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Mets 1B Carlos Delgado spent Thanksgiving serving dinner at a homeless shelter in Puerto Rico, according to Primera Hora.
Delgado told the newspaper the Mets should focus on acquiring a closer, a set-up man and at least one or two starting pitchers.
Delgado has filed paperwork to play for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, which will occur during spring training next season.
“I’ll be there if the need me,” Delgado told the newspaper. “It would be a honor to represent my country. I will have six weeks of training on the field for the World Baseball Classic, so I hope to be ready,” for the regular season.
…thanks, again, to Andrew M for the link and translation…
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yes, get ready because if you are not traded, we will need to have another good season. BTW that bobblehead looks like cliff floyd.
get to work matt :)
Matt we miss you, at least give us a post just saying hello…
Delgado is right……pitching, pitching and more pitching.
Delgado is right….. but he might be traded for pitching, and I am one fan not opposed to it.
If we trade Delgado for pitching, where do you suggest we replace all those homers, and runs he created last year?
Mark Teixiera or Manny Ramirez would fit in just fine.
Sure. And when we lose Tex to the Angels or Yankees and Manny resigns with LA?
The problem is we’re going to have to replace Delgado either this year or next year. And there’s a lot more options to replace him this year than there will be next year. So we can either go after someone this year and hope we don’t end up SOL. Or we can wait till next year and definitely end up SOL.
I think delgado is a cancer of this clubhouse. He did nothing for half the season. He was almost benched. He got willie fired, not that i care that much about Willie.
I never wanted Delgado on this team, after he snubbed the mets. I don’t think he wants to be here, so i want him gone. He stinks defensively, flat out. He k’s a lot with men in scoring position. I know everyone forgot all about how awful he was for a season(2nd half last year before injury, the first half this year). he dogged it for willie.
I want him gone. He’s easy to move with a modest 12 mil salary. Would be a great DH. Has no no-trade clause. So you can move him anywhere.
Tidewater … you asked a question and I gave you a plausible answer. Your problem if you don’t like it.
I just don’t think it’s “plausible” as the Mets aren’t even in on negotiations for either of those guys, at least not according to reports. Not to mention Tex is going to cost a ton in $$ and years and there’s a lot of competition for him, and Manny will cost a ton as well.
I just don’t think it’s wise to create a hole where there isn’t one.
I think the Dunn suggestion is the most plausible one.
If they are both free agents and the Mets have lots of money to spend, it’s plausible enough for me to state that on here.
Whether or not the Mets choose to do that is another thing entirely. There is nothing wrong with stating the obvious. If you don’t like people to state the obvious then don’t ask questions that lead to those responses.
Sabathia, Burnett and Lowe would solve our rotation problems. Johan, CC, Burnett, Lowe, Pelf. Move Maine to BP as set up. Sign K-Rod. Trade Delgado/Heilman for more pitching. Sign Hudson for 2b, trade Castillo for anything at all. Sign Tex and Manny.
Plausible, I guess. They’re all free agents.
Yup, because that’s definitely what I said. Way to over-exaggerate. You have quite an imagination, Tidewater.
All I’m saying is you can’t get rid of that kind of offense in the hopes that you can replace it. Sure it’s easy to say “sign ‘em” but the player, his agent, and the other 29 teams have a say in that.
This one of the reasons a strong farm is essential. If we had a viable option to take Delgado’s spot, then yes, trade him if you get good value.
But to trade him for pitching and hope to sign a bat is not a wise way to go. I think ’tis you who hath the imagination, not I.
Why is it that people on this comment section take themselves so seriously? Wow.
I don’t have an imagination. I answered a simple question without stating anything more. Don’t assume.
Why is it that people on this comment section take themselves so seriously? Wow.
I don’t have an imagination. I answered a simple question without stating anything more. Don’t a.s.s.ume.
“Why is it that people on this comment section take themselves so seriously?”
Pot, meet the kettle. Now call him black.
Girls, please. We’re all Mets fans here…
You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me! :)
I’m not Delgado’s biggest fan but he’s more of a distraction than Manny and is half the price of Teixiera.
less of a distraction I think you mean?
