because his #00 is reserved for Mr. Met. He has no respect for Turk Wendell?! :-)
Funny you mention this, Turk is the most famous baseball alumni from my alma mater. I always liked his idiosyncrasies - kind of fun. Wouldn't step on the foul lines, licorice in between innings and the necklace - among others.
and there's this:
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Turk Wendell made a necklace for new #99 Taijuan Walker and sent it his way: "A token of passing the torch" https://on.sny.tv/zBPdfD9
Wow, that's very cool of Turk. My sister went to Quinnipiac too, back when it was just a college and the hockey team was just a club.
because his #00 is reserved for Mr. Met. He has no respect for Turk Wendell?! :-)
Funny you mention this, Turk is the most famous baseball alumni from my alma mater. I always liked his idiosyncrasies - kind of fun. Wouldn't step on the foul lines, licorice in between innings and the necklace - among others.
and there's this:
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Turk Wendell made a necklace for new #99 Taijuan Walker and sent it his way: "A token of passing the torch" https://on.sny.tv/zBPdfD9
Wow, that's very cool of Turk. My sister went to Quinnipiac too, back when it was just a college and the hockey team was just a club.
So did I, lol. The hockey team wasn't club, but we were D3. Otherwise I couldn't have played. We were also the Braves, not the Bobcats, but times change.
Turk was my 2nd fav reliever of that era behind only David Weathers
who you might remember as the guy who got hit in the face with a line drive, still got the out at first, waived off the trainers, and continued pitching. Turk was a badass too though.
and my brother and I would go visit her and party with the college kids. I don't think that would be allowed these days.
I have a child who is there now as a Freshman, not much has changed in that regard (partying) but you wouldn't recognize the school otherwise, it's massive.
call them whatever you want to call them. I'll take his "regression" any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
44 homeruns (2nd best single season in franchise history behind his rookie year)
100 rbis (2nd time any NYM hitter has accomplished that in a decade, the other being his rookie year)
not to take anything at all away from him but that would have broken the franchise record by 12 (currently Piazza, Wright both tied with 124).
He'd have also posted the 4th best OPS in team history behind Piazza (2x) and Olerud ('98).
Dom + Alonso have had back to back historical offensive seasons and in no world should those bars be considered their base level of performance. Even if they are both HOF'ers they are not going to outdo all but the best seasons from guys who also posted legitimate MVP seasons like Piazza and Wright every single year. that's just insanely unrealistic.
Allan is already significantly thicker than JDG. Closer to Harvey prior to Harvey putting on some bad weight. Allan probably outweighs JDG by 30 pounds
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Luis Rojas when asked if J.D. Davis will be the primary third baseman: "We'll see ... He might be the guy that gets the most playing time there. We still want to see camp going and competition going."
The Indians announced Wednesday that they’ve claimed outfielder Harold Ramirez off waivers from the Marlins. Right-hander Jordan Humphreys was designated for assignment to open a spot on the 40-man roster.
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Luis Rojas when asked if J.D. Davis will be the primary third baseman: "We'll see ... He might be the guy that gets the most playing time there. We still want to see camp going and competition going."
He looked like he was in pretty good shape in his interviews today. I really hope he can get his defense playable. That would be a pretty amazing development for the organization.
I'm hoping that with JD concentrating on 3rd base and not working in OF, his D at 3rd will improve a little, but I'm wondering what the potential is for the presence of Lindor at SS making JD appear statistically to be a better 3rd baseman.
Could Lindor help raise JD's defense from way below avg. to near avg? Or is that dreaming?
RE: I'm not a baseball expert like some of you guys
I'm hoping that with JD concentrating on 3rd base and not working in OF, his D at 3rd will improve a little, but I'm wondering what the potential is for the presence of Lindor at SS making JD appear statistically to be a better 3rd baseman.
Could Lindor help raise JD's defense from way below avg. to near avg? Or is that dreaming?
Hes unlikely to be made JD a better defender but he could cover enough range to really lessen the impact of JD’s poor to mediocre defense at 3B.
RE: RE: I'm not a baseball expert like some of you guys
Hes unlikely to be made JD a better defender but he could cover enough range to really lessen the impact of JD’s poor to mediocre defense at 3B.
