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In his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney writes that while the Mets are saying the hip injury to Carlos Delgado is not serious, they need to add someone who could play first base on a regular basis – if necessary.
Olney lists some of the possible candidates as:
- Nick Johnson, Nationals
- Scott Hatteberg, Reds
- Richie Sexson, Mariners
- Tony Clark, Padres
- Kevin Millar, Orioles
…many readers have been emailing the site asking who will be the back-up first baseman…and as you have already heard, it could be either Marlon Anderson or Damion Easley filling that role…although i was fine with the idea originally, thinking that delgado will have a bounce back year, i am know skeptical of the original plan…who knows, maybe Michel Abreu will have a really good spring and fill that void…
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Paging Brian MacNamee….
Funny that you write this because I was just thinking that with the end of the steroid era, likely went the days of 36+ year olds having bounce back seasons. I mean, of course it’s still possible to have a bounce back year at that age, but it’s going to happen a lot less.
An amazing First Base option is still available in Free Agency. BARRY BONDS!! He’s a great athlete, he can probably play the position…lol, if he can bend down…..Keith Hernandez will blow a gasket, but I really don’t care about anything that dill weed has to say…and he can play the Outfield when Delgado is healthy….With the Church injury, Bonds signing makes a lot more sense….no one ever plays the same after an injury like that for at least a couple months, usually a year…a division can be lost in a month as we all know all too well.
The other guy the Mets really should get is Ryan Doumit though…from Pittsburgh. He can also Catch, which would allow Castro to pinch hit(MAYBE JUST GET RID OF SCHNIEDER ALTOGETHER…down the road), but above all else, he can hit. Marcus Thames can play First, and would be an excellent platoon to Church….If they would have signed Dallas McPherson like I wanted…that would’ve been a good option to have…where did Andy Phillips sign? Can Willy Aybar play First? Ruben Gotay? Brett Harper?? Oh, that’s right….
Brandon Medders and Rajai Davis are still must haves.
The only guy on that list who makes sense is Clark – Johnson is not a bench player, Sexson makes was too much $$.
Maybe Hatteberg also makes sense since he can also be a 3rd catcher, allowing Castro to pinch-hit more often.
Today, Johnson is a bench player, behind Dmitri Young.
I love Hatty — best choice on the list — but he can’t catch no more.
Ryan Klesko would be a good fit as a back up/part time 1B and corner OF, even though he has declared “retirement”.
But of all the names mentioned above I would lean towards Millar. The rest doesn’t impress much. Would Conine consider coming back?
please no
nick johnsone would be a huge addition
I agree. Did you see the picture of him and Dimitri Young on ESPN.com? It looks like Cedric The Entertainer being interviewed by Jiminy Glick.
Conine or Klesko? Yikes!
I we talk anyone out of pseudo-retirement, it should be Shawn Green.
Thank god we are done with Julio Franco.
Michel Abreu sounds like a better option to me than anyone on Olney’s list other that Nick Johnson (and there is no way the Mets can get a fair deal done with Bowden).
I don’t think Clark can be had, usually newly signed FAs can’t be traded until May or June 15th, unless the team and the player agree to do so.
Hatteberg is pretty awful, same with Sexson and Millar.
Go get former Met prospect Justin Huber from the Royals. He’s reportedly on the bubble there and can provide a good RH bat off the bench and possibly a replacement for Delgado, now or in the future.
nothin screams success more than a player who cant cut it with the royals.
Is that you, Ambiorix?
Millar makes sense….right handed bat and can play some RF against a tough lefty. Also a leader and winner.
i agree, none of the guys on this list are world beaters so id go with millar bc hes been in a pennant race and is known to be a good clubhouse guy and good team player. i mean if youre going to choose between has beens and never was’s might as well go with the one with the rings and the right attitude.
How bout giving gotay a shot. His lack of range don’t matter at 1B and he seems like he could hit decently. I’d rather have him then that bum on cincinaty.
during the offseason i was wondering if the mets were going to make a serious run at Bobby Kielty of the Red Sox. I figured he’s a great righty bat off lefties, can take church’s place and by having him allow easely to play first when delgado is injured.
however, if we are going by this list the guy who makes the most sense is hatteburg because of the reasons listed above. He can catch and that frees up castro, high OBP and doesn’t struggle with either lefties or righties.
