Opinion: Whatever is Necessary
…it took me a while, but, i now want the Mets to do whatever is necessary to acquire a top-line starting pitcher, short of trading Jose Reyes and David Wright…being that i believe in pitching and defense, at this point, there is no deal that i will not agree to…if a team wants both Fernando Martinez and Carlos Gomez, fine, if they want both Mike Pelfrey and Philip Humber, sold…
…as i said a few weeks ago, if the Mets do not think pelfrey and humber can develop in to a pitcher like Erik Bedard, then they must pull the trigger nn whatever player they can acquire for them now, since the Mets will always be able to sign a back-end starter on the open market…
…the thing is, i am sensing more and more that in order to pull off any such trade for an ace, the Mets will need to incorporate a third team, which will likely mean taking on that team’s poor salary decision…fine…no problem…if the Mets need to justify this expense, they should consider the bargain rate at which they are paying wright and reyes over the next few years, money that cannot be used to sign a free-agent starter, because it’s hard to imagine any such pitcher will ever again be available on the open market…which is why the trade route is the only way to go…now…
…yes, all of this will hurt at first, and i’m sure i will squirm a bit, especially watching all of this team’s good prospects get shipped out of town, but if it is the only way to bring on an ace, to couple with John Maine and Oliver Perez, well, so be it…
…do it, pull it off, rip it fast like a band-aid…sure, it’ll sting for a moment, but in a month or so, most of us we’ll forget about the players who were dealt away, and instead we’ll focus on the new, young, exciting rotation…