I do.
we only trade delgado if we get teixeria. you cant replace his production with any available 1B.
and were not getting teixiera unless the yankees let us take him
Also Dunn produces more than Delgado. And his defense isnt any worse.
Yes, Dunn does provide a little more on offense. Don’t know that I agree with you on the defense part, but if he is worse, probably not a lot worse.
Dunn “produces” more than Delgado?
bear in mind Delgado played in a pitchers park all season, while Dunn was mostly in Cincinatti…
Delgado had a higher average…higher slugging average..more hits…more runs…more rbi’s…less strikeouts…and did it coming back from wrist surgery under the media spotlight in a pitcher’s ballpark..
sounds like a lil bias going on here
I dont mind signing Dunn to play LF, he isn’t the worst option but no way I take him OVER Delgado..
Dunn also had an insanely higher OBP and had the same slugging percentage on the road as at home. Also Shea wasn’t a pitchers park this year, the construction of citi field changed the wind patterns above the field. It inflated home run numbers this year. He also had more home runs in fewer at bats. And of course he had fewer RBI’s look at the respective line-ups they were hitting in, Delgado came up with runners on 80+ times more than Delgado.
80 more times than Dunn*
not sure why dunn is just not being talked about. you can write in 40 hrs and a 390 obp. pitchers parks dont stop adam dunn from hitting HRs, when he gets a hold of it no park can keep it in play.
Because, and I quote out front office “just plain doesn’t like him”. Thats what all the reports said around the time of the trade deadline as too why we didnt sign him.
Trade Heilman and Feliciano to the Rockies for Huston Street.
Trade Luis Castillo to the White Sox for LHP Clayton Richard. Agree to pay $8 million of the $18 million left on Castillo’s contract.
Sign RP Juan Cruz and RP Joe Beimel each to 3-year, $12 million deals.
Sign RP Darren Oliver to a one-year, $3 million deal with a player option for 2010 at $3 million and a $1 million buyout.
Sign IF Rich Aurilia to a one-year, $2 million deal.
Sign 2B Orlando Hudson to a five-year, $50 million deal.
Sign SP Jon Garland to a four-year, $48 million deal.
Johan Santana
Mike Pelfrey
Jon Garland
John Maine
Jon Niese
Huston Street
Joe Beimel
Juan Cruz
Joe Smith
Darren Oliver
Scott Schoeneweis
Brian Stokes
Brian Schneider
Carlos Delgado
Orlando Hudson
Jose Reyes
David Wright
Dan Murphy
Carlos Beltran
Ryan Church
Fernando Tatis
Ramon Castro
Endy Chavez
Angel Pagan
Rich Aurilia
This is how I view it. Avoid spending the cash on K-Rod or Fuentes. If you can acquire Street, Beimel and Cruz, one of them three are bound to break out and do well in the closer’s role.
Get me Jon Garland in a Mets uniform. He’ll give you 200 innings a year as your third man in the rotation. The biggest key for me with him is that he hardly walks anyone, averaging under 2 walks per year for the past three seasons.
Re-signing Darren Oliver is a must. The Mets have lacked the long-man in that bullpen for two straight years. Sele didn’t do the job, Muniz failed at doing the job. Just get me a solid long-man. Especially if John Maine (unknown status with his shoulder injury) and Jon Niese are going to fill out the back end of your rotation.
On the offensive side…Rich Aurilia may show interest in playing a year or two with the Mets and contending for a title as a useful bench player and backup infielder. He’s from NY too, so that always helps.
Getting Orlando Hudson should be a higher priority than most Mets fans view it as. This guy is the real deal. He is a leader. He can hit. He can play defense. He’s the exact player that this team has needed and he fills a hole right there at second base, which has seemingly been a dead spot on this team since the late 90’s. The only exception would be the one-year wonder of Jose Valentin. Get some stability at this position.
so instead of signing a sure thing in K-Rod you want to spend money on Cruz and Beimel and hope they live up to those contracts.
not too mention you made no improvements for the rotation either.
That team doesn’t even win the division.
John Garland is terrible. There are much better options than him available in trades and FA.
He had an abnormally high BAbip last year. That has to level out. Coming over to the NL will help. Garland doesn’t need to be an ace or #2. He’s perfectly fine as a 4th or 5th starter.
