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…i finally had a chance to catch up with a few people, ranging from reporters to team employees, and so on, regarding last week’s GM Meetings in Orlando…
…the sense i get is that a lot of pitchers will be talked about as potentially ‘on the market,’ however they’ll never actually be moved, such as Ben Sheets, AJ Burnett, Jake Peavy and Roy Oswalt, as well as Johan Santana and Dontrelle Willis…can they be had…sure, i guess…but, from what i can gather, teams will float their names, and get an idea of their worth, considering the weak free-agent market…however, in the end, they’ll keep what they have because it’s just so darn difficult to find top-quality pitching, and since so very few teams are struggling for money these days, it makes no sense to actually ship that caliber pitcher out of town…in short, the days of dumping payroll are over, which is something a lot of mock-gms in the blogosphere and on talk radio, including myself at times, are refusing to accept…
…as a Mets fan, this worries me, because i fear we, as fans, are going to have a lot of unrealistic options dangled in front of us during the Hot Stove season, and when no such mega-deal is made, we’ll end up being disappointed - even though the desired deals were never actually a possibility in the first place…
…nevertheless, i do believe that a pitcher like Jon Garland will be moved, as could Joe Blanton, Chris Capuano, Cliff Lee, Noah Lowry and maybe even Erik Bedard - assuming a team is willing to overpay…
…lastly, i am blown away by what the perceived values are for many of these people…for instance, from what i can gather, if the Mets want a first baseman like Conor Jackson from the D’Backs, it’d likely cost them Aaron Heilman and a Kevin Mulvey type; if the Mets want Nationals RHP Chad Cordero, who is a free agent after next season, it’ll likely cost them mulvey and Carlos Gomez, who could possibly net a Joaquin Arias, as well; and, lastly, if they want Miguel Cabrera, the should just hold their breath for when he hits free agency, because they have absolutely no shot at getting him…
…in the end, i believe the Mets are seeking a durable, work-horse type starting pitcher, which, considering the cost of the league’s top options, leads me to believe they must be eying a trade for blanton and/or signing free-agent Livan Hernandez or Carlos Silva, because they both sort of meet that description, but that is just logical speculation…
Livan and Carlos Silva. JESUS!!!!!! Third place here we come.. Mediocre decisions after a mediocre year.
why is it so difficult for some fans to understand that, for the proven premium players (like arod, santana and bedard) it is the norm to overpay to a degree
Bring A ROD in. At least he’ll improve the team.
Heck if we gave Yorvit 3/15 you can say we overpaid for him too.
Did “we” give 3/15 for Yorvit? I hadn’t heard that anything had been signed yet.
Please don’t tell me you think overpaying by one year at 5 million is the same as overpaying by 4 years and $125 million.
I still don’t understand how Arod will improve this team. Will he pitch? This team will not improve without pitching, be it an ace, or simply someone to eat up innings so our bullpen doesn’t die again.
Carlos SIlva and Livan Hernandez have more value to this team that Arod.
You talkin to me or to falcon?
If me, I’m in agreement with your post. Unless the Mets can get A-Rod for a steal and he’s willing to play 1B or 2B (all of which is extremely unlikely to happen), I have no great interest in him.
He will instantly give you the best offense in the national league, despite glaring holes at second base and catcher, which we have no hope of filling.
Ok. Now show me proof that will make this a world series caliber team.
anyone who thinks adding arguably the best player in baseball doesnt improve the overall team is crazy in my opinion. replace delgados numbers from last year with arods and tell me we arent a better team.
Ok, I’ll tell you. We aren’t.
We lost because our pitchers couldn’t get anyone out. Adding Arod doesn’t help that.
Did Arod help Texas become a better team? The Yankees? There is much more proof that Arod doesn’t make his teams better than proof that he does. Until you can prove otherwise, I am 100% anti-Arod.
agreed
i’ve been saying this for weeks:
1) Look at the lack of quality in the FA market
2) Look at the lack of high-value assets the Mets can use in trades
3) Look at the shortage of young talent in the system that can fill in at the need positions
not much is going to happen this offseason. how can it???
I agree with the post. The price for these guys is very high and the Mets don’t necessarily have the chips to meet the demands. So, most likely we will get an innings eater like Silva or Hernandez or make a trade for Garland.
