Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets will not try to sign soon-to-be free-agent RHP John Lackey.
Instead, he feels the team’s big-ticket target will likely end up playing left field.
…hey, how you doin’ Matt Holliday…
Of course, if asked to choose between the two, 69 percent of MetsBlog readers said they prefer the Mets sign Lackey to Holliday.
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How dumb can the Mets be? We need a big time pitcher. Lackey is a horse and is needed. The rotation is avg at best.
If they sign Holliday, they better go get a stud pitcher via trade.
Our lineup is descent as is. We do need a legit thumper but I rather get the ace first.
Hopefully it isn’t the Mets being dumb, but John Heyman. I can’t remember the last time Heyman got something right!
Anyhow – We need a big bat in left and a top of the rotation pitcher. I would be very surprised if we didnt get both coming off of a 3 horrible seasons in a row. I mean this organization has to have some type of clue. right?
i must agree, there is no way the organization doesn’t get a top of the rotation and a big bat, that aren’t that stupid
Wanna bet?
yeah i do actually
Just because Heyman speculates it, doesn’t make it so. If you’re going to believe every hint of speculation you hear or read, you are in for a long off season.
Heyman is not the GM, and Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon BOTH said on WFAN as was reported here on MetsBlog that pitching is priority number one, with a number two pitcher being the top target.
IN FACT… both felt that leftifled was NOT such a big concern. REMEMBER???
So I say to Jon Heyman, interesting idea, but I’m not buying it.
I can see the Mets not wanting to spend on Lackey being they will overpay. Lackey is not worth overpaying! Now to LF with Holliday ? I don’t think Holliday is worth breaking the bank either but the Mets feel they’ll get more for thier money. I’d rather see them trade for Prince Fielder and go after Carl Crawford for lf. Mets Need 2 starters. Bedard should be priority!
I don’t really know what to say to this,we need a pitcher and a LFer not one or the other hopefully this is just Heyman being stupid
Who are the available FA pitchers next off season?
well, if neither one is extended, you have cliff lee and roy halladay. plus assorted others like Webb.
Should be noted that Holliday is keenly interested in playing in NY while Lackey has given no such indication and appears most imterested in going to Texas (or Houston, I’d imagine).
Scott Boras is Holliday’s agent… Of course he’s interested in playing for both NY teams. We’ve been playing this game with Boras clients for over a decade now.
I have no doubt the Mets will go after both LF and P. Heyman might as well put “Special Assistant to Super Agent Scott Boras” on his next round of business cards.
Hello Vlad Guererro and Joel Pineiro….man I hope Im wrong
Wouldn’t mind it… As long as it’s Mets get Vladdy, Pinerio after they sign, Lackey and Holliday.
sure after those two but lets be real lackey and holliday wont be mets maybe holliday but ive lost all faith in this front office.
This is ridiculous, Mets out of the running for Chapman and Lackey? They do not know what is good for them, these are just examples of them being cheap
They are justified being out of the running for a project like chapman. He’s going to cost as of right now 60 million dollars, and he’s going to go to A ball. You can’t justify spending 60 million on a minor leaguer.
While i’d love him in the system. He’s a huge Question Mark. Let another team sign him, and in 6 years you can go after him as a FA if he’s worth it. 6 years and 10 mil per for a guy who has no track record, will be a minor leaguer is just not worth it. It would be like sitting Ollie perez in A ball and letting him rework his way up to the majors. Except Ollie’s contract is off the books after 2011, while this guy will be on the books for 6 years, if he’s good you’ll love it, if he sucks you’ll all be complaining.
I’m choosing to believe that Heyman has no idea what he is talking about. I can’t think that Omar and Co. are honestly that dumb that they wouldn’t at least attempt to sign Lackey. Especially considering we tried to sign Lowe last year and failed. Oh that and the glaring hole we have in our rotation….
I’m sure Heyman is making this up, but I hope he’s right.
For the long-term, Holliday is the safer bet. Lackey’s getting up in years, has been hurt parts of last two years and his numbers have been going down for three years now.
