Comments on: Jan. 27.10: What would change?

By: Steve The Original

Steve The Original — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:21:31 +0000

(25) Harry: I said that if the Mets do LOUSY AGAIN THIS YEAR the free agents will not want to come and the Mets will have to overpay big time to get free agents to come here. I’m certain that if the Mets go 89 and 73 like the 2008 Yankees then they’ll be back in play for premium free agents. So sorry, i’m 100% correct. Might I suggest a reading comprehension course for yourself to take?

By: jim bmore

jim bmore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:43:34 +0000

“Because in the United States of America, going to college should not make you go broke.

Here Here

By: jim bmore

jim bmore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:38:17 +0000

i have lost 95% of my confidence in Omar, Jeff, etc.
I just dont think they are innovative or even proactive when it comes to this team
epstein, cashman, beane…all think about the move now and the next 2 or 3 moves…all u hear on the mets is they are in on one player, if that works out maybe abother
there is no long term plan or commitment

if speech reading was all a President had to do, Barack Obama would be one hell of a leader

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:21:20 +0000

By the way, it looks like the Mets are going to re-sign “Can You Hear the Drums” Fernando, meaning that Delgado is not likely to return.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:58:08 +0000

(26) Just a point of clarification: The right player at the right time is Gary Matthews, Jr., not Jason Bay.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:56:08 +0000

(27) I don’t know if I qualify as a Met fanatic when I say I expect a healthy Escobar to be more productive than an injured Putz.

To be sure, though, Escobar and the Japanese import (I’ll learn to spell his name someday) are likely replacing the likes of Stokes, Green and Elmer Diddy.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:49:27 +0000

(24) I agree the Phils have done a better job with the win-now mode, but that’s also reflective of the ages of their players. Their core of Howard-Utley-Rollins are all the same age — and that’s about four years older than Reyes-Wright. As such, there are different windows for these teams, based on different places in the lifecycle of their core players. If the Phils don’t win in the next 2-3 years, it might not make sense to throw more gobs of money at mid-30s players; in contrast, the Mets should, theoretically, have another a longer lifecycle for their core of Reyes and Wright.

It’s worth noting that the 2006 rotation that took the Mets a game from the World Series was composed of aging veterans like Glavine, Pedro, Trachsel and El Duque; the average age of this quartet was 37. In 2007, the Mets replaced two of these with a 26-yr-old Maine and a 25-yr-old Perez, each of whom won 15 games and performed above league-average; in 2008, they broke in a 24-yr-old Pelfrey who posted an above-average season and added a 29-yr-old ace in Santana. In other words, in the span of two years, the average age of their starting four went from 37 to 26 — a huge differential, as the Mets got remarkably younger in a very short period of time. Indeed, last year, the Mets as a team, were about two years younger than the Phils. Different windows mean different plans.

As for any of the alphabet plan being an upgrade, I don’t agree. Lackey would have been an upgrade, but I’m not sure he’ll be healthy enough to warrant a five-year deal at $83 million. Sheets? He hasn’t been healthy in years. Piniero? Wasn’t he released not too long ago? Marquis and Garland? Consistently mediocre — their advantage, if any, seems to be that they’ve remained healthy. I think in each case, outside of Lackey and Sheets (who pose health risks), the Mets are likely to get similar production out of their current rotation, if said rotation is healthy.

You mention in (27) that Maine hasn’t been good since early 2007; I would probably put it at 2008, when he and Ollie both slumped down to league-average performers. I think when this duo is healthy and doing poorly, they’re league-average; when they’re healthy and doing well, they’re above-average, as they showed in 2007. I don’t see Piniero and Marquis as having anything over them, except possibly health.

By: Harry Chiti

Harry Chiti — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:44:01 +0000

23. “Why will the Mets be better than they were in ‘09? Health!This is virtually the same team that was picked by many “experts” to win the NLE (and beyond)last year, except we’ve added Bay, improved the pen, and have a Castillo coming off a .302/.387 season instead of the miserable ‘08 one.
The ’09 team was supposed to have the great4st 8/9th inning duo in modern times. Putz and KROSD. Nobody but a few Met fanatics think this bullpen is improved. Yes, we added, Bay but gee we lost Delgado who carried the team singlehandedly for two months in 08. Wash at best. And most people said the Mets were one offensive force short going into ’098. Still one short then Castillo was better last year, his defense is worse. We have no center fielder for XYZ amount of time. The catching is actually worse than the one rthat started ’09. Seems impossible but it is. The starters cannot be trusted. Maine has been hurt or mediocre since May of ’07, Pelfrey has deteriorated too much to have confidence in and OP, has lost the faith of even his most ardent supporters. So, its easy to say if everybody’s healthy, which of course is already not the case, then they have to be better. Doesn’t make them contenders.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:42:07 +0000

the answer is our problems start at the top.

change ownership

that won’t happen but that is ultimately what needs to be done.

beltran – a disgrace. no wonder no one wants to sign with us.

castillo – we overpaid for an aging player who has been injured. matket rate was not 4 yrs at 6 per.

perez – see castillo

we had a huge hole in power and the OF. we solved both with bay. did we overpay? perhaps. but i am not upset about the signing. he is the right player at the right time. who is to say we will get any of the players next year? he helps us now and for the next few years. if we get one the OF’s next year we can always move someone. if FMart ever becomes a player we can always move someone.

The other need was pitching. It seems to me we could have had a pitcher for 5/6 million for one year who would have helped us. I have no faith in ollie/maine/pelf until they can prove they can pitch. and our ace has been hurt two years in a row and we have no #5 and depth has been an issue for 4 straight years.

ollie is a ten year pro who needs to be babied because he does not know how to pitch.

maine is always injured

pelf doesnt trust his stuff.

we have a rotation of one and we did not go out and get pitching help.

good job minaya.

By: Harry Chiti

Harry Chiti — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:36:15 +0000

22. Steve O; As usual lately, you are 100% wrong. The Mets performance will have nothing to do with the FA class. You are living in fantasy. If your theoiry had any semblance of substance then after the NYY failure to make the playoffs in ’08 FAs like Tex and CC etc wouldn’t have come. you must have spent the holidays with Jeffy. If you or him think that players are rushing to come to NY without getting better pay, then yopur posts next winter will be the same as this yearr’s. I didn’t want x or Y or Z for that price.
23. Why should Omar give a hoot if he gets beaten in the press. His job is to win games, and divisons and pennants and World Series. Since he’s been a failure with a giant payroll he gets attacked. Cashman was attacked in 08 every day. Now he is the boy genius. Wonder why!