Tuesday, July 01, 2003
It has begun: Alomar gone
The [insert word that means 'rebuilding', but sounds nicer] of the Mets has begun as Roberto Alomar is on his way to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for three minor leaguers who are such great prospects that not one of them is mentioned in this year's Baseball Prospectus. Alomar was hitting .262/.336/.357 for the Mets this year after putting up almost identical numbers last year. This after putting up a .336/.415/.541 season in Cleveland in 2001.
On their way to various Mets minor league towns are infielder Andrew Salvo and closers Royce Ring and Edwin Almonte. That's right, they gave up Alomar and got a pair of minor league closers. Almonte is 2-6 with a 6.88 ERA in AAA Charlotte this year. He has 24 strikeouts and 14 walks in 34 innings. Ring is 1-4, 2.52 with 44 strikeouts and 14 walks in 35.2 innings at AA Birmingham. He's also given up just one home run. And Salvo is batting .235 in 98 at bats at Class A Kannapolis but does have 19 walks against 17 strikeouts for a respectable OBP of .357. But he's also hit just four doubles and one home run for a putrid SLG of .306. The sample size is small, but so for Ring is the only one who looks particulary useful, although perhaps he'll provide a low cost replacement for Armando Benitez in the near future.
This trade hasn't made me fall in love with Jim Duquette as GM, but it's too early to draw any real conclusions about him. All the same, I look forward to the Wilpons throwing wads of cash at Billy Beane in the off-season ¶ joe | 3:38 PM |
The [insert word that means 'rebuilding', but sounds nicer] of the Mets has begun as Roberto Alomar is on his way to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for three minor leaguers who are such great prospects that not one of them is mentioned in this year's Baseball Prospectus. Alomar was hitting .262/.336/.357 for the Mets this year after putting up almost identical numbers last year. This after putting up a .336/.415/.541 season in Cleveland in 2001.
On their way to various Mets minor league towns are infielder Andrew Salvo and closers Royce Ring and Edwin Almonte. That's right, they gave up Alomar and got a pair of minor league closers. Almonte is 2-6 with a 6.88 ERA in AAA Charlotte this year. He has 24 strikeouts and 14 walks in 34 innings. Ring is 1-4, 2.52 with 44 strikeouts and 14 walks in 35.2 innings at AA Birmingham. He's also given up just one home run. And Salvo is batting .235 in 98 at bats at Class A Kannapolis but does have 19 walks against 17 strikeouts for a respectable OBP of .357. But he's also hit just four doubles and one home run for a putrid SLG of .306. The sample size is small, but so for Ring is the only one who looks particulary useful, although perhaps he'll provide a low cost replacement for Armando Benitez in the near future.
This trade hasn't made me fall in love with Jim Duquette as GM, but it's too early to draw any real conclusions about him. All the same, I look forward to the Wilpons throwing wads of cash at Billy Beane in the off-season ¶ joe | 3:38 PM |