His FIP was still well over 5 and that doesn’t take hits into account. Not to mention his BABIP wasn’t that crazy high. I think the average is like .303 or something and his was .313.
Please explain why the White Sox would trade Clayton Richard (a SP prospect) for Luis Castillo.
Because other teams live to help us.
I think suggesting resigning Darren Oliver goes against everything most Met Fans have been screaming about.
He will be 39 years old this year – OLDER not YOUNGER – and he had TWO good years and one of them, that most Met fans are judging are 06 – the SAME year Aaron Heilman was great in the pen too. He had a good year last year too, but again he’s OLD and overall in his career his numbers are NOT that good, so why would you want to bring back an over the hill pitcher to a bullpen that is in desperate need of an overhaul. If you’re willing to get older then call back Jesse Orosco – I’d have more faith in him!!!!
no reason to trade Delgado for pitching when all the players we need can be brought in without losing him.
K-Rod is just money, Street is Heilman and mid level prospects, Lowe will have to be overpaid for and Pedro/Penny/any FA can be signed on a 1 year deal until Niese and co. are ready
those 4 moves make the mets legit WS contenders
I hope the Mets stay far away from Jon Garland. He gets worse every year, gives up a ton of hits and doesn’t strike anyone out. Teams like the Phillies, Marlins and Braves would tee off against him. 237 hits, 59 walks and 8 hit by pitches in 196.2 innings is horrible. Too expensive, another Steve Trachsel.
he’d make a pretty good #5 starter though…but to make anyone like Garland, Wolf, Vasquez our #2 or #3 starter doesnt make us any better than we were last year, in fact it would make us worse
But ur paying him #2 or #3 money.
Exactly he’s not even close to worth to the contract he’s going to be asking for.
Why don’t the Mets at least make minor relief deals while they have the time instead of sit on their butt and wait for the closers? They should do that while they wait for Fuentes and KRod
b/c the mets want to make the best move for the team not just so the fans have something to talk about
Because no team is going to make FA signings until after the deadline for teams to offer arbitration so they know who’s a type a and type b for sure.
Because making trades is not like posting comments on Metsblog — something you do when you’re pa$$ing time or bored.
Thanks, you guys are all smatter than me
By the way, Delgado is one of the best guys in baseball. Really nice to see a player stay humble and give back to his hometown. Let’s hope he can keep up the play in 2009 cause he’s exactly the type of player who you gotta root to do well.
I’m glad that our players like Delgado and Jose Reyes want to participate in the WBC to represent their countries and communities. That being said, is anyone else concerned that at least 2 of our core players are leaving their team for an extended period during Spring Training?
man!!, can omar surprise us and sign manny?. I mean if the dodgers dont sign him, what other big market team needs a LF.
reyes
murphy
beltran
manny
delgado
wright
church
schneider
if not other team sign him, will 2/45 get it done?. I think its worth it because manny creates more revenues and pay for himself.
The Dodgers offered him either 2/50 or 2/60 and he turned it down. He wants a long-term contract.
And between the two I’d rather have Omar break the bank and surprise us with Tex.
Dominicanboy0 do you hav Murph playing 2nd base?!?!?! and The Phillies need a LF if burrell leaves.
I see best case scenario for Murphy as a 3B in Wade Boggs/Carney Lansford mode. Don’t see him at any other position, and D. Wright needs someone at 1B who can dig out his many bad throws … that’s prob not Murphy, a nice hitter who doesn’t fit Mets roster. I would see if Angels would listen to Murphy/Delgado for Ervin Santana or Saunders. This would let Angels go after CC instead of Tex. And of course, conditioned on Mets all out to get Tex.
Murphy hits too light to be a teams every day 3rd basemen with the defense he plays there. And from what I understand he’s not a very at making the throws across the diamond. I think his best case scenario is a position like right field. He was actually a decent fielder last year by most metrics, but it was an extremely small sample size so it could be a fluke.
Gina, your analysis is generally thoughtful, so I wish to ask you: How do you think Daniel Murphy best serves the Mets going forward, as a member of their roster or as trade bait?
