They made the same mistake with Jorge Sosa, Dave Williams and Nelson Figueroa. They don’t give these guy’s any experience in long relief roles (or short relief in Sosa’s case) that would be been mentally valuable. I understand they’re out to win games down there too, but the major league team is obviously the top priority. Overall though, they still have some depth to work with. They should have recalled Claudio Vargas because it’s likely there will be teams interested in him come the deadline.

They probably wouldn’t get a lot back for him, but a couple lower level prospects wouldn’t hurt. Maybe they could swing them in another trade for a corner OF. With Orlando Hernandez coming back, they won’t really need him. El Duque should do well in that role, but there’s really no shot of him coming back beyond that. Same thing with Alou and Delgado. The only free agent’s the Mets will likely try to bring back in the offseason are Easley, Tatis and possibly Oliver Perez and Pedro Martinez if they develop enough consistency.

Kind of like Trot Nixon. And Matt Wise. These guy’s aren’t even on the disabled list. They all aren’t even good enough to be on the team. Originally, Smith was supposed to be in the minors for Wise, but he’s having a solid year. Obviously El Duque will slot into that Armas/Muniz role. El Duque probably won’t be a starter. I don’t see why he’d have to yet. Oliver’s coming around a little, but he can crunch against crappy teams. Pedro has to show more too before we’re able to rely on him down the stretch. This will mean the Mets may not have to trade prospects for a starting pitcher like Vicente Padilla, because they’re more in need of an outfielder or a right-handed reliever in my opinion.

Are they going to run out of options with Carlos Muniz too? Don’t you get like 7? It feels like they’ve done it at least five teams bringing him up and down this year. If they’re buyers in the market, it’s possible they could try to use him in a trade I’m taking it.

Right now the Mets don’t need any negative influences, such as seeing Alou get taken out of a game in the third inning. Hopefully Alou and Castillo are ready fresh right off the DL next year. Last year they did the same exact thing with Lastings Milledge and he played decent. They may activate Nixon around the same time too, but that’s only because Aguila and Evans really are useless to this team right now.

I think Heilman will have his typical second half surge for us, so he’s restoring my confidence somewhat. Muniz simply hasn’t pitched enough to be worthy of condemnation, right?

I’m Carlos Muniz. Right now I’m up again but soon I’ll be down again and then up again.

I would like to turn this into a song. The more money I make is nice for me and for you is nice (to know).

Warm Regards,
Carlos P. Muniz

Do you keep a separate toothbrush in N.O. and put one in a travel bag?

They don’t travel that well. You know they are moist etc. So I am just curious about your system.

When you get back from your trip if you do have two, don’t forget to air the travel one so it dries, then put it back in the bag.

goodluck.