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Following yesterday’s game, Moises Alou told reporters that he will return from the disabled list tomorrow.
According to Alou, he can no longer sit on the sidelines while his team is struggling.
However, Willie Randolph followed by saying Alou will again test his calf muscle before tomorrow’s game, at which point the team will decide if he is ready to return to action.
In the 14 games that Alou has played this season, the Mets are 7–7, during which he is hitting .340.
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With all do respect to Alou, who cares! What so he can play another 14 games? I am so sick of this crap!
So when he’s in the lineup The Mets are still a .500 team… quick, wrap up that leg and let him swing the bat!!
This fan base has gone from despair in September, to hope in February/March, to here we go again in April, to anger in May and now apathy in June.
And rightfully so….
agreed, I’m just tired of the up and down of a 500 club when this club should be excelling.
This team needs a shake up. A trade, a call up. some fresh blood.
A Change!
Many will say Willie. You can critique his moves, but 3 straight lost games at 2-1, we just can’t hit.
Beltran??????????????
In the words of the late Owen Hart, “Enough is enough and it’s time for a CHANGE!”
Agreed with the previous comment…at this point, if the team is not going to compete on a daily basis, Mets brass should trade away these players for prospects. I’d trade Alou to a contending AL team for a prospect or two. At least in the AL he could be used as a DH. Trade Perez, Heilman…trade anyone minus the Santana, Reyes, Wright, etc…
can we trade willie and omar?
heilman, willie, and omar for shelley duncan?
Problem is Alou will get hurt whether he’s playing the field or DHing and sitting in the dugout the whole game. He’ll just get hurt. He’ll get hurt running, or swinging, or sliding, or spitting. The guy will get hurt, he’s 42, and no team in their right mind will give up any prospect of worth for Moises Alou.
I think the team’s approach is just right: put both hands together, get down on both knees, and pray to any and all gods that Moises Alou will recover soon.
At least he wants to try to do something about it.
Only problem, by him just wanting to try, he’ll hurt himself.
If Alou goes down again…. Get Dunn… he’ll play out the season in Left, then we can move him to 1B next year. He’s only 29 yrs old. Thoughts?
uh doesn’t he K a lot? Like they don’t have those problems.
K’s are a problem but hes had 100 RBIs and 40 Homers each of the last 3 years.
And the Mets definitely need a power bat in the lineup.
i like the idea but what are we going to trade to get him? abe nunez, robinson cancel, and whatever of value is left in our farm system
Not to mention he always has a high obp percentage. But either way he’d cost way to much considering the state of our farm system and the fact that adding one power bat isn’t going to fix the other holes.
Dunn is about to be a free agent and he plays for a non-contender that is not likely to resign him. I think he could be had for a reasonable price. And he’s 28, not 40, which would be nice.
Yeah he does K alot, but he also averages 40 HR and 96 RBI a year, with a .382 OBP and .902 OPS. Those are tremendous numbers.
Last year his OPS was .940, this year it’s .946. He’s a consistent producer despite his BA and K numbers.
And he also has played 152 or more games in the past 4 seasons. Did I mention he was 29 and not 42?
I’d love to see the Mets get this guy and slide him into the 4 or 5 spot so Beltran can be shifted up to 2.
Yea, if the Mets could just “get” Adam Dunn I think they would. Dunn is a lock for 40 homers and 100+ runs and rbis every single season. Stick him in the 4 hole, Beltran 5, and so on. (and when all you guys start putting together your hypothetical lineups I always see Wright 4. Wright is where he belongs. He’s a #3 hitter.)
But they can’t just get Adam Dunn or anyone other bat – which is waht they desperately need, a bat – because they have no chips.
I say get the big bucks out, again, and sign Mark Teixiera this summer. THAT guy is a monster bat we could use.
You never know about the cost. The guy is expensive and a FA to be.
Not saying I think it will happen, but I don’t think it’s impossible to get a like Dunn on this team.
