August 19, 200916 yr Sheffield Doesn't Expect To End Year With Mets By Ben Nicholson-Smith [August 19 at 10:02am CST]Gary Sheffield has already been claimed on waiversand pulled back by the Mets. If they put him on waivers again, theywouldn't be able to prevent teams from claiming him for nothing andclubs would presumably pick up the 40-year-old outfielder and his .856OPS. Still, Sheffield told Admin Brooks of the New York Post that he doesn't expect to finish the season in New York. "I do not think I will be here," Sheffield said. "But if I am sent to a team that I don't want to play for, I would go home." Sheffieldsaid he would prefer to go to a lineup full of productive hitters anddoesn't want to have to carry a team's offense. Brooks says the Marlinsand Rangers have interest in adding a right-handed bat, but the Metswould have to put him on waivers first. Man, would I love to see this. It looks like somewhat of a longshot, but we'll have to keep an eye on it. I'm a Gaby fan, but he'd be a huge improvement on the bench, to be sure.
August 19, 200916 yr I mean Sheffield is having a nice year and all, but like you said, highly doubt the Marlins grab him (unless they REALLY hate Hermida and BC). Also, I just looked at the contract and literally LOL'd at the Mets giving Sheffield $14 million to be a pinch hitter and spot starter originally. And we all complain about Wes Helms' contract Totally off topic, but in all seriousness, a class of 3rd graders could run the Mets better than their current front office.
August 19, 200916 yr If we could get him without paying anything but the minimum, then why not? He'd be a good platoon with Hermida.
August 19, 200916 yr If we could get him without paying anything but the minimum, then why not? He'd be a good platoon with Hermida. I don't have the career splits, but this year Sheffield is hitting righties better than Hermida is hitting righties. If we somehow claim Sheffield, he isn't going to be here to platoon...
August 19, 200916 yr Author He's better than Carroll and Gaby by a lot. I don't think the FO would have to hate BC/Hermida to get him, at all.
August 19, 200916 yr I mean Sheffield is having a nice year and all, but like you said, highly doubt the Marlins grab him (unless they REALLY hate Hermida and BC). Also, I just looked at the contract and literally LOL'd at the Mets giving Sheffield $14 million to be a pinch hitter and spot starter originally. And we all complain about Wes Helms' contract Totally off topic, but in all seriousness, a class of 3rd graders could run the Mets better than their current front office. The Tigers released him, which means the Mets are paying Sheffield the minimum.
August 19, 200916 yr I think we're fine in that department. Looks like Smoltz is signing with the Cardinals.
August 19, 200916 yr I mean Sheffield is having a nice year and all, but like you said, highly doubt the Marlins grab him (unless they REALLY hate Hermida and BC). Also, I just looked at the contract and literally LOL'd at the Mets giving Sheffield $14 million to be a pinch hitter and spot starter originally. And we all complain about Wes Helms' contract Totally off topic, but in all seriousness, a class of 3rd graders could run the Mets better than their current front office. The Tigers released him, which means the Mets are paying Sheffield the minimum. Oh yeah. Totally forgot that fact, just saw on ESPN that it says $14 million and assumed that is what they were paying him, my bad. I still stand by my comments however that a class of 3rd graders could run the Mets better than their current front office.
August 19, 200916 yr he's not needed. he's old and very injury prone and his defense is disgusting. i'd rather see carroll get called up to play against lefties and as a defensive replacement. i think finding a veteran starting pitcher as insurance would be more valuable
August 19, 200916 yr Author He's put up better numbers than everyone on our team not named Hanley Ramirez. He's clearly better than Gaby, Gload, and Helms. @ Dim: This year, he's .852 OPS vs RHP, .866 OPS vs LHP. Career - .896 OPS vs RHP, .944 vs LHP. So, I have no idea what you're talking about there. He wouldn't play a huge role, i.e. starting, but he's better than all of our bench players. I would rather have Sheffield than Carroll. Aside from the fact that Sheffield is a veteran who has been the playoffs/playoff race before, his poor defense doesn't make up for +200 OPS. He would also allow us to absolutely stack the line-up vs LHP. Coghlan N. Johnson Hanley Cantu Uggla Sheffield Cody Paulino
August 19, 200916 yr My point was his numbers against righties this year are better than Hermida's numbers against righties, meaning that Sheff would start. Why the hell would we platoon him with Hermida if he is better at the thing Hermida specializes in?
