The Winter meetings are scheduled to begin next week and up to now the “Hot Stove” has been more like the “Luke Warm Stove” but not necessarily when it comes to the catching position.
The one position where more players have been signed to Major League contracts and or traded for combined has been the catching position with 11 such transactions so far. The next closest position is 2B with 6.
The Mets have stated that catcher is an area potentially in need of attention. It seems it is also a need of attention around most of MLB as well.
Here is a look at some of the names of the remaining free agent catchers. Which if any do you think may fit with the Mets?
Josh Bard, Dusty Brown, Robinson Cancel, Ramon Castro, Hector Gimenez, Steve Holm, Rob Johnson, Jason Kendall, Donny Lucy, Gustavo Molina, Jose Morales, Dioner Navarro, Wil Nieves, Kyle Phillips, Mike Rivera, Rene Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Dane Sardinha, Kelly Shoppach, Chris Snyder, Wyatt Toregas, J.R. Towles and Jason Varitek.
7 comments
Anonymous
12/3/2011-2:17am at 2:17 am (UTC -4)
I like that dude they picked up for AAA last year. Was that Brown?
Anonymous
12/3/2011-3:05pm at 3:05 pm (UTC -4)
My vote would be Shoppach or Bard.
MetsFan4Decades
12/3/2011-4:18pm at 4:18 pm (UTC -4)
Since this is the latest post….
Anyone read the Yahoo sports story concerning the SEC launching an investigation against Loria and the Marlins?
‘While the subpoenas issued by the SEC do not explicitly detail the
purpose of the investigation, the feds’ motives are evident: They want
to understand how, exactly, a group of county commissioners agreed to
fund 80 percent of the Marlins new stadium, which cost more than $600
million, without ever seeing the team’s financial records – and whether
bribes had anything to do with it.’
‘Whether the SEC looking into the Marlins is a warning shot to teams
looking for public financing or simply another plunge into the financial
malfeasance that has long polluted Miami, the repercussions are
evident: this changes the Marlins. Even if the investigation stretches
out over years – SEC inquiries are long and expensive – it affects the
team today as well. The way they’re perceived. The fear over their
future. The possibility of damages, reparations and fines.’
‘Now Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson and Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes
– his attraction to teams under federal investigation is uncanny – must
ask themselves whether they really want to consider going to a team
with ownership the feds are targeting’
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Interesting.
Anonymous
12/3/2011-4:35pm at 4:35 pm (UTC -4)
Those interested should try and find the “Real Sports” story from HBO on how this stadium was funded. The entire process was corrupt. As a Met fan it’s been driving me crazy since seeing it about two months ago. Knowing they would jump into the FA market like the Yankees and that’s who we’d likely lose Reyes to.
After watching some Hot Stove on the MLB network last night it
really hit hard how screwed we are as an organization. Having to
now compete in this Division with four teams who have done a better job developing young talent and who can all spent freely (for the most part). I was sorry to have wasted a few mins reading comments on Mattsblog from fellow Met fans RE Omar’s hiring in San Diego. Amazing the number of defenders of The Don, even
now after all the ballots have been counted.
Jeez…..Are we ever screwed…Likely 5th place, sub .500 finishes
for the next few seasons, and certainly no Championship any time soon. Thanks again Omar.
MetsFan4Decades
12/3/2011-7:02pm at 7:02 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed. On paper, it certainly looks like we’ll spend all season fighting to stay out of the cellar.
I’m putting the blame on the Wilpons though. They hired Omar, they extended his contract just a few short weeks before being eliminated once again in 2008. What were they thinking? Obviously, neither one has any baseball sense – no clue how to put together a contending franchise. And maybe that’s asking too much but as owners of a corporation, don’t you look for the most competent minds for the top spots to be your experts in whatever business you’re in? Obviously, that wasn’t Omar.
I think it’s very telling that just 2 months before the end of the 2010 season, when asked about Omar being his guy, Fred replied ‘is the sun going to come up tomorrow’?
Fast forward 2 months and Omar is out, Alderson is in.
If that doesn’t smack of part of the deal with Selig to rescue the sinking ship, I don’t know what does….
Anonymous
12/3/2011-8:01pm at 8:01 pm (UTC -4)
good thing baseball often doesn’t work out as scripted on paper.
will they be in the WS in the next few years? Probably not, but I am not going to stake my life on anything 2-4 seasons from now.
Anonymous
12/4/2011-1:27am at 1:27 am (UTC -4)
“good thing baseball often doesn’t work out as scripted on paper.”
Do you have any stats that prove that this is the rule rather than the exception. Pointing to one or two examples does not a rule make. An example is the Weatherman that constantly predicts snow when others don’t. The one time he is right becomes all that he is remembered for rather than all the times he is wrong. The casinos in Vegas would lose money on baseball and no longer support gambling on the sport if your statement was fact. Remember that probability and statistics does allow for the occasional deviation from the norm. The question that needs to be answered is what is the probability that two to three years from now the Mets will field a good team? There are quite a number of variables in the equation and certainly whether or not the Wilpons still run the franchise will be an important part of the equation.