Comments on: Marchand: Public Pressure could Influence Wilpons

By: steadyeddie

steadyeddie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:48:51 +0000

Mr Agee, I liked both your catches.
I concur; trade Beltran, Wright and Reyes for some young talent.
Really; how much worse could this team be?
If this is our “core”; something is rotten in Flushing Bay!

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:51:52 +0000

The Mets will finish with a Bottom 15 record. This much is certain. All that means, though, is that their first round pick is protected. If they sign a Type A free agent who has been offered arbitration by his former team, then the Mets will forfeit their second round pick, which will be one of the first 15 (and in all likelihood the first 8) picks in the second round. The first rounder is the most important one, but the second rounder is also a high value pick.

By: mextache

mextache — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:38:10 +0000

The Mets obviously are going to need to be smart with the roster and creative with free agents and contracts. Two things Omar is not.

What’s Omar going to do if he doesn’t have Wilpon’s money to throw at free agents.

There’s no way Omar and company can right this ship.

By: ericloz

ericloz — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:35:11 +0000

Just one minor flaw in your assessment. The Mets can sign 1 big Fa and still keep their early picks.

By: ScottN

ScottN — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:23:16 +0000

If the Mets are looking to cut budget and still sell seats next year, there is one investment they must make — Bobby Valentine.

I’m actually a Backman for Mgr. guy, but whether you like Valentine or not, they guy has huge name recognition, reminds many Mets fans of a time when the Mets were winning, winning with some marginal talent, and really relavant to NY. Valentine’s star and aura have only grown in Japan.

Bobby V. may do no better with this pool of talent than Manuel has, but if the Wilpons don’t want to spend big this offseason, but still make this offseason one of anticipation for Mets fans, hiring Valentine is the only way I can think of for them to do that.

By: wright5murph28

wright5murph28 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:09:34 +0000

Glad to see they are talking about holliday and bay….at least thats a step in the right direction

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:45:11 +0000

Frankly, if they’re concerned about the health of the franchise, they should keep payroll at its current level and be active/aggressive on the FA market OR cut payroll as much as they can and NOT sign any Type A FAs and NOT trade any of the top 15 or so prospects. Obviously Option A throws them right into the thick of things in 2010, and Option B basically cements 2010 as a rebuilding year, but signals a commitment to internal growth and comes clean about the Wilpons’ financial woes. The worst case scenario, in my humble opinion, would be to make 1 big acquisition that will A) not be enough to make the Mets a reasonable contender in 2010 and B) cost the Mets an opportunity to improve the farm. Unfortunately, that third scenario is far and away the most likely, since splitting the difference will keep the Mets competitive enough to sell at least some tickets and siphon some payroll dollars back to ownership.

By: Agee's Catch

Agee's Catch — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:34:48 +0000

The nicest thing anyone has said about me recently is that I am delusional, but I think Beltran will be traded to an AL team, more specifically, the RedSox. Bay may sign elsewhere, they will need to fill a power void. Ellsbury could replace Beltran for years to come. Add in Casey Kotchman as a place filler until Ike Davis is ready, throw in a AA pitcher with some upside.
Kotchman and Ellsbury probably cost a total of 8 million in 2010, leaving 9 million to spend on a corner or a starting pitcher. it is virtually a three for 1 deal

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:31:00 +0000

public pressure? LOL. i don’t care what they do. frankly i would prefer they spend nothing so i’m not even tempted to spend one penny or minute on them next year.

By: Hubie

Hubie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:22:53 +0000

I have done seasons with 4 others the last 3 years and we are heading to a partial plan or nothing next year. Ticket prices are a joke and there have been decent seats available to most games this year. Why pre-pay for something and then get stuck eating tickets like I am right now.