With that said, I hope the Mets and O’s seriously talk. The O’s are fed up with the team, so is the town , and the players. Bedard wants out and surprisingly the Mets have a lot of what the O’s need from a position standpoint. Plus the O’s want out of some bigger contracts and have actually said so down here.
The new GM has said several times that everyone is in play. They need a bunch of young guys to improve their team over time.
Guys to discuss: Bedard, Hernandez (salary deal), Mora (salary), Bradford and maybe, but not likely , Brian Roberts.
a number of people have mentioned bedard, so this comment is not aimed at you specifically, lostmet:
bedard is:
1) young (28)
2) very good (3.17 era last year)
3) relatively cheap
4) arbitration eligible the next 2 years (i.e. not a free agent until 2010)
why would the o’s trade him unless they get many blue chip prospects near mlb-ready that can give them 6 years of cheap service?
Exactly – Bedard is the only reason I watched the O’s play last year. He is also the only chip on their team that would bring back anything of major value (with the possible exception of Tejada.)
He is the only guy on the market that I would seriously overpay for right now. If you have to trade 3 of our top prospects for Bedard and a salary dump from the O’s, it’s something you absolutely have to do. Even if it takes 4 prospects I would consider it.
The O’s are in shambles for the next 2 seasons with all of the contracts they have locked up – I would be surprised if they did not entertain quality offers for their only viable chips.
Because the Mets want him. It is Omar’s fault that there is not much of a market for starting pitching this offseason, so Omar should force other teams to trade their best players. Literally force, using weapons. Oh, and he should sign Arod to make up for our lack of pitching. EVERYONE knows that works really well.
Omar Stinks
(note sarcasm)
i would throw the farm at baltimore for bedard, the guy is absolutely nasty; he pitched in a fairly hitter friendly park in easily the best offensive division in baseball while putting up extremely good numbers and is a strike out machine.
Yea I know Bedard is amazing I love him.
So why would the Orioles trade him?
and…
since he’s so good (which he is), how can the mets afford him?
Anyone else starting to think that even though we can diagnose our weaknesses(BP, SP) that we’re not gonna be able to do anything to actually cure them. OK, Silva is like a ‘5′ and Livan is a workhorse(if we even get them), but even best case scenerio the rotation will be Pedro, Maine, Silva, Livan and Ollie….with the kids and maybe Duque as the reserves…..This does not inspire confidence in me……Even if we get Blanton I dont think were scaring anyone, and none of this addresses the major cause of the collape, the BP. We can get raped and get a decent guy in Cordero, but even that doesnt get me too excited. Part of me blames Omar for putting us in a situation where were sorta painted in a corner, part of me says I dont know what I’d do either. Can anyone objectively look at the Phils and tell me how were a better team? Between Hamels(who we have no one even close to youth and talent wise), Myers,Moyer(ok, laugh, but we’d all take him right now),Utley, Howard, JRoll, and adding Lidge(which is gonna be huge) it seems like theyre heading one direction and we’re slowely receeding the other way with bandaids type players like Torrealba and Livan ….Time to show me what you’ve got Omar….
Minaya is ruining the team
Yes, Minaya is indeed ruining this team.
It’s grossly irresponsible for Omar to not have conjured ace pitchers out of the ether for us to sign. Likewise, as metsdude13 stated above, there is no excuse for Omar not having already forced the A’s or the Twins or the Astros at gunpoint to pawn their ace pitchers for the crap we have festering in the minor leagues.
It’s time to face the fact that this off-season will likely not net us the big fish we all crave … and that has little to do with the shortcomings of Omar Minaya.
slippery pete, youre probably right. and to that i say while we have to accept that this offseason probably wont net the big fish then we also have to accept that this season may not be an enjoyable one.
no way, the guys giving you something to talk about, i know i’m about to admit to one of the biggest sins as a mets fan, but there was a time when i couldn’t even bare to watch the mets.
NOW…….. they’re the big dogs, even when we lose a game, it’s not because the other team always does that great, it’s beacuse WE don’t step up….
Minaya has done agreat job, he creates money, popularity (for god sakes we’re all on a blog talking bout this stuff), a great core, and I feel he’s gonna work on the farm system next (see the african & caribean projects he’s workin on), & u can’t diss all the trades he made.
THESE ARE THE NEW YORK METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THESE ARE OUR NEW YORK METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES we’re going to resemble the evil empire a lil bit, but who the hell cares we going to build revenue, let’s use it.
