Amazin' Avenue talking bout Fred Lewis?
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Mar 14, 2010 4:23 PM PDT
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Hey guys just thought you should all see this piece from the Mets blog, check it out.
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/3/12/1369110/fred-lewis-this-years-sheffield?ref=yahoo
My question is why are the Giants incapable of making some kind of deal with the Mets? I have been wondering this all offseason, as they clearly have had interest in him. The Giants wouldn't have to ask for much, maybe a low level prospect or something. I would be a bit upset if i saw the Mets or any other team for that matter acquire him for nothing.
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Nice username.
My adopted son is RHP Steve Edlefsen, currently above Gerald Posey on the catching depth chart.
why thank you, my friends used to make fun of me (fucking New Jerseyans) for liking him so much when he was first drafted. Needless to say I have been rubbing it in their faces for the last 3-4 years or so.
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Mar 15, 2010 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
If you fuck a new jerseyan, you deserve to be made fun of. And boo to the LA TRaiders.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Mar 15, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey! I was born in Jersey (and raised a Giants and Niners fan anyway)! Shut up!
Possible uses for your Steven Johnson: 5th starter, long reliever, batboy, go-fer, food taster. Just keep him on the roster!
I like how the article presumes that Omar Minaya is more adept than Brian Sabean and would jump at the opportunity to add a Problem.
Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.
The Kids: Lewis, Posey, Sandoval, Bowker, Schierholtz, Frandsen, Ishikawa, Amezaga... CHONE WAR projection= 12.7
Current Team: Rowand, Sanchez, DeRosa, Sandoval, Huff, Molina, Renteria, Schierholtz... CHONE WAR projection= 12.6
JETTISON TEH PROBLEM
Proud parent of the new dominant pitching sensation out of San Diego State University.
Above Avg Fielder?
Is it possible Sabean is also scouting for the Mets???
"Buy High-Sell Low"--The Brian Sabean Method Of Trading
by Mordy From Monsey on Mar 14, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions
He is an above average fielder – above average for LF, one of the worst groups of fielders in all of baseball (2nd worst defensive position)…..
by Missing Barry on Mar 14, 2010 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
There’s always another one of yous popping up.
Belted!
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Mar 14, 2010 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair, he did drop three fly balls in one year. I’m not saying that it’s nothing that nobody has ever done before, and I’m an ardent Fred supporter, but it’s hard to watch a guy drop three fly balls in one year and maintain any kind of perspective. It would be like having to watch a player swing at three balls that hit him and simultaneously trying to keep yourself from thinking “that guy could probably use some more time in AA.”
If it’s hard to watch, sometimes it almost doesn’t matter what the reality is.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 15, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
I actually haven’t noticed him vulture-circling any fly balls. He can take some less-than-stellar angles on his routes, but I think that rumors of his “wildly erratic paths” are greatly exaggerated.
I don't know about that, to the groin.
by howtheyscored on Mar 15, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s no Magellan, that’s for sure.
Adoptive parent of Kevin "The Stopgap" Frandsen.
by EliminateMe on Mar 15, 2010 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions
He’s really more of a Captain Cook when it comes to routes.
In the end, America will be remembered for three things: the Bill of Rights, jazz, and baseball.
They can have Lewis but they also have to take Molina.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
And Rowand.
Jonathan Sanchez: Often maddening to watch, but capable of perfection on a moment's notice---just like his adoptive father.
If you are going to be that way
And Renteria.
The Giants offseason moves - "meh"
Proud father of 2-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum, who could do whatever he wants to do.
they need a starting pitcher too, don't they?
maybe a lefty?
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on Mar 14, 2010 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions
actually
this would be great, since it would guarantee I could see him play live at least once this year, unlike at all the Giants games I’ll be going to (and most of the games I went to last year).
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
I think Sabean should make it known that Lewis is available (if he hasn’t already) and try to swing a trade. If he can’t get a deal done, keep him. No reason to dump a productive player for nothing (nothing=Velez). Of course, if the Giants’ FO listened to reason, we wouldn’t have to say that.
Possible uses for your Steven Johnson: 5th starter, long reliever, batboy, go-fer, food taster. Just keep him on the roster!
they clearly have had interest in him.
who has clearly had interest in him? The people at Amazin Avenue, or the people that actually run the Mets?
by FluLikeSymptoms on Mar 14, 2010 10:29 PM PDT reply actions
Well I actually live near NYC and his name has popped up multiple times on radio shows and the like. Lewis was, at one time, on the Mets radar according to some sources (whether they were truthful or not I’m not sure.. Perhaps the old kicking the tires talk we Giants fans are so used to.
by Nnamdi Asomugha on Mar 15, 2010 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The Mets broadcasters tend to talk up Fred.
Especially Hernandez, iirc.
co-dad w/AfDC of
Ishikawa, the Topps Rookie All Star Team's First baseman. Does he get a chance in 2010?
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