as an addendum: how anyone could compare him to Jeter is beyond me

as a 2nd addendum:
since we’re on the mets subject, havn’t seen many Pelfry-Hughes comps in a while eh (i’m right there with ya just jokin; i’m not a fan of hughes the starter yet myself)

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Anyone else think Jose Reyes is milking it, big time?

i do…heck, nobody knew he was hurt at the beginning of this they thought he got benched for not hustling!

Considering he has had problems with his hammies, I don’t think he’s milking it. Matter of fact, I’d recommend that he take as much time as he needs since the Mets aren’t going anywhere.

Anyone else think Jose Reyes is milking it, big time?

and it’s going to get worse before it gets better

@ redbug:
i’d actually disagree and go with Beltran’s injury. He was on the cusp of having another brilliant year when he went down, and they were 21-31 since he was last in the line up. Plus, when Beltran was in the line up the Mets at least felt like if they got a solid outing from their pitching they could score enough runs to keep them afloat in the NL east till Delgado and Reyes got back. That obviously didn’t pan out in any way, and the Mets have had a horrible year.

I think the Mets season went downhill the night Castillo dropped the pop-up.

MJ wrote:

I don’t agree that they are. Firstly, I’m not talking about managerial jobs, I’m talking about GM jobs. Secondly, Toronto hiring Ricciardi from Oakland and Seattle hiring Zduriencik from Milwaukee hardly seems to me like the type of phenomenon I’m talking about like it happens in the NFL.

But it is. Billy Beane begat Ricchiardi & DePodesta when Moneyball was the “in” thing, and teams were looking to copy his philosophy. Seattle’s rebuilding, so they hired a guy who has had a good track record in scouting and development in Milwaukee. John Hart is responsible for Mark Shapiro and Jon Daniels. I’m sure there are other cases like this.

The managerial jobs also speaks to your point about head coaches, as well as hiring people who’ve worked in successful programs.

Right now there is something of a “sea change” in baseball where organizations are using more tools to analyze their players. Remember how Davey Johnson used to have his computer printouts of matchups and the like? He used to be the exception, now it’s the norm to have things like that handy.

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Wright’s SLG% is .571 this season when he bats 5th. When he bats 3rd or 4th, it’s around .425. Makes me wonder if he’s mentally pressing = lack of power when batting 3rd or 4th. But, that’s just a quick theory…

But a #5 hitter has no less responsibility to drive in runs so I can’t imagine it’s really that. Were these splits true from 2006-2008? I’m sure he hit third, fourth or fifth in a number of games over that previous three-year period, right?

Wright’s SLG% is .571 this season when he bats 5th. When he bats 3rd or 4th, it’s around .425. Makes me wonder if he’s mentally pressing = lack of power when batting 3rd or 4th. But, that’s just a quick theory…