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From: Ruben on 12 Dec 2009 21:53


If the Mets need some thunder off the bech and a platoon for Murph (not to
mention a 3 back up catcher), the Royals released Jacobs.

Ruben

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From: Jim on 12 Dec 2009 22:43
Should have said, Mike Jacobs was released.
Thunder off the "bech" Huh?

If you need some help writing, use your spell checker, or ask a webtv
user for some help.

From: Jimmy on 13 Dec 2009 09:49
"If the Mets need some thunder off the bech and a platoon for Murph (not
to mention a 3 back up catcher), the Royals released Jacobs."

Great idea, let's platoon two leftys at first.

From: jonathan on 13 Dec 2009 10:10
On Dec 12, 9:53 pm, Ruben <ru...(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> If the Mets need some thunder off the bech and a platoon for Murph (not to
> mention a 3 back up catcher), the Royals released Jacobs.
>
> Ruben
>

Your obsession for Jacobs aside . . .

1. Jacobs has never caught an inning at the major league level,
primarily because he was SO BAD in the minors that nobody would even
attempt him there, even in an emergency situation.

2. I don't know if you've noticed this, but Jacobs can't hit. His
career OBP against RHP is .325. Let's not even talk about LHP. How
many players can the Mets possibly cram into this lineup who can't get
on base? They already have Francoeur, the Molina/Santos/Blanco/Coste
out machine, whatever happens in LF (my money's on Angel Pagan), and
now 1B. You're going to end up with 5 lineups spots (including the
pitcher) that can't get on base at all. Assuming Reyes/Beltran/Wright/
Castillo play all 162 games next year, the Mets may score 600 runs.
The saddest part is Castillo is actually good news in this lineup at
this point.

3. Jacobs makes Delgado look like a defensive whiz. He certainly
makes Murphy look like a defensive whiz. For someone who pines for
the days of Keith Hernandez, you couldn't find a more opposite player
then Jacobs both offensively and defensively. Maybe you're pining for
Dave Kingman instead and haven't realized it?

4. Jacobs and Murphy both hit LH. How does that work in a platoon?

From: Ruben Safir on 14 Dec 2009 20:23
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:10:14 -0800, jonathan wrote:

> On Dec 12, 9:53 pm, Ruben <ru...(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
>> If the Mets need some thunder off the bech and a platoon for Murph (not
>> to mention a 3 back up catcher), the Royals released Jacobs.
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
> Your obsession for Jacobs aside . . .
>
> 1. Jacobs has never caught an inning at the major league level,
> primarily because he was SO BAD in the minors that nobody would even
> attempt him there, even in an emergency situation.
>
> 2. I don't know if you've noticed this, but Jacobs can't hit. His
> career OBP against RHP is .325. Let's not even talk about LHP. How
> many players can the Mets possibly cram into this lineup who can't get
> on base? They already have Francoeur, the Molina/Santos/Blanco/Coste
> out machine, whatever happens in LF (my money's on Angel Pagan), and now
> 1B. You're going to end up with 5 lineups spots (including the pitcher)
> that can't get on base at all. Assuming Reyes/Beltran/Wright/ Castillo
> play all 162 games next year, the Mets may score 600 runs. The saddest
> part is Castillo is actually good news in this lineup at this point.
>
> 3. Jacobs makes Delgado look like a defensive whiz. He certainly makes
> Murphy look like a defensive whiz. For someone who pines for the days
> of Keith Hernandez, you couldn't find a more opposite player then Jacobs
> both offensively and defensively. Maybe you're pining for Dave Kingman
> instead and haven't realized it?
>
> 4. Jacobs and Murphy both hit LH. How does that work in a platoon?


1st baseman are LH. It works using Jacobs to hit RH pitchers and Murph
hitting the Left handed pitchers plus an occasional RH as the numbers
dictate. By platooning your hopefully covering up the weak points of
players using a judicious platoon. Unlike Francour, Jacobs actually has
actually power averaging a long ball every 19.3HR per at bat. His use as
a catcher would be emergency only, and he could do that for a few
innings, and would eliminate the need for that 3rd empty roster spot on
the 40 man and on the bench. Most importantly, I see perhaps his best
roll as a PH with thunder off the bench, and since he was released, he
would cost nothing.

FWIW - he averages 3.83 pitches per PA, which isn't that bad, and his
liefetime OPS+ versus RH pitchers is 110 and he's in his prime. Where
Jacobs gets really here is when he's behind in the count. Look at his
numbers when he is ahead in the count, and compare them to other
players. But he is useless even after an 0-1 count.


Ruben
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