And yes I agree, Wright is hitting exactly where he belongs. It’s Beltran that’s out of place.
He’s also a 28 year old 40 hr 100 rbi guy who gets on base at a ridiculous rate, .411 obp so far this season. I think it’s safe to say we won’t be the only team trying to trade for him which is going to drive his price up. And the reds are likely going to want a pitcher back, with almost no pitching depth in our minors I really don’t think a trade would be worth it.
Dunn K’s too much and has warning track power. Lucky for him the warning track in Cincinnati is 10 rows deep. Add in 18 games in Chicago and Houston and its no wonder he hits 40 a year…
He walks a ton as well, but in this lineup that would just lead to Delgado ending innings batting in the 7th hole instead of the 5th or 6th hole.
Sorry…don’t want Adam Dunne!!
It’s hard enough watching Wright and Beltran strike out back to back. Add Dunne in the mix and we have many trifecta K’s to enjoy.
NO THANKS!
You’re really help, dude. I’m sure of it. See you on the DL next week.
This is our LF production so far this year: .235/.288/.305/.592
It’s terrifying, but we need Alou to stay healthy in the worst way.
Sign Barry Bonds. I hear he is still available. I don’t care anymore.
I agree. Give him 5 mil and incentives to finish out the season here. There is no clubhouse chemistry to destroy (frmo all reports anyway).
Kenny Lofton is an old fart but he still produces and manages to stay healthy (see his last year’s production). I believe he is still available and would be a significant upgrade over Tatis and company.
Kenny Lofton is still productive, but we need a guy with pop. Imagine a lineup with Lofton, Schneider, and Castillo in it.
Lofton at this point is probably similar to the production that we would have hoped to get from Endy. I just don’t see it. We need Bonds.
Bonds? Come on guys. Be realistic. That is never going to happen.
I think we all know it won’t happen. But we do agree that it should happen.
Endy had a career year in 2006 and even at that Lofton’s stats last year surpassed Endy’s career year. BTW don’t expect another year from Endy similar to 2006. Career years are just that.
Lofton, Schneider and Castillo are superior to Chavez, Schneider and Castillo or Tatis, Schneider and Castillo. With a lineup sans power but with players that can play small ball Willie would have to resist his AL Yankees way and play an aggressive brand of baseball. The Mets starting staff is potentially good enough to win with small ball.
The magical part of Alou’s 30 game hit streak last year was that he was on the field for 30 straight games.
If he really wants to help the team, maybe he can be designated as the team’s wake up service. There is a realtively low chance of him getting injured doing that.
He might trip over the vacuum cleaner cord in the hall way, elevator doors might close on him, he might be turning the corner and run into the maid cart. All very possible given his track record.
…or break his hand pounding on the wall, or sprain a finger dialing the phone, or sever a vocal cord using voice activation…
Or sprain his thumb while peeing on it.
Alou won’t play in 40 games this year. At some point you have to look at it another way. Showing up and playing when he can only goes so far in terms of helping the team. Missing as much time as he does hurts more than being around helps. We won’t REALLY get the kind of production we need out of LF until he’s gone. And this is coming from someone who has had all of the respect in the world for him through the years. If I ever get to meet him, I’ll shake his han… um… wave in his general direction, and tell him he’s one of the best hitters I’ve ever seen.
Here’s really what needs to happen:
- Alou and Pedro need to stay healthy and get productive
- Church needs to get healthy
- Ollie and Heilman need to step it up in a really, really big way
- Castro needs to get more playing time
- Vargas has looked good; he may need to get into more high-leverage situations
Beyond all this, it’s tough to look at the rest of the team and see where one could reasonably expect more production. Most of the mediocre parts on this team are just that – mediocre (Schneider, Castillo, etc.). The Mets desperately need Delgado to resemble something of his former self, but I don’t know how reasonable it is to expect that at this point.
If there’s no outside help coming, then the Mets need Alou, Pedro, Heilman, Church and Ollie to all get healthy or get better (or both), and quick; and they need to consider using Castro and Vargas more.
