Comments on: The Other Chris Carter

By: Eno Sarris

Eno Sarris — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:18:46 +0000

You may get your wish. The Yankees claimed Chris Carter to block him, so he won’t be on the Mets this September.

Ike Davis, though, has been playing through a little pain, and just came up to AA this year. Sure, he’s 22, but I think the Mets will let him finish the season in the minor leagues and if he comes up at all he’ll just watch and get the occasional pinch-hitting opportunity.

By: Wrighteous

Wrighteous — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:04:36 +0000

“Ike Davis is a ways away”

WHY?!?!?! Davis is tearing up double-A, I don’t get it. Throw him into the foray. What do the Mets have to lose? On a small market team Davis would be starting. This myth that a prospect can come up in NY and get become spoiled/ruined by the media attention is preposterous when the big market team is in 4th place and has nothing going for it. The Mets should bring up their young guys and give us fans a reason to watch this September.

By: Eno Sarris

Eno Sarris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:36:21 +0000

You got me. I have not seen any of his 23 major league at-bats, and therefore have missed any of his on-field butchery. Range Factor is a flawed stat, and you are correct that the scouting reports mention his poor defense. Perhaps with Murphy’s decent defense (at first), they can cobble together an offense/defense platoon of sorts at first base.

He looks like a decent hitter, in his defense, and everyone looks like a bad fielder next to Keith Hernandez.

The Mets need to get whatever hitters they can. Ike Davis is a ways away, and has his own flaws. The Mets have him and Fernando Martinez and nothing else.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:35:21 +0000

The Red Sox did this guy a disservice when he made the team out of spring training, and for no apparent reason that I could see. While he is not a good defensive player, neither is Mike Lowell any longer, and they continued to trot him out to 3B every single day until he landed back on the DL while Carter rotted away on the bench. They had no good reason not to give the guy a start here and there against RHPs, and didn’t.

By: Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:36:30 +0000

Meant to say “This was why he WASN’T called up” cuz of the bad D.

By: Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:11:33 +0000

“and his defense at first base is actually very good”

Obviously you haven’t seen him play. He’s TERRIBLE in the field at 1b and was awful in LF as well. This is why he was called up for several years; bat was there but glove was not.