Comments on: Read: Castro on Team 2007

By: qqqqqqqq

qqqqqqqq — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:32:16 +0000

Ok FMM. A few things.
The Mets have the 3rd highest payroll, which is only going to be higher because we have Perez, Maine, Wright, and Reyes for pretty cheap. And that is most of our core.

Apparently you didn’t see. We tried to make a “ludicrous” deal with Prior and it didn’t work out for several reasons. The guy’s family is close to San Diego and they’ve got a nice park to rebuild value.

You are tripping on your own by criticizing Minaya for overpaying for Castillo. It goes against everything you stand for, your “let’s waive money to get everyone we want” strategy. I remember Matt or Tim saying something about David Eckstein’s market went down so he had to sign for what he could get. As for Lo Duca, Matt has said that the team just didn’t want Lo Duca. Old catchers in decline don’t typically hit too well.

Can you please stop talking like money is the answer to everything? What are you going to use that money on to improve the team? Prior declined the money to go to San Diego. Glavine declined the money for the Braves. I believe these Japanese pitchers prefer the west coast(read it somewhere, look up and tell me otherwise if I’m wrong), and maybe after the boos Matsui got, either the Mets don’t want them or the Japanese players don’t want us.

One more thing, money is one of the worst ways to judge how good someone is. In fact, Maine and Perez are both earning what Church is earning – $380,000. And you know what? You’re right. We need a higher payroll. But I don’t agree necessarily with paying someone like Kyle Lohse money, so let’s just up Maine and Perez’s salary by 30m each per year, so we can have the highest payroll.

Please see this. :)

By: Metropoliben

Metropoliben — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:50:02 +0000

I’d be willing to bet our merchandising is less than a quarter what the Yankees is.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t MLB merch divided evenly between the teams?

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:22:33 +0000

This is a semi-interesting attempt at putting together a team based on a sceme, but its hugely flawwed. In order to get all these guys with $-Rod and stay at the average salary that would have to be one hell of a farm system to draft and develop the 15 best prospects in baseball all at the same time.

Fielder, Granderson, and the 10 best ‘zero to three’ pitchers he could think of… rather foolish to think thats at all realistic.

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:18:22 +0000

Actually this years payroll is looking like it will be right around the 115 to 120 range again. Unless they somehow get Santana and give him 20 mil there just isnt any way that the arbitration and ‘zero to three’ players will bump the payroll up from its current ~95 mil to more than 120 mil.

By: firemetmanagement

firemetmanagement — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:23:17 +0000

There is no reason we shouldn’t be spending as much as the Red Sox (140-150 million). We have a tv network (cashcow) and a new stadium coming, which I think outweighs all of the extra merchandising they are doing. Plus their park only holds 32,000 and we draw 40,000 per game on average. No reason we can’t have at least same payroll- just no reason for it….but that is just the difference between John Henry and Freddie Coupons.

By: stickguy

stickguy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:01:50 +0000

Sounds like you want a Mike Jacobs back!

I have been harping for a while (at least since they got Church) that they need a power hitting RH corner OF/1B bat to share time with Church and Delgado. I just don’t see Easley as that guy.

Nady would be suitable, but of the options available, Mench seems to be the best (only?) one, unless they want to take a shot with a rookie like Harper (Mench would be a much better idea).

By: gbaked

gbaked — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:58:09 +0000

i bet marlon and easily both take alot of time at 1b this spring training. I bet Marlon can pull it off.

However, Delgado needs to step it up this season.

By: NeedAnAce

NeedAnAce — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:56:17 +0000

That is the stance that I took when I left that ballpark on the last day of the season, and that is the same stance that I take today.

I won’t go back to that place until they get an ACE!

By: ek

ek — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:44:06 +0000

finally some logical reasoning all the fans that always need to make the playoffs in the current year and dont think about the future is why the gm’s end up trading prospects away to win now (see victor zambrano) if people would lay off the gm for a year or two and allow these prospects to develop in our system would could actually create a team that makes the playoffs more than 2 lousy years in a row. How is it minaya’s fault that randolph and the players decided to fall apart and throw away the division last year. People forget all the good signings and trades he has made. Trading for delgado for a bunch of junk. Even with the terrible year delgado had he beat the heck out of what mike jacobs accomplished. He also brought in endy chavez who has been one of the most consistent players on the team and castillo who was one of the few players not in a slump at the end of last year. Minaya may have missed out on a few deals but look at zito. the giants paid huge amounts of money for him and he did ridiculously worse than maine or perez who we are paying nothing. Give the guy a chance

By: kevin2elster21

kevin2elster21 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:55:44 +0000

dude,

we’ve talked about the spending cycle of greedy coupon.

pedro came here b/c of the 4th year and beltran came here b/c we blew him away with cash.