From here on out, if the Mets play the way everyone expected them to (.600 ball), they’d win 90 games and could still be in the hunt at the end.
Don’t forget Beltran. We need him to resemble the Beltran of old. His lack of production especially with runners in scoring position has really hurt this team.
The problem with Beltran is that I feel like 85% of his stats come from some 2 week power binge. He’ll literally carry this team for a few weeks, go on some ‘5 homers in his last 2 games’ run and then dissapear for the next month. Then he’ll do that a few more times and then you have a decent final line when the season’s done with.
I understand why you would look at it that way, but he was great for us in 2006. He is a streaky hitter and can carry a team. But he was never exposed when Delgado, Wright, or Reyes who were able to do the same for periods of time.
Exactly. There’s just no meat. I don’t consider Beltran a serious 4 hitter to begin with. Let’s just get delusional for a moment and say the Mets sign Mark Teixeira this summer. I know, I know – they won’t do that. But let’s pretend. Then you have a legit 4 hitter. Put Beltran at 2, where he belongs, and they STILL need a legit 5 hitter. Church is more suited batting later, 6th at the earliest. Alou obviously not healthy and Delgado gone next season. They need to make SEVERAL additions to put together a formidable offenseive lineup.
And they won’t with Minaya at the helm.
How do the Mets sign Tex this summer when he is on the Braves for the rest of year? Please know your baseball before you make ridiculous claims.
It was probably just a typo.
You are getting a little ridiculous. he clearly meant next year.
He’s fine with RISP, I think the problem is we’re relying on him to be a power bat when for most of his career he hasn’t been that. And when you couple that with Delgado regressing you’ve got a huge gap in the line-up. Church and Wright are really the only two players hitter consistently and hitting for power.
Maybe if we throw our whole team except maine, reyes, wright, santana, wagner we can get hamilton from the rangers…we’d even pay all there salaries for the rangers!
and joe smith*
You know if this was horse racing Alou would not have been given another chance… look at Eight Bells.
Just give him one of those Horse-Steroid shots and he should be able to last a month.
….but not a mile and a half :-)
Instead of Big Brown you can call him “Big Mo”.
I think the real solution is for Alou to take steroids. That way, he can probably stay healthy, produce big time power numbers, and help this team climb up the standings.
I think he is at the point where he should retire. The guy cant stay on the field anymore. I hope i am wrong, but its right in front of us. The sooner he is gone, the sooner we have his replacment.
I really don’t think that guys like Alou help this team in the long run. It just gives them another excuse, oh, we are going to win when alou get’s healthy. oh, we are going to win when pedro comes back. Oh, just wait El duque is going to put us over the top. give me a break sooner or later we have to win with what we have.
Or we have to start trying to rebuild.
Before they can do that, they have to admit that there’s something wrong. We’re not there yet with this organization.
Omar has some dough decisions to make. Go after CC or go after Texeira?
Personally, I’m in favor of making a huge pitch for CC and building Citi Field around pitching. A staff of Santana, CC, and Maine for the next years to come will neutralize the Phillies tough lefties (Howard and Utley).
Pat Burrell is a free agent at the end of the season. I hate the guy so much, but wouldn’t be surprised in the least if the Mets made a pitch for him. We could also start to think about possibly trading for Matt Holliday. Package centered around F-Mart.
*dough = tough
Yep, just trade another prospect away, that’s the answer.
Prospects are exactly that…prospects. Matt Holliday is 28 years old and a beast of a hitter. He has shown that he can come through in the clutch, while F-Mart has proven nothing.
If you think the Wilpon’s and Omar plan on limping into Citi Field while licking their wounds, you’re insane. If the team fails this year, there will be more pressure to win next year than if they actually won this year.
“Prospects are exactly that…prospects”
yeah this is why we’re in this mess to begin with. and why we have no chips to trade. like Matt quoted from someone a while ago FA is dying, the only way to consistently field a competitive team is to invest in homegrown players, which we haven’t. Which is why we had one great year and now we’re back to mediocrity. teams like the d-backs and the rays are going to be good for years, and most of there young players still haven’t hit their primes.
