Read: What if Kazmir Stayed?
At Gotham Baseball, Eric Stashin discusses the repercussions of trading Scott Kazmir in 2004.
Stashin writes:
“I don’t think that the Mets would have won a championship in ’06, even with Kazmir. It wasn’t the starting pitching that did them in during that series. You just can’t say that Kazmir would have made such a drastic difference, changing the course of the series. Game 7 came down to the bullpens, with Aaron Heilman giving up the game winning shot in the top of the ninth. It was a crushing blow, but one that Kazmir could have done little to prevent.”
Stashin also points out that without having traded Kazmir, the Mets wouldn’t have Johan Santana right now.
…these speculative pieces are fun to read but hard to quantify…all i do know is that after begrudgingly watching him as a ray for a few years, i have finally let go of the disappointment in trading kazmir…i can’t lie though, that picture does irk me a little bit…