& who can we thank for this………….
Yes, exactly, Omar Minaya
Teams are just not willing to deal youing talent any longer. Teams are looking lock up young players through their arbitration years and they have been successful in doing so.
Free agency, in my mind, is going to be very different in the next couple of years than in the past.
Everyone should read this comment. Precisely what is going on. Too many teams have been burned and do not want to go down that road again. What will happen is that when teams see some of their prospects dont pan out and that potential trades would have been better you will start to see the change. Like everything else it is all cyclical.
Bedard would be that ace pitcher we are looking for. Until he got hurt in late august he lead all of MLB in strikeouts and doesnt give up many walks. he would be PERFECT for this team. The question really is, do the Wilpons have the jewls required to make it happen?
It seems like to me, as the average fan, that the Mets are always right on the cusp of something great but are lacking something needed to get it done. spending the money on Arod to play first base? which one among you would complain when he starts crankin ‘em out and that big apple rises over and over again. (im not saying this is the best route, only using it as an example)
offer glavine arbitration, get that first round pick! (obviously we need this as time and time again on this sight i keep reading how we dont have very good trading chips)
do what needs to be done to get Bedard and possibly bradford.
sign lo duca, torrealba is not better, unless you look at it from an age perspective.
Finally, get silva to sure up the back end (sucks it has to come to that)
I am a diehard mets fan (you should see my office here at work!) i just wish Omar/Wilpons would man up and make the moves we need!
It’s really easy to say Omar needs to do what needs to be done to get Bedard. It’s another thing to convince the Orioles to trade him. If Bedard goes to another team, do whatever you want. Complain that the Mets farm system stinks, that Omar stinks, etc. But as Matt said, all signs point to none of these pitchers getting traded. So what do you want Omar to do? You can’t blame the guy for a weak market.
I agree with you, I am definitely not blind to the fact. Its obviously easier said than done, and we as fans, don’t know what is really going on behind the scenes. I’m sure Omar is under the gun, stressed out, and working as hard as he can to improve the team.
However like i said, as the average fan, it appears that nothing big ever materializes. i’m *hoping* that Omar can broker something with the O’s or the A’s and get the Bedard/Blanton we need and then either (sigh) Silva or Livan.
You cant have something “big” materialize every year, no team does not even the Yankees.
The Mets have had their share of “big” events – Pedro, Beltran, Piazza. I dont think the Royals could say the same.
fair enough but we havent had a big thing materialize SINCE pedro/beltran which was in the winter of 04/05….i hate the red sox but look at their past two offseasons. big splashes…beckett/lowell, dice-k. before that they had a big splash in landing schilling before they won in 04. i know its easier said than done but you need to make these big risk type moves to put your team over the edge. you cant tell me that a milledge gomez humber pelfrey etc package doesnt entice ANYONE that has a bonifide ace on their team.
It doesn’t. Teams aren’t willing to trade their bonafide aces, and if they are, there are other teams with more to trade than the Mets. You can’t blame that on Omar.
I agree 100%, Silva is a terrrrrrible pitcher though, as is Livan Hernandez which I have heard a lot of rumors that they were interested in him. I dont know why they would be interested in that guy he is absolutely horrendous.
I would LOVE for the Mets to get AROD.
As for Torrealba, he sucks and is not worth 50 dollars a year let alone 5 million.
If things keep going this way the mets are gonna have 2 terrrrrible new pitchers and a catcher that is worse then our previous 1.
Nice Job Mets, making all your fans proud.
Torrealba is okay, and would be a great backup catcher. I was at first upset as well, but the notion of Castro as starter and a backup catcher with World Series experience sounds like a nice plan. Who cares about Wilpon’s money, especially in the $5 million ballpark?
I like the idea of Bedard..I think he would be a coup for the Mets.
By why isnt anyone mentioing Bartolo Colon, I think it could be a low risk high reward situation..
Give him an incentive laden contract and if it doesnt work out oh well, it’ll give them a chance to land someone else midseason.
He did win the Cy Young in 05, I know he’s injury prone, but look at our other choices, Livan or Silva (bleck)
dont you mean high risk high reward? i mean potentially having one of your 5 starters missing half the year to me is a big risk not a small one.
This is a depressing post. Confirmed what we all knew but still depressing.
