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In a post to MLB Trade Rumors, Tim Dierkes provides his second-annual Top 50 Free-Agent list, complete with where he believes each player will end up signing.
…i consider tim’s opinion, because he keeps a very close eye on more or less every story written when it comes to, well, MLB trade rumors and free-agents…
According to Dierkes, in his opinion, the Mets will re-sign Luis Castillo this off season, add RHP Carlos Silva to their rotation, and replace Paul Lo Duca with Yorvit Torrealba, though, “A Ramon Hernandez trade seems to be a popular alternative.”
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Carlos Silva, Castillo part II and Torrealba.. World Series here we come!!
Sounds like the same old “Los Mets” to me! Again I don’t care what race of the players we acquire are, but I want the best players…and these players flat out stink, no other wayt to say it. Silva stinks and is very, very “hittable”- and he probably has the worst K/9 in MLB history…Torrealba is a more of a backup than a starter and had one big game in the playoffs- big deal…and Ramon Hernandez looks really old and washed up- and he’d be even worse in the NL without havinig the DH spot to stay fresh. I’d sign Castro or LoDuca at catcher…and would not consider Silva or Glavine (godforbid). Minaya will probably try to get Bartolo Colon and/or Jose Contreras- which would also be huge mistakes. Seriously this is why I wanted Minaya out of here, I just have no confidence in him especially after the atrocious last month he had as GM and all of the horrific trades of Heath Bell, Bannister, Lindstrom, Owens, etc..enough is enough. I would also definitely get Delgado out of here with his loafing and bad attitude and the fact that he hides from reporters after he has a bad game- not to mention the fact that he is now a human strikeout maching and cannot catch up to or lay off of the inside fastball…also a butcher in the field.. but Minaya will keep him I’m sure
I totally agree with mistermet
I meant the atrocious last YEAR* Minaya had as GM in my comment above.
Thanks for your empty criticisms. Unfortunately, you harp on minor moves that made total sense at the time and dealt from a position of strength. Bannister and Bell were not and would not be successful in Queens. It is on record that Bell clashed with Rick Peterson and hated playing here. Bannister’s BABIP was 4th-lowest in the league among starters; you complain about Silva’s K/9, but Bannister’s was just as bad with a much worse K/BB and lower IP. Wanna know what we call that in the business? A fluke year.
You pick up a flamethrower like Burgos, and old AAAA relievers become expendable. Owens had arm problems and missed over half the year, and Lindstrom had a good year that Burgos might have exceeded had he stayed healthy. Unfortunately, he had to have Tommy John surgery. Unless you are clairvoyant, it is impossible to foretell a catastrophic injury.
You want the “best players” on your squad– A-Rod and Santana, I assume– and I’m sure you’re willing to pay the former the monster contract he will undoubtedly receive and the latter the huge extension he is definitely due. If you want to strap your team financially by throwing $550 million at two players, one of whom has a psychological aversion to the New York media, be my guest.
In the meantime, I’ll gladly sign Silva, who will fill the important role of innings-eater. Good luck finding All-Stars at every position.
For the record, Omar is acquiring Ronny Paulino from Pittsburgh, a much younger catcher who hits for more power, to play behind the plate for “Los Mets” in 2008. And no, you would not make a better GM than Minaya, and no, he is not going anywhere. After his solid performance in just three years with turning around the organization’s young talent, he shouldn’t be.
You make good points, but I will have to disagree about trading Owens and Lindstrom.
Trading Bell and Ring was one thing. They had their shots here and didn’t pan out. Personally, I didn’t think they got a fair shake, especially Bell, but whatever. It didn’t work out and they needed to be dealt. I get that.
I kind of get the Bannister for Burgos trade, but for a team that had rotation issues, it didn’t make sense to deal their #5 starter. And you’re right, Burgos should have had Lindstrom’s season, at the least… so why deal Lindstrom?
You want to trade Owens while he is at his peak value (him being a converted catcher and all), that’s fine too, but trading Lindstrom was dumb. He was supposedly coming into his own and could touch 100 mph. And on a team with questions in the pen, they really should have been holding onto arms rather than dealing them away.
In short, I questioned then, and still question the Bannister and Lindstrom trades. They could have probably combined the two in one deal and actually landed someone decent.
Age was also a factor in the Owens/Lindstrom deal. It was a trade of our 27/28 year-old AAAA arms (Lindstrom throws near 100, sure, but he still hasn’t developed movement on his pitches), for the Marlins’ AAAA arms that are younger, and thus have more time to develop into major league arms.
Also, Omar was working under the assumption that Padilla and Sanchez, two guys with quantifiable ML success, would be 100 percent, making Lindstrom expendable enough to warrant taking the chance on the Marlins’ two younger guys.
Now, I hope that he doesn’t make the same mistake, and stockpiles arms this offseason that we can later move for any piece we might need come July, should Padilla and Sanchez return.
squad… you make a good point about Lindstrom, but looking back to the off-season, Pelfrey was gonna be slotted into the #5 slot, Humber and Mulvey were right behind him, and Bannister did not figure into the rotation very well. He was expendable.
Also, I think you’re reversing the problems; the Mets were “supposed” to have starting rotation issues because Maine and Perez were not “supposed” to pan out like they did… Minaya was prudent to have known better and held fast to the Zito demands, then pass on other FA mediocre arms (Jeff Suppan… ugh…). What they did have, however, was a brilliant bullpen and did not anticipate having to scramble to sign Schoeneweis after Bradford was overwhelmed by Baltimore. The Schoeneweis signing was a decent one, which was shown by his end-of-season performance after he recovered from the tendon injury in his leg.
