Recently it was reported that the Mets would call up Ike Davis to play first as soon as they felt comfortable sending their 13th pitcher back down to the minors, which was necessary after a 20 inning win last Saturday.
Davis, ranked the 68th best prospect according to Baseball America coming into the season, scorched the ball in Spring Training, but with Daniel Murphy, Fernando Tatis, Frank Catalanatto and Mike Jacobs to man first, they felt they were able to wait on him, and sent him back to the minors.
But since then, Murphy got hurt, Jacobs has struggled, and the other two aren't players who should be starting at first more than a game or two at a time. Meanwhile, Davis has continued to rack up hits in AAA, carrying his hot ST over into the regular season.
Davis' power is real. Maybe he's not quite Mike Jacobs strong, but few people are. But he's also a solid hitter for average, and has a reputation for being nimble around the bag (despite some struggles there in ST). He's not a base-stealer, but isn't immobile like Jason Giambi, Ryan Howard, or Justin Morneau. I project him as a .275/.340/.500 type hitter who could slug anywhere between 25-35 homers a year. Certainly the Mets' first baseman of the future, and for now, the present, at least until Murphy comes back.
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Thoughts on how dumb Joe Morgan is
I'm currently watching the Mets play the Braves in Atlanta on ESPN.
It's the first inning, there's a runner on 3rd, one out, and Danny Murphy is at the plate.
He hits a sharp, hard liner, but it's right back at Javier Vazquez and he makes a nice grab for an out.
Joe Morgan then chastises him for not hitting a grounder to the right side, and that "the only way that run doesn't score is if you hit it back to the pitcher."
This is stupid for two reasons:
1.) There's lot's of ways he doesn't score -- pop up, strikeout, grounder to third, hard grounder to short, soft liner, shallow pop fly or a line-out to anyone.
2.) He just suggested not hitting the ball square, and not to go with the pitch.
Joe Morgan's an idiot, in the booth he makes Steve Phillips look smart. And we know for a fact Steve Phillips is dumb because of the 2nd Mets team he assembled post- Robin Ventura/Todd Zeile/Jay Payton etc.
It's the first inning, there's a runner on 3rd, one out, and Danny Murphy is at the plate.
He hits a sharp, hard liner, but it's right back at Javier Vazquez and he makes a nice grab for an out.
Joe Morgan then chastises him for not hitting a grounder to the right side, and that "the only way that run doesn't score is if you hit it back to the pitcher."
This is stupid for two reasons:
1.) There's lot's of ways he doesn't score -- pop up, strikeout, grounder to third, hard grounder to short, soft liner, shallow pop fly or a line-out to anyone.
2.) He just suggested not hitting the ball square, and not to go with the pitch.
Joe Morgan's an idiot, in the booth he makes Steve Phillips look smart. And we know for a fact Steve Phillips is dumb because of the 2nd Mets team he assembled post- Robin Ventura/Todd Zeile/Jay Payton etc.
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