Other cuts...
In other moves today the Mets have cut Jose Valentin, Tony Armas jr. and Junior Spivey. Valentin still believes he can play in the majors and while being a player/coach in Buffalo seemed like a good opportunity to begin camp, after the spring he's had he'll look elsewhere before he starts his coaching career. It appears they felt they had better options then Armas and Spivey who...
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March 31, 2009
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March 31, 2009
Discuss
Good News
I get on the media sometimes for their almost relentlessly negative coverage of this team, but I do understand that negative stories tend to draw more attention than the positive ones these days. As print media outlets in particular fight to survive, this is increasingly important.
Still, though, when a player gets a hang nail these days it seems inevitable that all the papers...
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March 12, 2009
Valentin Signed
The Mets have signed Jose Valentin to a minor league contract… again. He’s an insurance policy at best.
Via MostlyMets
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February 11, 2009
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February 11, 2009
The Stache Is Back: Jose Valentin Returns To Mets
The New York Post is reporting that the Mets have signed infielder Jose Valentin to a minor league contract. If Valentin makes the big league club he will earn $800,000, which is a very affordable price considering the uncertainty surrounding who will play second base. Valentin’s best year with the Mets, in which he played in 137 games and hit .271 with 18 home runs. There...
Via Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
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February 11, 2009
Mets Sign Jose Valentin
The NY Post reports that the Mets have signed Jose Valentin to a minor league contract.
Valentin would earn $800,000 if he were to make the team out of Spring Training.
Valentin was the Mets' primary second baseman in 2006 when he hit .271 with 18 homers.
He broke his tibia the following season and last year never played in the majors, leaving the Mets' Triple-A team in June...
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February 10, 2009
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February 10, 2009
The Stache is Back !!!!
I don't expect much from him, it appears just like Alou that his mind is willing but his body can't keep up. Valentin was a huge part of the 2006 team and a great influence on the younger players. Not only did he surprise everyone by hitting .271 with 18 HRs but he validated the rational for ...
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February 10, 2009
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February 10, 2009
Franco Is a Clubhouse Cancer
First off, I already made a short post about this on our blog, Nyjer Please. But this post is going to be longer due to the larger audience that Epic Carnival has.
Exactly a month ago to this day, our very own Epic Carnival writer and creator of Nyjer Please, Luke Halpert made an "outlandish post" about a racial divide in the Mets clubhouse and said that Julio Franco...
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July 20, 2007
Why the new CBA may have hindered signing MiLB
When people would fuss about some over-the-hill-journeyman type veteran player signed to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training, many of us would joke who cares sign them like candy. Basically you were paying a percentage of league minimum to see what they have and then could add them to Buffalo for depth. The new collective bargaining agreement maybe effecting how...
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
Baseball is family affair for the Valentins
Former big league infielder Jose Valentin is obsessed with the game, he loves working with kids and badly wants to improve the state of baseball in Puerto Rico, where he works as an instructor at the academy in his native country.
Via mlb.com
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August 19, 2011
Mets sign Spivey
If it wasn't an off day in camp there is no way this would have gotten this much attention. The Mets have signed Junior Spivey to a minor league deal, it's as much an indictment of Ramon Martinez who's hitting .167 as it is a depth acquistion but what does make it surprising is that Jose Valentin and Andy Green are both hitting well. The 34 y/o right handed middle infielder...
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March 16, 2009
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March 16, 2009
Odds and Ends: Shingo, Valentin, Ankiel
Some loose ends and links from today...
Fun fact, the Cubs signed Shingo Takatsu. He's 39 now; he saved 19 games for the '04 White Sox. He had a 6.17 ERA in 23 innings in Japan last year though. Mr. Zero is the all-time saves leader in Japan.
Jose Valentin's minor league dea...
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January 27, 2008
Chemistry Revisited
I had an "interesting" experience
Over the past couple of years Lisa and I have purchased a number of pieces of furniture that had to be assembled. You're probably familiar with the type -- they use cam-type fasteners to go together. It's a pain in the a** to do it, but you get a ...
Via Mike's Mets
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February 15, 2009
Omar Minaya and the search for the next Jose Valentin
Omar Minaya started the season with a roster that included Gary Matthews Jr., Mike Jacobs, Frank Catalanotto, Fernando Tatis and Alex Cora. No wonder he ended the season out of a job.Much has been written about Minaya's big-ticket acquisitions, but the small ones are just as important. You can't win a pennant with a few stars and a bunch of scrubs. Yet that's what Minaya...