I dunno, but I was worried about the pen. I figured Wagner was in line for a rebound season and I liked Feliciano, but he also had the following issues: Heilman (tennis elbow), Duaner (shoulder), Padilla (tommy john), and Mota (steroid suspension). He lost Bradford, and while the Schoenweiss signing was a good one, he left himself with Joe Smith, Burgos, and Jorge Sosa as their only bullpen depth. Oh yeah, and having Sele in the pen all year was brutal.
Say what you want, but you really can’t totally depend on guys coming back from surgery. There is no such thing as minor surgery… and the Mets were depending on 3 guys coming off of surgery last year. And what did Omar do? He traded 4 close to the big league relievers for one reliever with upside, one that stunk (adkins), and two soft tossing, junk balling, lefties.
As for Lindstrom’s age… who cares. He develops when he develops. If he looked like he was turning a corner, why not give him a shot? Lindstrom never even had a shot on the Mets. And say what you want about his fastball, but he looked pretty damn good when he was blowing us away on the last weekend of the season.
And I had plenty of confidence in Maine and Perez, as Minaya obviously did because he really didn’t take many steps to provide a contingency plan should they fizzle out.
Sosa, Sele, and Park? Give me a break.
Again, Humber was coming off of surgery, and Mulvey really didn’t come close to breaking into the bigs this year.
I just felt like Minaya’s maneuvers this offseason were kind of pointless and ill timed. I felt like he could have built up the value of these guys a bit more, or at the least acquired a better package than Vargas/Bostick.
Bannister’s BABIP was 4th-lowest in the league among starters;
If you have to use such a speculative stat such as BABIP to make a case against Bannister then your case is pretty weak.
Bannister was moderately successful in his first stint in Queens (before his accident) and you have no clue how he might have done this year. It’s pure speculation to say he would not be successful in Queens, and I can tell you one thing — I would have bet that a healthy Bannister would have been more successful than Williams, Lawrence and Park, winning at the very least 1 more game than the trio. And 1 more game would have meant the playoffs.
Further, Burgos had a rep for a low pitching IQ — ie, he would rear back and throw at full velocity at the start of spring training. So perhaps knowing his lack of pitching smarts maybe one should have foreseen some sort of arm problems.
I also think this excuse about age when you’re talking about 26 year olds is bogus. Especially when you’re getting back players who have a history of failure in the majors.
Haha, nice…
Nice to be on the same side of an argument for a change.
if it isn’t batting average, home runs, rbi’s or runs scored, vcarver thinks it’s a “made up statistic”!
Wow, you are totally clueless.
OK, so we know who you do NOT want. Tell us who you DO want. You can only get players that are avaiable, after all.
This is my deepest fear–that the GM who tried to introduce Sammy Sosa Redux would bring back the Baseball Blob from Lower Slobbovia–yours truly–Bartolo Colon. lOrd give us strength. Why not sign Orlando Cepeda–or is he dead?
silva is very bad
Torrereal-not-able stinks. Mets are better off with LoDuca. Silva gives up a ton of hits and can’t strike anyone out. Better off signing a Steve Tracshcan type - would save 4-5 million for basically the same stats. Omar is going to have to sacrafice in a huge way (bigger than milledge and humber) to get pitching.
horrendous play on words with Yorvit and trachsel
not wanting torrealba does not necessitate Lo Puca. there is not a natural progression here. Ramon Hernandez gets tired? what makes LoPuca home run trot out his DP grounders? Paul loPuca–the human hemmorhoid
Silva’s actually a very solid #3-4 option, slotting in right behind Petey, Maine and Ollie- he eats innings, doesn’t walk batters, and gives up more ground balls than fly balls. While his GB/FB ratio has gotten closer and closer to 1, he still lead the league in DPs behind him.
Is he a staff ace? No. But he is what we lacked all season- a dependable starter who regularly saves the bullpen and keeps his team in games. Silva recorded 20 quality starts with the Twins this season. By comparison, only Glavine on the Mets staff recorded more (he had 23).
Add in the typical stat bump that pitchers have making the AL to NL shift, and I’d take him on the Mets staff in a heartbeat.
Get that rational thought out of here!
You hit the nail on the head. The 5th starter spot killed this team all year and probably cost them the playoffs. If they had a Silva type they could have easily won the division.
Gospel truth spoken !
Do you care that he’s going to be grossly overpaid?
Whenever it’s not my money, who cares? If it winds up raising ticket prices, wouldn’t people rather pay more to watch a ring ceremony?
Not really. They’re all grossly overpaid
Silva is yet another 5 to 6 inning picther who gives up way too many baserunners. He is a bullpen burner. Do we really need another guy like that? C’mon, Omar, find a way to get us a #1 or #2 starter.
I would eat my first born child to get Lincecum…
strangely not the least sane comment I’ve read in this post…
agreed!
Living in Boston and seeing Schilling pitch over the last few seasons, I think we should seriously consider signing him — all he wants is a one year deal.
Yes, he’s almost as old as Glavine, and yes he got injured right after his overpowering one-hitter in June, but after he came back he proved he can still pitch. With off-season rehab he may well be the hard-thrower he was before the relatively minor injury.
He would be a upgrade in every way over Glavine (ERA was over half a run lower in a much tougher league), including in the guts department. He would also be a great mentor for Maine, and as much as a clubhouse leader as a pitcher can be.
The only downside I see is that the rumor here in Boston is that he and Pedro did not get along — maybe Pedro resented the new guy coming into town and getting all the attention.
If Pedro gives his OK I’m all for this deal. It’s a short term solution in a situation where there probably is no long term solution this year.