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On the Mets beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the equivalent of the Gobi desert this season between the likes of Daniel Murphy, Nick Evans and Fernando Tatis in the corner spots. Just a reminder, this was Beltran's contribution in 2008: 161 G ....284 BA ... 376 OBP ... .500 SLG ... 116 R ... 40 2B ... 27 HR ... 112 RBI What else ... Let's see ... Oh yeah, there's nothing the Mets like more than watching one of their former players...
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Mike's Mets (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... member of the lineup to have had 25 HR and over 100 RBI. Minaya nurtured the resurrection of Fernando Tatis. He signed him early in the 2007 season and rehabilitated his career with a season and then some at New Orleans. Upon joining the Mets in 2008, he was just what the doctor ordered, providing clutch hitting for power, surprising speed and better than decent outfield defense,...
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Mets Today (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... NEVER any good, was he? Maybe there should be an award for “Late Bloomer of the Year”. Mets CPOTY: Fernando Tatis NL Rookie of the Year: Geovany Soto Jair Jurrjens is up there too, as is Jay Bruce, but Soto put up the best numbers for a rookie catcher in a long time. Edinson Volquez would be tied with Soto, but he pitched just enough in the junior circuit to remove his rookie status....