
Troy is looking for a home, heard he ain't asking for much....
BY ANTHONY LAFAMAN
STACHE WRITER
Troy Glaus. Kelvin Escobar. These are the only two names that interest me and fall within the category of low risk, high reward. (Updated, Escobar signed a minor league deal with the Mets). I look at a guy like Troy Glaus and I see a big right handed bat who can play first and third but not everyday. I see Glaus forming a perfect platoon with young Daniel Murphy at first. Not necessarily hitting Glaus against lefties only but getting Troy 300-400 ab’s or so I think we can benefit from that. At a low rate no less.
Escobar missed all of 2009 with a shoulder injury but in 2008 posted 18 wins for the Al West Champion Angels. He has tremendous stuff when healthy and signing him to a minor league deal is a huge bargain for the Mets if he can contribute. Let’s just hope he is as healthy as he says he is because he can break camp as the #2 guy for sure.
These are the type of deals that seperate division winners from basement winners. You get a guy like Glaus, coming off a year in which he had 29 at-bats due to injury and you sign him for peanuts and he pays you in golden nuggets. The non-tendered list that came down Friday has other interesting players on it, our own Michael Ganci is stumping for Ryan Garko.
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