Heyman is so full of it! If he told me the sky was blue I’d ask for a second opinion! Like he’s going to be privy tho the Mets offseason plans! A ridiculous claim, there is no way the Mets don’t sign at the very least a solid #3 and probably a #2 starter after the glaring holes in the rotation reared their ugly head in ‘09. I can’t stand Heyman!……ok I ‘m done…lol
I would rather have it be this way.. Personally I would rather the Mets make a move for Brandon Webb… he is coming off an injury season and assuming his option his picked up this year, he will walk after this season. His value is the lowest it has ever been so make a trade, sign him to an extension and the Mets will have the best 1-2 combo in baseball, plus Matt Holliday. Besides, I think it is known that Lackey will being going to the Rangers most likely, so I would assume teams may not have a shot anyway
I would have to agree with you. There are no real good LF options next year, Carl Crawford aside. I would just perfer to wait until next year to sign that big picther, or the trade deadline.
If we sign Holliday, F-mart will not have no place in the OF for at least two years. I would not mind leaving him in the minors to get some seasoning, but he can also be traded a lot more easily.
F-Mart would have every right to take the job from Franceour, provided he was producing enough.
I’m not sure the team really knows how French fits into the puzzle. Is he the dreadful hitter from the first half or was he the moderately productive player with us that got a good amount of RBI? I’m not sure anyone knows the answer..
Yeah, it would not be smart to deal him when Francouer coudl very well crap out next year. I was working under the assumption that Francouer was going to be extended to a three year deal, as per the unsetteling rumors. Seeing how Jeff Wilpon waxes poetic about Jeff Francouer, I am inclined to believe this.
But, yeah, you are right. The prudent move would be to keep F-Mart. You could have Ike Davis start in RF though.
Wait… isn’t Ike Davis a first basemen? And why are we already replacing Francouer? Because he was good, and good doesn’t belong on the Mets?
Ike Davis is a 1B/RF. He has played RF before, and he has a really strong arm. So strong in fact that some scouts have said that he could be moved to the bullpen.
Davis’ main position is first base, but could play LF without a problem.
You are not replacing Francouer. The question was: Why move F-mart for a front end arm when there is no sure thing that Francouer produces like he did once traded. I mearly mentioned that if you were to deal F-mart, and Francouer craps out, you COULD have Davis in RF and Murphy at first.
The chances that F-mart displaces F-core anytime soon are way beyond remote! Let’s put it this way the Mets have a better chance of trading for and signing Roy Halladay to an entension than F-mart does of displacing F-core in Right Field! The kid has yet to play a full season at any level! Whereas, F-core routinely plays 150 plus games a season, year after year. Say what u want about Jeff’s offense (which will inprove), but F-Mart can’t hold a candle to F-core’s durabilty! That alone puts F-core in RF for atleast the next 2 seasons, probably more!
Besides, clearly CF is F-marts best position. He is more likely to replace Beltran when the time comes, which believe it or not was the Mets plan for F-mart to begin with.
Well lets all pray his production stay as it has been while he has been in a Mets uniform. If it doesn’t, I assume you feel he should still trot out there for another 150 because he is durable.
I am trying not to hate on Francouer, but I refuse to drink the Kool-aide on a guy who has has less then stable production. I could care less if he can play 150, and sucks.
Time will tell. I hope he produces, but you have to have a contingency plan.
Hey, I’m with ya on F-core hopefully continuing his offensive strides in a Mets uniform. But with that said, part of the reason the Mets brought him in is he brought at the very least, some stability to the lineup which I think all Met fans can agree was sorely needed when the Mets made that trade. Along with that the Mets got stellar defense from F-core. Don’t get me wrong I was a Church fan who had good defense himself, but the fact is Church has yet to prove that he is any more than a platoon player over the course of a full season. I still expect the Mets to hang on to F-Mart if nothing else as insurance if Beltran knees continue their issues. But untill F-mart proves he can stay healthy over 162 games he isn’t much more than the back-up plan u speak of.
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