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Wanted to let you know we will be doing some maintenance on the site the next couple of days. It’s all internal and has no real impact on your baseball enjoyment. There may be periods where we are down, but the good news is we will continue to talk baseball on Twitter and Facebook. [...]
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December 01, 2009
Discuss
The Alex Cora Signing
It is easy to like the signing of Alex Cora, especially if you have any dealings with Alex Cora.
The hard part is reconciling it with the needs of the 2010 Mets.
But by signing Alex Cora to a one-year, $2 million contract for 2010, the Mets are showing willful indifference to the offensive, defensive and financial [...]
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November 30, 2009
Mets Sign Chris Coste
First picked up by Joe Demayo on Twitter and confirmed by a North Dakota Newspaper the Mets have signed former Phillies catcher Chris Coste and added him to the 40 man roster.
Not sure how this impacts the catching situation, but if Henry Blanco is signed than perhaps Coste signals the Mets will not be pursuing [...]
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November 30, 2009
Yanks All Homegrown Team
As I did with the Mets earlier this morning I put together a Yankees “All Homegrown” Team. These are active players that were drafted by the Yankees or signed as international free agents. Interesting to see how the 2009 Bronx Bombers would look like without free agency or trades. One note: I didn’t add Alfonso [...]
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November 30, 2009
Mets All Homegrown Team
Did you ever wonder what a fully homegrown Mets team would look like? Well here is our chance. I went to Baseball Reference and sorted all the active players that were drafted by the Mets and put together a team. For purposes of rounding out the lineup I made international signings part of the mix [...]
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November 30, 2009
Mets Interested in Saito- I Prefer Calero
Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker relays a report saying Takashi Saito has eight teams interested, including the White Sox, Cubs, Braves and Mets.
Saito is an interesting pick up provided he is low risk and signed to a heavy incentive deal. His strikeout rate has dropped by a third since his rookie year of 2006 and [...]
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November 29, 2009
Davis Appears To Be Promising Off the Field
Kevin Kernan of the NY Post caught up with Ron Davis, father of Mets prospect Ike, this week. It’s natural to be excited about the power and defense Davis can bring to first base. According to Ron he believes his son can play 10-15 years in the big leagues. The Mets haven’t really developed a [...]
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November 28, 2009
Low Cost Catching Solution: Kelly Shoppach
Although I am not as negative about Bengie Molina as most he doesn’t excite me at this point in his career. The other free agent names such as Rod Barajas, Gregg Zaun, and Yorvit Torrealba all come with their own issues. The name Kelly Shoppach was brought up by Mike Newman on Twitter as well [...]
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November 28, 2009
Josh Johnson Could Change Things Drastically
Give credit to NYBD contributor and owner of Seven Train to Shea Matt Pignataro . He has been saying all along that Josh Johnson would be made available by the frugal Florida ownership. Although the news today of the Marlins being “very willing” to trade Johnson this is another example of why they need a [...]
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November 28, 2009
Rumor Mill: Lowe, Halladay, Bedard, Sheets, Lackey, Pen
We spoke to our main Yankees source down in Tampa on Wednesday night, who told us the following:
Atlanta contacted the Yankees to let them know that Derek Lowe is available to them. “They want to dump his salary, and Wren, (Braves’ GM Frank Wren), told “Cash” that he’s available.”
As far as Roy Halladay is concerned, [...]
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November 27, 2009
Banuelos Might Make You Forget Joba
I see many Yankees fans are up in arms about the possibility of Joba Chamberlain being traded. Just like in politics you have hard positions on both sides and many in the middle. During Chamberlain’s three years in the big leagues I have seen a very immature pitcher with a great arm have middling success. [...]
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November 27, 2009
More on South Florida Baseball Failing
Mike Newman of Scouting the Sally joined me during the back half of Wednesday’s show to discuss some of the Mets and Yanks top prospects in the South Atlantic League. Today he provided interesting insight about my skepticism of South Florida baseball sustaining success. Keep in mind Mike is only talking about the Marlins. He [...]
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November 27, 2009
Is Taking on Bradley for Castillo Worth It?
James Kannengieser of Amazin Avenue put together a comprehensive Mets offseason plan. James roster doesn’t include any of the big free agent names available this winter. The only qualms with the plan I have is at catcher with Greg Zaun, but that goes back to my preference for defense and game calling over offense behind [...]
