http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=925 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=925&cpage=1#comment-486278 Chris Wilcox Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:24:09 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=925#comment-486278 Travis, Bengie Molina is not a good baseball player. His only redeeming skill is power, and even that is shaky to predict moving forward. The team is better off for not having signed him. You'll see. Travis, Bengie Molina is not a good baseball player. His only redeeming skill is power, and even that is shaky to predict moving forward. The team is better off for not having signed him. You’ll see.

]]> http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=925&cpage=1#comment-486275 tjv101 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:22:31 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=925#comment-486275 I gotta tell you I was blind-sided by this one as was most Mets fans. All offseason the only sure thing said by experts/bloggers/fans/etc. was how the Mets were going to sign Bengie Molina. Granted, Molina didn't impress some people by his last year's OBP, poor running speed on the basepaths, lackluster throwing out runners capabilities, age, etc. However, the truth of the matter is the guy does make this Mets lineup better offensively whether you want to believe it or now from what they had in 2009. Surrounded by an array of players as talented as Beltran, Reyes, Wright, Francoeur, Bay would have made him better because he would have certainly seen a lot better pitches and not batting cleanup as he did in SF. Less pressure for the big guy. Regardless, he didn't want to be a Met as he signed for cheaper than what the Mets were willing to offer. Maybe he saw the fate of the Titanic or the S.S. Minnow known as the Mets franchise. Am I heart-broken? No. I see his shortcomings too. Giving him more than 2 guaranteed years would've been ludicrous. We all have heard how talented young Josh Thole and how he tore up Binghamton (with singles) and impressed the team during his 21 game tenure late last season. Let's hope the Mets do just this and give this young star the chance to shine and not screw with him like they did Mike Jacobs and try to move him from catcher to 1B. I gotta tell you I was blind-sided by this one as was most Mets fans. All offseason the only sure thing said by experts/bloggers/fans/etc. was how the Mets were going to sign Bengie Molina. Granted, Molina didn’t impress some people by his last year’s OBP, poor running speed on the basepaths, lackluster throwing out runners capabilities, age, etc. However, the truth of the matter is the guy does make this Mets lineup better offensively whether you want to believe it or now from what they had in 2009. Surrounded by an array of players as talented as Beltran, Reyes, Wright, Francoeur, Bay would have made him better because he would have certainly seen a lot better pitches and not batting cleanup as he did in SF. Less pressure for the big guy. Regardless, he didn’t want to be a Met as he signed for cheaper than what the Mets were willing to offer. Maybe he saw the fate of the Titanic or the S.S. Minnow known as the Mets franchise. Am I heart-broken? No. I see his shortcomings too. Giving him more than 2 guaranteed years would’ve been ludicrous. We all have heard how talented young Josh Thole and how he tore up Binghamton (with singles) and impressed the team during his 21 game tenure late last season. Let’s hope the Mets do just this and give this young star the chance to shine and not screw with him like they did Mike Jacobs and try to move him from catcher to 1B.

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