Comments on: Minors: F’Mart ranked No. 32 in Top 50

By: chasmets

chasmets — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:46:38 +0000

F-Mart will be just fine as long as we do not make the mistake & trade him…

By: Reyes es el Rey

Reyes es el Rey — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:41:39 +0000

I knew a kid who was 6′5″ in 7th grade. I’m not sure why his height means anything. The fact that he can hit in professional ball at age 16 makes him a freak.

By: wnymetsfan

wnymetsfan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:51:03 +0000

But that is part of being a real GM. You have to decide who to keep and who is used as pawn for another piece. Those are the decisions who have to make. Hopefully you are right more often than not. But I can guarantee you that either way Omar would get crucified. If he trades FMart and he blossoms into the talent many believe he can be the fans and media would be all over him. Just like if he keeps him and he doesn’t pan out. That is the life of a GM.

By: wnymetsfan

wnymetsfan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:45:58 +0000

And that is one of the tough parts of being GM. You have figure out who the Wrights and Reyes are and who the Alex Ochoas are. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. If you trade every prospect at their highest value, you are not going to have very many homegrown players. FMart being ready 2010, 11 0r 12 isa plus for the Mets because they do have potential holes and need to resign Wright and Reyes around that time. Having an inexpensive OF producing at a high level is plus at that point.

FMart and his success doesn’t automatically say Omar failed. His job in part entails knowing who to keep and who to trade. Mistakes can and will be made in both cases as a fan you just hope he makes more good decisions than badbut no GM is perfect. It is a really imprecise science when it comes to scouting.

By: MH

MH — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:40:59 +0000

Are you suggesting we should have traded fmart for the new bullpen? Is that how you use your top prospect? And would trading him have immunized the team against injuries to players like Alou, Tatis, Pagan, Church, Wagner, etc…Despite the injuries to position players, the Mets managed to produce runs and play good defense—The bullpen is the what kept us out of the playoffs last year and you don’t trade your top prospect to deal with that. Omar’s is playing it smart. Develop the kid.

By: wnymetsfan

wnymetsfan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:38:10 +0000

However finding a solid hitting LF with power is not the hardest thing in the world so if he isn’t ready my guess would be a FA could be picked up to buy time. Of course Murphy could solidify his standing in LF giving FMart more time as well. A long term injury to any of the starting OF this year probably gets him called up. If he breaks out in AAA he will have a chance to be brought up in the 2nd half ala a Murphy and I would bet my house that injury not withstanding FMart is at Citi Field in Sept 2009 as a call up at worst.

By: oleosmirf

oleosmirf — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:36:55 +0000

Martinez is what 19 years old? Most players don’t reach the big leagues until they’re 21 or older.

Unless he is dominating in the minors i dont want to see him in the big leagues until 2010 or later

By: harrychiti

harrychiti — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:19:59 +0000

What did you write? I can’t read it.

The point you arrive at–that the Mets would have been better off seeking a long term solution rather than one-year stop gaps for a player that wasn’t ready–is a good one, though one that, imo, is one that can only be made in hindsight.

Yet I am not alone–Danny, mikey_FF,for example–in thinking that you want to trade FMart–such as when you write “But to play along, fine don’t trade him”–because he was not ready.

Suggesting that a top prospect should have been traded for a long term solution–whether it be pitching or outfield–and suggesting that a longer-term solution should have been pursued to account for that young prospect’s development are two different arguments.

The question is whether the Mets were wrong in judging how soon he’d be ready, a question whose answer may be mitigated by his injuries.

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:55:44 +0000

We did not HAVE to trade him. I never said that. I am saying we should have either traded him for a longterm solution or signed one either way. Sometimes a prospect is just a trading chip. If they can net a Peavy (not saying he could) then his value is more as a chip than it is as a player.

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:53:54 +0000

But Fmart may very well be the reason Omar does not make it to the playoffs. If he continues this idea of stop gap solutions for prospects that are longterm away then we won’t make the playoffs.