Two strikeouts so far for Shawn Green, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves and think he’ll be benched.
He’s a veteran and Willie Randolph will give him a chance to work his way out of it. What else can he do?
They aren’t going to send him down. He’s not tradeable. His value to the Mets is as a player, and not one off the bench.
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well give him a day off to go figure out the other hitch he developed.
how’s his fielding been?
To Steve C. (RE: Green defense)
DH today. So far, so good.
If I remember correctly, Arizona is picking up a nice piece of Green’s commitment for this year. So, having to eat $3 million (or less, if they were able to find a taker for him) wouldn’t be the end of the world. It’s a definite possibility as the season progresses and guys like Milledge and Gomez start knocking on the door.
What I’ve noticed about Omar is that he likes “plus” players: Players who can do at least one thing better than the rest of the pack. I don’t think Green fits this criteria and I don’t think he’s an “Omar guy.”
To Benny (RE: Green)
How can Green not be an Omar guy when Omar traded for him?
Because Green was a stopgap measure, brought on by the Sanchez injury (which caused him to deal Nady), Milledge’s inability to take over the position and Floyd’s continued injury problems.
If you correct/change any of those three factors, Green never comes to New York.
I’m not sure Nady’s production would have been significantly better that Green’s over the course of the season. Nady may have hit a few more HR’s, but I’m not sure where his BA would have stood at the end of season when there is a scouting report on the guy. He had a tendency to strike out alot and wasn’t all that great with men on base.
In defense of Green, if he gets back his old form ( a big IF ), 280 avg and 20 hrs is a plus as a 7 or 8th guy in your lineup.
If he plays like last year Endy/Milledge or whomever will play.
Let’s see if Green can work his stuff out. This is only the beginninng of his attempted adaptation to a new batting style with mulitiple changes, and these sort of adjustments take time to become muscle memory, let alone re-learning the strike zone and pitch recognition from a new vantage point. He’s probably pressing now given he’s been hitless. I think he’ll get every opportunity to work it out.
That said, the chances of the Mets trading him are next to nil. He loves being a Met and has full no trade clause. I think it’s highly unlikely he’ll leave a World Series contender and a great clubhouse. And certainly there’s no contender out there who’d want Green if he isn’t playing well for the Mets.
I like what Milledge is doing this spring. He’s come to camp prepared to be a professional and it’s showing in his approach. Green knows he needs to perform well if he expects to stay in the line-up.
To Benny (RE: Green being Omar guy)
I see your point, but in the end Minaya chose Green when he had another full time option—Lastings Milledge. The way I see it, is Minaya had the choice to bring Green to NY and he did.
But Omar only brought Green in once Milledge had demonstrated that he wasn’t ready for the full-time job. Clearly, Milledge was his first choice.
As for choice, I don’t Omar had much of it, as Green was as good as it was going to get, unless he wanted to surrender a top prospect. As it is, he gave up a soft-tossing pitcher (apologies to our resident Haiku writer) who had little future with this organization, and also got Arizona to kick in some major dollars to offset the cost. Taken together, this has “pennant race rental” written all over it.
To Benny it has been a long time but i lived next door from you in new orleans when you was with the new orleans pelican trying to get in touch of you