The Mets claimed Jason Pridie off waivers from the Twins, according to a team press release. The move opens up room on the 40-man roster for recent acquisition Orlando Hudson. Pridie, 26, has appeared in 11 major league games, all for the Twins.
Last year Pridie hit .265/.295/.382 in 546 plate appearances in his second full season at Triple A. The Twins obtained him in the 2007 trade that sent Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett to the Rays for Brendan Harris and Delmon Young. Minnesota added potential outfield depth today, signing Jacque Jones.
Obviously, even the minor league affiliates need help.
Interesting. I thought the Mets needed a catcher, first baseman, a few starting pitchers…instead they needed a 3rd CF.
(I dropped this in the other thread before this one opened up. Sorry for the echo.)
So who is MN considering the backup CF in the organization? Even if they count on Punto or Tolbert at the major league level there has to be a plan for a long-term Span injury.
It appears they’re going with Jacque Jones. And considering that Pridie is younger and has spent more time in CF, I’d have gone the other way for a fourth outfielder.
Jones wasn’t up to the job when he was here 47 years ago, so I can’t imagine they’d count on him for it now. (At the time it was more a matter of Torii Hunter being better than Jacques Jones being bad, but in 2010 Jacques would be excluded on his own merit.)
I imagine they’ll pick somebody else up before the end of spring training. Probably a half-dozen Pridie-esque guys will hit waivers between now and then, and the 40-man roster situation should ease up a little.
No!!!! not a long term Spanny injury!!!!!!!!!
Taveras should get signed by the Twins to back up the Denardster.
watch pagan is getting traded for a pitcher, they added this guy as CF option.
did they? Maybe so Matthews and Pridie are the Platoon. Pagan for Brandon Morrow?
“Pagan for Brandon Morrow?”
Was this a joke? That has to be a joke, right?
just an example for a potential Brandon Morrow type starter. (Assuming Brandon Morrow is on). Maybe a Pagan for Daniel Hudson trade. Pagan for Jorge Cantu?
I can’t imagine how quickly Alex Anthopolous or Kenny Williams would hang up if they heard “Angel Pagan for Brandon Morrow/Dan Hudson”… I don’t even see how Cantu relates to either of those two in terms of value.
That is an incredibly random collection of names to throw out there.
Pagan’s a nice player, but he’s not going to fetch a top prospect in a trade when he’s already 28, entering his second year of arb, and just isn’t an impact player. There’s no logic to that thinking.
“already 28, entering his second year of arb, and just isn’t an impact player”
Dont forget that disease he has which results in extreme cases of explosive diarrhea – they have a history of landing him on the DL. Oh, and his being dumber then a doorknob.
“Dont forget that disease he has which results in extreme cases of explosive diarrhea”
“Oh, and his being dumber then a doorknob”.
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He suffers from like gastrointestinal colitis I believe (possibly Crohn’s). I know whatever he has causes fatigue, weight loss and of course the explosive diarrhea that has landed him on the DL when its acting up.
As far as his being dumber then a roll of toilet paper, just search “angel pagan baseball IQ” in google or something.
you are right. I just searched it and it said that he has low intelligence. interesting. Carl Crawford isn’t a Harvard scholar in his own right but the guy can play Baseball. As can Angel Pagan.
Of course I’m right, otherwise I wouldnt have said it.
But Crawford isnt on the same planet as Pagan. Between stupid base running errors and idiotic moves in the outfield, he gives back much of the rather average production he provides at the plate. He’s okay as a bench player, but not starter material and is pretty limited in his value – that is, in a haphazardly way.
I’m guessing Suzy likes you for your confidence.
I understand what you are saying. Makes sense.
Yeah I remember the Guillen rumors. I’m not sure the Mets want a statue in the outfield though. We’ll see.
They didnt make that trade, instead dishing out the cash for Bay. But it gives an idea of his trade value, which would clearly be no where near the Morrow/Hudson/Cantu level if it almost meant Guillen in return only about a month ago.
yeah…I’m pretty sure that most Baseball fans will agree with me when I say, I’m happier to see J-Bay on the Mets than sl-ose Guillen.
I’m pretty sure though that Pagan could bring back something possitive for the Mets.
Heh..I think I would rather squeeze my nuts as hard as I can rather than create an alias involving my wife’s name. 🙂 Of course suzysman is one of the more intelligent posters here, so it’s all good.
“Suzy” isnt actually my wife; its an inside joke. But thank ya
Actually Pagan is a good player. He did a really good job for the Mets last season. If I have a team that has a hole in the OF and full rotation (White Sox), I’d get Pagan.
Oh, and as far as what the Met’s could get for Angel. Well, there are reports from earlier in the offseason stating they might have been talking to the Royals about a Pagan for Guillen and a cash swap. It was prior to the Bay, Pods and Ankiel signings though, so the Mets already filled the “LF with power” desire they had while KC no longer has a need for a CF capable outfielder.
If Pridie can’t break a .300 OBP in his second season in AAA, there may not be much hope for him offensively in the bigs.
Dustin Martin should move up to the top of the list for backup center fielders. He was solid at AA in 2008, struggled at AAA in 2009, but absolutely torched the Winter Leagues this season. Other than that, there’s not much… surprising they let go of Pridie.
Jacque Jones isn’t being signed as a legitimate center field option I’m sure, although to his credit, he’s got a nice career UZR there at 11.2 through almost 2,000 innings. Granted, he’s 35 and has been out of baseball for a year so that’s likely a moot point…
that Delmon/Pridie/Harris trade for Garza/Bartlett/Morlan was really something. Not Bill Smith’s best piece of work.
An All-Star pitcher and short stop, both under team control and cheap.
Disgusting, isn’t it? At least it handed the Rays a World Series appearance, that has to bring Smith some good karma, right?
I’ll pull for Revere to have a solid spring training and start the year in AAA.
That would be awesome. I love Ben Revere I would love to see him in the Big leagues this year but the thing is, He is a potential starting OF. so the more grooming the better.
And they just keep adding those replacement-level or below players…
I just dont understand how Omar thinks 5 stars and 30 scrubs will produce positive results.
We need some star players to start in Brooklyn for this years renaming of the minor league stadium. “Come see Jason Pridie here, only at the new MCU Park!”
please note: I had to scroll up because in the middle of typing this nugget of sarcasm, I forgot the dudes name. Star Players!
Did Minya do something right?! This defiantly makes the GMJ trade look even more pointless than it could possibly be.
2 thoughts…
1. Could Nick Punto be a legitimate option in CF? He has good instincts and speed, but would those carry over from the IF to the OF. I think he would have more value as a .250 hitter if he posted a UZR somewhere between 5.0 and 8.0 in CF. Maybe even push Delmon for playing time…
2. Would Endy Chavez sign for less than he made last year (just over $2mil) and take a backup position in MN? If he continued with his career .270 average and 10.7 UZR in CF (not the mention 24.8 and 19.8 in LF and RF), he would be another guy who would could push Delmon.
Aren’t Revere and Hicks quality CFs in the pipeline behind Span?