticized omar for his spending ways, his minor moves if you think paid off, from acquiring valentine, tatis, dickey to mention a few, my problem was he was way in over his head in terms of spending, and that’s what got the mets in more trouble, this guy is nothing compare to minaya though, minaya alone was better GM than him and better scout than his 2 goons combined, you are a pathetic POs who always try to correct everyone and pretend to be of more knowledge than everyone, your ego is what has gotten you in trouble most of the time because you’re an arrogant aho-le who somehow spends all day on a blog trying to be the better man, let me be a sad fan if that’s what you think, but the last person i need advise from is you, a guy who created a blog that stinks and even as the owner spend your time here more than your own.. also, lost is the fact that you copy pretty much this blog’s style and format to update your own. ahh, pathetic right? Moving on…
Yosemite Sam
Why DON’T you care that he is wasting his time signing 4th backup catchers when he has no credible OF to speak of?
Because one has nothing to do with the other?
Jesus Flores gets signed to a minors deal yesterday and we sign Landon Powell? Who? This team signs the most random no name players. One day someone will pan out and we can catch lightning in a bottle.
You mean the Jesus Flores that hit .209 .253 .314 .567 in 2011 and .213 .248 .329 .577 in 2012?
Guess what, just because you have heard of one player doesn’t make him better. They are both AAA backups.
You wouldnt rather sign Jesus Flores who has far more upside then Powell? Seriously, the players this regime decides to sign are players who played for the As, Padres and Jays. They have yet to produce one impact player or even a player who overachieves. Hairston and Rauch were good signings but now we dont want to pay them.
Well considering both of them signed a MILB contract we have no idea if Flores even wanted to come here to be the 4th string catcher at the same basic price. Perhaps he thought he had a better chance of playing time in LA?
While I mentioned signing Flores in a post I wrote at the beginning of the off-season, I am not concerned regardless. Because at this point I wouldn’t be touting either as catchers with high upside or potential. By the way to go with Flores terrible offense the last 2 years he has thrown out around 16% of the BS and allowed 51/60 last year.
And the creation of the New York BlueAthleticPadJays continues.
^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
In Sandy Alderson country, there are no players to obtain outside of Jays, Padres and A’s.
We need catching so I”m glad to see him signed. It does beg the question: Does Sandy sign anyone other than ex Blue Jays, Padre’s or A’s?
Jerseymet, and why do you think that is? Richiardi’s background is the Jays, Depodesta and SA’s background is the A’s and Padres… it seems those 3 are not doing their homework at all for once, and secondly, it seems odd enough those 3 franchises at some point under their supervision became amongst the worst and pathetic teams in baseball to say the least
Pero hablan ingles tan bueno…
The A’s and the Jay’s are good now. It looks as if we are taking the players who are winnowed out. These players come from humble teams. Their expectations are low. They may be happy just to still be in the game. Value players happy to have a job.
The Giants come to mind, but yes they go to where they know the systems from whence they came and have to contacts with for the most part, those 3 teams have some of the best systems in baseball by the way
those 3 teams have some of the best systems in baseball by the way”
YOU…. HAVE…… GOT……. TO ….. BE ……… KIDDING………. ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, you have no Baseball IQ at all for saying that. There’s a great post by Craig Lerner that you will enjoy. The two of you are peas in a pod.
Wow, lots of people with strong opinions about a guy who will probably just be the back up at AAA.
Just need something to complain about.
I disagree. Some don’t need anything to complain about, they do it out of auto-reflex.
If someone but up a post about puppies I guarantee there would be a couple who would slam “your idol Sandy” for not including kittens.
The poor kittens would obviously feel kicked in the teeth and would do nothing but sulk the entire time afterwards.
I disagree this guy has a legit shot to make the 25 man roster out of camp. D’Arnold is not going to be allowed to become a super 2 player. He and Wheeler will start the year in AAA. We wont see either of them until late May the earliest. That leaves Recker and Powell competing to back up Buck.
Who is the backup on the Mets opening day roster pray tell, oh great and wise one?
Please Donal, thrill us with your omnipotence.
IMO Rekker has the inside leg to be the backup until around May.
Francesa: No, let’s be honest, so far this year you’re still in a subtraction stage. You took 21 wins off a 74 win team. That’s hard to do.
Alderson: [both start laughing] Well, like I said, we hope to do some other things before the offseason ends.
Francesa: Yeah, that math doesn’t work that well.
Alderson: I hear ya.
I’m liking you more and more each day.
It’s amazing how some on this board continue to jump at Alderson’s defense even before anybody knocks his moves. It’s like instant.
I think it’s pretty hysterical when Matt Cerrone is finally starting to see the light and the others are still in the Dark Ages. It’s hard to believe anyone can be a bigger shill than Cerrone, but yet there really is. LOL
“The outfield is a joke”.
– Matt Cerrone, Executive Editor Metsblog.com
Don’t worry this is temporary, I’ll get you guys hating me again
Cerrone hasn’t deleted it yet?
