The Mets announced the minor league signing today of Valentino Pascucci, a 1B/OF who was recently granted his release from the Phillies organization. He was hitting around .230 for the AAA Ironpigs (amazing name, by the way), but his numbers last year were impressive (.284, .389, .577 with 34 HR and 98 RBIs) for the AAA Alburquerque Isotopes. He’s 29 and has never made it up to the majors, but you never know with a guy like this. Could he be the Mets’ Chris Coste?
Meanwhile, the ‘Stache is on his way back. Jose Valentin began baseball activities in PSL and says he hopes to rejoin the big club by the end of May. Doubtful.
Brian Schneider might land on the DL this weekend, according to David Lennon of Newsday. This would allow the Mets to reactivate Moises Alou. Take your time Brian, Alou’s bat is much needed and the last thing we need is for another catcher injury later this year.
Speaking of injuries to catchers, it appears that Ramon Castro will not be rejoining the Mets anytime in the near future after suffering a setback in his rehab assignment. Remember when Mets fans were calling for him to be the team’s starting catcher?
-Jonathan Kraft
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The Pascucci Bandwagon « NL Beast // May 5, 2008 at 4:33 pm
[...] week I wrote about 1B/OF Valentino Pascucci, who the Mets recently acquired from the Phillies organization. [...]