Comments on: Article 254 on Blowing Up the Mets

By: caseyB

caseyB — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:43:19 +0000

Also, the suggestion that the Mets trade K-Rod is blatantly inane. He’s not just the best reliever in the Mets bullpen, but still one of the top relievers in the game. If the Mets traded him, they’d just have to get another closer this winter and there isn’t a better one available on the market.

It was the lack of a closer and decent pen that did the Mets in during 2008 — when Wagner went on DL for TJ surgery. This idea that they should trade their closer and one of their best and most valuable assets just makes no sense at all.

Anyone looking at K-Rod’s numbers keep this in mind — he has had few save opportunities in the second half and hasn’t had the opportunity to pitch much. He’s gone stretches of many days without pitching, and many think when he did get into games during the second half he was rusty.

By: caseyB

caseyB — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:24:40 +0000

Stark’s article is a bunch of garbage. For a good part of the first half of this season, the Mets were in first place or only a few games out. It was only AFTER the injuries kept pilling up and Beltran went on the DL that the team spiraled out of contention. I can only conclude Stark is a Phillies fan. It’s in his interst to see the Mets jettison all-star players, get weaker, and make it easier for the Phillies to compete.

As for Heath Bell, cut the crap about his FIP. The fact is, he couldn’t pitch in NY and he didn’t get along with Peterson. And he didn’t have much trade value at the time due to his putrid major league numbers. Many will point to Bell as one of Omar’s biggest mistakes but if you look at things objectively, it was a trade that was almost inevitable.

Omar has made a lot of mistakes as GM, but the Bell trade is only a mistake in pure hindsight — unlike, say, leaving Flores unprotected. Now that was a mistake.

By: H

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:03:21 +0000

I find it interesting that you differentiate Putz from garbage.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:05:54 +0000

but, but, but…
VETERAN PRESENSE!

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:24:29 +0000

I really do love when writers try to attribute all team struggles to the stars. When will people learn teams like the Mets can struggle not for what they pay Beltran, but what they pay guys like Ollie Perez?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:47:57 +0000

That’s not any more far fetched than the earlier post saying the Mets could get Billingsley and Martin for Putz and garbage.

By: Matty

Matty — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:16:52 +0000

Why take the Putz option? He hasn’t been successful since Nam, he’s expensive and an injury risk. Would definitely block the Mets from getting Holliday.

Also I’m done with Delgado and I guarantee he gets a $4-5 million deal to DH anyway. Murphy/Tatis will make a fine 1B platoon, especially when they have Reyes, Castillo, Beltran, Wright, Holliday and Pagan in front of them and a Thole/Santos platoon holding up the rear.

By: Nats Fan

Nats Fan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:33:05 +0000

Time for huge cost cutting and youth. Trade Beltran for Elijah Dukes, Santana for Colin Baelster and JD Martin, Reyes for Alberto Gonzalez and Christian Guzman. ( ….. please ….)

By: PhDBrian

PhDBrian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:20:33 +0000

Frankly you do not need to add much to Santana/Reyes/Wright/Beltran to get a winning team. But, I am unsure the franchise has enough money right now to help next season.

By: PhDBrian

PhDBrian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:15:24 +0000

Mets do not have the money they once had. Madoff took it! So the free spending argument is a bust this offseason. What is going to happen is a couple of losing years until they can get some decent draft picks they can trade for talent. Meanwhile they will be a top heavy team. 4 superstars and a bunch of replacement or near replacement level players. But that team should be somewhat competitive thanks to the stars.