It’s a really rainy day here in New York and I’m working form home. Well I was this morning, now I’m taking a personal day. So I went over to Metsblog.com and was watching some footage from SNY on Brad Emaus. He looked pretty slick out there. Its funny how they make a point of showing him catch a routine fly ball.
I think Second base is going to be an intriguing choice for Terry Collins. I think you have three legitimate candidates.
Lets start with the incumbent … Luis Castillo who was the regular second baseman yesterday is a solid fielder (despite the image above) and when healthy is a valuable asset at the top of the lineup behind Jose Reyes. He is a patient contact hitter who can work the count allowing Reyes to get himself to second and then move him over to third giving the Mets a good chance to score. But he along with Oliver Perez became the face of everything that is wrong with the franchise. I’m pretty sure he invested a chunk of that huge contract Omar gave him with Bernie Madoff.
Next we will look at the man without a position. Daniel Murphy. He can hit, and had he not gotten injured at the beginning of last year, perhaps he is the Mets starting first baseman right now. What he lacks in experience he makes up with determination. HE paled second base in the AFL and in the Dominican this off-season and hopefully he can get some extra instruction from two of the Mets minor league managers who happened to have won rings with the Mets while platooning at second. And with the plan of having Pagan hit after Reyes at the top of the line up, Murphy slots in better in the seven hole.
Lastly we have Brad Emaus who admittedly I know very little about, other than watching that video. From what I read he is a good hitter (albeit he hasn’t played in the majors yet) and a good fielder. Not as good a hitter as Murphy not as good a fielder as Castillo. Hopefully he plays this weekend in one of the games the Mets play this weekend, and I can get a fuller look.
Chin-lung Hu, and Reben Tejada are on the outside of the competition looking in.
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