More on Nady and some baseball news.
- From: "Met-in-PR" <orb@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:44:50 -0500
>From the NY Times:
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Cameron Passes Test, and Trade Is Official
By BEN SHPIGEL
Published: November 19, 2005
Mike Cameron passed his eye test yesterday in San Diego, completing the deal
that sends him to the Padres for Xavier Nady, whom Mets General Manager Omar
Minaya touted as a potential member of the team's core.
Before completing the trade, which was first reported Wednesday, the Padres
wanted to confirm that Cameron's vision was fine in the wake of his outfield
collision with Carlos Beltran in August.
Minaya said last night that he imagined Nady would be a fixture in the Mets'
lineup for years, at one point mentioning him in the same breath as the
team's nucleus of José Reyes, David Wright and Beltran. Nady, who turned 27
on Monday, can play third base, first base and right field, and his
flexibility is attractive to Minaya as he tinkers with the roster in the
off-season. Nady hit 13 home runs last season in 324 at-bats, but Minaya
said he expected Nady to evolve into more of a power threat.
"Given the opportunity, he will hit for power and drive in some runs,"
Minaya said during a conference call. "He hasn't been given a chance to play
every day."
With the Mets, Nady figures to play right field or in a platoon at first
base with Mike Jacobs. But Minaya is interested in acquiring Boston's Manny
Ramirez or Florida's Carlos Delgado, and he may be asked to include Nady to
obtain the middle-of-the-order presence the Mets need. Asked whether he
would consider including Nady in such a deal, Minaya spoke only about Nady's
future with the Mets, saying that he looked forward to watching Nady
develop.
With the Angels' interest in Ramirez declining and the Orioles' apparent
unwillingness to surrender a top pitching prospect for Delgado, it appears
that the Mets are the only team interested in either player.
"To me, you can just never have enough," Minaya said.
The Mets will miss Cameron's defense. Cameron, a two-time Gold Glove award
winner, moved to right field to accommodate Beltran. Although Cameron did
not complain publicly about his move, he was clearly uncomfortable about
playing an unfamiliar position, and after the collision he asked the Mets to
trade him to a team that would allow him to return to center field.
It was just as well for the Mets, who were not sure that Cameron would be
the same player he was before the collision.
Minaya said he shopped Cameron around to several teams, but there was not
much interest in him because of Cameron's injury-filled 2005 season. In
addition to the collision with Beltran, Cameron also began the season on the
disabled list with a tendinitis in his left wrist.
If Minaya would have waited until later in the off-season to deal Cameron,
he said he would have been afraid that teams would not want to take on
Cameron's $6 million salary for 2006.
NATIONALS SIGN ANDERSON The Mets lost one of their more dependable
pinch-hitters yesterday, when the free-agent Marlon Anderson signed a
two-year, $1.85 million contract with the Washington Nationals. Anderson was
a valuable asset for the Mets in 2005, playing first base, second base and
the outfield, and batting .264 with 7 homers and 19 runs batted in. His
biggest contributions came as a pinch-hitter: he hit .321 with a home run
and 6 R.B.I. Over the last two seasons, with St. Louis and the Mets,
Anderson's 35 pinch-hits ranked first in the major leagues.
CONE INTERESTED IN BROADCASTING David Cone, the former Mets and Yankees
pitcher, said he had some interest in a part-time broadcasting job with the
Mets' new TV network. "We're still figuring it out," Cone said. "I tried to
be honest with them and let them know I'm not really ready to travel full
time." (Tyler Kepner)
PROMOTION FOR HERSHISER Orel Hershiser resigned as pitching coach of the
Texas Rangers yesterday to become the team's executive director. The move
appeared to end Hershiser's candidacy for the vacant managerial job of the
Los Angeles Dodgers, who received permission to speak with Hershiser last
month.(AP)
TOUGH START IN THE BIG LEAGUES The Chicago Cubs designated outfielder Adam
Greenberg for assignment. In his one game with the Cubs, on July 9,
Greenberg was hit in the head by Florida's Valerio De Los Santos on the
first pitch he saw in the major leagues. Greenberg, 24 and a ninth-round
pick of the Cubs in 2002, spent the majority of the season at Class AA West
Tenn, where he batted .269 with 33 R.B.I. in 95 games.(AP)
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Let's Go Mets!!!
Met-in-PR
Now we will understand what he has meant to this club: The Mets without
Piazza are like a pastrami sandwich without the pastrami.....Mark Herrman
from Newsday.
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