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SNY will televise this morning’s conference call with Omar Minaya, which is set to begin around 11 am EDT.
I will also live blog the call, since I know many of you are unable to be in front of a television or computer speakers.
…Update…11:03 am…
The conference call seems to be a bit delayed, as usual.
…Update…11:11 am…
As expected, Jeff Wilpon announced that Omar Minaya has been given a three-year contract extension, which expires at the end of the 2012 season, with club options for 2013 and 2014.
Minaya says he is happy, and will continue to work hard to bring a championship to New York, which is and has been his goal since joining the organization.
…Update…11:16 am…
Wilpon told reporters that he feels Minaya and his staff are the best group to lead their baseball operations, adding, ‘We failed this year, and we want to get the redemption we need and move forward, and we feel Omar and his staff are the best group to put us in that position.’
Wilpon has great confidence in Minaya’s leadership, and ability to ‘re-evaluate everything from top to bottom here.’
Wilpon, Minaya and his staff have already met and discussed a plan to move forward this off-season.
…Update…11:18 am…
According to Minaya, the team is still in discussions with Jerry Manuel about bringing him back for next season.
…Update…11:22 am…
The disapproval he is seeing from fans, as reflected in ‘fan polls,’ according to Minaya, ‘It comes with the territory.’
He acknowledges that, in a city as passionate as New York, ‘when things are going good they like you, and when things are going bad they don’t.’
…Update…11:24 am…
Minaya would not say what his favorite move has been since becoming GM of the Mets, nor would he acknowledge ‘one he would like to take back.’
…Update…11:26 am…
Minaya says he has talked with Carlos Delgado’s agent, to let him know he is ‘probably looking to’ pick up the option and bring Delgado back.
…Update…11:30 am…
Wilpon says the current financial crisis has not yet had an impact on the team or Citi Field, as they have ‘not requested funds above what they have budgeted for.’
…Update…11:35 am…
Minaya intends to look closely at what the team lacks, and what is missing, which is keeping the Mets from ‘crossing the finish line.’
Wilpon said he is asking many of the same questions that are being asked by the fans, including whether the answer is ‘addition by subtraction.’
…Update…11:40 am…
Minaya acknowledged that there is ‘something there, something missing,’ that the club needs to get over, and he will continue to work to find ‘the right mix,’ ‘the right fit,’ to try and get ‘across the finish line.’
…Update…11:43 am…
“One of the top areas we need to address is the bullpen and the closer,” Minaya said. “There’s only a few guys in the game what we say can, ‘lock-out an inning,’ so we’ll have to look in the market place, or look internally, because for a championship team that is very important.”
…Update…11:48 am…
Minaya says that David Wright, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran are ‘winning players,’ adding, ‘We’re going to do everything we can as an organization to put them in a position to get those big hits in the playoffs.”
However, Minaya said, ‘We have to be open-minded all winter to see if there’s a fit that makes us better.’
…Update…11:49 am…
The conference call has ended.
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Perhaps Omar is finalizing our playoff roster…
To settle all this crap about DWright not being clutch:
He’s hitting .312 career with men-on, .350 career with a man on third, .393 career with bases-loaded, a mind-boggling .447 career with a man on third and less than 2 outs (that’s no small sample, out of 235 plate appearances), and slugging a career .554 in tie games.
And this year: batting .340 in September with 21 RBIs, .333 in extra innings with a .500 OBP, and slugging .493 against the Phillies (not to mention hitting .480 against the Yanks)
Yes, he struck out 61 times with men on this year, which is too much, and he hit .247 with 2 outs and RISP, which is only slightly above average.
Basically, he is a clutch player. I think he overthought things this year, and tried to hit too many homeruns (hence all the strike outs).
Oh, and can ANYONE deny how clutch his DEFENSE is? Has anyone watched the ridiculous plays he’s made all year at third? Especially LATE INNINGS and with men on?
We have the best 3B in the league, to add to the best SS and the best CF.
Why is SNY showing an infomercial?
Im seeing the sleep number bed infomercial on sny… no Omar yet… maybe he”s got stage fright like David Wright.