Hatt. stinks. Don’t forget he played in the 2nd bets hitters park in baseball.
Nick Johnson would be the guy to get. He is 29 has a great glove, very good bat, (20 plus homers and a .395 on base percentage) and is a good club house guy. Then he can take over next year.
They need a right handed outfielder. Why won’t the Mets carry 11 pitchers instead of 12?
But he is injured every year
I think the broken leg can be quialified as a career threatening, catastrophic injury which took two surgeries and over a year to recover from. He did play in 147 games before the injury in 2006.
That was the only season out of a 7 year career. He has a 1 in 7 shot at staying healthy by your logic
Or you could say he “turned a corner” there is no predicting injuries. Besides 2 other seasons he got a decent amount of games in and his first he was a fill in.
Bottom line he is the best guy on that list and will improve the defense as well.
he’s been injured a lot, but he’s a great hitter when he’s in, and like MD poits out, pretty good defense, too. Don’t know how we’d get him, but easily the most desirable on this list.
They will carry 12 pitchers, and should, because they can’t afford to overwork the key guys in the pen the way they did last year. There’s no way they can consider carrying only 11 pitchers, even if there is a stretch where they don’t need a fifth starter, as is often the case at the beginning of the season.
I don’t get why they were that overworked. I think it’s a convenient excuse for not performing well.
The Met relievers pitched in more games but not significantly more innings that closers or relievers from other era’s.
These are just general ranges:
Tug average 50-60 games and 70-90 IP
Heilman did 74 games and 87 IP
Wags ranged 60-70 games and 77IP
Smoltz 60-70 games and 60-80 IP
Fingers 60-70 games and around 100IP
The Mets should be able to go with 11 pitchers.
I went to Tradition Field last week and saw Michel Abreu played. I have to say he played way better than Delgado did very time he was on the field.
I wouldn’t be against Abreu being available in case Delgado doesn’t bounce back from his hip injury (which I am 90% sure he won’t).
From what I saw last week, Delgado didn’t improve at all from last year. He looked as if time didn’t go by since last September. He was swinging too late almost every time he was at bat, stroke out several times and the only time he took a walk was due to the umpire’s bad call on that pitch.
How old is he? Some say 33-34…but for a year…if he can hit ,why not?
He’s a Cuban defector so, like El Duque, his age is a fuzzy number.
Seems like he’s having a good spring though – gotta be worth trying out. After all, the team managed to get plenty of wins early last year without much help from its 1B.
Leave it up to Buster to have a Yankee perpetually on his mind.
Nick Johnson would be a bad choice for the Mets because he’s always injured and will only fill up the infirmary, because he makes about $5 million a year and the Mets have little room left in the payroll before they hit the LT threshold, and because he will cost talent that the Mets are thin on.
They can backup first base by:
1) Trying Abreu out there
2) Trying Valentin-Easley-Gotay etc out there
3) Seeing if Carp has a bounceback year
4) Coaxing Green out of retirement
I just don’t want them to spend more money and prospects this year to acquire someone for first base who is already risky due to health or age or just not a good player. And I’m glad it looks like Omar is not inclined to trade for someone now. I think they’ll go in-house first.
I think Johnson would be worth a gamble (if we could get him, which we probably can’t anyway, so the point is moot)…he’s a very good hitter v. both rhp and lhp, plays good D, and I don’t think 5 mil is make or break loot. Yes, he’s been hurt a lot. No argument.
But I’d rather gamble with a guy who we know can play, rather than one we don’t.
I posted this down below, but I think Nady is the answer.
I wonder if Gotay/Carp could get him, seeing that he’s expendable due to his app. $8M due to him ove the next 2 years
How bout Brandon Inge? Nomar Garciaparra (if Inge is traded to the Dodgers)?? Andy Phillips (whom Omar should’ve signed months ago)???
Brandon Inge stinks, and is demanding a starting role
Andy Phillips just plain stinks
Which leaves Nomar, who stank last year, so you’d be counting on him to have a bounceback year – a bit like our existing 1B.
