Comments on: Opinion: I fear the Mets are at a Crossroads

By: Mingo

Mingo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:09:32 +0000

Bingo. While others have 23 year old prospects. We have 23 year old established stars. I think the idea of having good prospects in the minors is moot. All they are good for is trading or somewhere down the road. You have no way of knowing whether or not they can crack the big team or contribute. At least we have guys in the minors who can crack the majors because they have done it already. They can contribute at minimum as much as other team’s prospects. Plus while they are able to immediately contribute, our prospects can develop.

By: Gilch

Gilch — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:11:48 +0000

and i dont give a crap about AVERAGE AGE
our best players are
reyes, wright, beltran johan, perez, maine
3 best positions players and 3 best pitchers are young stars

By: Gilch

Gilch — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:10:55 +0000

Beltran is worth every penny.. streaky and maybe not the #1 u want up evertime in a big spot… but pencil him in every yr for … 275, 30 and 100 and a gold glove CF
..no team in baseball wanted to touch Vlad off his injury, not just the mets…
next, im going to open a huge can of worms ..but here goes…
i love reyes …. but how much longer until we need to really think about what kind of player he is ….. he had 3/4 of a season in 2006 where he was God … off that 3/4 of 2006, people were picking him to be MVP next year … whats not to say hes a bit closer to the jose we are seeing now instead of that player in 2006 who was on absolute fire for 3/4 of the 06 season?
its not like he has a long career track record to look at…
i mean even as is, hes still a damn good player …
thoughts?

By: Airfeet

Airfeet — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:18:00 +0000

It wouldnt be a rental for Perez, whoever trades for him is going to try to work a contract agreement before they make the trade

By: Airfeet

Airfeet — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:01:07 +0000

I cant wait till the day we fire Willie…I havent seen this team fired the start of 2007 season…Ive never seen Willie get thrown out of a game arguing or doing anything to get this team fired up…and its pretty clear the players arent getting fired up…we need a manager that will fight for our team and show some emotion

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:51:06 +0000

oh god, the ways a person who cared enough could dismantle a POS post like this. someone else take care of it please.

By: metsftw

metsftw — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:45:25 +0000

to be fair, we don’t have pedro, alou, schneider, and our 1B is a black hole. reyes still hasn’t got it going.

By: metsman69

metsman69 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:17:28 +0000

Its amazing that out of over 100 comments on this thread, hardly any mention has been made of one of the biggest blunders of the Mets over the last 5 years – which was only PARTLY Minaya’s fault….

and that was passing on a FA signing of Vladimir Gurrrero one year and then trying to make up for it the next year by throwing Fort Knox at a flash in the pan outfielder named Carlos Beltran.

Beltran was made the centerpiece of the NEW METS along with Pedro. But Beltran is a passive personality and only a mediocre offensive player who rarely hits in the clutch and actually had to be moved out of the three hole into the two hole at one point to improve his productivity.

Beltran is not a bust, he is a smooth outfielder and a steady offensive presence. But his is not a SUPERSTAR offensively the way Gurrero was and is and so the Mets still lacked for quite a while a reliable 3 or4 hole hitter even AFTER signing Beltran. They had to wait for David Wright to develop (remember Willie batting him 7th early on !!) to fill up the 3 hole.

Beltran to me is symbolic of what is wrong with this team. He is supposed to be the anchor and heart of the team but he is passive and not a leader… he is not Keith Hernandez or Gary Carter and he is nowhere near the offensive threat that Piazza was in his prime. He is a passive OK player and in a town that demands excellence or passion he has NEITHER.

And he is probably still the highest paid player on the team.

By: Mingo

Mingo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:16:21 +0000

I don’t buy the premise of any of this.
I was talking to a Braves fan today. He was lamenting the possible injuries of Smoltz and Hudson along with Glavine and Hampton. It occurred to me just how old they really are. Their starters are older than ours. They have no depth in the Bullpen. They have no depth in their starters. They are considering Buddy Carslile as a starter again.
On the other hand we have a 28 year old ace, two 25 year olds, a 31 year old and a 24 year old. I may be wrong about the exact ages but I’m not too far off. This doesn’t account for El Duque or Pedro. But this is a decent aged staff and they all are doing their job. Plus we have two to three guys in the minors ready to step in and help. We are thick with starters.
We have questions about what to do with Matt Wise when he comes back. If El Duque comes back he heads to the bullpen. If Pedro comes back Figgy heads to Sosa’s spot.
Our bullpen is in good shape.

We have to replace Alou and Delgado. Castillo still has his game. The rest of the team is younger and in playing days shape.

Now the Mets may not have drafted their entire minor league system. But it is very well stocked. They have traded and signed for a lot of Major League capable veterans. For example, look at their catchers. They had nobody as of this winter. Then they have three Major League capable catchers in the minors. Casanova, Cancel and Molina. This goes with Castro and Schneider. They are five deep at catcher. They have Armas and Vargas ready to start. That doesn’t include the possible option of Freddy Garcia later. They are in okay shape on the starters. They have position players to fill the roles in Triple A.

While they have depleted the position players in the minors, they have a lot of players at the B-Mets that are being groomed as strong prospects.

Basically Minaya knows the minor league system has been depleted. So he has built up a temporary stopgap of major leaguers to supply the main team while the system is replenished.

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:08:06 +0000

nor is it clear who the hell you are talking to.

You see, there’s that phrase in blue font that says “Reply to the comment”.

give it a try.