I would look into Holliday but not for Fmart. Look at his home away splits. Again I would love to have him but not at that cost. Fmart is our only chip and should be used only for a sure thing.
FMart is exactly that, a chip. Holliday is much more of a sure thing than FMart. How many MVP votes did FMart get last season? How many World Series games has he played in?
He may go on to have a wonderful career, but obviously hasn’t had the chance yet. As much as I would love to see him in a Mets uniform, Matt Holliday is the better player at this stage of the game and there is no evidence pointing to the fact that FMart will be better. I’d rather have Matt Holliday on my team for the next 7 years than FMart. Wouldn’t you?
Gina, not to get nit-picky, but free agency is dying, which is why we would trade for Holliday.
Good point about the Rays and D-Backs. How long did it take both teams to get where they are? D-Backs haven’t been competitive since 2001 and the Rays have never been competitive. If you are willign to wait 6 years to compete, more power to you. But keep in mind, Wright and Reyes will be 31 at that point and Santana’s “ace” career will be winding down. Thus beginning the cycle all over again.
Oh, and how many runs has FMart scored without even touching home plate??? The guy is amazing! haha
First, there’s absolutely no way the word “rebuild” should enter the vocabulary list of these Metropolitans. They may be playing like a Division-II college team, however, there’s a lot of baseball to be played – and there’s no way the season should be considered a rebuilding year.
Secondly, the second Santana was signed re-enforced the fact that the 2008 Mets were going to contend – compared to having the word “rebuild” come into play.
Finally, my gut tells me that there’s absolutely no way that a New York team lets this type of negative play continue for an entire season. Something must give. I’m glad to hear Alou’s comments about coming back, yet, these Metropolitans need a lot more than an addition of an Alou to the lineup.
Are you serious? The mets would have to suddenly turn into a team that can play 20 games over 500 to make the playoffs minimum. Not gonna happen.
I understand what you’re saying, and I think that’s the way the front office is thinking. I just think it’s that line of thinking that’s going cause us to continue to be a mediocre franchise and a mediocre team for years to come.
Alou has played 14 out of 62 games? We have 100 left. He will play 23, which we will go .500 in. Yeah, my team stinks!
The Mets are done. Enjoy your summer.
That being said, The Mets will be the team that no contender wants to play in Late August and September. They will have no pressure and an apathetic fan base. Still they have alot of talent and will want to prove that they can play with the league’s best.
The problem for fan’s is not falling for the fool’sgold.
Alou will probably play the rest of the year without injury, but you can sign him
Pedro will probably pitch well and not get injured, but you cant sign him
Aaron Heilman will probably run 20 consecutive scoreless innings but we should still trade him.
Delgado will put up descent numbers , but you cant sign him either.
Remember Mike Cameron.He hit 30 homers, almost all after the Mets were done. Expect some of the above to do the same
yes but mike cameron was young and still a decent talent. but alou and delgado won’t fulfill ur prediction. maybe alou will help, but he wont be in there the rest of the way. delgado is a waste to even talk about anymore. pedro will do well, but what for?
Seriously: Bonds. All-in. Why not. We have nothing to lose.
honestly, i was against bonds the whole time, and still am, but its not like the mets have dignity right now that could be in jeopardy. they are a sorry looking team. scouts and analysts across baseball picked them as the team to beat in the NL east. they were among the d backs and cubs throughout the offseason after getting santana, and now everyone is laughing at them. with bonds it can’t be any worse, he’ll put some numbers on the board and maybe we’ll win one or two here or there
Another thing that is sort of overlooked… the Mets have already given up 32 unearned runs… that’s bad – like, venturing into 1993 Mets territory. They gave up 58 throughout all of 2006.
But somehow that bad defense is Willie’s fault.
He didn’t blame Willie. Maybe he has in previous posts. But even so, someone has to take the blame.
