Comments on: Note: Mets love Prospects, no Deal Imminent

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:00:32 +0000

crickets

By: Lorenzo23

Lorenzo23 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:16:58 +0000

The Phillies already won the World Series without Halladay so it can’t possibly be like the Braves trade. The Phils are good enough now to get to the WS without him, now if with him forgettaboutittttttt

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:04:03 +0000

every pitcher you named above with the exception of Pedro pitched near or at the best every season past age 32.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:03:00 +0000

I love when people give examples that are entirely contradictory, arguably the best yearas of Leiters career were from age 32-36, Schilling look at his years at age 32-37, and Randy Johnson THAT IS A REALLY good choice all he did was win 4 consecutive CY Youngs after age 34, good stuff.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:57:51 +0000

oops, 4 deal minimum should read 4 year deal minimum.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:54:21 +0000

To this team??? SADLY YES IT WOULD! That said we’ve painfully seen what even the loss of Delgado’s bat brings, even with our bench! Mortgaging our future to obtain a 32 year old pitcher who would command an ungodly extension to keep him just does not make sense at this point. Again if he’s 27 -28 sure take the risk. But name me one pitcher in the last ten years who after age 32 produced at the same level let alone exceeded it in the subsequent 5 years? You got to keep in mind it’s not just what the Jays want it’s about what Roy wants and you can bet that that includes a 4 deal minimum on top of what he’s currently signed to. Do you really want to be paying 25 million plus a season for a pitcher who will be 37 and 38 and declining in the last 2 years of the contract,plus give up the future?

By: AndrewMichaelZ

AndrewMichaelZ — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:41 +0000

What about the Marlins then? Sure, they aren’t a great example of how to run a team, but I mention them only because of how they have won their 2 championships (in a pretty tight timeframe). They won it with their youth that had come through the system. Of course they choose not to pay these guys after and they get more prospects in return. That’s why the Marlins come on every few years.

By: jimyager

jimyager — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:41:43 +0000

If we do get ROY and we do have an injury or two, that is what bench players are for. They are temp, fill-ins, thats all. We have sustained a huge amount of injuries all at once, even, our bench guys where hurt. Then we have to play AA and AAA prospects. That would not happen as norm.

By: jimyager

jimyager — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:34:33 +0000

I have one name for you MIKE PIAZZA! It was his arrival that got this team the WC in 1999 and all the way to game 6 against the Braves in the NLCS, and, into game 5 against the Yankees in the WS. Not a prospect or home grown guy, a big FA. They also brought in guys like Ace Ventura and Mike Hampton. If the Braves where not as good as they where in that time we would have been in the playoffs alot more. getting ROY now would give us a sense of hope for 2009, but, a real feeling of success for 2010. We would have Santana, Roy, Pelf, Maine and Ollie as a starting rotation, with Putz and K-Rod in the late innings, think about that :}

By: jimyager

jimyager — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:27:21 +0000

I think that this rash of hurt players is an oddity. Who could have thought that we would loose 3/5 of our stating rotation and 1/3 of our stating line up and half of ouf bench players all at the same time? If any other team, like the Yankees, Red Sox or Phillies lost that much that fast and at the same time they would be in the same boat as us. You cannot have that much back-up players. I say get ROY!! Worry about the injuries when, and if, the time comes. We cant allow the Phillies to get him. ROY, ROY, ROY.