Bench, I don’t think he’ll bring back very good value in a trade unless he’s part of a bigger package. I think a “super” utility/pinch hitter/ part of a platoon will be much more valuable than anything we could get back in a trade.
Thank you.
RF requires strong accurate arm also … metrics aside, eyeball analysis, i didn’t think outfield defense was murph’s strength either. And without dewey evans type RF defense, i’d like my corner outfield to give me some pop at the plate. Back to my point that including murphy for deal for quality pitching would be smart
well i for one think Murphy is not as good as many people on here think, but there is no need to trade any one of our top prospects this offseason as there are very good players at every position we need.
i’d rather overpay for Lowe, K-Rod, Manny etc. then trade someone valuable to get someone of equal value
murphy is very bad defensively no matter what position he plays…
oleo – cannot do everything thru free agency … all teams have budgets. if team fill need in rotation thru trade for good young pitcher w/low salary, then team can allocate more for position player.
you have to make some trades but unless you get a guy like Santana, it makes no sense to give up top prospects.
the mets farm system has always been below average, and trading our few good players for average pitchers is a terrible idea.
I mean trading Niese and Murphy for Putz or Jenks makes no sense when K-Rod is available. I’d rather pay extra for the better player and keep our prospects here for once
It does when our few top prospects aren’t that good to begin with. We’re not talking about trading future aces/all-stars. We’re taking about trading future back of the rotation/middle reliever/ 4th outfielder types for the most part.
Delgado seems like a great guy on and off the field, but the Mets have to think long term. As posted earlier, next year will be even worse for available FA 1B.
The team should let the Yanks and others outbid each other for SP, while the Mets throw more money at Tex. I’d think given the choice of LAA or Mets, he’d come to the Mets given that we could offer more money and he’d prefer to be on the East Coast.
Tex would be a great addition to this team.
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The Mets aren’t gonna trade him because i’m sure Dale Murphy will be the 1st base next year, that’s why the 2B proyect was cut, they has Delgado one more year and in 2010 they move Murphy to 1st, then look for a outfield.
I’m looking forward for a even greater season of Delgado, Beltran, Reyes and Santana, Delgado and Beltran has their best season as a mets after the 2006 WBC and Santana won his 2nd Cy Young.
The Mets have good production in the line up, they outscored the other teams for more than a 100 runs in the first 3 innings, they only need pitching to mantain those leads.
dale murphy?? didn’t he retire in 94??? hmmm lets do the time warp again lol
And Bob Horner can be insurance at 1st in case we trade Delgado…he is only 51!
Ronny Paulino for catcher?
yea as a backup…maybe…
doesn’t he have a little leauge in the bronx with that 20 year old danny almonte as it’s star?? :P
Delgado has MAYBE this one year left in him IF he has protection behind him.
The Mets are so week right-handed…if you all think Tatis will protect Delgado, you’re dreaming.
Pay Manny – Manny’s 162 game averages are 41 hrs, 133 rbi’s and he is the missing link on the field. NOT Hudson!
Manny wants 3-4 years….this is the Pedro deal all over again. The first 2 years we hope to win the division and go to the series.
Manny gives the Mets 8-10 more wins.
KRod gives us the closing we need.
Manny protects Delgado.
Krod saves us games.
Sign them both and get Garland/Lowe/Wolf as SPs
Sign Cruz/Beimel and then trade Heilman/Feliciano for Street.
Stokes/Sanchez/Showenweis are then left.
Omar, get to work!
I would love Manny, and I think you are 100% right about Hudson…however, I think we are not getting Manny…and a Bullpen of KRod backed by Cruz/Beimel and Street as 7th/8th inning guys with Smith and others for the 6th would be fantastic…I hope I am wrong about Manny…he would help us win a title and no one would care what he does in 3 years….I also think that after his career in Cle and Bos (helping lead those teams to their best seasons in the last 50 years) plus what he did in LA last year, combined with helping the Mets win a title, would cement Manny as one of the all-time clutch players/winner of all-time, like Reggie with MUCH better stats….
I don’t know if everyone else is aware of this or not. I just found out about it myself, but Ayala made the cut for Type B status, so that might complicate matters a bit. I know several of us on the board have been on the fence about bringing him back. They might want to offer him Arbitration hoping he’ll decline so we can get a draft pick out of it, with the upside being that if he accepts, we are actually okay with him being an early innings guy for the bullpen.
