ieatcurry wrote:did ruben gotay play any 1st last year...or was he just on second?
i remember somebody else playing 1st, maybe it was marlon anderson or something.....i forget who
Nope. Mostly played 2nd Base and was a Pinch Hitter
link - scroll down to the bottom.
he played
5 games at SS
2 games at 3rd.
Easley & Anderson played very limited time at 1B last year. I think, 2 games for Anderson, 3 games for Easley.
The Primary 1B Backup was Shaun (I'm a singles hitter now) Green. Since Green's no longer with the team, this team might be on the lookout for a more reliable backup 1st baseman, but, with the 25 man roster already pretty stacked and a handful of IB prospects in the minors (none of them clearly ready) - it's firmly in the "who knows" category.
IB prospects in the minors:
Mike (I haven't learned to hit lefties yet) Carp - former 1st round pick.
32 year old, Cuban Phenom "The Hit Machine" Michel Abreu (funny thing, the redsox cut him cause he lied about his age), still, he hasn't had AB one in the majors and he's nearly 33. He's also not a good defender.
Nick Evans, maybe a year away, as he was in single A last year, but he might be the best of the bunch. Some think quite highly of him.
and I don't know if Brett Harper is still with the team. He was last year and he did OK. He's the odd man out, having to play a bunch of OF last year with Carp at 1B.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/brett-harper.shtml,
(note, this prospect report is a year old, maybe somebody has a more recent one) - scroll down to 1st Base review.
http://metsprospecthub.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html