Those options all seem worse than Abreu backing up Delgado, given the spring Abreu’s having.
LOL… I thought you were just insinuating that you’d rather have Michel Abreu than any of those three. That’s funny.
I would not want any of those 3 anywhere near the Mets.
Throw money at Shawn Green to entice him into playing in NY again, versus the left coast where he wants to be.
It’s funny how reality creeps in after a few days of spring training. The hope of a “…bounce back year” slowly reveals itself as one big oversight by the GM. Gee, Omar, isn’t life tough after pissing the Wilpon’s money on just about every big time free agent or player to come your way the past few years and now realizing you have to live with the consequences? Gee, Mets fans, isn’t life tough when you realize a real major league team is not like your fantasy team, that you have honor the contracts of the players that you sign as opposed to simply ignoring your mistakes and creating a new team for a different league? Look on the bright side, at least this post isn’t about today’s New York Times article that states that it’s common knowledge that Santana has lost a few MPH on his fastball rendering his much vaunted change much less effective.
in my reality its utter nonsense to make all those assumptions after just a few days of spring training.
I have an advanced degree in spotting trends, thank you very much!
Would that be an MBS? A masters in bull-$hitting?
BS? You must be speaking of Mets marketing slogan in 2007 – “Your season has come.”
No, I’m speaking about a fan who has no clue how to put March 3rd into perspective in terms of a full season.
First off, you’re incorrect. The NYT’s article on Santana did state that at the end of last season he seemed to have lost a few MPH, but in no way is there any suggestion that it was permanent.
Second, you’re also wrong about “pissing” the Wilpon’s money on free agents. Beltran, Wagner, Pedro were all excellent signings that I’m sure the majority of Mets fans (not to mention Mets officials) would do over again in a heartbeat. It’s too soon to judge Santana but at this point few if any Mets fans would not do that trade/signing. .
Third, all GMs make bad moves. Gillick and Cashman, for example are poor GMs with their fair share of bozo transactions and money wasted.
Fourth, all teams have to deal with age and injury. From Tom Gordon to Wakefield and Schilling to Mussina and Damon, it hits every team. Granted the Mets may have more age on its team than other clubs, but I don’t think it’s so much more that they can’t overcome it from the bench and farm system.
I think you just need to get a grip as your post is all out of whack with reality.
You make some very good points, especially the one about how the loss of velocity is usually not permanent and is not part of a trend as a pitchers gets older. Or how the Mets possess one of if not the best benches and farm systems in MLB to rely on. Thanks again – it’s so nice to be reconnected with reality.
A temporary loss of velocity can be due to many things. Such as a recurrence of the blister problem that Santana occasionally suffers and had last year too. And a pitcher’s velocity will frequently vary throughout a season. Taking what is basically a tribute article to Santana in which there were no alarms raised, and trying to spin it into a negative, not only shows your loss of touch with reality, but a desperate and lame attempt to fish for some negative news.
Another sign of your being out of touch with reality is your thinking I said “the Mets possess one of it not the best benches and farm systems in MLB to rely on.” I never said that at all. But fact is, Marlon Anderson, Easley and Chavez are excellent bench players who should be able to fill in ably for injured starters. And the ability of a farm system to help a major league club is not only measured by the quality of prospects at higher levels, but also the quality of excess major league talent a GM can park in AAA during the year.
It those two delusions weren’t enough, you were just totally out of whack with no sense of reality when you mentioned Omar’s free agent signings which have been excellent.
I can only conclude you must be a jealous Phillie, Braves, or Yankees fan. That would explain your delusions.
Let me clarify my status. Mets fan, not fan boi.
Then you get the co-award with Mr. Met for the most outlandish Mets fan on Metsblog.
cgpublic,
back to the Bronx or Phlly or Atlanta with you.
Where is it common knowledge that Santana has a problem with the speed of his fastball?
Are you talking about the idiotic speculation over why Johan was not dominant over the final 6 weeks of last season?
Do you think that it might have had something to do with the fact he was exasperated with the situation in Minnesota? Seeing his buddy Castillo traded when the Twins were kind of in it, knowing that Hunter was going to walk, that if they kept Johan it meant that Nathan and either Cuddyer or Morneau were all leaving along with Hunter?