Just a thought to complicate things a bit! or not. Maybe they didn’t like what they saw at all and won’t offer him arbitration and it won’t be an issue. We’ll find out shortly, but it is a little more fodder to argue about in any regards.
That it interesting, i agree that offering him arbitration might be a win/win. He did save something like 7 or 8 games for us (could be wrong about the exact number) and its not like he should have been closing anyway. He could be a decent 6th/7th inning guy for a few outs perhaps the pressure of closing got to him.
I was also on the Manny bandwagon for a long time and i’m sure you all know the arguments, he’s a game changer, he will be good for the clubhouse however since the mets haven’t been linked to him i am unsure if its even feasible at this point. I also think we should keep Delgado I understand the arguments for trading him but if we can remake the bullpent without trading him then we should just keep him, he has one more year and he wasn’t really the problem.
for those of you who want to these f-mart play, turn to ESPN DEPORTES on channel 220(cable).he is batting 3rd for the team with the red uniforms.
see*
What does manny want??
i kno the dodgers offered like 2 years 60 mil or something like that…if he costs 3-4 years for 20 mil per, id sign him in a second. he would fit perfectly in the lineup..
then give krod what he wants and trade hielman and feliciano for street
then sign garland and somehow trade for someone like vasquez
reyes
beltran
manny
delgado
wright
church
schnieder
castillo/murph
johan, pelf, garland, maine, vasquez
then you got krod and street to close out the bullpen
sweet!
Has there been any news on Juan Rivera? I think he’s our LF answer.
I’m also mixed about trading Castillo and then signing Hudson. Hudson would cost about $6M more while Vasquez (if that’s who Castillo is traded for) wouldn’t come $6M cheaper than a comparable pitcher.
I’d make signing Tex my main priority.
I’d be very interested IF, we can get Bengie Molina on a salary dump and/or trade for Laird (maybe Heilman can start in TX).
Reyes
Castillo or Hudson
Wright
Tex
Beltran
Rivera
Church
Molina/Laird
On the bench I’d be interested in signing Felipe Lopez because of his versatility in the infield. If not traded, Murph and Evans will be injury call ups.
Chavez
Castro
Pagan
Felipe Lopez
Tatis
For the rotation I say sign Sheets or Johnson and trade for Vasquez or Snell, or go with a Pedro/Neise platoon.
Santana
Sheets/Johnson
Maine
Pelfrey
Vasquez/Snell/Pedro&Niese
For the bullpen sign K-Rod and trade for either Street or Putz. I’d also offer arbitration to Ayala.
K-Rod
Street or Putz
Ayala
Sanchez
Feliciano or Show
Joe Smith
Stokes
Hudson/Tex/Rivera/Sheets/KRod?
nice fantasy team
That’s what I was thinking…except Rivera—why are people high on him? 30 yrs old, never been a true full-time player, major injury, so-so stats, etc.
Hudson’s career, age, achievements, injuries, etc, are VERY similar to Slappy’s before we gave him the disaster contract. Hudson would be a fine successor to the Samuel/Baerga/Alomar/Matsui/Castillo tradition of disasters at 2B.
I do love Case’s bullpen though…KRod, with a serious setup man with closer experience would be awesome.
I know Gina will disagree and I certainly respect her opinion, but I still love Ibanez for 2-3 years in left.
Hudson only if we trade Castillo, which I’m not sure is the best idea. Lopez is another option.
Rivera and Sheets won’t be as expensive as other options. Maybe $4M for Rivera and $12M for Sheets. I also said Johnson who could be less expensive.
K-Rod $15M
Tex $20M
Rivera $4M
Sheets $12M
Hudson $12M
So that’s an additional $63M. Looking at last years salary, you have to subtract:
$16M for Delgado
$12M for Pedro
$7M for Duque
$10.5M for Wagner
$7.5M for Alou
$6.5M for Perez
$6.25 for Castillo
That’s $65.75M. Even if you don’t count Wagner, that’s $55.25M. A $10M increase in salary budget wouldn’t be insane.
Now I know this doesn’t take into account salary increases for the rest of the team but I don’t think that’ll make a huge difference here.
