Comments on: I’m Reading: about Competing, Ladders, Preferences, and Thole

By: jimyager

jimyager — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:49:38 +0000

compete with the Phillies? I am sick of hearing that, really. In 2007 they beat us by ONE game, in 2008 they beat us by THREE games and 2009 was the AAA Mets and is NOT a real representation of the team. With a tweak here and there we will not only compete with the Phillies, we will beat them. Mark my words, 2010 is our year!!! LETS GO METS !!!!!!

By: Bench5urvivor

Bench5urvivor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:04:29 +0000

You don’t want to push Sheets if you don’t have to.
Sometimes, early in the season, you can get away with skipping a starter. Could limit his innings and early season wear-and-tear with that strategy.

By: MetsFan06

MetsFan06 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:43:52 +0000

I agree but it is a little unrealistic

By: djwill-son

djwill-son — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:13:46 +0000

Im with you there if the mets could sport that team on the field i would be thinking world series

the only problem I see is that i doubt the Mets will spend the money to aquire holliday,sheets,harden,and wolf.

do they have the money to do that? Yes but will they spend the money to do that? i doubt it

that looks like a great plan but i highly doubt it would happen

By: djwill-son

djwill-son — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:31:04 +0000

I would much rather gut my farm system and lock up a big contract with Adrian Gonzalez to play firstbase than Halladay to be in the rotation.

You cant go wrong with halladay but i think it would be better to get a guy like Gonzalez and add another component to the core.

The mets could sign 2 of marquis, wolf, piniero, or harden to hold down the rotation for this year

By: brye65

brye65 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:49 +0000

I think if you have a chance to add Roy Halliday and keep him from pitching in philly… It’s a no brainer!!! Ask me if Jenrry Mejia should be traded for the best pitcher in baseball. It’s a no brainer!!!

By: Big Lou

Big Lou — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:43:32 +0000

If te phils get halladay, i would enounter with something like this as i have posted before,I would try for Sheets, Harden AND Wolf, that way we could keep Ollie in the minors until one of the 2 gets hurt. Sign Holliday and Trade Fmart, Maine, Murphy, Mejia and a low minor leaguer or 2 for Adrian Gonzalez. It gives us an incredible lineup and IF healthy a rotation with 3 possible aces.
Line up:
Reyes
Castillo/Hudson?
Beltran
A. Gonzalez
Holliday
Wright
Frenchy
Santos/ Molina?

Rotation:
Santana
Harden
Sheets
Wolf
Pelfrey

That team looks like a world series team to me.

By: MetsFan06

MetsFan06 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:45:26 +0000

Yeah, you can only get one of the C or LF, since you got Sheets.

By: MetsFan06

MetsFan06 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:43:10 +0000

why, there was a post saying that he’d be 100% ready by ST?

By: PHINANALYST

PHINANALYST — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:27:21 +0000

the challenge with Sheets is that it would probabl be smart to bring him along slowly … and not have him in the rotation to start the year … let him miss the 1st 2 months …