Mets need a top of the rotation starter. None will be trulyy available. Even if one is truly available, we will be competing with another 25 or so teams who desperately need a top of the line starter. Which means a crazy bidding war in which the “winner” of this war will have overpaid and given up way too much in low cost prospects in which the Mets are realtively thin at to begin with.
Alternative will be to overpay for back end starters like Livan of Silva or overpay in trades for Rick Peterson projects like Lowery, Lee, Garland, Capuano.
If you are looking for Omar this winter, check between the Rock and the hard place.
Its amazing how unrealistic most of the fans on this site are, I mean, I used to think that back in the day on this site, but now…wow. Oh, on request for some of you, Omar’s next magic trick will be to pull a rabbit out of a hat. Will that make you happy? Has Omar made mistakes? Sure, but without him our pitching stuff would be even more decrepid than some of you already think it is. There’s no magical formula people to pull that ace out of thin air.
As for a serious discussion of our team, while I think we should look into adding an arm in the bullpen, that’s not my biggest concern. If we can get pitchers to pitch more innings (pick up a Blanton type, a Silva, Livan, yes, the names you’ve been hearing) that will ease the tension on the bullpen. If you remember, they actually pitched well the first half, then when they all got over used and tired, they sucked.
I know you all want the “big splash” and sure, who doesn’t want an ace pitcher, but you have to be realistic about it. You can’t say Omar is a failure for not getting an ace.
I agree, there just isn’t that much. Would I love Bedard or Haren or Sabathia or Santana. Absolutely. Would I trade Wright, Reyes or Beltran for one, probably not. The Mets just don’t have the system right now (due to promotions of young players and some disappointments) to make those trades.
I would be in favor of discussing with Baltimore what they might want for Roberts and Hernandez, discussing with teams what they want for those mid-level guys on the market (Cliff Lee, Capuano, etc) and maybe trading gomez + humber or gomez + mulvey depending on the return.
More likely is signing some bum to play catcher, eckstien or castillo at SB, Silva or Livan and some bullpen guys. This winter market is atrocious for the mets. Lots of CF, which the mets don’t need, 3B, which the mets don’t need, and little else. Plus the fact that teams can buy Andruw, Torri, Aaron Rowand, etc on the free agent market means that Gomez and Milledge also have a ton less value. Awesome.
Yet another reason that A-Rod makes sense (at 1B only, please)…He is the only way we can (more than marginally) upgrade our team…Sure we were close last year, but when you have a talent like him available, and all it will cost is money (which for the Mets is a strength) why not?
Then we can invest in the pitching that hits the FA market next year, with money freed from the Delgado and Pedro deals. Plus I’m sure the Wilpons will open the coffers a little more with the move coming up
Based on this post is why I still think Milledge is moved for pitching.
If he and a minor leaguer or Heilman can get you Blanton or Haren, you have to do it. The innings these guys give you, plus they are young with talent moving to the NL makes them, if not impact pitchers, damn close to it. #2’s I’d say.
I still think the “splash” move, after a trade like that is signing Fukudome for RF. He pays for himself, or comes close, in opening up the Asian market and could be a solid, not spectacular, but solid player.
If the above are done, a flier on Colon is possible with Pelfrey or Humber to push him for the #5 spot.
Pedro, Blanton, Maine, Ollie, Colon / Pelfrey / Humber
Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Beltran, Alou, Delgado, Fukudome, catcher
That looks like a solid team to me.
BTW – I didn’t mention the ‘pen, but I think based on the improved innings supplied by the starting staff will stretch out their appearances making them all better for it.
Sanchez’ return is positive and a small signing, nothing like Linebrink for 3, should help as well. ‘Pens fluctuate from year to year, not much you can do except gather arms and how someone steps up.
Oh, and Willie can try to avoid burning people out.
The problem I have with all of this is the apparent refusal to let the young guys pitch. The little we have seen from Pelfrey etc. hasn’t been too great but at least there’s an upside. The guys the Mets are rumored to be interested in are flat out garbage.
I understand the scepticism with regard to the possibility of getting Bedard. I can’t disagree with it at all. But of all the potential targets we have flying around the rumor mill, I think we would have the best shot (even if it is a long shot) trying to work out a deal with the O’s.
