Last minute deals: Twins sign LHP Luke French, Mets ink 3B Matt Tuiasosopo & Blue Jays sign RHP Tim Redding, LHP Bill Murphy to minors deals
— Matt Eddy (@eddymk) January 27, 2012
Tuiasosopo hit just .226/.341/.394 in Triple-A Tacoma last year 14 homeruns and 77 RBI in 526 at-bats. Over eight seasons in the minors Tuiasosopo has a complete line of .263/.359/.405.
In his brief time in the big leagues .176/.234/.306 and has struggled immensely making contact striking out 33.3% of the time.
Tuiasosopo was a mega two-sport star coming out of high school who had great blood lines and was considered a first round pick by many. He fell to the third round and wound up receiving a $2,290,000. The Mariners liked him so much some of their scouts compared in some light to Ken Griffey Jr. In hindsight that sounds ridiculous, but it shows the type of raw talent Tuiasosopo has.
He was a top prospect for the Mariners for many years and as recently as 2008 ranked in the Mariners top 10 p...
Found January 27, 2012 on
Mets Merized Online:
PLAYERS:
Matt Tuiasosopo,
Tim Redding,
Bill Murphy,
Ken Griffey
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, New York Mets
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, New York Mets
Original Story:
THE BACKYARD
BEST OF MAXIM
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES
Seattle Mariners To Drop Ichiro Suzuki?
Via hardballchat.com
|
January 27, 2012
The Seattle Mariners are considering dropping Ichiro Suzuki. You heard it here first.
They are considering dropping him in their batting order entering the 2012 MLB season.
You didn’t really think I meant that the team was going to do anything such as cut or waive him entirely, did you?
Mariners manager Eric Wedge admitted on multiple occasions that he was considering moving...
|
January 27, 2012
Franco to be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame
Via MetsZilla
|
January 27, 2012
The Mets Hall of Fame is about to get even larger. Last Thursday they announced plans to induct the former closer John Franco into their Hall of Fame this summer. The move will make Franco their fifth new inductee in the last three years alone.
For anyone in the dark, because you prefer football, playing Partypoker or the latest PS3 releases over watching baseball, Franco has...
|
January 27, 2012
Wheeler, Harvey, Familia Among MLB’s Top 100 Prospects
Via Mets Merized Online
|
January 27, 2012
Jonathan Mayo of MiLB.com lists Zack Wheeler (#28), Matt Harvey (#38), and Jeurys Familia (#90) among his 2012 Top 100 Prospects.
Here are videos of all three Mets pitching prospects including comments Paul DePodesta made to Mayo
Zack Wheeler
Selected sixth overall by the Giants in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, Wheeler features what Mets vice president of scouting and player...
|
January 27, 2012
Interesting Mets Grade “C” Prospects for 2012
Via Mets Merized Online
|
January 28, 2012
I was reading this article by John Sickels over at Minor League Ball and it got me thinking about the grade “C” of the Mets who I really like for 2012 and think could have potential breakouts, or in other words some pretty deep sleepers to keep an eye on.
1. Chase Huchingson, LHP: 7-2, 1.82 ERA, 84 IP, 91/25 K/BB (Savannah)
He was signed to a big time program coming...
|
January 28, 2012
NY Mets: Is Picard getting desperate?
Via Double G Sports
|
January 28, 2012
It looks like the Wilpons have the ball in their court. Irving Picard has asked the judge to force them to pay the $83M in fictitious profits and gave up on the $303M. But this is so he doesn’t have to take them to trial and have to prove they knew something about the Madoff ripoff. Guess he never came up with this proof he claimed he had.
The Wilpons can agree to pay it and not...
|
January 28, 2012
Mets Owners ask Judge to dismiss Madoff Trustee's Case
Via Mets Chronicle
|
January 27, 2012
The New York Mets’ owners asked a judge to dismiss $386 million in remaining claims brought by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm, saying their “early faith” in Madoff was well-founded because of his reputation.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff threw out most of trustee Irving Picard’s $1 billion in claims against the team owners. The judge said Picard must...
|
January 27, 2012
Boston Red Sox Sign Former New York Met John Maine
Via Rant Sports
|
January 28, 2012
This is more about nostalgia than anything impacting the New York Mets at this point. John Maine last pitched for the New York Mets in 2010, but he hasn’t exactly been useful since 2008 – and even then he only logged 140 innings. He was a pretty nice piece in 2006 and 2007 though. Without John Maine the New York Mets and their decimated starting rotation may not...
|
January 28, 2012
Mets sign INF Tuiasosopo
The New York Mets signed free agent infielder Matt Tuiasosopo on Friday.
Poll Results: How many wins do you think the Mets will have in 2012?
Via Mets Chronicle
|
January 28, 2012
Here is how the votes are coming in to our Poll:
How many wins do you think the Mets will have in 2012?
Selection Votes
Under 60 Wins - 9% - 15
61-70 Wins - 29% - 50
71-80 Wins - 40% - 70
81-90 Wins - 20% - 34
91-100 Wins - 3% - 5
Over 100 Wins - 0% - 0
174 votes total
pollcode.com free polls
Please Vote on our right side bar - Thanks for the support!
|
January 28, 2012
Carlos Beltran Receives Bart Giamatti Award At MLB B.A.T. Dinner
Via Mets Merized Online
|
January 26, 2012
Sadly, Carlos Beltran’s Mets legacy will forever be defined by what he didn’t do: take the bat off his shoulder against Adam Wainwright during Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS.
However, Beltran meant so much to the Mets organization over the past seven years for his work on and off the field.
He was honored at MLB’s annual B.A.T. dinner as the recipient of the Bart Giamatti Award for...
|
January 26, 2012
Should the Mariners move in the fences at Safeco Field?
The Mariners are struggling at the plate. They have a hard time luring sluggers to Safeco Field. Fans are tired of boring baseball. Why don’t they just move the Safeco fences a little closer? Seattle’s ballpark has one of the biggest outfields in major league baseball. The center-field wall is 405 feet from home plate, [...]
Live Blog of John Franco’s conference call
The Mets announced today that John Franco will be inducted in to the team’s Hall of Fame on June 3 before an afternoon game against the Cardinals.
Here is a live blog of comments, quotes and notes from Franco’s conference call with reporters:
Dealing away big-hitting Montero was no home run
We should start with this proviso: Just about every personnel expert I respect thinks the Yankees did very well in shipping Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Mariners for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos.
In fact, quite a few of the executives thought it was an overwhelming triumph for...
MLB Forum Discussions
3 replies,
2 days ago
1 replies,
3 days ago
1 replies,
3 days ago
1 replies,
3 days ago
2 replies,
3 days ago
| Latest Rumors |
|
|
|
|
Today's Best Stuff |
For BloggersJoin the Yardbarker Network (YBN) for more promotion, traffic, and money. |
Company Info |
Help |
What is Yardbarker?Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond. |
