Read: Fixing the Mets
At his blog for ESPN.com, Peter Gammons provides a listing of what the Mets should do this off-season.
Gammons believes the Mets should learn from their failure to maintain their seven-game lead down the stretch by looking at the their division foe to the south, the Phillies, writing…
“The Phillies are a player-driven team, the best kind of team, and tinkered only with the pitching staff. No one had to psycho-analyze the Phillies, because Jimmy Rollins and Aaron Rowand and Chase Utley come crashing to the park every day and grill it up. Do the Mets need more of that? Yes.”
Gammons even goes so far to suggest the Mets try and sign Rowand, who is a free-agent at the end of season, to play right field.
According to Gammons, Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph need to develop a “stronger partnership,” such as Indians GM Mark Shapiro and Manager Eric Wedge.
Gammons also believes the Mets should hire Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, trade Lastings Milledge for a Joe Blanton-type pitcher, let Mike Pelfrey and Philip Humber develop, trade for C Ramon Hernandez, and, of course, stop worrying about the Yankees.
…i agree, for the most part, with gammons on all fronts, especially when it comes to the idea of acquiring a few ‘Eric Brynes-types,’ or as gammons puts it, “wall-crashing gamers”…
Over at his blog for WFAN, Eddie Coleman provides a solution for the Mets this off-season, as well, writing…
“Get Johan Santana.”
Coleman believes the Mets should do so by trading Pelfrey, Humber, Aaron Heilman and Milledge to the Twins for Santana.
…mighty high price to pay eddie c., mighty high…and to the twins, that might just be a starting point…my firm belief this off-season is that omar will attempt to deal one of each tandem of pelfrey/humber and milledge/Carlos Gomez for a starting pitcher…i wouldn’t be shocked to see all four get dealt, but that, of course, is pure speculation on my part…