Could that have had something to with it?
Please, don’t be upset that your beloved Jankos are deciding to go with a rotation of has-beens (Mussina, Pettitte) and likely never-will-bes (Kennedy, Igawa, Joba).
Maybe its the Phillthies that rock your world? All-Crap 3B Pedro Feliz and an OF of Burrell, Jenkins, Victorino and Werth (along with Ryan Howard that’s about 600Ks over the course of the season) along with a rotation of the awful Moyer, Kendrick and the vastly overrated Myers and Hamels topped off with the wonderful Adam Eaton!!
Or could it be the Bravos that make you weak in the knees? All-Old pitchers like Smoltz and Glavine (we all know Glavine is d-u-n, DUN) and don’t forget Mike Hampton who hasn’t pitched in MLB since 2005!! Hey, maybe jo-jo reyes will be decent, maybe Hudson will pitch well for an entire season, instead of just a strong April/May? Unlikely.
All in all, I like the Mets’ chances.
Boy, speculation is a bitch. Enough to take a few miles of one’s fastball.
I’m speculating you won’t be anywhere on this website in September after Santana has put up another Cy Young-caliber season.
cgpublic, that’s your answer?
they raise janko/bravo/phillie fans dumber than I thought these days.
How about a Mets fan who refuses to drink every drop of Kool Aid that sprouts from the mouths of fan boi’s.
You don’t need to drink koolaid and wave pom-poms. But how about just having a sense of reality instead of going completely bonkers the other way?
Or are you just having a bad day? Did someone pee in your cornflakes this morning?
First if you read the whole article it also states that taking a few mph off the change-up and it regains its affect. It is called a change-up for a reason its not about the velocity. Second, not really sure what the point of honoring contracts is while I agree there are probably fans out there who think just voiding Delgado’s contract is feasible and realistic none have appeared here so far. Finally there is still a month left in spring training before the team heads North and jumping off the deep end now seems like an overreaction.
P.S. Carlos Lee, Barry Zito, Dice K, off the top of my head 3 FA Omar didn’t piss money away on
But I like diving off the deep end – it’s so much safer!
Not if you don’t know how to swim which seems to be the case with you.
That’s right, I have an aversion to swimming in BS!
The New York Times article is about how good Santana’s change up is and how the fact that he uses the exact same motion as is fastball makes it so effective. There is one sentence in there that mentions a decrease in velocity “Santana does that by dominating the inside corner with his fastball, although there are minor concerns about how a loss in velocity contributed to a slump late last season.”
I find it very sad that you can read a whole article on how Santana has the best change up in the game which happens to have one sentence mentioning minor concerns about a loss in velocity and take it to be a negative article on him. I know Mets fans have had many reasons to be pessimistic, especially recently, but this is ridiculous.
My last shred of optimism went out the window when Juan Gone’s first hit in three years went over the wall. Gee, 150 million doesn’t buy as much optimism as it used to.
It’s a good thing Twins fans didn’t jump off the deep end in the spring of 2006 when Santana put up an ERA of nearly 5.00. I hope you know what happened later that year.
C’mon, get real.Are you serious? Or are you vying with Mr. Met for most ludicrous poster of the year?
Me? Ludicrous? No more so than the Mets dropping just about every game that counted to the Nationals and Marlins the last two weeks of the season.
So, are you going to let us all know who you cheer for? Yankees, Brave, or Phillies… Cause it’s obvious you’re just posting here because you read on your teams sh*t blog about Metsblog, and trying to antaganize a group of mostly knowlegable Mets fan.
Personally, I just think you just wanted to brag because you just completed reading your first New York Times article without any help… AND you should be applauded. Congratulations.
Every year, 29 teams in baseball ultimately fail. It doesn’t matter how they do it. They just do.
It’s a new year and a new season. Get over the past. The Mets made enough changes over the winter that should help them put together a stronger year.
I don’t know how anyone can have a big gripe about how the Mets improved the team over the winter.
“Pissing away Wilpon’s money”… Steve Phillips did it, Omar doesn’t… there is a difference between spending $40M on Kevin Appier, or $53M on Pedro Martinez.
