Quote: Jerry Said We Need a Bat, We Need it Now
In three games against the Yankees, all losses, the Mets scored just three runs on nine hits in 27 innings.
Prior to yesterday’s game, Jerry Manuel 
was asked if his team will need to acquire offense if they slip below .500, to which he said:
“If we get below that mark, and we continue to struggle offensively as we are, I think that it’s a no-brainer. I think we have to visit that. I think that has to be visited or talked about at some point. It would be dishonest if I said no… You’re going to write the headlines tomorrow: ‘Jerry said we need a bat! We need it now!’ (laughing) That’s all good, though.”
Manuel explained that adding a player can boost morale, much like Gary Sheffield did at the start of the season.
…that’s fine, jerry, i think we all agree… but, do you want to give up your 24–year-old, 96–mph throwing set-up man to get him… that’s the question facing Omar Minaya, who is working the phones, just like most GMs… i don’t envy omar… tough spot… how dismantled is this major league team, to the extent that one bat or two will even matter, at the risk of trading more young talent… if the team is so dismantled that it’s not going to make the post season anyway, do you still trade prospects just to sell tickets and TV ads… or, do you keep them, let the season play out and deal with the consequences, such as potentially losing your job… like i said, tough spot…
In the end, Manuel said, “I have to deal with what I have here.”
…funny, i think a lot of Mets fans are saying the same thing today…
