gregjefferies09

Could push Delgado to actually play.

"Reds Designate Hatteberg
1:42pm: It's done - the Reds have designated Hatteberg for assignment to make room for Bruce.

9:30am: The Reds haven't announced the corresponding move to Jay Bruce's callup yet. John Fay wonders whether they'll opt to designate Scott Hatteberg for assignment, noting his well-diminished role on the team. I speculated back in April that Hatteberg might be a good replacement for Carlos Delgado or complement to Richie Sexson.

Corey Patterson has to be worried as well, since Bruce is expected to take over as the regular center fielder. Patterson is hitting just .201/.242/.354 in 155 plate appearances."


From MLBTraderumors.

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Deepleft34

Sign him yesterday!!

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gregjefferies09

From metsblog:

Willie Randolph told reporterd that Carlos Delgado will be out of tonight’s lineup so he can “clear his head.”

…in other words, sit over there young man, and think about what you’ve done…or, have not done…

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Masters of Superiority

I hope they sign him.

And everyone should pray that he brings the same veteran leadership and on-field impact that acquiring Jeff Conine did last y.... ... oops.

It would be interesting to see another guy in here, if for nothing else than someone else to look at aside from the other bums, but I think if this team added Albert Pujols, Brandon Webb, Lance Berkman and Chase Utley, the four of them would take on the slump-shouldered, distant-stare complacency the rest of these schmucks are wearing like so much Drakkar Noir these days.

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Masters of Superiority

Maybe they should send him down, so he could try "clearing his waivers."

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gregjefferies09

I say sign him, bring up Pascucci, and trade Delgado for a reliever.

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I was about to ask if Delgado would need a day to 'rest' with a phenom lefty poised to kick his ass. How surprising.

As for Hatty, no thanks

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MrHat

Oh joy about the only other guy out there who actually hits and fields worse than Delgado..... yay.

Get Delgado gone and bring up Carp...there's a move worth actually trying, this would be a waste of time.

gregjefferies09

Why Carp? Pascucci has 10 bombs in 25 games in AAA.

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I think simply seeing another power-hitting Italian playing first base (the last one was pretty interesting, to say the least) would be compelling enough to watch a few games. Because the team they have been fielding the past few months has been a f*cking Ivory-Merchant-level bore-fest.

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Deepleft34

Steve Balboni!

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METSSC

Best move willie's ever made and hopefully a prelude to his permanent dismissal.

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MrHat

Because he's a 30 year retread. Hey I'm willing to give anyone a shot, but IMO you're talking about AAAA player ala Raul Gonzalez and the like.

I'm not a big fan of Carp either, but he's all of 22 or 23...if he can stick, he's a guy they could count on for a long time.

gregjefferies09

"According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday, "the Mets have some, but only some" interest in recently-designated first baseman Scott Hatteberg. Davidoff says the Mets will wait until Hatteberg clears waivers and then perhaps see if Hatteberg is open to a minor league deal.

Hatteberg is a left-handed hitter who succeeds against righties (as is often the case). Carlos Delgado hasn't succeeded against anyone this year, but previously he had the same splits as Hatteberg. The two don't match up for a platoon, but it'd make sense for the Mets to keep Hatteberg at Triple A until they decide whether to cut Delgado (.215/.294/.387 in 204 PAs)."

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He is a 30 year old minor league lifer that's why. I rather see Murphy called up though.