Comments on: Some things about Bengie Molina

By: Ted Berg

Ted Berg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:04:10 +0000

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By: Ted Berg

Ted Berg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:39 +0000

Whatever, that’s just my way of pushing people to subscribe. It’s cheap as hell and quite awesome.

By: Eric Simon

Eric Simon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:47 +0000

Ted Berg: Linking to subscription-only content at BillJamesOnline since 2009.

By: Ted Berg

Ted Berg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:20:52 +0000

This is a fair point about Murphy’s offense — and obviously first basemen should hit much, much better than catchers. The important distinctions between Murph and Molina, though, is that Murphy is 24 and so theoretically on his way up, while Molina is 35 and most certainly on his way down. Also, the Mets would likely have to pay Molina at least 10 times what Murphy will make next season.

By: Oldtimer

Oldtimer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:29:59 +0000

i agree and use the same arguments to say Murphy has no business being the starting 1B. Murphy’s OBP is similar but it’s not average for a 1B it’s the lowest of all 1Bs in the league and he is not a good fielder.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:25:40 +0000

Or as Marty Noble pointed out today

By: Will Shook Down

Will Shook Down — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:22:29 +0000

I wrote about this last week: http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=770

He’s an awful player, vtmet. There’s no debating the issue really. He hits for moderate power and that’s it.

Here’s a prediction: if the Mets sign him to a two year deal, like most guys they sign, he’ll be absolutely useless by the time the contract expires.

By: vtmet

vtmet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:02:12 +0000

In the past 3 seasons, Molina has collected 55 HRs, 77 doubles and 2 triples; driving in 256 runs, collecting 422 hits and only striking out 159 times in 1518 at bats…for a NL catcher post-Piazza, that is solid production…

Do you really need a catcher to draw a lot of walks? What is the point, if he’s not hitting for extra bases, he’s better off giving his legs some rest on the bench…Brian Schneider’s OBP was 72 points higher than his batting average as a Met, how did that help the offense? It didn’t…

Molina’s Catcher’s ERA last season was 3.74, doesn’t give up a lot of passed balls and can throw out runners…he’s not ideal, but he’s not exactly Jorge Posada behind the plate either…Defensively, I’d prefer one of the other Molina brothers but he’s a good handler of pitchers as well…

Ideal catcher? No…but not the worst stop-gap especially considering the lack of RH power that the Mets showed last year…IMO, he’s basically a version of Ramon Castro that is capable of catching 1000+ innings per season…

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:37:59 +0000

Just say no to Bengie Molina. God, he’s terrible.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:47 +0000

Ted, I really hope someone from Minaya’s team is reading your columns and those from Amazin Avenue. Nice job.