There’s a difference between paying Mike Cameron and Kaz Matsui a combined $12M a year, when Vlad Guerrero signs for $14M (Omar offered him $15M, but you probably don’t know that)
Omar also didn’t sign Delgado, he traded for him… and his contract. Do you think ARod is going to be worth $30M a season when he’s 40? No, but when you produce, you get rewarded. You get guarenteed money. You get the extra year, because if there are 31 other teams out there that would love to have you.
As for the Johan thing, I’m glad you are one of the people who thinks Omar did something stupid by trading away no MLB proven talent for the best pitcher in the game. Your that guy who is smarter than every baseball exec, scout and beat writer who thinks that this was an absolute heist, because you read an article in the NY Times. (Actually, I’m suprised you can read the NY Times, because they use words above the sixth grade reading level, so Bravo buddy, you’re GED classes paid off.)
I’m glad you believe everything that you read… Wasn’t it “common knowledge” that Iraq had WMDs? Wasn’t it “common knowledge” that only homosexuals can get AIDS? Personally, I don’t rely on “common knowledge,” so maybe you shouldn’t either. Just some advice.
Nice to hear that you don’t rely on “common knowledge” . Then let’s consider this simple fact: There is not a single instance in the history of MLB where the type of contact awarded to Santana has benefited the franchise in question over the long term. A heist? Three pitching prospects, a young, exciting CF and 150 million dollars? I hate to burst your bubble, but there was only one team in MLB desperate enough to make that deal. Guess who? That’s right – the worst team money can buy. One more thing: I read somewhere that the Mets collapsed last season, but then again it just might fall under “common knowledge.” So just for you, I’m going to present factual information. The Phillies won the NL East in 2007.
More factual information -
The Braves won 14 straight division titles, and only 1 World Series, making it “common knowledge” that they are the Buffalo Bills of Baseball
The Phillies won their first division titles since the 80’s, and got swept out in the first round, making it “common knowledge” that they suck in the postseason.
40 of the 84 players on the Mitchell Report played for Joe Torre, making it “common knowledge” that he’s the most overrated manager of all time, and that just like his boy Clemens, he had to cheat to win
You have presented one fact in all of your posts, and been made to look stupid time and time again by VCarver, making in “common knowledge” that VCarver owns you.
Mayber there is something to common knowledge.
I knew it was only a matter of time before you would begin to see things my way. After all, it must get tiresome looking up all of this factual information. That said, I did notice Humber pitched a scoreless inning and Gomez added a ribby in their game today. Did I mention that Milledge went 2 for 3 with 3 RBI’s yesterday? I’m starting to understand the value of facts over common knowledge. Thanks!
Please anyone but Millar. If i have to listen to his stupid rally cries and Cowboy Up rhetoric or go to shea and watch Videos of him playing air guitar to the Boss im becoming a freaking Rays Fan. Cant stand him. Nothing against his baseball skills he is just an annoying person,
From what ive heard alot of old sox players couldnt stand him either, and i know alot of Red Sox fans hated him as well.
Kendry Morales .
I would love to see that happen. He could be the starting 1B next season. Don’t know what the Angels would want for him, though.
for Pelfrey or FM, which one?
Not only should we sign Scott Hatteberg, we should clone him and have him play every position.
***bows to the almighty Moneyball***
Aubrey Huff is the answer. After that it goes down hill. There are some teams out there with worse #5 starters than Sosa.
Just to name a few O’s, TB, KC, WSox,
Astro’s and Cards are pretty weak too.
Nick Johnson is GREAT. He has an OPS+ around 150 every year he is healthy. He would be a huge addition, but he wouldn’t be cheap. Honestly though, Id like to see him the lineup rather than Delgado at this point.
He can’t be here unless we cut Delgado. That won’t happen. Johnson would be a nice AS break pickup if Delgado still is not healthy or would be a good addition for next season. No reason for him to be on the bench.