August 19, 200916 yr Well hermida has potential. It be nice to have sheff especially vs lefties but I think we can live with what we got.
August 19, 200916 yr Author My point was his numbers against righties this year are better than Hermida's numbers against righties, meaning that Sheff would start. Why the hell would we platoon him with Hermida if he is better at the thing Hermida specializes in? If you account for defense, I would guess that Hermida is overall better against RHP, so he should continue starting vs. them even if we somehow ended up with Sheffield. But against LHP, I would take my chances with Sheffield in RF. Also, by "get everyone's hopes up", I didn't mean to imply that he would make this seem soooo much better (I probably did imply that, though - meh). But I think he would be a nice improvement to our bench. Basically, it's a longshot, and I wanted to post the article and mention it, but I think/know there are too many threads about "XYZ is available", and then all the speculation begins. But I still thought it was worth mentioning. So that's what I meant by my title.
August 19, 200916 yr hermida has potential.....im getting tired of hearing that. sheff is better at the moment so i say play him. I would love to have him back here he is my all time favorite marlin
August 19, 200916 yr He's put up better numbers than everyone on our team not named Hanley Ramirez. He's clearly better than Gaby, Gload, and Helms. @ Dim: This year, he's .852 OPS vs RHP, .866 OPS vs LHP. Career - .896 OPS vs RHP, .944 vs LHP. So, I have no idea what you're talking about there. He wouldn't play a huge role, i.e. starting, but he's better than all of our bench players. I would rather have Sheffield than Carroll. Aside from the fact that Sheffield is a veteran who has been the playoffs/playoff race before, his poor defense doesn't make up for +200 OPS. He would also allow us to absolutely stack the line-up vs LHP. Coghlan N. Johnson Hanley Cantu Uggla Sheffield Cody Paulino But in Donald's World: Coghlan Johnson Hanley Gibbons Sheffield Cody Paulino :lol
August 19, 200916 yr The only way I'd take Sheffield is if Nick Johnson is out for an extended period of time. Aside from that, I don't think we need him and his ego.
August 19, 200916 yr He's put up better numbers than everyone on our team not named Hanley Ramirez. He's clearly better than Gaby, Gload, and Helms. @ Dim: This year, he's .852 OPS vs RHP, .866 OPS vs LHP. Career - .896 OPS vs RHP, .944 vs LHP. So, I have no idea what you're talking about there. He wouldn't play a huge role, i.e. starting, but he's better than all of our bench players. I would rather have Sheffield than Carroll. Aside from the fact that Sheffield is a veteran who has been the playoffs/playoff race before, his poor defense doesn't make up for +200 OPS. He would also allow us to absolutely stack the line-up vs LHP. Coghlan N. Johnson Hanley Cantu Uggla Sheffield Cody Paulino But in Donald's World: Coghlan 2B Johnson 1B Hanley SS Gibbons LF Cantu 3B Sheffield RF Ross CF Baker C :lol
August 19, 200916 yr Any time you can get a guy whose k/bb ratio is what Sheffield's is and who is still a formidable force at the plate - and what I especially like can hit that high fast ball like it was slow pitch - I'll take him and Nick Johnson in the same lineup. Sheff has walked almost the same number of times as Hanley this season in roughly half the at bats. Good things happen when guy get on base and you look at Sheff's numbers and had he played a full season you can see there's 20+, maybe 25 or more homeruns and 100 rbis and about the same number of walks (numbers-wise, I'm speaking in the roughest of terms). It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what Minaya will want for him.
August 19, 200916 yr i dont want him. id rather give ab's to guys like maybin and morrison if he comes up. sheffield imo is more of a name then he is a player right now. edit- just checked the numbers, he is having a pretty good year, but unless we are letting jeremy go then i wouldnt do it because there would be a huge overload in the of when we call maybin and carrol back up
August 19, 200916 yr Any time you can get a guy whose k/bb ratio is what Sheffield's is and who is still a formidable force at the plate - and what I especially like can hit that high fast ball like it was slow pitch - I'll take him and Nick Johnson in the same lineup. Sheff has walked almost the same number of times as Hanley this season in roughly half the at bats. Good things happen when guy get on base and you look at Sheff's numbers and had he played a full season you can see there's 20+, maybe 25 or more homeruns and 100 rbis and about the same number of walks (numbers-wise, I'm speaking in the roughest of terms). It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what Minaya will want for him. Since he was already put on waivers and claimed once and pulled back, if they put him back out... wouldn't Minaya get nothing for it?
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