I’m a Willie supporter, but enough is enough.
I was being sarcastic there. I’m a Willie supporter as well. Bottom line is everything comes down to execution. You can motivate all you want, but players still have to execute. I think we’re finding that out in Detroit. Jim Leyland goes crazy, but have the Tigers gotten any better? No, because they are not executing.
Did the Sox get better after Ozzie’s tirade? Yes, but it wasn’t because of him yelling. They are doing their jobs and now they are winning again.
You know the more I think about it the more I like trading some of our dead weight and trying to get a few other pieces. We can’t get any super studs or even guys like Nady or Bay who still have years which makes them more valuable.
Who is to say we can’t however get Kendry Morales and Adam Dunn? Kendry could most likely be had for Heilman or Show and a prospect.
Dunn, I have no idea. It would most likely take a package like Neise, Carp and another prospect? Would that hurt us too much if we intended on resigning Dunn?
Everything I’ve read about Kendry Morales says ’s a pretty highly regarded package. I’d imagine if they felt they had to trade him they could get a better package than that.
“says he’s a pretty highly regarded prospect”*
Actually I can’t find anything on his trade value. I do know that he is at least 25 years old (Cuban defector so….)and on the AAAA bus. He is blocked big time in the OF and can’t get any time at 1B. I would think that if they see this as their year then he and Rivera and Willits may be on the block.
I think he’s considered their future dh.
With Rivera, Wiltis and every OF back next season? They have 4 Dh’s right now. They are much more worried about SP for next season, BP and SS.
We should have a sign up that counts down teh days untill delgado’s gone
Everyone…Willie is going nowhere. Let’s assume the Mets fire Willie and replace hime with Ken Oberkfell (for argument’s sake). Picture Oberkfell falling flat on his face the rest of the way. There is no way they could bring him back next year. That would mean three managers in less than a year. That’s not the picture of stability.
I think Willie will get, and deserves the rest of the season. He did dethrone the almighty Braves.
2000, our line up was half what we have right now, yet, we made it to the WS. They played with everything they had. Every day. Great team to watch and cheer for.
NOT TRUE AT ALL. I don’t get why people always bring down that team as having no talent? The pitching and fielding was incredible and the offense was not too shabby either. Plus we for the most part stayed away from the injury bug. Didn’t our starting rotation not miss a start until August or something?
This was a write up on the Mets, back in 2000.
BREAKDOWN
SPEED
– Smart baserunners up and down, but very few threats to steal
HITTING
– It all revolves around Piazza. When he’s hot, no team is better
DEFENSE
– Infield solid once again; Piazza, Agbayani can be exposed
PITCHING
– Many reliable starters and a solid bullpen.
We have more depth today. This was our lineup at one point
Timo Perez rf Church not better?
Edgardo Alfonzo 2b Castillo. Nope.
Mike Piazza c Of course better than Schneider offensively, but defense? Besides, you would need to compare him to Beltran.
Robin Ventura 3b Wright?
Benny Agbayani lf AAAA type guy, for one year. Just happened to be the year
Jay Payton cf Defensively Beltran is better. Offensively no contest but I used Beltran vs. Piazza and now you can used Schneider. Peyton is better.
Todd Zeile 1b I would take Zeile, even if he could play today. Delgado is just terrible.
Mike Bordick ss Jose Reyes???
Super Sub
Joe McEwing. Endy?
My point is, Willie is not getting the current Mets full potential. Bobby did.
I don’t agree with that post, it just does not do justice. Look at the lineup as a lineup.
Look at the rotation as a rotation and the BP the same.
Then factor in almost no injuries.
They were about the same level team as this one.
Well, injuries to players such as Alou, however unfortunate, were to be expected. We went in knowing he would not play. Poor Valentine got ran out of town because of his controversial approach, and because he was Phillips’ scapegoat. Took us to one world series, two wild cards and one division championship. Want to bet he would have flipped out on Castro yesterday? He would have made Delgado bunt every at bat.
