Comments on: Read: Santana + Mets = NL East Favorite

By: Mingo

Mingo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:19:47 +0000

We Lost Glavine this off-season. He was our biggest lefty with an ERA around 4.50-5.00.
We gained Santana, his ERA is in the low 3’s.
Humber and Mulvey were not going to be the number 5 guy in the rotation as Pelfrey and El Duque were going to get the lion’s share at those starts. (Humber or Mulvey may have gotten 3 to 4 starts there all year). Carlos Gomez is at best our 5th outfielder or even our 6th behind Endy and Easley. When the Mets are healthy he slots no higher than David Newhan, he needed to be traded to develop properly. Deolis Guerra has never pitched above A ball. His learning curve is going to be great or bad. He may be an eventual number 1 guy but that is probably 3 years away.
The point I am getting is that none of the prospects were helpful to the Mets at this time and probably not in the close future. Hence, all we really do is lose Glavine and gain Santana. This is something I would do any day.

By: Mingo

Mingo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:54:24 +0000

And if they did that they would hurt their reputation permanently. They are better off moving forward.
Also, they expected a major backlash no matter what they did.
Its also quite possible that Santana asked for a trade to The Mets and the Twins had no choice. It was also obvious that this may have been the best offer left on the table.

By: a49erfan77

a49erfan77 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:53:46 +0000

Correct me if I am wrong..but weren’t the Mets the favorites to win the NL East and NL last year? Yeah…that’s what I thought.

By: Mingo

Mingo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:51:16 +0000

There is no way they don’t get this deal done.
They just raised ticket prices and have a new stadium after this year. That means they need this guy as he will bring in big bucks for the Mets.
Looking over the comments I repeatedly saw people saying they are ready to finalize their season tix now. Also, this puts the Mets on national TV more often and with higher ratings.
Money isn’t the issue, its to both parties benefit that a deal is done.

By: DaveFil7

DaveFil7 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:05:47 +0000

This is a great day as a New York Met fan. Without this splash, our organization would have continued to be demoralized after the collapse. I’ve had trouble backing this team this offseason like I have for many years prior due to the lay down they pulled on us.

But we can now rejoice in something new, something exiting, and god bless a healthy season from the best pitcher in baseball. Lets bring it home!

By: itsPhil

itsPhil — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:01:41 +0000

FYI: Omar Minaya was actually assistant GM to his predecessor Steve Phillips. (with the mets pre-2005)

Not attacking you, just trying to make sure we all are more knowledgable Mets fans. It will ultimately help keep us from fighting over the incidental things we seem to get caught up in,

Let’s all be nice, we DO have Johan Santana. And Omar did a good job, as he has unargueably done since he took over GM.

Forget about all the years before 2008. Nobody is perfect, not even the Yankees. We have had ups and downs like everyone else. We’ve made good moves and bad.

WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THIS YEAR! LET’S GO METS!!!!

By: PDubs

PDubs — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:46:54 +0000

A post from Beerleaguer, a Phillies blog:

“In New York, they are celebrating an upcoming Super Bowl and the acquisition of Johan Santana. In Philly, we are celebrating the fact that TO owes us money and the acquisition of Pedro Feliz. God, I feel pathetic.”

I LOVE IT!!!!

By: The Glider

The Glider — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:41:18 +0000

Ok, we got Santana and all the good things that go with it. We still have to go out and do it. And we still have a lot of issues:

1. Will Maine and Perez improve in their consistency or will they continue to flirt with disaster in each start?

2. Will Delgado continue to decline or will he have a bounce back year?

3. How many games will we get out of Moises in left and who will step in and pick up the slack WHEN he gets hurt?

4. Will Jose come back from last year or will it continue to stay in his head if he gets off to a slow start?

5. Will Castillo’s knee hold up?

6. Will Brian Schneider hit enough out of the 8th spot in the order?

7. Will Ryan Church hit lefties and, if not, who will he platoon with?

By: sylvan

sylvan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:20:47 +0000

Pretty low unless Endy, Angel Pagan, and Valentin all go down as well.

By: jlazar2

jlazar2 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:13:14 +0000

SO WHEN DID STEVE PHILLIPS SAY THIS!!! I GOTTA HEAR THIS
im gunna stay up all night watching sportscenter just to hear him say this