Comments on: Dec. 30.09: FLASH: METS TO SIGN BAY.

By: Steve The Original

Steve The Original — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:05:50 +0000

(124) Ray: I’m getting closer to turning you to the dark side. Now if I can get the notion out of your head that F-Mart is too old to be a serious prospect at the age of 21, your training will be complete!

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:48:48 +0000

didnt the immortal epstein recently sign lugo to a ridicolus contract recently? Weremt tthe sox crying about the yanks signing contraras away from them? How smart do they look on the Dicek signing now? Epstien has made plenty of mistakes. Delcos you continue to be the most negative mets poster on your own blog.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:29:32 +0000

126. thanks for the support chiti, checks in the mail. should arrive any year now. Bay is gonna help this team. pitching help will come. people like to forget the mets were very close the last few years except lsst when almost the whold team was on the DL. to bring back an old but great saying from the seventies come off it man.

By: Harry Chiti

Harry Chiti — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:05:14 +0000

124. Very impressive comments Sadecki! Bay does repace Delgado’s power. And those that are now complaining that he didn’t get a top pitcher would have complained he didn’t get a power hitter if he had gotten Lackey or Halladay. He improved the team today. A lot.
117. Oh please exactly James. It takes a true true Met hater to suggest the Seattle turn around started the day they made a trade to get nothing.
118. No GM is gonna make all good moves Delcos. That’s why we’re all here. To blast away at the mistakes.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:28:53 +0000

for those complaing about the mets not addressing thier pitching problems, Fmart is now available to any team that wants a teenage hitting machine gone bad. the question is what he can bring back. we are all hoping for arroyo.

By: Ray Sadecki

Ray Sadecki — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:25:53 +0000

this time I am on the side of The optmists on this page. Take a bow Steve the original and James in sc. apoligies to anyone I missed. Omar got his man once again and only for five mil over what his preferred team offered. good job. molina on a two year deal? sorry, I know he is slow but how many fast catchers are around? my only complaint is they should have gotten him a long time ago. Bay is going to make up Delgados production. The option, which we dont know the exacts on provide the mets protection. sorry, its not the fifth year guaranteed as some here want to project.

By: JamesSC

JamesSC — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:30:32 +0000

BTW, MetsBlog and FAN saying that Bengie Molina signing is immenent. If he got him at 1 year and a vesting option that would be some nice work by Omar. I can live with a 2 year deal but would prefer 1 + vesting.

By: JamesSC

JamesSC — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:28:06 +0000

#120, well considering some are arguing that he bid against himself or didn’t understand the market, I would say that it was Omar that was right not John

By: JamesSC

JamesSC — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:26:40 +0000

A vesting option is not exactly the “same” as a 5 year deal as he would have to be healthy and playing for the first four which gives you protection on that last year that you dont have otherwise.

Besides, I didn’t think we have a confirmation on the vesting option, and there are different levels of vesting, if it requires 150 games a year that is very different than 100 in the last year or something.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:17:03 +0000

To be fair to John. He was right. By all accounts Bay wanted nothing to do with Queens and the 4/65 offer.

He and his agent realized that was the last, best offer so they took it.

I think in retrospect, at the time John was right.

In the end, he was wrong. They ended up coming back to the offer.

How is that for fence sitting?