I don’t see why he couldn’t sit on our bench… The Nats are going with Dmitri Young as their first-choice first base, so he wouldn’t be losing out on playing time coming here to sit behind Delgado who’s definitely not making 162 starts this year.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this team’s biggest weaknesses are going to be offense from the firstbase spot and second…I wasn’t entirely sold on Castillo last year, and I’m still not convinced that he’s going to be able to contribute much (since his worth is tied so much to speed and defense).
While pursuing a strategy of acquiring players who are experienced sometimes works well, sometimes you just get guys on the downside of their career, and both Castillo and especially Delgado sure look that way. As a diehard Mets fan, I really, really hope I’m wrong and that they both have great seasons…but I’m pretty skeptical.
What’s wrong with a guy that hit over .300 last season and almost every season he has been in the MLB? Castillo will be fine and says he is healthy. Just no reason to push them yet.
As for Delgado, I think he will be ok and we did get average production from him last year. Besides there was no one on the market this season that would have given more production than Delgado. We just need a reliable everyday backup that can play a few positions.
Beuond defense (and whatever speed he has left in him) Castillo’s real value is what he brings to the 2-spot in the line up. He was a good signing.
As for Delgado, isn’t it a tad early for everyone to be freaking out about his health? It’s only the first week of March…
So . . . now people want Green back?????
Nope, not as a starter at anytime. And his inablity to hit LHP would not help any either.
6. Mike Piazza, FA
or
maybe the Yanks will cut Morgan Ensberg and we can get him for back up 1B
Backup 1B, backup C, scary RH bat off the bench. C’mon, bring him back already!!!
i’ve been posting about nick johnson for months because i trust delgado as far as i can throw him this season.
Looks like you’re heading to the DL as well with a back injury . . .
I had Delgado penciled in for a big bounceback year. I admit it. I saw last year as a mirage of just bad luck and poor timing of injuries that just sapped his timing since everytime he seemed to find his stroke…he’d get hurt within a day or two and was again taking time off to heal then find his stroke again.
Now I am worried that the hip is a chronic deal although the BS machine today said that it is definitely not a chronic condition. THen later it is said he was on meds to control the pain at the end of the season but during the offseason went off the meds and the pain returned. This was stated by Eddy C on the fan this am. To me that epitomizes chronic in that ok when on meds but in pain when not on it…
I think Abreu is a decent stop gap for a couple of weeks at a time but only a healthy Delgado can produce the numbers needed from the 1b spot.
I have overlooked the real concerns on the team. Beltran will return and be his productive self, I expect Castillo to be 140 game player and around his career production which is very good. I see a Reyes and Wright as fine and possibly doing a bit better than last year. But Schneider, Church, Alou and Delgado are actually about 50% of the regular lineup and if they are weak or injured for long stretches (specifically Delgado and Alou), we are in for a poor offensive season which spells trouble.
We might be able to find a corner OF to help but there are no 1b options available until the trade deadline and no way the braves dump Tex on us…no way.
Now officially worried about the offense when my entire offseason was built around fears for the rotation and pen which to me now seem pretty solved. UGGGH
Lol, M&MD talking about this issue right now and and they say Nady would be a perfect fit for this team which is true. Then Mad Dog says it is Sanchez’s fault that we have this problem because if he didn’t get in the taxi accident then we would still have Nady and not have to trade him for R-Herd. Lol, you do realize Mad Dog that we also got Perez in the trade, who is more important to our team right now then a back-up first baseman is.
An amazing First Base option is still available in Free Agency. BARRY BONDS!! He’s a great athlete, he can probably play the position…lol, if he can bend down…..Keith Hernandez will blow a gasket, but I really don’t care about anything that dill weed has to say…and he can play the Outfield when Delgado is healthy….With the Church injury, Bonds signing makes a lot more sense….no one ever plays the same after an injury like that for at least a couple months, usually a year…a division can be lost in a month as we all know all too well.
The other guy the Mets really should get is Ryan Doumit though…from Pittsburgh. He can also Catch, which would allow Castro to pinch hit(MAYBE JUST GET RID OF SCHNIEDER ALTOGETHER…down the road), but above all else, he can hit. Marcus Thames can play First, and would be an excellent platoon to Church….If they would have signed Dallas McPherson like I wanted…that would’ve been a good option to have…where did Andy Phillips sign? Can Willy Aybar play First? Ruben Gotay? Brett Harper?? Oh, that’s right….