You know what I hate? That I hate that site with a passion and still go there so many times a day. It kills me to constantly go there just to see what stupid thing he’ll say next, and yet I keep doing it. It must be a medical condition. lol
Even though you know you should, and it provides you no real benefit, it’s hard to look away from a car crash.
I know… I choked on my coffee when I read that line. I’m gonna keep posting it where ever I go today. I tweeted it to him a couple times and pasted it everywhere including non-mets sites.
When you come up with a cure, please let me know…:)
It’s just part of the MB plan to keep hits up. Kind of like shock jock radio. Doesn’t relaly matter why people click on the site, as long as they do.
Agenda’s anyone?
Mets Sign Anthony Recker post:
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/10/wholesale-change-1-mets-claim-catcher-anthony-recker-off-waivers-from-cubs.html#comments
First three comments:
Donal October 25, 2012 at 7:44 pm
So, now every deal has to be a game changer?
Do we really have to deal with that again?
stick October 25, 2012 at 7:53 pm
apparently. unless it doesn’t fit the agenda.
srt October 25, 2012 at 8:05 pm
LOL Yes, because we’re the only team that doesn’t need any minor league depth/players. Johnson is gone so he’s probably just a replacement for him down there.
First three comments on that post!!!
Who has the agenda? LMFAO!!!!
So the Mets don’t have a backup to John Buck yet because apparently Recker and Powell are just minor league backups?
So according to the three musketeers AKA The Sand People, we still need to sign a backup catcher for the Mets. lol
Well I would think most of us know that any backup catcher right now is just holding a spot for Buck when they call up TDA so yeah they are still minor league filler that has to be on the MLB team until TDA is ready. But again, I guess we should have a great backup catcher to Buck so he can go down in maybe May?
How pretentious, hypothetical and speculative of you TRS. I thought I saw you scolding someone for that moments ago? Do what I say, not what I do? LOL We get the picture.
Did I pass it off as opinion or fact? Big difference that seems all around the media to be getting fuzzier and fuzzier.
I think we’ve been through this pepper mill before. Obviously the only good hypothesis is yours and nobody else’s. It’s a superiority complex that you may not even be aware of.
I would agree with that. I think it’s the coach in me.
“” when they call up TDA”
because it is absolute FACT that TDA will be ready for the bigs this year ?
lmao
Is there a sabermetric stat that can explain how dark urine produces a better walk ratio?
Well aren’t you the expert on urinals?
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2010/07/what-citi-field-really-needs.html
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Easily, the worst article ever written in this site… and trust me, he’s come close with other garbage he’s posted, but that one took the cake
and yet you guys seem to have it bookmarked and mention it all the time. So weird. Thanks for your support.
That blog by the way, got you banned for like a year. There are a lot of people who may consider that the greatest blog ever written on MMO just because of that
Well dude we kind of have to bookmark your posts because at some point there will come that “WHERE DID I SAY THAT” reply from you and it’s just easier to go through the bookmarks than the MMO Search engine….
While you seem fixated on the fact that i got banned for a year somehow makes your day go ahead, while i was out of the country making money, you seem to think i was out of here for that period of time. ask your friend perseus and he’ll tell you, thanks for playing POs…..
ROTFLMAO!!!!
OMG
I don’t know…Is there any Sabermetric that makes a .207 hitter even worth talking to other than to get your car out of the Valet Parking?
I’m not sure Metsie, I’ll have to see what Ike Davis was doing in the first 81 games of 2012 to get an answer for you.
Here you can see….
12 Hrs 49 RBI!
Show us this guy’s equivilent..
You said
“Is there any Sabermetric that makes a .207 hitter even worth talking to other than to get your car out of the Valet Parking?”
So I reminded you that Ike hit .201 in 81 games. You didn’t wanna talk about HR/RBI. BTW I like Ike – a lot….
Well you like Ike and you like Sabermetrics so isn’t it safe to assume that Ike has some sabermetric that makes you like him?
Which one makes you think this was worth doing…It was an honest question….
I personally don’t use Sabermetrics because it’s makes HR hitters look bad compared to the OBP sabers favor….
SO I pointed out the stats that made Ike’s BA not an issue….
Can you point out any stats that makes a .207 hitter not an issue?
Well since I have never once seen you rail against ANY Sabermetric and defend quite a few I have to assume you like them all because you have never ONCE identified a Saber you do NOT believe in….
Metsie – I can assure you that if I “like” sabermetrics that I like them the least out of anybody you ever spoke with here. I never use War, Zips, Dips, mips, jips, uzr, or whatever to explain my view of a player. When it comes to sabr I go as far as OPS and Whip which really doesn’t make me a radical thinker – I never ever reference a bunch of sabr stats to make my case… so I’m not sure how I can defend myself against things I never say
LOL You like them less than Bayonne Alex, and me? LOL
Don’t answer just a joke dude….It’s really not worth discussing….
You mentioned something about sabers and I responded with something trying to find ANY reason sabermetric or otherwise to sign the catcher we did today….
