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Like I said, you don’t understand my posts. Of course his walks are attributable to plate discipline, but they are also attributable to pitchers not willing to feed him a cookie that can be hit out of the park when the hitters following him don’t carry that threat and 3 Hits will be needed to score Duda. Don’t mistake that for Duda being a big offensive stud to be pitched around. That is just not true. He was just was the best long ball hitter on the team save when Cespedes was healthy. His run production is not good. A Met fan at one game gave me the run down on how useless he was as a run producer when not hitting HRs. It is pretty bad. It was far more compelling than some stats compiled here. As for Moreland, I would prefer him because he is a much better fielder and he doesn’t have any chronic health issues.

They are dumpster dives worth minor league contracts. If they make the MLB roster, they will be outperforming expectations. They are hardly worth mentioning in an article as "bargains."

That's a cherry-picked Batting Average in a year where he hit only .244 and batted .187 in June, .178 in July and .222 in September. His run production was lacking too. I realize that RBI has limited utility, but RBI and Runs scored do provide additional context. In 2015, 73 RBI and 66 Runs scored was not good run production, especially from a guy with 27 HRs. In 2017, he had 30 HRs and 64 RBI. He will not improve our run production. Moreland is better.

You must be reading my posts wrong, or maybe you like a player that has 3 one-week power surges and not much else except a low batting average, no speed, average fielding at best, and chronic physical injuries to more than one part of his body.

You lack context for your stats-- a weakness of relying purely on stats.

As inexpensive as Duda is, it speaks volumes to me that the Mets FO (known to be notoriously cheap and strapped for cash) were willing to part with him for very little and they seemingly have no interest in reacquiring him. That confirms to me my observations of him over several seasons. I can see the merit in not wanting to be saddled with Hanley for another season, but I don't think Duda as a platoon player is the answer.

The Hitters after Duda in the Mets lineup were generally very weak, hence the walks. Giving him credit for his OBP is like lavishing praise on a #8 hitter for a good OBP for getting walked in front of the pitcher. His walks didn’t enhance run production. A big part of the reason for that is his lack of speed. His value is as a HR hitter, but those are mainly limited to a 3 one week periods. I don’t see anything positive about that.

He was walked to avoid his power. His walk driven OBP did not result in run production for the Mets. I said it i my last post. After a walk, it took 3 hits to score him. He makes Moreland look like a gazelle. His value is HRs. His walk driven OBP was league strategy to avoid the HR ball.

Laughing hysterically at Fister and Tommy Hunter being bargains. They are dumpster diving material.

2014 was Duda’s career year. It would be hard to point to anything negative from that season. I think his HR surges over a short period of games in 2015 was extreme. More than once that season (I think about 3 Times) he went 5-6 weeks without hitting HRs. He really was a nonfactor in the Mets lineup during his power outages that season. And you gloss over his last 2 months of 2017 as if it wasn’t a prolonged awful slump, especially after August 6th. He is a one trick pony. His OBP will not equate to run production as he is a slug on the bases. It will take 3 hits to score him if he walks. His value is the long ball, and I’ll pass on a guy that hits 20 of his 27 HRs in 3 spurts amounting to less than 3 weeks. I said that you have convinced yourself, because you have not convinced me. This guy is not a direction DD should go for 2017 taking into account that he is streaky, can’t field or run and most of all he has chronic injuries. And for the record, I did not call you a whiny bitch. You have gone on and on about Duda trying to prove that he would be a good acquisition. If you get your way, and he turns out to be what I think he is, I don’t want to hear you whine like a bitch. That is far different than calling you a whiny bitch. You took that the wrong way.

If you like a guy with 3 short power spurts in a year. He is your man. I’d rather stay with Moreland , and that makes me gag.

i have already stated that his 2017 year was one of his surprisingly steady years before he was traded by the Mets,but you keep turning to 2017 as proof of something. Fine. You have convinced yourself, but don’t be whining like a bitch, if we get that turd. I have watched this guy for a long time day in and day. He stinks and he is damaged. Edit: His only value is the long ball. He is a base clogger who hits for a low average. In 2015, he hit 6 HRs from May 21st to May 29, 9 HRs from July 25th to Augus 2nd, and. 5 HRs in 3 games late in September. That is 20 of his 27 HRs in three very short spans of games. The rest of the season his power output was nil and his only value is the HR.

Not guys that you would want to sign as a free agent to increase and stabilize run production. Your numbers are sterile and only show increasing or decreasing OPS. Those numbers disguise the futility of the slumps. The numbers that show that impact would be the OPS during the slumps, not what the OPS decreased to. You did show the OPD during 2 slumps where he OPS’d at .125 over 56 ABs and .157 for 70 ABs. That is brutal.

Did you drill down on those numbers on Duda to see if some of those months whether he OPSed at 1.400 for one week and the other 3 weeks he OPSed .550, 600 and .650? I guess that you will have to experience the prolonged futility for yourself. I don’t think the 2017 season is a good indicator. He was consistent while with the Mets in 2017, But he fell off a cliff for an even longer than usual cold spell after the trade.

LOL! I really don’t want Hosmer, Santana or Duda. If DD insists on getting one of them, I’d prefer Hosmer slightly over Santana.

Duda is damaged goods— two bad hips and a bad shoulder. He is a streakier hitter than Brian Daubach was. When he is hot, he is a wrecking ball. When he is cold, he looks like he is blind for 2-3 week stretches or longer. His hot streaks are shorter than Daubach’s who would finish the season hitting around .265. Duda will finish around .235. His hots streaks are quick flashes, nothing prolonged. He will be hot for less than a week — usually 3-4 games. He’ll hit .700 during that time, and then he will hit .100 for the rest of the month. He is frustratingly inconsistent. Pass on this guy. He is also a slug on the bases.

Chronic ankle problems never go away. The condition usually deteriorates.

I read that they are thinking of giving Swihart some time at second base. I am skeptical of his ability to handle second base with his damaged ankle. His ankle injury is apparently a chronic issue.

What about those injections of artificial lubricant for arthritic joints?

I'd rather eat some of HanRam's salary.

This guy will be available for a dumpster dive at some time next season. He is shot.

Living in NY and watching lots of Mets games, I had seen a lot of Victorino. I knew that he was a premium fielder and an offensive spark plug. Mets fans hated him. He played shallow, but you couldn't beat him over his head. Initially, I thought he should have been our CFer as he was the best OFer on the roster, but he was better utilized in RF as Ellsbury had a weak arm. That being said, I thought Ben overpaid for Victorino. I am not sure how Victorino has anything to do with Ethier or Granderson. When we signed Victorino, he was 32 and was still 500-600 ABs each year. He broke down physically after 2013. Ethier will be 36 next year and he hasn't had more than 35 ABs in the last 2 seasons. He looks to be physically shot, and he was never in Victorino's class as a fielder. Granderson will be 37 years old in 2018.

Ethier? He stinks. Granderson is on the wrong side of the hill. Brentz is probably just as good as either of them.

Carlos Beltran tells Joel Sherman of the New York Post that he had a “brief conversation” with GM Brian Cashman and that he has a desire to apply his knowledge and passion for the game to a managerial role in the Majors. Beltran also indicated that he hasn’t been asked to come in for an interview, though, and Sherman suggests that the Yankees may only interview one or two additional candidates for the position, casting some doubt as to whether Beltran is truly a possibility.

No. If I wanted to check with an ass, I would ask you.