It’s on now.
Support Omar Minaya.. YEs WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’s the part where they say Heilman’s been released?
HA HA HA
Good one!
Anyone here see the pics of the demo removals at Shea? Sad.
where the pics?
Daily News has some….it is sad.
They probably just as sume that goes without saying.
sadly…Heilman will not be released…the only way he gets off this team is if he is traded. hopefully someone will take him.
At the end of the day, his resume includes 2.5 years of good success, and one bad season. Considering that you will likely get no more than a used kleenex for him, give him the benefit of the doubt…Perhaps that knee bothered him more than we all thought.
If Omar is able to swing a good deal involving Aaron, fine, go for it. If Omar is able to bring in somebody and needs an extra roster spot, fine get rid of him. Otherwise, give it one more go.
no im sorry but aaron heilman should have been traded LONG AGO. he basically has been a tremendous detriment to this team for 3 years of collapse. sorry if you like him, but he is gone.
If you can’t stand Minaya there has never been a more appropriate time to check out this new blog. It’s minayamustgo.blogspot.com
This is a sad farce! Can someone take my team back from these a-holes!!!! This is the same garbage they said last year!
Jim Bowden’s probably going to be looking for a new job soon…
Your point is what? Bowden is a terrible GM.
I know that. cver was complaining so I offered a suggestion which clearly shows how we don’t have it that bad.
Got it. Then let me say, Good Point!!!!!
What do you want them to say?
“Yes, we’re going to sign CC Sabathia, Marx Texeira, K-Rod and everyone else that can help us.”
If that’s what you’re looking for, keep dreaming.
What would you prefer them to say, or do? Run around like lunatics knocking things over?
…with arms flailing, mouths open and tongues hanging out.
I would pay $20 for that.
if they did that 5 times and you paid $20 each time, you could go to one game at citi field :-)
That would be more entertaining programming.
They could put Castillo and Heilman in a steel cage match to add some juice.
The winner goes looking for Burgos.
Hahahaha brilliant.
I think Castillo helped put in my cable yesterday. looked just like him.
I’d prefer FRED Wilpon to have a press conference and announce that he has fired Omar and is looking for a new GM, who will in turn start the search for a new manager.
maybe you should take a few years off then, because that was clearly never happening.
I know it’s never happening and if I wasn’t a loyal Met fan for over 40 years through thick and thin, I would definitely take a few years off, although who knows - the team could do really well anlyway. Minaya has done some great stuff and some awful stuff. I would have signed Lowe originally instead of Pedro and would have signed Soriano this past offseason instead of 4 years of Castillo. That would have given us hitting for average, power and a bit of extra speed and the flexibility to play him at either the outfield or 2B, depending on who became available. Francisco Cordero would have been considered, too. I know that is a lot of money, but when it is considered that Billy will be off the books after next season, Pedro is now off the books, it would be worthwhile.
Omar and Jerry deserve to be back, the bullpen, Alou, Castillo dont.
Sad part is the big 3 (reys wright beltran) neevr getting hot at the same time all year is what really cost this team, i mean the brewers pen is just as bad if not worse but their guys came up clutch when needed, ours didnt
Yeah, your boy Guiermo helped shut the door on us.
let alone they fired their manager with 2 weeks left in the season…I thought that was the nail in the coffin…but instead sparked them to rise from the dead.
non-sense, the brewers had a losing month in september they lost 7 of 7 games to the Phillies and Mets.
Offensive struggles or not, the Mets had a 5-1 lead against the Cubs in the 5th, a 2-0 lead against the Braves in the 8th, a 4-2 lead against the Braves in the 8th, and a 4-2 lead after 6 against the Braves.
That all occurred in the final two weeks. If the pen held just ONE of those games, the Mets would have played a play in game Monday night, now if we want to go back to any of the other six wins they coughed up for Johan Santana including two with 3+ run leads into the 8th inning.
Pirate game the makeup at Shea when Pedro pitched…
Pirates were amiling it in and the pen coughed it up…
THAT was a biggie…
not that I disagree but…</