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…there is more and more buzz coming from Nashville suggesting that the Mets are seriously considering Livan Hernandez…
Earlier today, citing ‘a source,’ MLB.com reported that the Nationals may be willing to give Hernandez a two-year deal.
…if you recall, multiple reports over the last week had suggested the Mets were debating whether to sign hernandez…in fact, ESPN.com made another reference to this today…i dig hernandez, but not at more than two years…no way, no how…
Hernandez, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux are the only major-league pitchers to make 30 or more starts in each of the past 10 seasons. However, Hernandez’s total innings-pitched has dropped during each of the last four years.
…as i have mentioned before, the buzz in baseball, for a while now, has been that livan and his brother, Orlando Hernandez, would like to be on the same team, hoping to reunite before one or both of them retires…
For what it’s worth, Orlando is a free agent after next season.
yea of course we are because we cant get a fuc***g ace
Stick a fork in it and we are done. Our big acquisition is finally here!!!!
Or it will take Pelfrey to get an ace, and we want to bullpen el duque.
Cabrara and willis to detroit. thats a deal. omar, please take note. I say unless the last name ends in reyes, wright, or beltran…anything is fair game.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..
I REALLY don’t know how I feel about this one
why not get ramon martinez out of retirement so that pedro can pitch with his brother on the same team before he retires too?
Really, who cares that the hernandez brothers want to be on the same team? So that means the mets need to get stuck with these two aging pitchers? Please give me a break………..Omar sucks if he makes this move……..
Becuz ramon is physically unable due to arm injuries
Well, this certainly makes up for not getting Santana or Bedard.
just let the kids pitch if we cant get an ace…what is omar doing
sign him for an incentive laden deal….2 years max
then go out and make a trade for an ace or a blanton type pitcher and get an rp or 2
done and done
How can you blame me for being a pessimist after this? Speculation, rumors, proposed trades- and all we get is Livan?
UGH.
Do you happen to believe everything you read? Lets wait for all these supposed trades to go down before we complain…sheesh.
do you people forget the previous years winter meetings every time its this time again? This is how it goes EVERY year, a million rumors, and like 1 deal total.
fart.
word.
Oh what a surprise.
That’s nice…let El Duque sign whereever else Livan signs after this year then.
He’s definitely better than Mike Glavine.
I’d prefer Silva over Livan
yeah, and i prefer gray to beige.
we need somebody to fill the fifth starter… let the kids develop under less pressure in AAA they havent shown there ready yet, secondary pitches arent there
I don’t mind Hernandez, he’ll simply be our new Tom Glavine in our rotation by pitching in games, eating innings, n getting wins. Pelfrey or Humber wouldn’t match the innings he’ll pitch or wins.
Why not pelfrey or humber? They are young guys who should be able to log numerous innings if given the chance……..
is that a joke? young guys who have never been through an entire major league season are more likely to log numerous innings? This must be a joke.
Becuz pelfrey struggles getting threw more than 5 innings, in 30 starts that 150 innings
oh goddddddd
from plan A to plan Z
Ugh. Disgusting. Just let the kids battle it out for a spot if they can’t get a top-notch starter. Then whoever is left over can go to New Orleans and serve as the backup.
And put Heilman into the mix for starting. If he doesn’t win the spot, then put him back in the pen.
Such a waste of a roster spot and money with Livan. He’s going to have an ERA of 5.00 or over next year.
If Omar does this then he’s incompetent.
Dudes, the Mets need 2 pitchers…..if NO pitcher is obtained from a trade, then Pelfrey is the #5……we need a #4 and whether its Livan, Silva, Jennings, etc. who cares!
Hey dude, El Duque is going to be in the rotation. He’s never relieved. All those fans thinking he’s going to be in the pen (if healthy) are nuts.
So you have:
Pedro
Maine
Ollie
El Duque
Pelfrey/Humber/Mulvey
El Duque is being paid about $6M. You don’t pay someone $6M to be a long man and he’s never done that in his life.
Does Reyes have a brother?
They could drink together in the dugout….
Any Omar sightings at the Opryland Motel?
Each passing day smells more like a 3rd place finish in the NL East.
Livan would signal Plan F (for Failure) and the official end of the Omar regime. There is no way to spin this result if this is all the Mets end up with. I don’t care what Omar would say at a press conference. Perhaps developing a viable farm system should have been something placed on management’s priority list over the past few years - for the benefit of the club and its ability to act as players in the trade market (which all signs show the Mets are clearly not).
Don’t forget Livan costs a first-round pick for compensation.
No, he doesn’t.
Livan’s a Type B free agent, which means the Mets don’t lose any picks for signing him, but the Diamondbacks get a compensation sandwich pick from the league.
I doubt it. I think he’s a “B” type player in which case the D-Backs just get a sandwich pick and the Mets keep their draft pick. Still, Livan is such an awful pitcher at this point in this career. I don’t want him under any circumstances.
I bet Pelfrey, Humber, or Heilman can put up a 5.00 ERA or lower next year. So they will be no worse than Livan but you’ll be building for the future.
Keep in mind though, Livan is being courted by __ and __, so the urgency to get a deal done is there….