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Read: Valentin Misses Mets

by Mike Nichols on June 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm

Over at the baseball blog for the New York Times, Charlie Nobles catches up with the rehabbing Jose Valentin.

According to Nobles, Valentin, who had been rehabbing a knee injury, but is now nursing a sore elbow, has been frustrated watching the Mets from the sidelines and believes he can help the team reach their potential.

…while i admire valentin’s work ethic and dedication, and by all accounts he is a great veteran presence in the Mets clubhouse, i have no interest in seeing valentin be apart of the
Mets 25-man roster…this team needs to get younger, not older…and, adding a 38-year old coming off knee surgery looking to reclaim what he did two years ago is not the way to get younger…

…i’d rather see the Mets give a guy like Val Pascucci – or one of their higher ceiling minor leaguers – a chance, than give another opportunity to a aging retread….