Via Subway Squawkers
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October 04, 2010
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October 04, 2010
More Guts Than Brains For Mooostache
Sounds like the 'Stache wants to pad his bank account!Jose Valentin, 37, will rehab at Port St. Lucie for two to three weeks before undergoing another MRI. But with next year's $4.3 million deal guaranteed only if he reaches 400 plate appearances, he'll delay surgery until the offseason, if at all, s...
Via Beltran's Mole
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January 25, 2008
Stache: Big Leagues or Bust
Jose Valentin tells Newsday today that despite having signed a minor league contract, he will not play in AAA this season. The Great Mustached One will either retire or pursue work elsewhere should he be healthy and still not have a space on the Mets 25 man roster.
“I mean, I’m not going ...
Via hotfootblog.com
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March 28, 2008
The Good Old Days: 2006 Mets Walk Off Moments
I'm not sure if its good to relive this stuff, or depressing... Nonetheless, here's a good look at some Mets wins in walk off fashion from 2006, featuring our good friends: David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Jose Valentin and many more!!
Via Mets Fever
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December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
Countdown to Opening Day
Opening Day for the New York Mets is just 22 days away. The Mets will
open up their 2009 season against the Cincinnati Reds. I will post an
image of a jersey that will correspond with the number of days
remaining until Opening Day. Since there are 22 more days until Opening
Day, today, we will go with Ray Knight. Knight beat out Michael Tucker, Kevin McReynolds and Jose Valentin...
Via Mets Merized Online
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March 14, 2009
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March 14, 2009
Do the Mets need to have a quicker hook- Fernando Tatis
Jose Valentin, Julio Franco, Marlon Anderson, and Moises Alou were all great pick-ups their first year, but they all stayed a year too long.I know the Wilpon's don't like to waste money but most of the guys I'm talking about, made less then 2MM a year and when Minnesota can cut former Met Luis Ayala ( 1.3 MM), there's no way the Mets should hymn and haw about these...
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June 24, 2009
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June 24, 2009
The Reds…
Made an offer to Tony LaRussa http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2007/10/28/leading_questions_addressed/
Have picked up the option on Adam Dunn! Jose Valentin and Scott Hatteberg
from C. Trent Rosencrans
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/spring/2007/10/reds-pick-up-options-on-dunn-val...
Via The Indy Sports Blog
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January 24, 2008
Its a Time of the Saenz
The nominee for this year's Jose Valentin reclamation project isn't Jose Valentin (who happens to be a non-roster invitee), but Olmedo Saenz.The Mets invited the 38-year-old Saenz to camp this year despite struggles that saw his batting average plummet from .296 in 2006 to .191 in 2007.Does anyone fi...
Via Mets Walk-Offs
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February 25, 2008
Mets: How to Enjoy a Spring Training Game
Today's game against the Marlins featured a remarkable display of bad play in the top of the second. The net result: three very unearned runs, and a four run deficit for Mets leading pitcher Tom Glavine.Were this the regular season, I would be all upset and swearing at second baseman Jose Valentin, ...
Via A Cockeyed Optimist
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January 25, 2008
Moooooooostache Malaise
It looks like the Mooooooostache, Jose Valentin (I think only RZA will get that) tore his ACL, which I assume means he's out for the season. Also today, my official "I'm Keith Hernandez" t-shirt arrived today (orange and blue). I'll have to get Mrs. SCZA to take a picture.
Via Beltran's Mole
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January 25, 2008
Spring Training Extravaganza (March 9. 2009)
As some of you know, I'm in Florida with my family for a few days taking in as much baseball as humanly possible (we started with a double header today!). This has been a tradition in my family for more than a decade and I am happy to report that this trip has been a blast so far. Posting will ...
Via Jorge Says No
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March 10, 2009
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March 10, 2009
Baseball is family affair for the Valentins
Former big league infielder Jose Valentin is obsessed with the game, he loves working with kids and badly wants to improve the state of baseball in Puerto Rico, where he works as an instructor at the academy in his native country.
Via mlb.com
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August 19, 2011
North Flushing Forty
This may all be Jose Valentin's fault.As I sit here and watch the Mets strut their, er ... stuff on national television, I feel as if it's probably time for one of those "what went wrong, how can it get better" posts. You know the one, it's generally designed to map out the road back to greatness. Except every time I do that I get slammed.Okay, so I only really...
Via The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
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July 20, 2009
THE METS HOT 25
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