Comments on: News: Vargas pulled from N’Ola Start

By: nrmax88

nrmax88 — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:06:41 +0000

Minaya is widely known around the league and the world as one of the best talent evaluators/ scouts there is. There is a laundry list of guys in the big leagues he had a role in signing. It was because of Omar we signed Reyes, even though he was only an assitant at the time. Omar signed guys like Pudge, Sammy Sosa, Juan Gonzalez, traded absoutely NOTHING for John Maine and Oliver Perez. Cry me a river you little pus.

By: hyperion4

hyperion4 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:40:53 +0000

And like they said above — Smith could come right back if someone is DL’d.

Matt’s later post says that Pagan was DL’d. That may have been mishandled. If he had’nt been pinch-hitting almost everyday they could have backdated it. On the other hand, they may not miss Pagan too much. He seems really poorly cut out for pinch-hitting.

By: hyperion4

hyperion4 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:38:07 +0000

I’d have an easier judging your indictment of Minaya if I knew more about whether other GMs have done brilliant jobs assembling bullpens.

I’m sure in my own mind that Minaya is not brilliant, but I doubt he’s any worse than average. Schoeneweis is looking pretty OK right now. Wise is actually a pretty good reliever when healthy. If Heilman were performing up to expectations the bullpen wouldn’t be a particular worry right now. I just don’t like the idea of sending Smith down.

You know, I actually give credit to Minaya for getting 2-3 decent starts out of Figueroa. Now that the league’s on to him, send him packing and get someone else who might fool people for a couple of weeks. It’s a strategy, anyway. If anyone could have predicated that Livan Hernandez was going to pitch the way he has for the Twins, it would have been great to sign him, but as I recall there were mostly catcalls on this site when that idea was floated.

By: nrmax88

nrmax88 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:25:03 +0000

You wanted Figgy to stay in? Why? He gave them the lead back 3 innings in a row the half inning after we gave him the lead. He was walking the ballpark and had leadoff guys on all the time. That was a tough one to watch. Atleast Figgy and Sosa are gone now though, let us all rejoice.

By: k-mets

k-mets — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:22:30 +0000

According to WFan,
The team did DFA Sosa and Figgy and DL Pagan. Broyght up Tatis, Vergas, and Wise! Yeah! Sosa DFA

By: huge_mets_fan11

huge_mets_fan11 — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:05:29 +0000

Loving the call up of Tatis if it true. Then he could give guys like Wright (looks he needs a day off) and Reyes days off during the course of the year. Also when it is a blowout, we did not have a backup 3B or SS to go in place of them during a blowout besides Easley, now we do. Very good move.

By: Free Aaron Heilman

Free Aaron Heilman — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:59:00 +0000

No team is stocked full of dependable relievers. There simply aren’t enough of them to go around.

Some teams are stocked better than others. And yes, there aren’t enough of them to go around. Which is why when you are a team with lots of resources and have one of them within your grasp, then you don’t let him get away over a measly additional year in a contract.

By: Free Aaron Heilman

Free Aaron Heilman — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:55:44 +0000

I never heard that and I don’t believe that for a second Can you find a link with a trusted source saying this?

What was reported was that he wanted 3 years and Omar wouldn’t give it to him. The Orioles would.

By: egnirc

egnirc — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:44:24 +0000

After he left there was reports that he wasn’t happy in NY and was a loner in the clubhouse. And that Joe Smith was the only guy he bonded with in camp.
May have been spin but who knows.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:35:32 +0000

So maybe he isn’t as good as his first few starts and not as bad as his last 2 starts?

Either way, he’s better than Sosa.