Buzz: Concerned with Delgado
In a post to his blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman writes about Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada, and has the following to 
say about Carlos Delgado:
“The Mets have a glaring problem three weeks into the season and that problem is named Carlos Delgado…It is becoming more and more evident that the Mets are going to have to address that issue as this season goes along by either limiting Delgado’s at-bats or going all Frank Thomas on him and just releasing him. Then the question will become who picks up the at-bats in Delgado’s absence.”
…honestly, i have been catching more and more eye-rolls, shoulder shrugs and overall frustration regarding delgado from people connected to the team of late, to the extent that it has me wondering, too, just what his future holds…
…it would not surprise me to learn that the Mets are already thinking creatively about what to do this season if a) delgado’s struggles continue, or b) he gets hurt, or both for that matter…my sense is that the answer will not be an exciting solution, but rather a player like a Scott Hatteberg or Kevin Millar, but that is total speculation based solely on the market…
…during spring training, i overheard two scouts discussing delgado, and in addition to wondering if he would eventually need hip surgery, their basic conclusion was that he had served his porpoise for the Mets and was now playing on borrowed time…in other words, he did well in 2006, helped to bring Carlos Beltran out of his shell, but now beltran is fine, and delgado is a basically a singles-hitter who plays so-so defense…and, if the Mets must go with a single hitter at first, there are far better options available to them from guys who are far better on defense…
By the way, 21–year-old 1B Mike Carp is hitting .446 with five HR and 16 RBI for the Mets in Double-A Binghamton, while striking out in just 12 percent of his plate appearances.
