Comments on: eMailbag: Sign them All

By: recoton1

recoton1 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:50:51 +0000

For the majority of the season, we were a sub .500 team in a weak division. It turns out that April and May were the anomaly. As such, this team is not better. We’ve got back a questionable Pedro and lost a 200IP Glavine. We lost 50 BA points with Schneider, and basically stayed the same in RF. We are not the defending anything.. we are also rans, and if you remember, Atlanta was hot on our trail. This team, had it made the playoffs, would have been swept by the Rockies as well. And the chief rival now to get into the WS is Arizona, who has a 1-2 punch of Webb/Haren. We would lose to them RIGHT NOW going into next year against them. I see nowhere that this team has improved or has a better shot at winning a championship than last year. AND.. if that is the case, why dump your 22yr old prospect that doesn’t help you win now? Abyssmal offseason, just like last year. Get ready for a long one boys (and tina).

By: recoton1

recoton1 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:40:40 +0000

Sorry, but failing to make the postseason for consecutive seasons when you are the odds on favorite, is not winning. If you want to judge by +.500 season, then you don’t understand the concept of winning.

By: tinathemetsgrl

tinathemetsgrl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:43 +0000

I’m a girl, I don’t pitch!

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:30:13 +0000

Because our prospects aren’t good enough for the Twins. People don’t seem to realize the Twins have one of the best farm systems in baseball, they don’t need our second rate prospects. Thats why when they were in talks with the Yankees and Red Sox the names you heard were guys who were basically slam dunks. They had already played and proven there talent translated to the big leagues and could possibly be starting before mid-season. It’s also why with us, according to rumors, it’s Reyes or bust.

They want proven players not developmental ones. The difference between walking away with some sandwich draft picks if Santana walks in free agency, and walking away with prospects who are 2 years away, probably isn’t that big in their minds.

By: keithc

keithc — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:28:47 +0000

So when he, OP and Maine have over 10 wins heading into August, can we stop hearing about how “Omar never does anything?”

By: stickguy

stickguy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:13:47 +0000

My lord, I actually agree with a FMM post! Although you could have left off the line “start acting…”

By: stickguy

stickguy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:10:19 +0000

Funny, most people say the farm is stronger at the lower levels, just thin on top.

Anyway, you can’t project the farm 3-4 years out. Those kids are 16-19 now, and a real crapshoot. Plus, there are a couple of more years of drafts and international signings (plus trades) to come.

By: ridethesnake

ridethesnake — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:08:26 +0000

Please explain why Omar should have a sense of urgency on players that are not being signed by other teams either. I see the Mets have been asking about every player available basically, which to me says he is doing more than other owners on these players. The ones that already signed didn’t seem like good fits.

You can’t have it both ways. You say you know it’s only December, yet he should be overpaying for deals TODAY because you are afraid that he will lose out, based solely on your memory of how the collapse felt.

Can we please withhold judgements on how Omar handled the free agents that are still free agents, and the players available in trades that aren’t traded yet, until the dust settles and he makes whatever moves he is going to make?

By: 5and7

5and7 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:03:58 +0000

lol clever

By: gameball

gameball — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:03:23 +0000

Pedro stops being a question mark when he’s 11 and 4 at the all-star break.