That was not your point. You were saying how much more talented this team is than 2000. I still say that is not true and injuries do play a part in that.
Valentin was let go because of some of the same reasons Willie will be. The team got to the big time and never could match that success again. Valentin got his team over that one game hump that Willie did not in 2006. Then in 2001 what did the Mets do?
Look at what we have on our roster today. Our team is incredibly talented individually and the potential is far greater than the performance. We have the league leader in SB last year. We have Wright who is a 30 hrs-30 sb-100 rbi. Beltran, 30-20-100. Delgado 20 hr-80 rbi. Church 20 hr- 70 rbi. Take a look at these players and their past performance. Then take a look at the stats of the 2000 Mets and what they accomplished the few years after. Not even close. We have no leadership. None. My point was, the 2000 Mets played well above their expectations and they depended on monster years from Zeille, Alfonzo, and Piazza. We have nobody to kick this current team in the behind and have them overachieve. The current team are all under achieving.
I actually think Castro is in willies doghouse for actually getting a few clutch hits against the dogers.
So now Willie is being critizied for benching someone who did something stupid?
Please excuse my mention of the Spankees, however, I really don’t have a better, more recent example, so let me hear your thoughts . . .
What do you find different—if anything—from the Spanks of last-year and the Metropolitans of this-year?
I have one similarity that we should all know; that is, both New York teams were/are absolutely dreadful on all levels, with hopes of making the playoffs come mid-season were/are not even close to being part of any discussion.
How did the Yankees turn their regular season around, which concluded with a playoff birth and a big difference in team confidence from start to finish? What—if anything—played an integral role with their big-time turnaround?
Do you think this group of The Queens can mirror the cross-town group of The Bronx?
chiefly, they got healthy
great, here comes the cavalcade…
when Alou comes back and they are still a .500 team they will be waiting for Church to come back.
and then waiting on Alou again, and then waiting on Pedro again. This teams roster is like a built in excuse.
Plain and simple Omar has built a team that is just too old to compete on a consistant basis. They have flashes of playing good baseball for a few days and then revert back to playinf sub-par. I think I read somewhere where the Mets are the OLDEST team in the NL going by average age. Do we wonder why they can’t sustain a prolong winning streak? You can’t fight father time.
Was there any talk of the Mets signing J/Geoff Jenkins in the offseason to play leftfield? Mets dropped the ball on that one. And to this day, I think the Mets should have signed Carlos Lee. I think he could have easily been had.
The Wilpons need to sell this team . . . nothing ever seems to go right for them . . . I think Nelson 2XDay put some kind of hex on them when he agreed to be bought out
when alou and church come back tis should be the lineup
reyes
castillo
wright
alou
church
beltran
delgado
schnider(against righties and castro against lefties)
picher
what do you think guys?
Why protect Alou? If anything it should be
Reyes, Castillo, Wright, Church, Beltran, Alou, Delgado, Schneider/Sleepy.
I would bat Beltran second. Move Castillo (Slappy) further down.
This was a write up on the Mets, back in 2000.
BREAKDOWN
SPEED
– Smart baserunners up and down, but very few threats to steal
HITTING
– It all revolves around Piazza. When he’s hot, no team is better
DEFENSE
– Infield solid once again; Piazza, Agbayani can be exposed
PITCHING
– Many reliable starters and a solid bullpen.
We have more depth today. This was our lineup at one point
Timo Perez rf Church not better?
Edgardo Alfonzo 2b Castillo. Nope.
Mike Piazza c Of course better than Schneider offensively, but defense? Besides, you would need to compare him to Beltran.
Robin Ventura 3b Wright?
Benny Agbayani lf AAAA type guy, for one year. Just happened to be the year
Jay Payton cf Defensively Beltran is better. Offensively no contest but I used Beltran vs. Piazza and now you can used Schneider. Peyton is better.
Todd Zeile 1b I would take Zeile, even if he could play today. Delgado is just terrible.
Mike Bordick ss Jose Reyes???
