Comments on: Opinion: Omar Minaya his 4-yr Extension

By: Steve in DC

Steve in DC — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:35:53 +0000

Rule by the middle.

By: X-Man

X-Man — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:57:53 +0000

We can agree to disagree! lol It’s all good.

By: zen

zen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:56:55 +0000

i’m not taking it personally…i didn’t even use that term. just disagree. no big deal.

By: X-Man

X-Man — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:54:32 +0000

I’m just saying Relevant is a very poor word to use with a team with the highest payroll in the league. You would be much better off saying Omar has made them a Playoff Contender or even a possible Championship team, but relevant is weak man, I mean VERY weak. Pittsburgh longs to be relevant, The NY Mets want to be champions and I believe they will soon. Take the word “relevant” and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. I mean that metaphorically, not you personally.

By: zen

zen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:46:03 +0000

right because being relevant isn’t much for the mighty mets who have zero world series titles in 22 years to go along with only 4 playoff appearance during that stretch.

this year would make 2 playoffs in 3 years with reyes, wright, beltran, and santana in their primes the next couple of years.

By: X-Man

X-Man — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:40:07 +0000

I have to admit, I’m a little surprised at how many people on here are running to support the Omar extension. What gives?? just a couple of months ago, almost every other post were about “FIRE OMAR!!!” Now……………..Omar is OK, he’s a good dude?? He’s made us relevant and a contender. LOL (A term I despise, as though being relevant is a good thing for a team with the highest payroll in NL, you better damn well be AT LEAST relevant and contend!! ). Hey, as far as GMs go, we could do allot worse. I personally think Omar has done a good job other than the Castillo signing and the BP, those are my two biggest pet peeves with him, but over all, I give him a B+ grade ( I can just feel all the grading posts coming! lol ). I also think he should be given an extension and let him complete the mission and bring us to the promise land. But please, please don’t use the excuse of being “relevant” and “Contenders” as a means to defend Omar or prove that he’s done a good job. This not KC or Pittsburgh where being “relevant” is a big accomplishment. Give me a break.

By: zen

zen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:24:15 +0000

omar has done a very good job turning this team around from the dark years from 2001-2004. It was a huge job to fix that mess and omar was a big part of fixing it. phillips drafting/signing reyes, wright, and heilman didn’t hurt either.

i was very concerned that omar didn’t strenghten the farm system, but his farm system brought in santana, church, and schneider.

not to mention that murphy, evans, niese, and parnell look pretty solid. and those kids f-mart and wilmer flores might be a nice player too.

By: Dafatone80

Dafatone80 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:57:13 +0000

He’s not having a great year.

But it’s the Nationals. Games were meaningless halfway through May. That doesn’t mean much.

By: Free Aaron Heilman III

Free Aaron Heilman III — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:04 +0000

At age 25, Lindstrom began the 2005 season at Double-A Binghamton,

Right. Lets look at the season BEFORE his last season with the Mets. Not the most recent one. Sure, that makes sense. :roll:

Look at 2006. He had GOOD numbers that year as his walk totals went down and his strikeout rates went up.

By: Free Aaron Heilman III

Free Aaron Heilman III — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:38:09 +0000

Yes, he was promising. He threw close to 100 mph with decent minor league stats. At the very least, he should have been a September callup to see what he had. And Peterson might have improved him even further.

As for Mota,, as I recall, there were a lot of people on this site at the time Mota signed who said it was a good gamble.

Heck, if you’re saying it was a no-brainer not to sign Mota, then what does that say about Omar?

Personally I think it was a no-brainer not to sign him as his failed drug test coincided with his good period in 2006.

And it wasn’t just Mota. I was against the El Duque contract, the Alou option, the Lindstrom trade, the Show contract, and the Bradford snub at the time they were made … among many other things. It’s not just 20/20 hindsight.