http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.jsThe Mets signed two free agents to big league deals today at the winter meetings. No, it isn’t Cliff Lee and Carl Crawford. It’s Ronny Paulino and D.J. Carrasco. A backup catcher and a middle reliever aren’t much to get excited about. But for the Mets, it’s about all we’re going to get.
Ronny Paulino should split time with Josh Thole behind the plate. But I would guess that it won’t be a straight platoon situation. I think Thole should get about 70% of the playing time with Paulino playing occasionally against lefties. Paulino is going to be here on a 1-year/$1.3 million contract and still has a few games on a steroid suspension from last year to serve out. He’s not bad offensively so he won’t be an automatic out coming off the bench.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 24 | PIT | NL | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 195 | 2 |
| 2006 | 25 | PIT | NL | 129 | 481 | 442 | 37 | 137 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 79 | .310 | .360 | .394 | .754 | 96 | 174 |
| 2007 | 26 | PIT | NL | 133 | 494 | 457 | 56 | 120 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 79 | .263 | .314 | .389 | .703 | 83 | 178 |
| 2008 | 27 | PIT | NL | 40 | 130 | 118 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .212 | .277 | .305 | .582 | 56 | 36 |
| 2009 | 28 | FLA | NL | 80 | 266 | 239 | 24 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 48 | .272 | .340 | .423 | .762 | 99 | 101 |
| 2010 | 29 | FLA | NL | 91 | 344 | 316 | 31 | 82 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 51 | .259 | .311 | .354 | .665 | 76 | 112 |
| 6 Seasons | 475 | 1720 | 1576 | 157 | 431 | 77 | 1 | 31 | 192 | 4 | 2 | 129 | 281 | .273 | .328 | .383 | .711 | 86 | 603 | |||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 587 | 537 | 54 | 147 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 96 | .273 | .328 | .383 | .711 | 86 | 206 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 26 | KCR | AL | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.82 | 50 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80.1 | 82 | 44 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 355 | 102 | 1.519 |
| 2004 | 27 | KCR | AL | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.84 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 100 | 1.585 |
| 2005 | 28 | KCR | AL | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.79 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114.2 | 129 | 67 | 61 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 511 | 92 | 1.570 |
| 2008 | 31 | CHW | AL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.96 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 117 | 1.138 |
| 2009 | 32 | CHW | AL | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.76 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.1 | 103 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 405 | 125 | 1.414 |
| 2010 | 33 | TOT | NL | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.68 | 63 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | 68 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 330 | 113 | 1.302 |
| 2010 | 33 | PIT | NL | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.88 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 | 50 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 105 | 1.293 |
| 2010 | 33 | ARI | NL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 135 | 1.324 |
| 6 Seasons | 23 | 18 | .561 | 4.31 | 244 | 23 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 440.2 | 453 | 231 | 211 | 36 | 183 | 17 | 285 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1922 | 106 | 1.443 | |||
| 162 Game Avg. | 6 | 5 | .561 | 4.31 | 62 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 115 | 59 | 54 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 489 | 106 | 1.443 | |||
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