Comments on: News: Giants sign Jeremy Affeldt

By: wrightstuff08

wrightstuff08 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0000

Omar is sleeping at the wheel again!! He needs a lot more relief help than one of those overpaid closers can give. He better get Cruz and someone else as well as a closer.

By: fongulalou

fongulalou — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:20:28 +0000

Giants got him cheap. Looks like Beimel will want 3yrs.

By: Elastic

Elastic — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:17:01 +0000

Affeldt would have been a nice pickup for the Mets.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:02:17 +0000

Thats not good news. I was really really hoping he could end up here.

By: Philnym31

Philnym31 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:52:30 +0000

2 years, 8 million.

By: mrmustseetv

mrmustseetv — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:16:41 +0000

Really?

How about the Mets giving up a second round draft pick and giving 3 years to David Weather a few years back?

How about the Mets saying they would not sign a reliever for 3 years to justify not resigning Bradford then giving 3 years to a bum like Schoeneweis?

I don’t care about Affeldt. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again- NEVER SPEND FREE AGENT DOLLARS ON MIDDLE RELIEF.

Middle relief is a cr*p shoot. They aren’t good enough to close and aren’t good enough to start. The best bet is to audition a ton of arms or trade for middle relief help.

By: Joe Bacci

Joe Bacci — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:10:37 +0000

No kidding:

Hanky and Cash: We are offering CC 160mm

“dan’s mets supersite dot com”: I heard an unfounded rumor from a friend the Mets are in the hunt for CC…

Hanky and Cash: Oh Yeah?? 200MM!!!

By: krumbledkookie

krumbledkookie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:07:56 +0000

Affeldt is not a closer. The market is as open as it was before. What closers have signed? Besides Gregg getting traded, all else is essentially the same, for closers at least.

By: stickguy

stickguy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:06:41 +0000

well, what would have been good IMO is if the mets had signed him for this deal.

cant just focus on a closer and nothing else. IMO, almost more imortant to shore up the MR corps with at least 2 new guys.

The rest can be patched together.

Beimel does seem to be roughly equivilant to Schoenweiss though.

What the heck, just keep the best 5 strong power arms you can find in ST and make that the pen!

By: One Day This Team Will Kill Me

One Day This Team Will Kill Me — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:02:50 +0000

only the yankees give out contracts like that, ie. Kyle Farnsworth, they are not a smart organization