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Is Moises Alou Finished?
Mets outfielder Moises Alou is on his third DL stint, and it's only June. No one expected much more than 100 games from him, but this is getting silly.
Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post talked to Mets manager Jerry Manuel, who hinted that Alou could consider retirement. But, as Hubbuch notes, players don't typically abandon millions of dollars. So look for Alou to consider retirement in the offseason. It's a shame his body has broken down; the man can still hit.
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If anything, he should attempt to go to an AL team this offseason and go the Milton Bradley route. The DH has done wonders for Bradley and he only went on the DL when he was forced to play in the OF for an extended period
Posted by: jza1218 | June 23, 2008 at 09:32 AM
"If anything, he should attempt to go to an AL team this offseason and go the Milton Bradley route. The DH has done wonders for Bradley and he only went on the DL when he was forced to play in the OF for an extended period"
The way teams are looking at older players lately, I'd say he's finished after his contract's up. The guy can still hit, but there are lots of other 40+ yr old players who can, and who are out of work too.
Posted by: FineHamAbounds | June 23, 2008 at 09:47 AM
Hubbuch is a pathetic writer. His column today took a perfectly harmless quote out of context to an sickening extreme. It's his kind of irresponsable reporting that is the problem with journalism.
Here's the rediculous article I'm talking about - http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222008/sports/mets/manuel_likens_angry_mets_fans_to_fertili_116707.htm
Here's the conversation it was taken from - http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/06/manuel-not-knocking-fans-with.html
Point is there's no doubt in my mind that this is either more taking an conversation out of context or blatently making something up to get a story. Alou will be back when he's healthy, but he's not going to retire anytime during this season, nor is he mailing it in for the year. All other articles have him being back around the ASB which is about what I would expect....until he's injured again in a week.
Posted by: AdropOFvenom | June 23, 2008 at 11:03 AM
It's an interesting distinction that "the man" can still hit, but "his body" has broken down.
That's like saying Willie Mays or Hank Aaron can still hit, but their bodies have broken down.
I mean, I see the point. Alou comes off the disabled list, hits .333 for a month, and goes right back on the DL. He hasn't shown much of a decline in production, just an increase in injuries. Which is unusual. Usually declining production goes along with age and injury.
Posted by: John Peterson | June 23, 2008 at 11:23 AM
"It's an interesting distinction that "the man" can still hit, but "his body" has broken down.
That's like saying Willie Mays or Hank Aaron can still hit, but their bodies have broken down.
I mean, I see the point. Alou comes off the disabled list, hits .333 for a month, and goes right back on the DL. He hasn't shown much of a decline in production, just an increase in injuries. Which is unusual. Usually declining production goes along with age and injury."
I don't think you make a fair comparison there. Alou's problems have always been with his legs, while he still has the bat speed and eyes to hit the baseball as well as anyone. His production doesn't seem to ever decline, just his games played. And this has been true really his whole career.
Posted by: AA | June 23, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Tim, this is way, way past the point of being silly. The hernia problem is not his fault, I won't blame him for that, but then the guy comes back from the DL, plays a few weeks, rakes, and then goes back on the DL in Atlanta. You know how he got hurt? Neither do I! He was just standing in LF and then he is walking in during the inning and looking fine, next day he is on the DL. That is when this got silly. When he missed 3 weeks with whatever injury that was, then came back and played 1 game, then goes back onto the DL, that is something that towers over "silly". The ridiculous thing is that Alou never gets hurt making a diving catch, or legging out a grounder, or going first to third. He gets hurt taking a dump in the morning, or making a ham sandwich. Thats what is absurd. The thing is, when he gets back, he will rake, because thats what he does.
Finehamabounds, respectufully disagree. There are possibly 3 or 4 40 year olds on the planet that can hit like Alou, not a bunch of them. One is Bonds, and one is Kent. I dont know who the others are. If Alou wants a job, as long as he is not greedy somebody will take a chance on him, most likely in the AL. Even at his age, when he plays he is still easily the best all around hitter the Mets have.
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 23, 2008 at 05:33 PM
"and one is Kent."
Well, Kent can still hit big league pitching at an above average level, but he does not rake like Moises anymore. Alou has the ability to win a batting title still, which is amazing.
Posted by: AA | June 23, 2008 at 07:11 PM
Yeah, thats kind of my point, there really are not tons of 40 year olds who can still rake. Alou can literally sit out for 10 weeks, get back into action, come straight back to the lineup without any rehap starts, and get 4 hits. The guy is unreal. The ways he injures himself are also unreal, unfortunately.
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 23, 2008 at 09:15 PM
rehab*
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 23, 2008 at 09:15 PM
"The way teams are looking at older players lately, I'd say he's finished after his contract's up. The guy can still hit, but there are lots of other 40+ yr old players who can, and who are out of work too."
I see your point, but then Frank Thomas is still around which leads me to believe that there's a chance that Alou catches on somewhere. Jim Edmonds too.
"Well, Kent can still hit big league pitching at an above average level, but he does not rake like Moises anymore. Alou has the ability to win a batting title still, which is amazing."
Last I checked, Kent was stinking it up
Posted by: jza1218 | June 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM
"'Well, Kent can still hit big league pitching at an above average level, but he does not rake like Moises anymore. Alou has the ability to win a batting title still, which is amazing.'
Last I checked, Kent was stinking it up"
Last I checked, Kent was tied for 4th in the NL for HR by a 2B, and he only plays about 5 days a week. Lets also not forget that he went through a slump, which depressed his numbers, and has hit .280 the last month. Not exactly stinking it up.
"The ways he injures himself are also unreal, unfortunately."
This has been covered with Nomar's injuries this year and I think it applies to Alou too. There are just some people who's bodies react to injury in a way that makes them more fragile. Unfortunately, those guys tend to have that kind of body.
Posted by: AA | June 25, 2008 at 05:07 PM