Since I live in Baltimore, I hear about him all the time. I also go to a bunch of games in the once full, now half empty Camden Yards. Bedard wants out. Brian Roberts even alluded to it about a month ago on the local 1300 am sports talk station. The team is a mess, Bedard wants money(of course) and to win. That isn’t going to happen here for a long , long time. No doubt it will take a lot to accomplish a trade but if you want a stud pitcher, he’s the real deal. I have seen him develop and he is really filthy. Truth be told I’d prefer him over Santana. That may sound crazy but Bedard is still on the rise a a player.
So again, he is a long shot but the O’s need to readjust everything here. They aren’t the Twins nor are they the A’s. They are way worse off. They have two decent guys in Roberts and Markakis after that it goes rapidly down hill. The minors have some young pitching but little else. They may be one of the few teams left which actually needs to dump bad contracts and bring youth into the program. The new GM ,McPhail, has said moving Tejada and Bedard are on the table to help reload …so if it takes a bunch of our prospects, do it.
i live in baltimore as well, and have been hearing the same grumblings. i think this is a perfect match for the mets. Also the orioles wont trade bedard to the yanks, they never make trades together and i doubt theyll start here. so that takes away a major competitor. The O’s probably want to dump hernandez’s salary also and are trying to rebuild around markakis (sp), if you offered them milledge and gomez (obviously along with others) it would potentially fill their OF for a long time. i think i agree with you about having bedard over santana, bedard has a bigger body more built to pitch well into his 30s whereas santana is smaller and could end up alot like pedro with elbow and shoulder issues towards the end.
Well, it’s official. After flip-flopping all offseason, I think it’s imperitive for the Mets to get ARod.
Why?
If we are going to give a career backup catcher $5M a year, a career #4/5 starter $10M, a washed up old man $6.5M, it’s time I asked myself this question.
Would I rather have Yorvit, Silva, and Livan and $7M in “financial flexibility”
or
ARod
It’s a no-brainer… a serious no-brainer. I asked myself, how is ARod gonna get $30M? Look at the market. It isn’t that hard.
Go get him Omar!
I thought all along that A-Rod some how goes back to the Yanks. From what I am hearing today, it looks like that is going to happen. A-Rod and the Yanks need each other. We don’t need him. But I will say that it looks like we will not obtain anything special this off season – I think next off season (before going into Citi Field) the Mets will make some splashes.
I tend to agree, but it’s gonna hurt, if Omar does very little to improve this team.
Going into Citi, the Mets are going to have 61M to play with, after losing Delgado, Pedro, El Duque, Mota, and Alou, and gaining 20M from Citicorp.
I’d like to see the team bite the bullet, up the payroll, and get Shea rocking one last time.
What about moving Heilman back to the starting rotation? I don’t mean to beat a dead horse, but is there something I don’t know that makes him incapable of starting again? He’s at least a #4/5. I know we desperately need him in the bullpen, but he’ll more than likely be lost in a trade that would bring in another starter. Pedro, Maine, Ollie, Heilman, Pelfrey and spend that Livan/Silva money on the bullpen. I don’t see much else happening on the pitching front besides a trade to bring in a starter from Oakland.
Do you think that A-Rod would seriously consider playing 1B for the Mets over re-signing with the Yanks? I guess he would for the moula.
Wow….One article from some guy watching the AFL and we have absolutely nothing in our system according the bloggers here. Kunz just started his professional career and was in short ball at Brooklyn last year. So what if he is doing poorly or terrific in the AFL. He is a bit part in our future. Caleb Stewart…like we really need another big outfield prospect. We have 3 of the best in the game right now. The following 5 guys do not make any lists of “prospects” but should except they all have too much service time in the bigs….
1) Lastings Milledge
2) Ambiorix Burgos
3) Duaner Sanchez
4) Mike Pelfrey
5) Joe Smith
All are better than average “prospects”. Even Pelfrey would still be considered an upper half of the league prospect.
The world is not ending if we do not get a trade for an ace and we only bring back a Colon or Silva or Livan type.
We are upgrading our rotation in a few ways anyway next year
1) Pedro will pitch this year for the better part of the season I’d imagine. He is better in his diminished form than Glavine or any of our top 3 from last year.
2) MAine will be better suited to last longer into the season with his performance. He has now almost hit 200 innnings and will be better conditioned …having just done 190 innings, to do 200 or more next year
3) Pelfrey is also better equipped to handle the starting role than last year. HE WILL BREAK OUT THIS YEAR I PREDICT.