Yeah, that's what I meant. If Lindor's range could result in a reduction of fielding opportunities for JD and possibly allow JD to cover the 3rd baseline better (being less concerned about his left side) ..
Kedeem Octave, who's somewhat of a player development guru.
They have somehow sort of threaded the needle between doing exactly what all of us hoped they'd do, but in a way that hasn't created sky high hype/expectations. Pretty impressive.
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because his #00 is reserved for Mr. Met. He has no respect for Turk Wendell?! :-)
Funny you mention this, Turk is the most famous baseball alumni from my alma mater. I always liked his idiosyncrasies - kind of fun. Wouldn't step on the foul lines, licorice in between innings and the necklace - among others.
and there's this:
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SNY
@SNYtv
· 19m
Turk Wendell made a necklace for new #99 Taijuan Walker and sent it his way: "A token of passing the torch" https://on.sny.tv/zBPdfD9
Wow, that's very cool of Turk. My sister went to Quinnipiac too, back when it was just a college and the hockey team was just a club.
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In comment 15159708 Pete in MD said:
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because his #00 is reserved for Mr. Met. He has no respect for Turk Wendell?! :-)
Funny you mention this, Turk is the most famous baseball alumni from my alma mater. I always liked his idiosyncrasies - kind of fun. Wouldn't step on the foul lines, licorice in between innings and the necklace - among others.
and there's this:
Quote:
SNY
@SNYtv
· 19m
Turk Wendell made a necklace for new #99 Taijuan Walker and sent it his way: "A token of passing the torch" https://on.sny.tv/zBPdfD9
Wow, that's very cool of Turk. My sister went to Quinnipiac too, back when it was just a college and the hockey team was just a club.
So did I, lol. The hockey team wasn't club, but we were D3. Otherwise I couldn't have played. We were also the Braves, not the Bobcats, but times change.
I have a child who is there now as a Freshman, not much has changed in that regard (partying) but you wouldn't recognize the school otherwise, it's massive.
Either way, even if you think Alonso was fine in 2020, looking forward to the bounce back.
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Chili Davis expects Pete Alonso to bounce back. Thinks last year was just a sophomore slump.
44 homeruns (2nd best single season in franchise history behind his rookie year)
100 rbis (2nd time any NYM hitter has accomplished that in a decade, the other being his rookie year)
Also cool video at link below of the top prospects in ST. Allan's build and motion look a little like JDG.
The top prospects in the Mets' system have come into spring training with a bang. 🎸 - ( New Window )
He'd have also posted the 4th best OPS in team history behind Piazza (2x) and Olerud ('98).
Dom + Alonso have had back to back historical offensive seasons and in no world should those bars be considered their base level of performance. Even if they are both HOF'ers they are not going to outdo all but the best seasons from guys who also posted legitimate MVP seasons like Piazza and Wright every single year. that's just insanely unrealistic.
Just an incredible breakout performance from him.
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Luis Rojas when asked if J.D. Davis will be the primary third baseman: "We'll see ... He might be the guy that gets the most playing time there. We still want to see camp going and competition going."
@JustinCToscano
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Luis Rojas when asked if J.D. Davis will be the primary third baseman: "We'll see ... He might be the guy that gets the most playing time there. We still want to see camp going and competition going."
He looked like he was in pretty good shape in his interviews today. I really hope he can get his defense playable. That would be a pretty amazing development for the organization.
Could Lindor help raise JD's defense from way below avg. to near avg? Or is that dreaming?
Could Lindor help raise JD's defense from way below avg. to near avg? Or is that dreaming?
Hes unlikely to be made JD a better defender but he could cover enough range to really lessen the impact of JD’s poor to mediocre defense at 3B.
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Hes unlikely to be made JD a better defender but he could cover enough range to really lessen the impact of JD’s poor to mediocre defense at 3B.
Yeah, that's what I meant. If Lindor's range could result in a reduction of fielding opportunities for JD and possibly allow JD to cover the 3rd baseline better (being less concerned about his left side) ..
Guess we'll see.
lol
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They have somehow sort of threaded the needle between doing exactly what all of us hoped they'd do, but in a way that hasn't created sky high hype/expectations. Pretty impressive.