Comments on: Buzz: M’s offer Silva a 4-yr Deal

By: Coolpapabell

Coolpapabell — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:44:35 +0000

Well there is such a thing as overvaling a service. The more efficient ballclub stays away from this. There about two teams right now fighting for this guy on a ledge. You have to ask youself why. If his services were on par with his asking price, you would see more teams in the bidding.

By: recoton1

recoton1 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:40:19 +0000

For how they are robbing us with this ticket increase, a 11M player better not “handcuff” us from making future deals.

By: dannyb

dannyb — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:36:42 +0000

metsftw,

if you look at the stats from last year, reyes, wright, and beltran didn’t have ebola or the flesh eating virus…not even once.

still think silva is good?

By: dannyb

dannyb — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:23:25 +0000

I don’t care about the stats. When will you guys learn that you can’t just look at results. That’s not always the end all. Problem is, in this fantasy baseball era, all people want to do is look at ERA, Wins, etc. Bottom line is, if you’re willing to spend $11MM on a 5th starter, you better (let me say again YOU BETTER!!!) be willing to ante up at least $16MM per for Oliver Perez and I’m not even sure that’s worth it.

It’s not all about the numbers. It’s about being a right handed pitcher who throws 88-90 MPH and is going to get lit up in Philadelphia. If we get a soft-tosser, at least make him a lefty.

By: freekwhc

freekwhc — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:22:01 +0000

People are forgetting the current rates starting pitchers can go for. If you can get a relatively young (28 y/o) innings eater with a K/BB ratio better than 2 then you get him! His ERA was just over 4 in the AL and if you translate that to the NL he could have a record/ERA that mirrors Ollie and Maine. I think it is unfair to say Silva isn’t as good as those two, in my opinion he fits in nicely with them and could make a very formidable 2, 3, and 4 starter. If the Mets do pull the trigger for a Santana deal then that 2, 3, 4 package gets bumped to the 3, 4, 5 and who can say there would be a better 3, 4, 5 than those 3 young, talented pitchers? Bring in Silva, if the Mets can pay him $10-11 million a year for 4 years I don’t see why they wouldn’t do it. That would mean he would only be 33 by the time the season ends in his last year, which is young in today’s market for pitchers (who seem to be pitching past 40 more frequently). It’s obvious that the Mets need a bonafide inning-eating Ace, but signing Silva isn’t a solution to that problem and no one says that it is, a signing of Silva would just mean making the rotation more dependable, which is (correct me if I’m wrong) what all our biggest worry is at this time.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:20:31 +0000

i understand what youre saying but omar cant focus on more than one thing at a time. signing castillo to that ridiculous 4 year deal early on is proof of that, he wanted to get it out of the way so he could focus on starting pitching.

By: BiggieSmalls

BiggieSmalls — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:19:43 +0000

didnt Omar come in second in the Dice K auction? Zito was his second choice. and the other choices were not appealing

all the other starters available last year were of the 2nd tier level.. so LIlly had a good year.. lets see him do it again.. laying out 40 + over 4 years for these stiffs is just going to handicap up in future moves..

i just dont see locking down the 4/5 spot for 40+ mil as a smart move.

If Omar is going to have tunnel vision let it be for an Ace.

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:19:24 +0000

no, he’s better than kris benson, so you’re talking out of your ass. look up stats before talking. thanks.

By: boredatwork

boredatwork — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:10:16 +0000

Hey listen, Scott Olsen isn’t that bad…2 years ago he had great numbers and i think he’ll pitch better with the mets just as perez did….

By: boredatwork

boredatwork — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:08:38 +0000

yeah get livan that works