Read: Omar Minaya is Not Hot
In a column for the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch breaks down who is Hot and who is Not in baseball as we head in to 2008.
Regarding the Mets, Klapisch lists Omar Minaya under the Not category, while writing…
“Unless the Mets can somehow pry Johan Santana away
from the Twins, they’ll go into ’08 without significantly improving the team that blew a seven-game lead with 17 to go. Minaya loves the art of the deal, but he’s yet to work any magic this winter.”
…if you recall, i wrote the following in this post from early October, which critiqued minaya’s performance during the previous year…
…i am a fan of Omar Minaya, mostly because he had brought a new sense of local and national credibility to this team, and a level of buzz and excitement that i had not seen as a fan since the 80s…that being said, his poor decisions over the last year ultimately helped to contribute to the team’s biggest embarrassment since its first season in the league, and they cannot be ignored…
…i sense organization’s owners feel the same way…minaya’s contract expires at the end of 2009, as does Willie Randolph’s…so, the duo has two full seasons to further advance what they started in 2005…last season was a step backward, following one giant step forward, making next season quite significant in the future direction of this team, let alone their respective careers…
…in other words, as klapisch writes, and as people close to minaya have told me, for his sake, Ryan Church, Brian Schneider and the whole team better have a good year next season…
