Schneider, widely regarded as one of the better defensive catchers in the league, was hitting just .249/.337/.301 through July 31st. While the Mets liked his character and reputation for being a solid defender, they felt it was time to boost the lineup with a heftier bat.Castro, who was hitting .283/.355/.515 with six home runs for The Bench, has thrown out over 30% of attempted base-stealers over his ten-year career, while Schneider has thrown out nearly 40%. On the other hand, Schneider has allowed proportionally more wild pitches and passed balls than his counterpart on the Bench. Scaling down Schneider's numbers by 39.62%, he has allowed 13.6 passed balls to Castro's 11, and 84.8 wild pitches compared to just 59 for Castro.
The Bench picks up a nice defensive catcher who is making $4 million a year through 2009, while the Starting Lineup receives an offensive boost without emptying the Mets' wallet-- Castro makes just $2.3 million this year and the next.
No cash was included in the deal. New York's General Manager Ramo Ayanim told us, "We feel this deal significantly improves the team going forward. Frankly, we should have done it sooner."
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The steal of the century!
Another interesting stat: For all the talk of how well Brian Schneider handles a pitching staff, Mets pitchers are .250/.332/.403 with Schneider and .235/.303/.354 with Castro. Could be small samples and coincidence, but either way it really destroys the "handles pitchers well" argument for Schneider.
Lame Mets Blog, way to jack a google alert with a crummy headline.
Jack a google alert, eh? I'm sorry if my humor post messed up your web application. That was not my intention. Nor is it my prerogative to please you. Kindly vacate.
This will really hurt the Mets in Scrappiness Quotient (SQ), Gamer Average (GA), and Grittiness to Talent Average (GTA). I hope they find someone small, white, and bad at baseball to replace him!
What I want to know is, will Castro replace Schneider in his weekly WFAN radio spot?
Seriously, this does point up the fact that sometimes some things you can do to improve a team are often simply and right in front of your face.
The next thing to do is never play Marlon Anderson again.
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nice - great scoop, JP. this will clearly boost the mets from 'losers' to 'winners' in the MSM trade deadline team grading.
firing marlon anderson is definitely step 2.
I guess Schneider is an upgrade from Lo Duca and Estrada - who both got released this week - but that doesn't mean he doesn't belong squarely on the bench! Now if only Jerry Manuel will stop batting Castro eighth ...
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