Super Sub
Joe McEwing. Endy?
My point is, Willie is not getting the current Mets full potential. Bobby did.
Don’t think Willie would have won 4 championships if he was managing the Yankees instead of Joe.
Most of you will agree that the key to a successful season is beating up on teams that your are “supposed to” beat. Well, since May 1, the Mets are 6-15 vs teams with .500 records or worse. (I am including ATL because they were only 1 game above .500 when we played them and we should definitely be up for that series)
0-4 vs SD (24-37 before series)
2-1 vs SF (24-33)
1-2 vs COL (18-29)
0-4 vs ATL (22-21)
1-3 vs WSH (15-23)
2-1 vs CIN (14-21)
Is this another case of the Mets being “bored” because they are so good?
No but it does mean that we have hope. If we have been that bad then we can easliy be that good against those teams.
With people throwing around teams this version of the Mets resemble I would have to say the 1991 version for those who can remember. They were a built to win now club that got off to a good start then tailed off as the offense showed its true colors. They also got good pitching, but just never put it all together. To me these two seasons mirror each other. I can remember how frustrated i got as the season unfolded, this current one earily resembles.
This year reminds me more of the 2001 team. Most of the same cast as the prior two seasons held together with a patch and glue offseason.
And a lame duck manager.
Yea, but they were out of it early in the year, this team keeps threading water like the 91 club. A slow painful death. Thats the only reason why i recall that god foresaken season.
What about Perez for Johnny Damon? That would be a move the Yankee’s would most likely make. Damon could play 1B and LF.
I think looking at Vargas and Armas Jr #’s we MIGHT be able to get by without Perez.
Heck no, we will be getting older again. The last thing we need is another aging outfielder. Besides, you just know Perez would turn it around in the Bronx and they would have that to throw in our face during interleague.
So what, do you want to try and fix this season or not? Damon would help our offense and can play 1B and OF. We would be getting older but only for this year and next. It’s not like Perez is coming back next season.
No, just…no. I’m open to trading Perez, but Damon is playing way over his head right now. His 2007 was atrocious. Just because he went 6 for 6 the other day, doesn’t mean he is good at this point in his career. I fully expect him to revert to that form sooner than later. Besides, I’d rather have Perez suck for $6 million for this year only, than have Damon suck for $13 million a year for two years.
i would do perez for damon…. i dont think ya could get much more for perez …
Can’t wait to see Alou’s next injury……splinter from a bat, out 2 months……..ingrown toenail……6 weeks…….crazed mustache injury……whole year…….
30-32. June 9th. 100 games left. Approx. 4 before July 31st. Alou is going to do what? We will know soon enough what the Wilpons intend to do the rest of the season.
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I wish Alou would just go away. Yeah, he can still hit, but IMHO, he does more harm to this team than good.
We can all agree that Billy Wagner has spoken his mind before, and doesn’t seem to shy away from the media, right? And, we all know that being so media-friendly can put someone in a vulnerable position, right?
Well, talk about vulnerability with your comments. “Absolutely the worst. If it gets worse than this . . . I don’t think it can.”
The thing that I hate breaking to Billy is how things can absolutely get worse. I truly pray that I’m wrong, however, there’s definitely enough baseball drama left to have at least two-things happen:
First, the Mets backup Wagner’s prediction to how things can’t get worse than this, thus, the gradual climb heads North, and the Mets move into a playoff position.
Second, the Mets continue to slide South; fans continue to have their Boos heard loud and clear; Randolph hops back onto the hot seat, and this time the phrase, “Free Willie” takes center to the New York stage. And, things continue to get worse.
What’s it going to be Mets, What’s it going to be.
Maybe we would score a couple more runs if Mr. 20+ million dollars a year Carlos Beltran would produce a little more hitting cleanup than his 255 batting average and 6 homeruns. I’m sorry but going 2 for 17 in a series with 4K and 0 rbis batting in the cleanup spot will get your team swept even by the sucky Padres.