Cause if there was at least some sabermetric reason for it maybe I could understand why when we don’thave an OF we are looking at players to fill a position we just traded away a Cy Young Pitcher to fill FULLY!
despite what seems logical, I do not dislike you, alex or bayonne – I find it hard to dislike people who exist on the internet. Maybe that’s just me – I don’t know you from some guy standing in front of me to get a coffee… I disagree with your view on Mets baseball, but I don’t really see that as a reason to put effort into disliking a person.
Jessup just to be clear I don’t dislike you either…I dislike some things you do from time to time but then again I dislike things I do and say here from time to time as well (just said as much to JoeD)
Our arguments are usually about baseball…Thats what we are here for right?
Only time it gets bad is when someone gets personal which is pretty much what all this posting is above about the FIRM, CORE, SAND PEOPLE etc come into play….
I’m sort of responsible for one of them but only MONTHS of listening to you guys bitch about the CORE here….
In my book if no one starts it then it never happens.
I’m sure the day we start rooting for the team (or can talk about how good it is) as opposed to all these philisophical crap traps we been forced to talk about the past 3 years we will find ourselves agreeing again….
Until then…I HATE YOU DUDE! lol
Hi Metsie and Jessup,
Wow, the upsetting news about a possible Met having an incurable liver disease even brought about peace between two adversaries like yourselves.
Joe D., this just proves that angry words like “Chill the hell out…” will never bring harmony to MMO land as would the those from one whose name is that of another former Met “C’mon people now, Smile on your brother. Ev’rybody get together. Try and love one another right now.”
Of course, the peace proved only temporary!
Donal, JesseP, SRT, TRS, Boomer, Ray S, Xtreemicon, Metro 12 (Who i think is cleanup)…
The FIRM…..
Is there a sign up sheet? By the way if Metro 12 is me then who is CB? Didn’t you guys think CB was me too? Maybe everybody who sees things differently than you is me and Joe really only has about 5 readers?
I am not sure about the Firm but I am pretty sure it could take down the Core any-day. LOL. What is the need on an adult baseball site to come up with childish nicknames?
“Mean while, back at the Hall Of Justice…”
I tell you one thing, you guys keep us entertained.
Oh and by the way, if I am guessing correctly, Metro isn’t Jessp because I think he used to right for TRDM unless it’s a different Metro.
Wait, the anger kids call themselves the Core?
Alrighty then. I’ll sign up for membership in the Firm. If I was attracted to unfocused, inarticulate, juvenile rage I would have stayed married.
oh good one.
Hey Boomer I hear me and you are the same guy too.
Ever notice how you and I don’t post at the exact same second?
Layers within layers.
But how do we know you are not me TRS? Maybe everybody is me? Maybe this entire site is just a place for my schizophrenia to be unleashed
Well I don’t think I am you but I guess anything is possible when you live in Super Hero Fantasy Camp where names like the Core and the Firm are titles for groups of adults.
Can I at least be the leader of the firm? Or does there have to be a test to see who is the least crazy?
We already know the leader or the core, he brings his people into an unlinked chatbox to deliver sermons and have people do his work for him.
this is fun, maybe later we can start one of those world of warcraft league thingys
Jessep you have been appointed Executive VP of the firm but you’ll have to get permission from Bill Rigney to make a decision.
Wait. I think I should be the leader because evidently I’m the only one without a multiple personality. Seems safer that way.
What are you talking about .. you ARE a multiple personality. Only real people can apply for leadership of the Firm.
Are you sure, CBoomJessep?
Who knew that being a Mets fan could cause an existential crisis.
Come to think of it that may be the very meaning of being a Mets fan.
maybe the mets are not even real, and we all only exist in the mind of a yellow lab having a dream?
Some would say you don’t even have one of those….
(Sorry It was a softball just sitting there!)
^^^^^ YES !!!!
Another player move that wreaks of a franchise destined to 4th and 5th place. Some say don’t complain about the MILB fodder. I say, wake me up the year when you think we actually have a shot at third place in the division.
How many of you have actually seen this guy play? I for one know that I haven’t seen him play and therefore cannot make a judgement. Right now all you can base your opinion on is his past stats so let’s wait to witness his playing before we judge the guy. There are many signings that seem awful and turn out to be great deals and other signings that end the opposite way. LMG
WOW, WOW WOW. UNBELIVEABLE. How old are you guys?
“The outfield is a joke”.
– Matt Cerrone, Executive Editor Metsblog.com
I feel bad that Powell is living with the day to day concern, worry or fright (which one, depending upon his own personality) of knowing if the drugs fail to keep it under control, his autoimmune hepatitis can turn into something quite very serious.
Great signing this guy is a stud. Hopefully this will free us up to trade D’naud for more GMs.
As they always say…You can’t have enough (penny) Pinching…..
LOL
Who? Just minor league depth
Yeah, on my way to get season tickets now!
You do need 2 catchers at AAA and the Mets deleted Mike Nickeas, Lucas May and Rob Johnson this offseason. Of course another ex A, Padre or Blue Jay.