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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Del-Got Him, Plus

Some more pre-Turkey day Delgado/ trade chatter from Mets fan blog, Amazin' Avenue. I'd like to add that this is a great trade. Certainly better than that Scott Kazmir fiasco, where he went to the Tampa Bay Devil Dogs for a bag of hot dog leavings and Victor "Strike Zone?" Zambrano. It would be great if New Money Minaya doesn't break the bank to sign free agent catchers like Benji Molina/ Ramon Hernandez, because neither of them is Johnny Bench. They are veterans, but Ramon Castro is under contract and performed admirably in relief of Mike Piazza:

Ramon Castro (Age 29), New York Mets

SPLITGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBAOBPSLG
Season9920926511608411.244.321.435

He's not a world-beater but a solid defensive catcher. Plus he has a huge head that Pedro loves to poke fun at. If the Pedro has no active player to aim big-head jokes at, the terrorists win. And we all know we don't want that.

Hernandez is a solid catcher, offensively and defensively. Molina is said to be falling off in catching would-be base stealers. Their offensive numbers:

Ramon Hernandez (Age 29), San Diego Padres

SPLITGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBAOBPSLG
Season993693610719212581.290.322.450

Bengie Molina (Age 31), Los Angeles Angels of the Orange County of California, City of Anaheim

SPLITGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBAOBPSLG
Season1194104512117015690.295.336.446

The compararison shouldn't be made with batting average but against on-base percentage (OBP) and slugging percentage (SLG). Ramon Hernandez is rumored to be asking for $5-7 million, and Bengie Molina probably will ask for the same. Castro is making $500K, so compare the added value.

One more mercenary free agent won't make this team work. Unless of course that mercenary's name is Billy Wagner.

posted by Norman Rose at 1:39 PM

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