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November 27, 2009
Montero and Hughes/Joba for Halladay?
Via Jon Heyman at his twitter:
ive heard halladay-shopping jays like jesus montero of #yanks (plus hughes/joba?) and casey kelly of #redsox (plus buchholz?)
If the Blue Jays asking price for Roy Halladay is Jesus Montero and either Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain I think the Yankees need to make this deal.
As was talked about on Wednesday’s [...]
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November 27, 2009
The Reality of the Yanks Standing Pat
I think Brian Cashman is doing the right thing by letting it be known he will be doing the calling this free agent season. As I mentioned earlier this week there is nothing wrong with letting the market develop. Ken Davidoff believes the way in which the Yankees and Red Sox do business makes it [...]
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November 27, 2009
How About Eliminating Pitcher Won/Loss Record?
Just mentioned this in the comments section and wanted to expand on this thought.
With all the arguments about advanced statistics and how to evaluate a pitcher why not just eliminate the W/L column? That’s right just take the stat and throw it in the garbage. Even I have to admit that it’s virtually worthless to [...]
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November 25, 2009
Observations From Dominican Republic
No, I can’t produce a Dominican dateline, much to my disappointment. Instead, I’m in New York, but with ESPN Deportes, I was able to get a look at several players, including Tobi Stoner (written up by the terrific Jed Weisberger below) during a broadcast from the Dominican Winter League last night.
Let’s start with Stoner. Overall, [...]
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November 25, 2009
Two Days Rest?
Another bit of evidence how baseball has changed in 40 years was revealed in an MLB Network broadcast last week.
The channel aired Game 7 of the 1965 World Series between the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers featuring the late Ray Scott as the Twins voice and, naturally, Vin Scully as the voice of the [...]
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November 25, 2009
Locals Playing the Market
In prior offseason you would see the local teams focus on a player and go “all out” to bring them in the fold. This offseason I get the sense we will see the market develop and then teams will attempt to execute their plan.
Brian Cashman already has told the agents for all the big names [...]
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November 25, 2009
Update on Chris Carter, Duncan for 1st
Since the Yankees claimed Chris Carter off waivers from Boston this September Mets fans were unable to get a glimpse of the “booty” from the Billy Wagner trade. Carter seems like a good player that is stuck in the wrong organization. Instead of talking about Jack Cust, Aubrey Huff, Russell Branyan, and Jose Guillen perhaps [...]
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November 25, 2009
Listen to Me on 90.3 FM Long Island at 10pm
I will be a guest on Long Island’s “Sports Talk” radio show tonight at 10PM on LI’s 90.3FM. I will be giving my thoughts on the latest hot stove rumors and rumblings.
The show starts at 9pm and you can go online and listen and watch live here in case you’re not in the listening area.
There [...]
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November 24, 2009
Why Veteran Relief is Important for Yanks
On Sunday’s Hot Stove Show I mentioned the Yankees reported interest in middle reliever such as Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano. According to ESPN’s Buster Olney you can add Jose Valverde and Brandon Lyon to the mix.
Forget the reported names for a minute. If Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes are to become successful starter they [...]
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November 24, 2009
Small Halladay Opening for Mets
There are so many different reports this offseason that it’s very hard to differentiate from what is fact, fiction, or posturing.
Just a few days after it was reported the Dodgers were interested in Toronto ace Roy Halladay GM Ned Colletti threw cold water on the idea. You have to think if the Dodgers, Yankees, and [...]
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November 24, 2009
Listen to Replay of NYBD on WGBB
Comedian Matt Iseman headlines the show. Back in October of 2008 I participated in a roundtable with Matt to kick off his show Sports Soup on Versus. Recently Iseman had a part in the movie Transformer’s 2 as well as a continued role on the Style Network’s show Clean House. This should be a chance [...]
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November 24, 2009
Thoughts on Grilli’s Mystery Team
Not New York related but in the age of information RHP Jason Grilli announced his free agent signing on twitter.
League sources told NYBD that Washington and Cleveland were rumored to be vying for Grilli’s services. Both were amoung the worst bullpens in baseball, but since Cleveland is a little closer to contention I would put [...]
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November 23, 2009
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