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According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, Omar Minaya is extremely interested in free-agent OF Matt Holliday.”
However, Heyman believes the Mets are still unsure whether to spend so much money on one player, or if they should spread the money around in an effort to patch multiple holes.
…well, i guess that would depend on how much they have to spend… i mean, if they are only willing to spend $20 million, then, sure, i see the dilemma… however, if they have $40 million to spend, then i don’t understand why they can’t do both…
…frankly, i still believe this is just a lot of posturing and dancing around, so not to seem desperate to any one team or agent…
To read more from Heyman, including, among other things, Omar Minaya’s thoughts on Chone Figgins, the Mets interest in Joel Pineiro, and whether the Braves will trade Derek Lowe, click here.
I’m looking at this off season from a marketing POV. I’d love to see the yearbook cover if we get both Holliday and Halladay.
Before anyone rips into Omar consider the following:
Anyone remember Derek Sanderson and his WHA contract? The Blazers were so bent on signing him and made it crystal clear to Sanderson that he just kept demanding more and more ridiculous things. His father was made a scout, he didn’t have to go on road games, the team couldne’t trade anyone or change ownership without his permission, …
That is what you can expect if you say “at all costs we will sign Holliday”.
Sounds like a “24 and 1″ guy
Steve Philips! How is the divorce going? By the way, I am sure ESPN would bring you back after this whole thing blows over. If not, then there is always the MLB Network.
I’m not an Omar fan. I’m just saying that you can’t go into negoations with an open wallet. If you think otherwise: try it; see how it works.
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Yeah, ah… no. Don’t remember arcane World Hockey Association contracts from the 1970s.
Dear Whoever in the Mets’ FO Doesn’t Want to Sink So Much Money on One Player (a/k/a Jeff Wilpon),
If you want to field a competitive, playoff-contending team next year, you should probably spend whatever it takes to sign Matt Holliday.
Sincerely,
hotcorner5
i have to think they are going to sign matt holliday but they can’t just say oh everyone loves him yay let’s do it and get into a bidding war with either the cardinals (but really how much can they afford to give him?) or the god-forbid, the yankees?
If the Mets don’t make a big move to upgrade their rotation…it won’t matter if Holliday, Kingman and Piazza suit up for this team. They won’t win.
I think if they signed 2 legit starters like wolf and marquis on top of holliday even though niether guy is a real #2 or 1A pitcher i think the rotation depth along with that lineup would be enough to make the playoffs of course assuming they make necessary tweaks to the bullpen and bench. But if they sign holliday and try to sell us on pelf/maine/ollie again then yea youre right we could have the 27 yanks and it wont matter.
Omar said money isn’t a problem so the Mets should only make one MAJOR trade like Halladay. A trade like Phillips isn’t minor nor major but he doesn’t fit the needs that we have. They should sign Holliday, Wolf and then Molina or BArajas. They could tweak the bench and bullpen a little bit and try to trade CAstillo and sign Hudson.