I guess Alou wants to play on a guaranteed competitor, but he'd be a great AL player at this point in his career. Playing in Texas, for example, he could play a lot of DH to help him stay healthy and the hitters park would do his stats wonders.
I guess he figures that at the age of 40 it really doesn't matter what his stats are, but he'd like to play on a winner (as long as Steve Bartman isn't allowed within 100 miles of Shea Stadium).
I am guessing with this line of logic, it sets up right for our high OF prospects will have the chance to start in 2008 if ready or '09, whether it is Milledge, Gomez, or Martinez And having the righty Alou protecting Wright, barring a big dropoff in ability isn't bad considering it is just for a year guaranteed
central americans age different. a 40 year old latin player is equal to a 34 year old american. true fact
I know he has age/health issues, but I don't know how anyone can't see what an upgrade Alou provides, especially after the Mets' troubles vs lefties. Best Career BA vs. LHP (active players, minimum 1,000 PA) Ichiro Suzuki, .357 Manny Ramirez, .342 Derek Jeter, .335 Vladimir Guerrero, .334 Moises Alou, .330
Adding to what you said, Alou OPS'd 1.094 just last season v. LHP. Getting him down to 1 year + options was an excellent move as well.
02:52 PM - Note: Mets to Play all AL Playoff Teams in 2007 ...posted by Matthew Cerrone... Next season, due to Interleague Play, the Mets will face the Yankees, Tigers, A’s and Twins, the four American League playoff teams from last season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the first time in 10 seasons of interleague play that a team will face all four of the other league’s defending playoff teams in one year. …ugh… Also, while the rule tends to be that each team will play its league’s non-division opponents six times each, with a three-game series at home and on the road, the Mets and Dodgers will meet 10 times in 2007, with seven of those games in Los Angeles. …apparently, it’s 1988 everyone…break out your starter jackets… …meanwhile… The Phillies will play the Blue Jays, White Sox, Indians, Royals and Tigers. The Braves play the Twins, Indians and Tigers along with six games against the Red Sox. The Marlins play the Indians, Royals, White Sox, Twins and the Devil Rays, who they play six times, by the way. Lastly, the Nationals face the Orioles, Twins, Blue Jays, Tigers, and Indians. …ok, enough already… …ditch interleague, and go back to the balanced schedule… …mlb is making money faster than they can count…interleague worked…now go back to being fair… To view the Mets tentative schedule for 2007, go to MLB.com.
Did they make it so all the playoff teams have to face playoff teams, or did we draw the short straw? Eh, at least we'll get to see different teams. Who am I kidding. Screw interleague.
Bradford knows better than to go to a team that always sucks like Baltimore. You'll get a ring here, Chad, just sign the dotted line.
I guess it'll come down to how crazy Baltimore went with the offer, but you've got to think playing on a winning team rather then a perennial loser in a shithole of a city counts for something.
http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/...flb/story?id=2670579&univLogin02=stateChanged In a column about fantasy baseball on the main page of ESPN.com, Tristan Cockcroft ranks Jose Reyes as the most valuable shortstop in all of baseball, ahead of Miguel Tejada, Derek Jeter, and so on. It's never too early to prepare for the 2007 fantasy baseball season! So many things can change between now and next opening day, but in order to give you a head start on your research, here are my early shortstop rankings, each of the top 25 at the position: (Catchers, first basemen and second basemen have already appeared, and I'll cover a new position each week of the offseason.) 1. Jose Reyes, Mets: Normally I'm not one to build my fantasy team around stolen-base specialists, and Reyes, the first player to swipe 60-plus bases in back-to-back seasons since Marquis Grissom in 1991-92, is indeed one of the most talented. But Reyes is so much more than just a speedster; he's quite a talented hitter, too, falling only one home run and three triples short of joining Willie Mays (1957) as the only players in history with at least 20 doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases. Plus, there's reason to believe Reyes isn't done growing yet as a hitter. He's only 23, short of a player's typical power prime, and he nearly doubled his walk output in 2006, once considered a weak area. Reyes should easily challenge those totals again in 2007, and that makes him a bona fide first-round pick.
The waiting game for the Mets continues, and the longer Tom Glavine goes without a decision, the more likely it seems he will return to the Braves. -Newsday Is this the biggest news coming out of Citifield? Not quite. Yesterday's Page Six blind item featured this pointless diddy: Just Asking... WHICH New York Met was so appreciative of a stunning blond stripper at Headquarters that he walked her out to his car, pulled a baseball jersey out of his trunk and gave it to her? The stripper, obviously not a sports fan, sold the uniform to one of her other customers later that night . Hmmmm. Storing merchandise in the trunk of a car for distribution? Stay Classy Shea!
The O’s and free-agent RHP Chad Bradford have reached a preliminary agreement worth $10.5 million over three-years.
That may be the case, but Glavine wants a no-trade clause. Braves GM is not known for giving out no-trade clauses. Could be the determining factor.