No offense, but why would you subtract Wagner? He will be paid. And if we trade Delgado, we would almost certainly have to pay part of that $16M. And no one will take on Castillo’s entire contract unless we take back another bad contract, so subtracting all three of those salaries is fantasy, not real world. And Reyes and Wright will be getting GIGANTIC salary increases in the next few years, which is probably the main reason Tex is unrealistic. In 3 or 4 years, the Wilpons will not be paying Santana, Tex, Wright and Reyes all 20 mil a year.
KRod is realistic, and very possible, if not probable, as is another bullpen guy, like Street or Putz in a trade.
Hudson is not worth nearly what he wants, and I still am mystified about Rivera, as I think anyone who takes a good look at his career would be. 12M for Sheets is comedy, as he has not stayed healthy for an entire year for five years, and after Pedro/Duque/Wagner, the idea of Randy Johnson, who I love, is not a serious one. Sheets and Johnson are on the DL May 15, and then we are back to Lima Time.
Sign KRod and then sign Manny (if you can; overpay for 2–3 years with giant incentives rather than sign him for 5 if he will go for it) or Ibanez for 2–3 years until FMart is ready, trade for Street or Putz, go with with Murphy/Castillo at 2nd, maybe groom Murphy for 1B in 2010 when Delgado is almost sure to be gone, and that is a very seriously improved team, with replacements for the top two bullpen spots, a very productive new left fielder (I know my second choice Ibanez bats lefty but this doesn’t matter to real GMs nearly as much as it does to armchair GMs on here).
This team has an infinitely more relaible bullpen, and another major bat, and with a few more smaller pieces (back of bullpen/bench) we are ready to win, and without being unrealistic, overpaying for aging/injury-prone players, and without breaking the bank, as we will, within a few years, be handing 100-mil-plus deals to Reyes and Wright (and who knows, maybe Pelfrey will be needing a giant extension hopefully too.)
I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree. I don’t see why the team can’t have four solid stars (Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Tex) in the lineup with young and inexpensive players to play support. Same goes for pitching with Santana +1 decent SP and our closer demanding big money, the rest can be young and inexpensive players (Maine, Pelf, Niese).
BTW, I don’t agree that we have to take on another bad contract to trade Castillo or Delgado. The rumors that I’ve read are Castillo for Vasquez and Delgado for Putz. Neither have mentioned taking on a bad contract or paying part of their salary. Plus Delgado gets paid $12M and Castillo $6M. So even if we did pay part of their salary, it wouldn’t be huge.
Plus, how can you argue against breaking the bank and also argue to overpay for Manny and Ibanez? That’s ridiculous.
Also, you say Sheets and Johnson are a comedy but offer no ideas yourself. I’m not saying their 100% reliable but think they are a good deal because they have high upside, won’t require long term contracts and will sign for less than the other options.
Well, there is certainly room for both of our opinions, and you are clearly a thoughtful and sincere fan.
I just think that, even though Beltran will be gone after 3 more years, it is unlikely that the Wilpons will take on a Tex-type commitment, when they already gave one to Johan, and will have to give them to Wright and Jose soon too.
I did not argue to overpay Ibanez. He would be my choice after Manny. And whatever we pay Manny, it would most likely be for 3 years at most, and his contribution would be more than Tex or Ibanez or Hudson or anyone else on the market offensively over the next 3 years, and neither Manny or Ibanez would require the 8 or 10 year mega committment.
I have not heard Delgado for Putz,and this seems VERY unrealistic. If the M’s would trade Putz, I would think it would be for cheaper young players, not for an aging 1st basement for $12 mil–this is completely unrealistic, but if it were true, and it is available, and Omar has not done it yet, he should be fired today. This would be the deal of the century. I would also trade Slappy for Vasquez today, and should either of these happen, I will gladly offer you props for scooping me on them and being SO right.
And the first time I posted it got eaten, and I forgot my starting pitcher comments when I quickly re-wrote, so you are right I did not offer ideas—if we sign KRod and Manny/Ibanez, I agree 100% we should trade for Vasquez, and the innings he eats will be fine behind Johan/Pelf/Maine/ and Heilman or whoever at #5. If we do not sign Manny/Ibanez, I say we re-sign Ollie and get Vasquez and have an even stronger rotation to compensate for not improving LF.
