Lastings Milledge

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Brian Schneider But most players aren't as different as Mike Piazza and Brian Schneider offensively. That's why it's important to place offense and defense on the aforementioned scale mdash runs. Treating fielding as a qualitative footnote to offense is less Mets Geek Getting Defensive: For this reason, the Mets need offense anywhere they can find it, and the 1-2 punch of Brian Schneider and Omir Santos should not be counted on to pick up the slack for an long period. For some reason, Schneider was acquired to be Don't Expect Continued Production From Mets Catchers : Hot Foot: Cliff Lee Brian Schneider Juan Pierre. ... Read Full Story

Brian Schneider But most players aren't as assorted as Mike Piazza and Brian Schneider offensively. That's why it's important to put offense and defense on the same scale mdash runs. Treating fielding as a qualitative footnote to offense is less Mets Geek Getting Defensive: For this reason, the Mets requirement offense anywhere they can find it, and the 1-2 lick of Brian Schneider and Omir Santos should not be counted on to pick up the dust for an extended period. For some reason, Schneider was acquired to be Don't Expect Continued Production From Mets Catchers : Hot Foot: Cliff Lee Brian Schneider Juan Pierre. ... Read Full Story

Lastings Milledge lasted all of one week as the Washington Nationals' leadoff hitter. Off to an 0-7 start this season after finishing with a majors-high 102 losses in 2008, the Nationals optioned their starting center fielder to Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday. Milledge was hitting .167 with no extra-base hits, one RBI, one walk and 10 strikeouts atop the batting order. "He is still a work-in-progress as a leadoff man," assistant general manager Mike Rizzo said during a conference call. "This is certainly a message that we need for players to perform," Rizzo said. "We need for players to adapt to the major leagues, and ... Read Full Story

The Mets player development has been a major topic of conversation since the dismissal of Tony Bernazard. Many experts cite the Mets inability to plug in league average replacements for the big league club when members of the 25 man roster went down. It got me to thinking about the Mets farm system and how it has developed since Omar Minaya took over. Obviously, it would be impossible to list every single player comparison over the last five year. What I decided to do was look at Baseball America’s Top 10 Prospect list for 2005 (Omar’s first season as GM) and 2009 (list that ... Read Full Story