The bottom line is that Epstein has been GM of the Red Sos just 1 more year than Omar has been GM of the Mets. Yet Epstein has:

1) 2 WS titles (Omar has none)
2) A highly regarded farm system (Omar’s is rated lowly)
3) A team considered better than the Mets right now.

The Red Sox budget has been only slightly larger than the Mets in recent years. Yet Epstein has outperformed Omar by a wide margin.

Also, how can you call Ortiz injury-prone when he’s played in no fewer than 149 games each of the last 4 season :?: Alou and El Duque haven’t even come close.

Again, no GM is immune to mistakes or players who underperform or who get hurt. The difference between the GMs is how much risk do you put on your team for these things? Omar put too many risky old players on his team since he’s been the Mets GM and it’s hurt the team more than it’s helped.

Omar is an average GM. That’s it. He’s a notch below the Epsteins and Beanes. NY deserves better. And the Mets will never win a WS title while Omar is Mets GM.

Every radio station in Boston was questioning Epstein and his personal choices and calling for his head when the team collpased because the catcher left…

Good thing BoSox ownership ignored them because the won the word series last year.

Baseball is flukey and nothing is guaranteed.

So it’s misleading to even say “FA AND TRADES.”

It’s not just home grown talent that’s the issue. in the case of Boston, it’s:

1) Youth
2) Performance over tools
3) Draft and farm system
4) Avoidance of aging injury-prone players

That’s the difference between a GM that has won 2 WS and Omar.

And no, that doesn’t mean Epstein is perfect or that they haven’t had bad contracts. They’ve just minimized those things as opposed to Omar.

You are totally wrong about the FA element. Not one of those players you named was acquired by the Sox via free agency. Not one.

What are you smoking?

I agree with one thing you are saying — the D-Backs are the exception to the rule. Because there are not that many really smart GMs around. Byrnes, Moore, Epstein and Beane are the exception. There may be others. But Omar is not one of them.

In 3 years, the D-Backs will still be competitive with a reasonable payroll, while the Mets and Yankees will still be struggling to remain competitive while employing too many old, injury-prone and underperforming veterans. That is, if they haven’t replaced Omar and Cashman with smarter GMs.

The point still stands that most of Boston’s impact lineup was not home grown talent by any means and were the product od FA signings and trades.

And again, the D-Backs are an exception to the rule…and like I also said, since Arizona cant fill seats like NY can they wont be enjoying their youthful and star studdd line up for long..

And you’re grossly exaggerating. Since Josh Byrnes has been GM, they’ve never played below .469.

It’s hard for me to root for guys like Alou and El Duque, even when the Mets win. I could never warm up to them because they’re old, they play without energy, and they get hurt and leave their teammates short.

I would gladly go through a few seasons of .450 play if I knew I’d get a team strong in pitching and full of talented youngsters at the end.

And you’re very wrong. Boston has not won mostly by huge FA signings. Manny, Beckett , Lowell, and Schilling were all acquired by trades. Ortiz was a free pickup and he was non-tendered by Minny. And Pedroia was drafted by the Sox! Wow, not one of those players you named was a FA signing.,

Epstein has put much more emphasis on trades, youth and the farm system than Omar. And it’s paid off with 2 WS titles.

Epstein is also a much better GM than Omar.

And the D-backs are an exception to the rule…in two years the team will be gutted just like the marlins did years ago because they dont pull in enough money through merchandising/ sponsorship/advertising/ticket sales to keep the star players…

Half of the D bacls will be in Mets, Yankee or Boston uniforms in 3 years.

And again, Boston mainly has won through huge FA signing and trades like Ortiz/Manny/Schilling/Beckett. Pedroia/Lowell. Pedroia and the likes are just butter and more of a fluke…read about Ellbury being passed on by every team that viewed him….it was sheer dumb luck that he has developed like he has…