And again, and perhaps most importantly, I love your bullpen with Putz/Street as set up, and maybe would even throw Cordero in the mix, as it seems inevitable anyway….
Vazquez is only making like 12 million the next 2 years. Thats way less than a comparable pitcher, maybe not 6 million less but still way less. He’s better than guys like Perez and Garland and they’re supposed to be asking for 15 and 12 million respectively. Silva signed for 12 per and he’s worse.
That being said I still think Hudson isn’t worth 10-12 million per.
Vazquez makes $11.5M. each year thru 2010.
call me crazy but i’d rather have olie – at least we know he can pitch in n.y when he wants
Rust; I rarely disagree with you
but as much as I love Ollie P, he has developed into a six inning guy and with our bullpen; that’s a problem!
Bulldogs could not pull it out today!
Needed a miracle between the hedges but that miracle did not come.
but vasquez can’t pitch under pressure so thats 11.5 mil down the drain
Jets play the late game tomorrow; bummer. We do bad in the late games….
Has anyone seen any updated pics of Shea Stadium demolition in the past week or two? I haven’t heard much
are there just no rumors on the weekends? or does this site just take a break?
There are, but they do.
I’m sure though if something actually happened (as opposed to more of the same “the mets like player X, Y and Z”), then someone would wander by and post something.
Do you work on holidays and weekends? I didn’t think so. It’s not fair to ask the same from these guys who already go beyond 9-5.
other blogs post 7 days a week. nobody says they all have to work every day, bit there is nothing wrong with cerrone having someone on duty on the weekends like other blogs do
they seem to just not bother on the weekend (even during the season a lot of times). mlb trade rumors posted a link to a new ny times article yesterday that could have been posted here.
there wasn’t a lot of new info, but it was something. they will probably post it here tomorrow like it is new.
give matt and the guys a break – if nuthin is doin nuthin is doin – just don’t close the threads on a sat morning – it drives me crazy!!
we don’t have to ‘give them a break’, they take one every weekend. the fact that people go to other sites to bring back what they find speaks for itself
definitly agree but at least regis ( i think) posted the rusty piece on t-giving – i just hate it when they close the posts – i go through withdrawl lol
there have been a few posts this weekend on mlb trade rumors that people have been intersted enough in to post about here. those are the things they are dropping the ball on.
thats why we post what we read on other sits i mean what is matt gonna do regurgitate every rumor or opinion he sees out there?? thaTS WHAT MAKES MATT SO GOOD YEAH HE WILL POST the drivel he finds out there but he will also put his own spin on things too – the man is allowed to have a life regin and the other – meh
um, that’s exactly what he does. posting links to other sites is exactly ‘regurgitating’ other rumors. that’s pretty much all there is to do right now, which is why we are all scrounging for info
The Mets could soon become suitors for Manny Ramirez.
–baseball prospectus
Thanks Zen; excellent news if true.
Manny + KRod = Lots of postseason games the next few years.
more likely k-rod than manny
hey kingman let me know if u agree but if the mets go on the cheap this off season do u see this being more of a blues brothers 2000 ( cordero in the john goodman role?) or more like major leauge?
Oh man, those are some bad options! I guess it would be more like Blues Brothers 2000, as we would stink, and be a pale imitation of the original (a real winning Mets team), but still have some big high-paid stars….
Plus, Murph of course makes us closer to the Blues Bros.
Plus, could we be headed for the first Subway Super Bowl? The Giants sure appear to be on their way again….
well these redskins ahave been done since week 3
yo guys as per mlb trade rumors
The Mets are considering Jon Garland, Vazquez, Edwin Jackson, Andy Sonnanstine. The Rays want more than Aaron Heilman for either of their starters.
The Mets could soon become suitors for Manny Ramirez.
The Brewers could soon become suitors for Francisco Rodriguez
and i might become a suitor for paris hilton – NOT!!!
