Comments on: Organizational Rankings: #5

By: Noel Kreissler

Noel Kreissler — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:19:58 +0000

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By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:56:00 +0000

Might try proofreading rather than spell checker as you have lots of erroneous words.

By: Lunkwill Fook

Lunkwill Fook — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:24:57 +0000

You are a homer.

By: stolehome

stolehome — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:15:41 +0000

Too many of you guys are bean-counters. What is special about Reyes is who he is.
He is the life of the team. His enthusiasm and joy of life excites and ignites the team. When he is hurt or slumping the team feels much flatter. His relationship with the team is great. But his relationship with the fans is a two-way love affair.
And both he and Wright are still learning and growing.

Two comments about your scoring.
1. What about the Field Manager? Isn’t he THE most important man on the field?
The difference between Willie and Jerry is night and day. Mostly the same cast but this Spring was so different then the last one. Isn’t Cox or Larussa worth a lot to their franchises?
2. What about the fans.
Putz just compared Seattle and Mets fans as far as their knowledge goes. I think Ny fans will say applaud good defense more then other fans.Phillies and Boston also seem to have great fans.

By: RexS

RexS — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:12:52 +0000

Reyes was the 2nd best SS all-round in baseball in 2008 and 2006. This isn’t my opinion, this is in WARP stats used on this web-site. And it was a down year defensively. He is actually only an above-average to good fielder. His value is offensive, specifically a .290/.355/.455 hitter who is good at short and steals 50 bases. The only SS who put up offensive numbers better than those was Hanley. Even Jeter didn’t sniff it, nor did Rollins, or Renteria, or anyone else.

Reyes is an elite player. Period. You can feel free to deny this fact. You can also talk about how Albert Pujols is a 2nd-tier guy if you like. Whatever floats your boat.

BTW, I’m well aware that Pujols > Reyes.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:24:12 +0000

Maybe I didn’t read the fine print with determining overall grades, but explain this to me:

Mets: A-, C, A-, B-=A-
Phillies: A, C, B+, B-=B-

Doesn’t seem to add up to me. Two grades are exactly the same and the Phillies A in ownership makes up for the B+ in Major League Talent.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:11:05 +0000

Reyes is a career .287 hitter with a .336 OBP, this of course is a bit misleading because that includes some not quite ready for the big leagues stats from his first two years. He’s currently about .290 avg, .350 OBP kind of guy, which is almost identical to the lifetime stats of Rafael Furcal, who no one has ever considered anything close to “elite”, depsite his putting up those numbers more consistently over a longer period of time, even in the first few years of his career.

Reyes is an elite fielder and base stealer, i’m not arguing that, and as i said before, he is an above average ballplayer all around, but his hitting just hasn’t been impressive enough to warrant the media attention and star treatment he receives. And if he played in Atlanta, San Francisco, St. Louis, or just about anywhere else outside of the Big Apple, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

By: RexS

RexS — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:53:21 +0000

Also, to talk about Reyes being overrated is stupid enough to offset all the good points the Braves fan made. Reyes was the 2nd best SS in *baseball* in 2008, and if he and Hanley return to their typical defensive performance levels, he’ll have a good chance to be the best next year and every year for the next 7 years. The guy across the river, Super Terrific Derrick (STD), is the most overrated player in baseball and has been for a decade. Reyes came close to doubling his total value and might pull it off this year.

By: RexS

RexS — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:48:59 +0000

Well, the Braves homer is overstating his case. It is very possible, though unlikely, that the Mets will finish fourth in their division and their organization has sucked for as long as he says it has, and for those very reasons. He is wrong when he says that K-Rod and Putz would not have made a difference in 2008. He is as wrong as it is possible to be wrong. The Mets blew countless multiple-run leads from the 8th inning forward which would not have happened with those two. The Mets win the NL East by 3 games with those 2 relievers.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:46:22 +0000

The Mets 2007 late season collapse was epic. I’m getting kind of tired of hearing that the 2008 “collapse” was just as epic or, by some people’s standards, even more epic. The Mets never had the type of lead during the ’08 season that they carried very late into the ’07 season.