Comments on: Opinion: Don’t Rush To Judge Minaya, Yet

By: wrightstuff08

wrightstuff08 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:02:04 +0000

i agree totally with breadclock! This team was built to win in 06 and 07! their time has come and gone and it will be interesting to see if he can acquire significant starting pitching to at least give us a chance to not finish third!

By: icedrake523

icedrake523 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:49:54 +0000

I’m judging him based on his 3 years here so far, not this one off-season.

By: jerseymetsfan

jerseymetsfan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:59:08 +0000

My problem w/ Omar does not stem from this off season so far, or the collaspe of last season. It goes back to last off season when he he did not address the needs of the team then. IMO the needs were SP, 2B and RF. There were 2 quality SP’s available last off season in Mench and LIlly, who Omar felt weren’t even worth negoiating w/ for the money that was being discussed. It seems he will be spending at least that much on = if not lesser SP this year. By doing this last year we are dealing from position of strength this year. 2B, entursting it to Valentine, an aging player who had a carerr year, a bit of a leap of faith. RF, S. Green for a whole season, enough said. If these issues were addressed last year, this year we are working on finding a younger C and dealing for an ACE from strength, or at least stronger position.
All this being said, he still has an opportunity to redeem his vaunted(if unwarrented) reputation. IMO

By: rd

rd — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:44:47 +0000

I agee with metro… It’s early but lets get in the mix… His catcher signing was a head scratcher even though some fans were brainwashed into thinking it was a good move… Don’t forget the monumental collapse last year…… Omar needs to get in gear…

By: stickguy

stickguy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:41:00 +0000

I would rather they trade Gomez for Garza, who will win as many games as Blanton, ultimately have a much higher ceiling, etc. Oh, and you still have your starting RF, who, along with Pelfrey, is about to have a break out year.

By: Ferragamo

Ferragamo — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:35:55 +0000

Wayneo….I’m glad you brought that point up. I think a lot of the fans frustration is not specific to this offseason, it comes from a combination of things ranging from the horrific end of the season collapse, lack of movement early with trades and free agency, bad moves from the front office last season (Bannister, Lindstrom, Owens, Bell, Ring, etc), neglect of the farm system to the point that we have no real valuable chips to trade for an ace. Also the signings of Mota, Sele and Shoenwiess to bulster the pen, then letting proven guys like Bradford and Oliver walk was another big mistake by Omar and Co. The frustration has been growing since Beltran struck out looking in game 7 of the NLCS.

By: houstonpete0

houstonpete0 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:30:15 +0000

How can you say Lidge is an upgrade in the Phillie pen? You put Lidge in and took out Myers. Lidge is a downgrade from Myers. So if you want to give them an upgraded rotation fine but you need to downgrade the pen. Brad Lidge hasn’t been good since the second that ball left Pujol’s bat two years ago. Lidge is also a guy who yields a ton of fly balls and now you put him in the smallest park in the bigs.

Omar hasn’t done anything wrong yet this offseason. He has signed the bench players that were needed and kept Alou and Castillio. He will get a catcher by spring trainging I promise and he has saved all his prospects even though none of them are that valuable anyway, Don’t kill the guy for the Phillies getting Brad Lidge.

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:18:58 +0000

7-Train: The fact that you added the phrase “in hindsight” makes your entire argument null and void.

By: TilMetsDoUsPart

TilMetsDoUsPart — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:11:28 +0000

Pelfrey has the ability to go deep into games… If he controls his fastball.

Perez averaged 6.1 innings per start.
Maine averaged barely 6.

Matt Garza has been tagged with great stamina multiple times by BA, John Sickels and Scouts, Inc.

In his 24 career MLB starts, he averaged 5.2 innings per start.

In the minors he averaged 6.

By: GravediggerHebner

GravediggerHebner — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:05:17 +0000

I think you could take 5% each away from D & F and add that 10% to C, then add another 10% to C because you know that Omar is giving 110%. This would make C the winner and it will never be higher than C unless/until the farm system starts producing major league talent.