Brandon Medders and Rajai Davis are still must haves.
I think it would be wise to consider Brandon Inge. K’s are a little high, but the guy knows how to hit from any spot in the lineup. That kind of flexibility with this lineup could be nice.
M&theMD are so far behind the curve it isn’t even funny. I’ve been flooding Cerrone and other Mets blogs and message boards with Nick johnson emails since September of last year, and Nady since the offseason began. A lot of people have been talking about Nady for a while. So many people laughed at me regarding my foresight of Delgado being worse than Johnson in 08. In the end I guarantee Johnson has a better 08 season than Delgado.
Delgado is dead weight. Had we even started the .290 hitting Green in place of Delgado at the end of last year, the mets would have won the division.
You really don’t know what you’re talking about half as much as you believe you do. Acquiring Nick Johnson would be great, but that’s not going to happen. Number 1, the Mets aren’t gonna pay what it’d cost in prospects or money to get him. Number 2, where is he or Delgado gonna play when both are healthy? It’s not gonna happen. I’d like to get Johnson, but it isn’t going to happen.
Nady is/was trash, and I hope they steer clear of him. Yes, he does make some sense; I’ll grant you that, but I don’t like him and never have. He’s not good. Never was. I really don’t understand the retarded fascination with him.
Green was a disaster, and how dare you even make mention of the guy that single handedly cost us two years?
The guys I mentioned + Juan Rivera are the only guys the Mets need to be thinking about right now.
Xavier Nady
He answers every bench/backup/platoon answer in one roster spot.
1) He backs up Delgado
2) Can be used in a platoon with Church
3) Good hitter with pop off the bench (Nady or Chuch)
4) Chavez can be used in different situations
5) We don’t have to start Easley or Anderson in the OF
6) We have 41 year old Moises Alou starting
7) He’s proven he can handle NY
Plus, he’s expendable, as the Pirates don’t want to pay him the $5M he’ll win in arbitration next year.
It’s a no brainer… He’s obviously a good fit in the clubhouse (remember the Mets offering to let him celebrate with the team in 06 when they won the NL East)…
What it will take? I don’t know that, but IN OMAR I TRUST
Nady stinks. Always has, always will.
Nady is a solid .275/15-20HR guy who can play both first base and OF. He’d be a GREAT fit on this team, and he has spent most of his career as a platoon player, so he can be relied upon after a few days rest.
I’m not saying he’s a great player, but he fills a lot of needs for the Mets.
You’re right about one thing….he’s not a great player. He’s a mediocre player, and that’s not good enough. If you strive for mediocre players, guess what? You get players that play mediocre baseball. Mediocre baseball doesn’t win Championships. If you go for spectacular players, you get spectacular baseball. Barry Bonds is a spectacular baseball player. If the Mets sign Barry Bonds, there is no doubt the Mets significantly increase their chances at winning the World Series. I want to win the World Series. I want Barry Bonds. My only question is, can he play First? Even if he can’t though; I still want him.
As far as First base goes, I’d like to see Ruben Gotay try it out as an internal option, but if the position will be addressed abroad I still don’t want Nady. The Tigers(Thames), Angels(Juan Rivera), and Diamondbacks(Brandon Medders, Chad Tracy?) all could use a lefty reliever…I hate to lose Schoewenweis…then again there’s no telling if Randolph will mangle his usage again…
I still would like to see the Mets add Rajai Davis…I know he can be had.
I’ve been wondering for MONTHS now, why Kevin Millar is
not already w/ us?–Would seem factoring in: cost, past history,
availability and the fact that NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
w/ Delgado this guy can play both LF & RF, he’d help.
Go get him Don Omar, you passed on Chacon who also
would have helped so don’t wait until our backs are against the
wall and we end up w/ Richie Sexton.
Millar is worse than Nady…go read a book…
I still don’t understand why the Hell Shawn Green is not on the team.
Because he said he would only play for a west coast team.
only guy on that list that’s helping us to playoff town, is Nicky “the bone splitter” Johnson
bring xavier nady back
Michel Abreu is our man.