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The Mets held a conference call with reporters this afternoon to officially announce that they have picked up Carlos Delgado’s option for 2009.
…i will provide notes from the call later in the day, during which delgado talks about building around the team’s core, the post-season, and leadership, among other things…
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trade him.
2nd…
Trade you instead.
Wouldn’t it be funny if he was on the call and got traded.
Please trade him. I Can’t take another catchable throw hit the dirt and him miss it. Yeah i know for 2 months he carried the team. he also Dogged it for a coach he didn’t like. Totally unprofessional.
you probably hated that coach too didn’t you? It got him fired didn’t it? Some of you want everything…and more. Never happy. Why anybody wouldn’t be satisfied with having Delgado back is beyond me. He was in the top 3 hitters in the league for 3 months, leave it alone.
and of course you always want a Delgado type in a contract year….much motivation there….people make me laugh when they say trade him but never say who will produce his 30+ HRs and 100+ RBI….
as long you get get a young promising prospect or fill another hole on the team, i’m all for moving the soon-to-be 37yr old who can’t play D, run, and is a minor injury away from repeating 07. You sell high.
you’re not answering the question… who is going to produce those numbers? Don’t just state just the problem…state the solution as well…
it doesn’t matter, this isn’t a championship team yet. trade him for something that will help in the future because you are not winning in ‘09.
way to be positive…you might as well switch teams if that is the case
The only way I t rade him is if we hold teams hostage. They are getting a 30+HR, 100+RBI guy for $12MM (a bargain in today’s market). There are plenty of teams that could use him. Heck, Kansas City could probably afford him for a year to try and make a run at it.
Point is, unless the package blows you away, I wouldn’t trade him.
Another catchable throw hit the dirt and him miss it? Did you watch last year? He scooped almost every one of those errant throws.
Especially the ones from Prince Wright.
The downside risk is that Delgado ‘09 = Frank Thomas ‘08. He’s too much of a superstar to sit no matter how bad his performance gets.
The upside is he plays ‘09 like the second half of ‘08, but I consider that unlikely.
why can yankees and angels talk about getting Tex AND Sabathia … Metsbloggers (and maybe Mets, don’t know) are stuck on considering second tier players. i think Texeira is young yet proven and very talented. He is a better option than Delgado. He/Boras will supposedly go to the highest bidder. i think we go out, spend some citifield money and get him.
If we can’t get Tex, then Delgado is a good backup plan … but let’s consider trying at least!
BTW opening day payroll for mets last year per cot’s contracts was 138M. Cerrone said a week or so ago that Mets could increase payroll by up to 20 percent (i think that’s what he said). Even w/150M payroll, we can afford a new 20M 1B AND a new 20M pitcher).
Right, but nothing else. Considering closer is top priority, and a top-tier closer will cost up to $15M, plus new set up men who could combine for $10M plus, those funds are dwindling.
Not to mention, something scares me about C.C….I know he is a beast, but the Brewers seemingly pitched him on 3 days rest every start for about a month….He is a big guy, but can he handle the work load?