4) Duque goes to the pen which should help that area
5) Livan or Silva or Colon are already better than Chan Ho and Brian Lawrence and D Williams
Lets deal with the reality that we have rather than the expectations that we can do things we can not.
Plus do not sign AROD
This just goes to show what kind of strategy we have to employ over the off season.
~ no top tier pitcher is going to be traded to the mets unless we give up top tier talent, which unfortunetly we just don’t have.
~ there’s almost nothing on the open market, i mean has anyone seen what Silva’s requesting, same as Lilly. WOW~!!!!
Although I don’t think it’s the most common viewed opinion out there, i think we got almost enough, we just need a solid inning eater that can give us about a 200 ip 3~3.5 era 12 game winning performace (preferbly a sinkerball pitcher), and although i hate to admit it it might have to be silva * – -
we have to hope that perez, maine & pedro step up to be at least # 2 starter, like the white sox a couple of years ago.
& did anyone see that game where pelfrey pitched against the braves at the end of the year, his slider was sick~! absolutely devastating, that tells me he just has to work on it more (guys remember he just dropped the curve to pick up the slider). I think that he can duplicate that performace, whether he can do that on a consistant basis is another story. If he can stay a bit more consistant we can expect a # 3/4 type of performance from this kid.
Humber also showed us alot his one and only start. He showed us that he’s gonna take this seriuosly, I mean did you guys remember when he was bunting, the determination in his eyes. His problem is endurance, and as we all know it is possible to come back from T/J surgery and pitch effectivly. all you need is a little determination, and that what exactly we saw from him. I predict good things for this kid, hopefully it’ll be with us. I wanna say a # 3/4 but i honestly think cause of his lack of endurance he might equivalate to a # 4/5 type of pitcher. But the next year we should expect more from him.
El Duque was our ace for a couple of months before he went down with our injury. people forget that strech and want him in the bullpen, guys think of it this way, we have mulvey, pelfrey & humber, we can always spot start the guy if he needs it. I mean c’mon, NOBODY expected a full year out of the Duke, but he is our pitching version of Alou, when he’s on, he’s ON. # 3 starter deff.
The one kid that does intrigue me is Lincecum from the giants, this kid’s gonna be a bonafide ace, he has that sick fastball, a power curve, & he’ll need to work on that change up a bit, but he’s sick. if we could somehow get this kid from the giants I think we’ll be set for a couple of years.
We had an ace that had surgery last year, a guy with soft stuff that depends on the umpire’s strike zone, a guy that never pitched a full season, a reclamation project (which i think came out pretty good), a guy that we knew wasn’t gonna pitch the whole year, and a bunch of has been, fill in’s, the rest of the year. I mean really what did we expect out of these guys, i think that i can speak for alot of people when I say that we ‘wanted’ them to do well, but never really knew if they were going to, who would’ve known that Maine wouldv’e been the cy young candidate b4 the all-star break and messed up like that in the second half. can’t really blame the b/p for being taxed.
All in all, it’s gonna be hard for us to get nasty pitching out there without giving up some of our core players, if need be we could be better next year, and pick up Johan the year after, the Mets are going to be a powerhouse in the NL for years to come, let’s all not get a little to anxious here and pull the trigger for something that we’re going to regret in the future. If we can use a strategy that implements certain prospects that we have now and i’m pretty sure that Maine & perez will be better next year (did I mention that they both won 15 games) and pedro giving us at least a descent year, a duque giving us what we expect of him and a couple of prospects comin up & down for a bit we’ll be ok.
How about A-Fraud back to the Yankees…
If true, completely ridiculous…
Mark my word. The biggest moves made this offseasaon will be the moves not made. And the best moves Omar can make are not making moves.
It simply isn’t that time.
Why not trade Beltran for someone who can help win now and later, e.g. Cain, and then sign Andruw or Torri?
as a Mets fan, this worries me, because i fear we, as fans, are going to have a lot of unrealistic options dangled in front of us during the Hot Stove season, and when no such mega-deal is made, we’ll end up being disappointed – even though the desired deals were never actually a possibility in the first place
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
This team collapsed, this team is mentally weak, this team is old, this team STINKS and there’s no help on the farm anytime soon.
So Omar better find somebody, or find a new job