I’m not sure whether or not i would want Manny. His cost and behavior worries me, but his hitting makes up for it.
so true i just don’t see the wilpons drinkin the kool aid on this one
which one of those 3 pitchers would you rather have?
jackson to be honest he has the heat and i think wharhen can fix him in 29 minutes (sorry pun intended) – i think he could be a good number 4 starter if we don’t sign ollie or one of the big three – and to make it clear pelf i meant the kool aid crack in response to signing manny
lol @ the pun…i was thinking the same, i would love to have Jackson. since he’s probably the least expensive one of the 4, and the youngest
yeah but he won’t come cheap
Heilman and a 100$ gift card for Mets merchandise? :o
just wondering kingman who would omar be in blues brothers?? i was thinkin more on the line of the frank oz character in the begining or cab calloway – since he is a hoochie coocher lol
If not the Frank Oz character, then I think Omar would be Mr Fabulous, the stuffy Maitre D at the Chez Paul! Fred Wilpon would be the guy in the restaurant with the wife and daughters who would want to be moved to a different table before Jake could buy his daughters, and Jeff Wilpon would DEFINITELY be Pee Wee Herman, in his cameo role as the waiter in the Chez Paul!
lol mr fabulous – i was thinkin maybe the guy that was arguing with john lee hooker or the kid tryin to steal that les paul lol btw your thoughs on stu hamm?
LOL!! Castillo would HAVE to be the kid stealing the Les Paul who Ray shoots at!
Stu Hamm is awesome…I know his jazz-related stuff a bit more, and we sell some of his stuff with Frank Gambale and G3…and he has cool instructional DVDs…but Jaco’s sell better!
Or Reyes cuz he runs out like he got ants in his pants
i love radio free – saw him with satch twice also saw him solo on the urge tour in brooklyn at a place called the caberet …castillio is more like the manager of the flop house lol yeah fred would be that guy and willie could be the cop- steve williams who was later in 21 jump st lol
yeah him and gambale and cobham – amazing btw new queen is better than i thought !!!
btw guys this is the 1 year anny of the millage for church / schnider trade
wow that trade was really early… i would have thought it was later in the year
no sir, the rustmeister is again, correct!
Omar has a history of striking early….
but there are many options this year and he seems to be practicing, no preaching, patience.
Jets looked lost today and that makes me sad….
but Johnny Walker makes me glad!
Eduardo Morlan. That’s who we should have our sights on in the Rule V Draft.
please tell us more….
Yeah, just checked his stats….fireballing young reliever….outstanding call Philny…
And Gina, if you are out there, I hope you watched that INCREDIBLE win tonight…forget the number 1 pick, time to start thinking 45-50 wins and the 6 seed or better!!
#1 not gonna happen
#2 knicksblog
#1–Maybe maybe not
#2–Who asked you dingbat, and I was not, and never am, talking about the sorry laughingstock Knicks.
Good one. The Nets then? That would be even more funny since that would mean people actually follow the Nets. Then again, who cares what you are talking about because it is definitlyy not the mets.
If I was Omar here is what I would do
Resign Ollie @ 4/44 or something around there
Sign sheets @ 2/24 incentive based deal, he’s a liability but when he is on the field he is a number 2
Sign K-Rod @ 3/45 plus an option he is real good, young, full of emotion
Sign Manny @ 3-4/60-80
offer arbitration to ayala if he accepts then awesome if not hes a type b so we would get compensation if he declines then I would
Sign Beimal @ 2-3/8-12
Trade Heilman and Feliciano for Street that is if the rumor is true and if not then a package similar to this.
Tex would be awesome, but I don’t think it would happen so I’d keep Delgado and castillo as much as I hate to say it will probably be our starting 2nd basemen, but if he is healthy then it won’t be too bad (but thats a BIG if)
I’d keep Sanchez, show, smith, parnel
bench of tatis, murphy, castro, anderson, evans
2009 Mets
Reyes
Beltran
Wright
Manny
Delgado
Church
Schnieder/Castro
Castillo
Pitcher
Johan
Sheets
Pelf
Ollie
Maine
K-Rod
Street
Sanchez
Beimal/Ayala
Smith
Show
Parnel
Murphy
Tatis
Evans
Anderson
Castro
What do you guys think
id sign up on most of that but I don’t think Ayala is a fit for next year and the young guys can’t sit on the bench…