Comments on: Quote: Jim Duquette on Scott Kazmir

By: pedros rooster

pedros rooster — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:06:08 +0000

Thank you for that—made me laugh out loud. I’m still laughing, actually……

By: steadyeddie

steadyeddie — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:51:39 +0000

Mr Believe;
Just take the elevator to the Executive Office level.
Jeff will sew one on for $2.

By: dlbags

dlbags — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:49:30 +0000

Dude, no GM has starter quality guys waiting as back ups, otherwise they’d be on a team starting. Not playing AAA satisfied as a back up plan. At best, which is rare because you have that position signed to long term contract, you have a rookie in that position. If you look closely the Mets had Parnell slated to be ready for 2010 as a potential closer, but we had to go get K-Rod because of injury. This is how baseball and the minors are run. If you have guys like Reyes locked up for years you don’t have a guy in AAA on the verge of call up, that’s the guy you trade for other positions. Which is why our next big infielder is a few years off.

Notice most scouts think FMart will be a front line starter for 2011? Pop quiz when does Beltran’s contract end?

This is also why in the next year or so Holt or Parnell will be traded because they have K-Rod locked up for a few years.

Understand?

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:48:42 +0000

you really dont know what youre talking about. its ok though this organization needs people like you to overlook their incompetence and continue to support them while making excuses for all their mistakes. I mean the fact that you are trying to say that it was you me and our fellow met fans’ fault that we traded scott kazmir and not the mets/jim duquette themselves is laughable.

By: dlbags

dlbags — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:40:34 +0000

The only thing the Mets would have done is drive the price up on V Martinez. The Red Sox have more prospects to deal and are willing. Just because on a feel out call they say it will probably take x x and Y doesn’t mean they take the deal especially when another team is on line 2 about the same player.

it’s like bidding in an auction for something with a guy who you know can outbid you; you walk away.

Met fans need to let the Victor Martinez fantasy go. The Sox would have just thrown in a Lars Anderson and closed it.

What we should have done is pick up a Willie Bloomquist type guy that plays all positions and would be cheap and would make us never have to see Angel Berroa in a Mets uniform again…

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:34:42 +0000

yea im sure a guy like eric hinske wouldve cost fernando martinez. its amazing you people seem to think you either make no move or you unload your farm for a mediocre player.

By: 2009_believe

2009_believe — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:11:46 +0000

I just want to say too that I understand your points and they are valid I just do no agree that Omar has made good enough moves to keep him around and I don’t think he has backup plans beyond the guys on the roster

By: 2009_believe

2009_believe — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:00:59 +0000

I don’t blame Omar for all the injuries but I do think some of them could have been forseeable – Delgado – we knew he had a hip injury that would need surgery, Putz, from all accounts Omar knew of the bone spur and took a chance, that’s fine. As I pointed out with the rotation, I don’t think he had a backup plan. With the infield, I’m sure he didn’t expect Reyes to go down for this long and Cora has filled in well, but what if Castillo went down? Wright? Would Berroa be playing those positions? There is no real left fielder and we didn’t go into the season with a real left fielder, we came in with Murphy playing LF when he clearly was not ready to play LF. Last year there was nobody to step into the bullpen to close out games when Wagner went down, the bullpen imploded on itself. We had Luis Ayala come in as our closer. This is what I mean by no backup plan. I do not think the injuries are a result of Omar’s poor planning but I think in some instances he has no real backup plan. I am sorry if you disagree and I understand that people want Omar to hold onto prospects. I think thats a wise plan and I am glad he did not make stupid moves in haste but I believe a move could have been made for some utlity player and there was no move made. I do not think this season alone is why Omar should be gone (with the exception of the Rubin incident) but I don’t think he has developed the organization enough to warrant him staying

By: dwright5_godsend

dwright5_godsend — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:53:02 +0000

That post made almost no sense. Omar plan has been made clear many times: hold on to prospects and not do anything crazy with so much talent on the DL.

Omar did have a backup plan, but that backup plan didn’t involve Delgado, Beltran, Reyes, Sheffield, Putz, and Maine being on the DL for most of the season. How can any GM have a backup for that? If you can find one, please point him out to me because he is the new Jesus Christ.

Due to many mutual agreements to keep talks between organizations behind closed doors, we will never know what goes down around the trade deadline. For all we know, Omar could have been working his butt off trying to make a deal, but in the end just felt it wasn’t going to benefit them to trade away the AA talent they have right now.

Common sense: Great AA talent (which we have) turns into AAA talent, and all of a sudden the Mets have a “good farm system.” The only reason they say we don’t now is because

1) Very rarely does a player from AA have an impact when called up to the MLB.

2) They’re too afraid to say any prospect below AAA is “solid” or “great” because of the risk of being wrong. It’s easier to play it safe this way.

Omar has done a good job. His good moves GREATLY outweigh his bad ones, even with the Castillo and Ollie contracts. The only legitimate argument you can make for firing Omar is for the way he handled himself with Adam Rubin. He doesn’t deserve all of this grief when 3/4 of his payroll is on the DL.

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:50:27 +0000

i think he had his hands tied. bc i also think he’s gone after the season, barring a miracle.