Comments on: Buzz: Lugo to Replace Redding on Roster

By: ctmetsfan17

ctmetsfan17 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:37:44 +0000

Methead, Omar has a much larger payroll than many other GM’s in baseball. I think we can all agree that Omar has made some great moves, but he has also poorly managed young talent and built depth by adding too many old players. As for your top 10 check this out: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/02/18/heyman.bestGMs/1.html
I would drop Minaya & O’Dowd from the list in favor of Friedman (Rays) and Daniels (Rangers). There are 10 GM’s better than Omar. Feel free to disagree, but right now the Mets have an organization that appears to be totally mismanaged and someone needs to breath a little fresh air into the organization which means some personal changes. As Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Omar Minaya shares some of the responcibility for the lack of depth, minor league talent, and a seemingly inept training staff.

By: methead

methead — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:36:48 +0000

u guys will never be satisfied. Its funny, most people probably would be hard pressed to name 5GMs better than Omar. I would list all his brilliant moves that out wiegh the bad ones but that would be wasted typing.

The injuries is the reason we suck. Not Omar or Jerry. Furthermore, look around the league people….there a lot more mistakes going around without any wins to show for them.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:57:08 +0000

AFter the second half Delgado had how could Omar not pick up his option? He would be fired if he didn’t! Bell’s demise wasmore WIllie than Omar. I wouldn’t have paid Bradford what he got either and the JUry is still out on Murphy! That said OMar only had so much money to work with and this isn’t the yankees there is only so much he can do. He hasn’t been perfect by any stretch, but he hasn’t been horrible either.

By: Constnza81

Constnza81 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:43:31 +0000

Another example of a market misread. I think as a 5th starter he would have been fine, but after dropping $36M for Ollie and passing on the lowered prices for guys like Wolf and Garland, the move looks stupid. Redding also didn’t do himself any favors arriving to camp out of shape and injured.

Ever since October 2006, Omar has seen a lot of his moves backfire on him (trading away Bell/Lindstrom, not overpaying for Bradford, entrusting Murphy as a starter, picking up Delgado’s option…). A lot of these moves looked okay in a vacuum, but when so many of them keep hurting the direction of this franchise, you have to wonder if it’s just bad luck anymore.

By: Chiefman

Chiefman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:43:51 +0000

Gee, I will really miss Tim Redding and his +7 ERA. He was such a great asset to this team; I just don’t know if I can handle the sadness of his leaving us. And let’s not forget that grand total of 1 game that we won for us. Nice signing there, Omar.

By: Constnza81

Constnza81 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:43:49 +0000

I want to be wrong, very badly. But I think it’s very telling that Beltran sought a second opinion and is supposedly outraged at the Mets training staff. And the person advising him to get a second opinion was Boras. And let’s face facts, Boras is only worried about Beltran’s long-term prospects for his next and likely last, payday.

Maybe Beltran comes back in late August and gives it a go – but this is going to end one way or another with him getting microfracture, and the sole purpose of that is so he can appear relatively healthy for post 2011….

By: Constnza81

Constnza81 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:41:11 +0000

That’s on Omar Minaya, but Tony “I could be GM if you just let me” Berenzard is the one overhyping these prospects, pushing them through the system without letting them get proper experience and seasoning, and convincing Omar that these guys are the real deal and shouldn’t be traded. But then again, there are plenty of Mets fans who think the way they’ve handled guys like Pelfrey, Murphy, Lastings etc. was A-OK because they didn’t like all the old guys we were signing.

Bottom line is this organization is a mess and will continue to be for as long as the Wilpons run it. Omar inherited a pathetic roster and farm system and was not good enough to correct it At least Theo inherited a roster in 2003 that had a bunch of Type-As departing within the next two seasons… that’s Ellsbury, Lowrie, Bucholtz and Hansen just from losing guys like Pedro, Lowe and Cabrera with Damon following the year after. The only draft compensation we ever got was for Glavine.

Fire Omar, fire Jerry, Fire Tony, but I don’t see any reason to expect a new person is going to get different results with an ownership that cares more about selling seats and honoring the Dodgers.

By: Chiefman

Chiefman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:39:48 +0000

I don’t remember who it was who dubbed FMart the “teen age hitting machine”, but whoever came up with that name really did the kid a tremendous disservice by creating unreasonably high expectations.

And I agree that the Mets truly do overvalue their minor league talent. Our organization has done a truly s***y job of drafting and developing young talent. Reyes and Wright are the glaring exceptions to the rule.

By: Chiefman

Chiefman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:35:33 +0000

I guarantee you that you will be shocked. Your scenario isn’t completely off the chart the charts, but it’s close. We wil see Beltran before this year is out. The games he plays in won’t mean anything, but we’ll see him.

By: Constnza81

Constnza81 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:27:40 +0000

Beltran certainly won’t. He has Boras buzzing in his ear who I’m sure is trying to convince him to get microfracture surgery, miss 2010 rehabbing and come back for 2011 so he can finish his contract out and get one more payday from a team like the Angels or the Rangers.

If Beltran plays another game this year or next, I’ll be shocked.