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These are guidelines I wish we all could adhere to. Yes, I might commit some of the sins that Caryn outlines, but hey, not everyone’s perfect.
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Yesterday Hardball Talk reported that Kelvim Escobar couldn’t pick up a baseball. He wasn’t far off.
Escobar can pick up a baseball, but is choosing not to until he is cleared by doctors.
Escobar has arrived in camp and has told reporters that he isn’t allowed to pick up a baseball, which makes Johan Santana’s statement a little strange.
He does believe he’ll be ready for opening day.
Because a lot of people care and might want to know who they are looking at during trips to spring training games, Adam Rubin has posted a list of players numbers.
Enjoy.
Also enjoy figuring out who has little to no chance on making the team based on the number assigned to him.
The Daily News has a one-minute video of Oliver Perez pitching in Port St. Lucie. See below for the vid…
A few things here:
Just click this link and…um…listen to what they have to say.
It’s a mock-commercial styled after the “Real Men of Genius” ads that are oh-so-catchy.
This one is, well, a little rough.
And let the commenting and name calling begin…
Head over to NJ.com to check out Brian Costa’s roster outlook for who will land on the Mets 25-man roster.
It looks like a sound team, with chance to be good (not great). If everyone plays to their maximum potential, they could be very good, but it’s too much to ask for.
If Rod Barajas does sign, no chance that Josh Thole cracks the opening day roster this year.
And let the injuries begin!
Brian Costa of NJ.com is reporting that the Mets plan to “move slowly” with Kelvim Escobar due to his sore shoulder.
Escobar had surgery on his right shoulder and has pitched in only one major league since.
And so signals the beginning of joke cracking and rehashing last season’s injuries from everyone and their mother.
We are all very, very excited that Jose Reyes is back. How do I know this? Well, let’s just take a look at all the posts over the last 24 hours that mention the Mets shortstop in the headline…
Newsday
Daily News
NY Times
NJ.com
MetsBlog
Mets Merized Online
Hardball Talk
Now, these are just the times Reyes was mentioned in the headline. There were about 20-25 other articles where he was mentioned, just not in the headline.
Also, there are just from the blogs in my Google Reader. I can only imagine how many others are out there, just from the last 24 hours.
Update – 10:13 a.m.: Jon Heyman says the Mets have offered a minor-league deal.
Original post: Ken Rosenthal, citing anonymous sources, says the Mets are negotiating a one-year deal with free-agent catcher Rod Barajas.
Barajas, according to Rosenthal, would get the bulk of playing time over Henry Blanco, Omir Santos, Josh Thole and Chris Coste.
Last season with the Blue Jays, Barajas hit .226 / .258 / .403 and posted a .661 OPS. He hit 19 home runs and drove in 71.
Behind the plate, he threw out 34 percent of the runners who attempted to steal against him.
