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Mets Acquire Trot Nixon
According to MetsBlog, the Mets have acquired outfielder Trot Nixon from the D'Backs for a player to be named later or cash. The Mets, as you know, are currently weak on corner outfield depth.
Nixon, 34, was hitting .309/.437/.558 in 58 games at hitter-friendly Triple A Tucson. He should probably not go anywhere near a southpaw though.
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This may sound weird for those who knew how he was with Boston, but in Cleveland Nixon was a guy who knew he wasn't the same player anymore and decided to be a good clubhouse guy and keep everybody loose. Turned out to be a pretty good role player...long as he didn't play the outfield of course.
I wonder if the Mets are thinking of this in order to help their clubhouse along with some pinch-hitting. They have to be wound pretty tight right now with the way their season is going.
Posted by: Mike B. | June 13, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Ah, I loved Trot. Awesome player, defined the meaning dirtdog. I remember being at the opening day on his first season as a full time player, he looked like a little kid.
Yeah, he's the kinda clubhouse guy the Mets would need.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | June 14, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Good pickup. He's a better OF option for a prolonged period of time than Tatis, Easley, Anderson, and Aguila (who can be good bench players but nothing more). He's also another guy who can talk to the media; joining Wright and Wagner as the only guys who do.
Posted by: icedrake523 | June 14, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Exactly Ice. This is just to get somebody who can play some corner OF for a couple weeks until Church and Alou are back. It allows our bench players to get back into benchroles which they are more valuable at like you said. A presense to loosten the clubhouse can't hurt right now either. Hopefully he can produce like Shawn Green did last year which would be good enough for right now.
Posted by: nrmax88 | June 14, 2008 at 12:52 AM
As an Indians fan I can say this ~ Great pickup for the clubhouse, miserable pickup if you plan on using him… Because the team has a gigantic clubhouse problem and the talent to win already, I don’t think they can go wrong really…
Posted by: darkstar1661 | June 14, 2008 at 12:52 AM