Comments on: News: No Chance Mets sign Pedro

By: jcarr86

jcarr86 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:51:18 +0000

Duaner Sanchez…YOU”RE FIIIIRRREDDDD!!!

By: thekid024

thekid024 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:24:29 +0000

Absolutely sign Pedro. Livan and the rest of the 5th starter candidates have shown nothing. Pedro is another year removed from surgery and from his dad passing. Hes out to prove hes still got something left. Give him a low guaranteed/high incentive contract. If he sucks after a month cut him and give Garcia or Niese or Redding a shot.

By: krumbledkookie

krumbledkookie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:31:32 +0000

I cannot for the life of me understand this argument that Livan is valuable as an innings eater. If he pitches 6 or 7 innings that suck, than who cares if he saved the bullpen – he’s given up 6 runs and we’re not gonna win the game.

I understand the 5th starter doesn’t need to be a Cy Young candidate, but innings don’t mean squat when they’re crap innings.

By: MetsFan06

MetsFan06 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:01:08 +0000

Here, I’ll start it off

Garcia: NO
Livan: NO
Redding: NO
Niese: YES
Pedro: YES

I think Niese will win the job because the other three just stink. Though oyu got to give Redding some respect since he won 10 games playing for the worst team in the league but still, he stinks. I think the only possible things that can happen for the Mets in the future (in the 2009 season) is sign Pudge and Pedro.

I’ll rate the Mets pitching staff

Santana: 10.0
Pelfrey: 6.5
Maine: 6.5
Perez: 6.5
Garcia/Livan/Redding/Niese: 2.5

Total: 32

Santana: 18-7 2.72
Pelfrey: 13-9 4.18
Maine: 15-8 3.94
Perez: 14-10 4.12
5th starter: 11-10 4.72

By: LeiterMilnerFasterStronger

LeiterMilnerFasterStronger — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:31:01 +0000

He’s already said he’s not signing a minor-league deal, and intimated he wouldn’t sign an incentive-loaded value-deal a la Gl*vine ($1 mil) in the same News article in which he said the Mets would have to call him if they wanted him.

By: biomarco5

biomarco5 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:09:50 +0000

I agree with Matt about all the negative surrounding pedro, but i’m watching the WBC and his fastball has life and his change up looks vintage…or maybe it just seems that way b/c of he’s facing the netherlands.

if he doesn’t get the smoltz like contract, makes sense to offer the guy a Freddie garcia type contract.

By: Clem Kadiddlehopper

Clem Kadiddlehopper — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:12:54 +0000

Facts are stupid when they’re cherry picked or spun. It is always best to include revenue sources when evaluating payroll and deciding whether or not an owner is as cheap as Mr. Drysdale of The Beverly Hillbillies.

As Xavier22 pointed out Sterling Mets enterprises and the Wilpons themselves had something like 13 separate investments with Bernie Madoff and when you consider that the economy will drive down secondary sources of revenue it should be apparent that the Wilpons might be more inflexible in deciding whether or not to exceed their budget than in past years.

By: hot stove chef

hot stove chef — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:32:55 +0000

Guys this shouldn’t be a question of money but a question of worth.

Why sign a guy who can’t pitch more than 6 innings a game? The Mets the past two years have completely over-used their bullpen because guys like Ollie, Maine, and Pedro are 6 inning pitchers.

You have to have a guy at the 5 spot who can eat innings and take the strain off of the bullpen. Pedro is not that guy.

Give Tim Redding a chance to adjust.

By: MurphsDaMan28

MurphsDaMan28 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:23:52 +0000

I’m not going to argue with that, I am just saying that its not like Beimal or Ohman and at Reyes(Now a Cardinal) want 10 mil a year. I’m not saying become the Yankees, but when you can use bullpen help, particularly a lefty and you got two good releivers )and at one time 3) still available you sign one. You cannot be a successfull new york baseball team with a new stadium and refuse to pay 3 mil on something that would help the team. Not with the amount of money I (and my fellow mets fans) am paying for tickets. Don’t tell me the Mets can’t afford it. This is why its so great to be a NY team, you have all this revenue about to come in even during an economic crisis.

By: metsfanmurph

metsfanmurph — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:16:02 +0000

I am so annoyed with Omar. We have a competition of bad pitchers going for the 5 spot, only one left handed reliever, a huge question mark in LF, an old and out of shape 2B, and two starters (Maine and Perez) that can’t be relied on.