NYP: Stick with the Mets Core

by Michael Baron on December 6th, 2009 at 8:07 am

Joel Sherman of the New York Post says the Mets should stick with the current Mets core for one more year, and prioritize the draft in June, 2010.

Sherman believes signing one Type A free agent doesn’t elevate the Mets to a championship level, and it would cost the Mets a second round draft pick in the amateur draft in June and not necessarily guarantee success based on the results of the spending spree after the 2001 season.

…this is really a wise course in my opinion…i really don’t want the Mets to make a splash just for the sake of spending money and appeasing that desire, rather i would be much happier with spending on several key pieces that upgrade the team all around… not that guys like Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Roy Halladay don’t address their needs, but spending on those types players, while they definitely need their talent and guts, both talent wise and dollar wise, limits their ability to address a lot of other needs they clearly have…

Instead, Sherman suggests augmenting their current group with several pieces this winter, and then supplement the team again at the trade deadline in July, all while addressing the issues of depth which he believes is the reason for their failures the past three years.

…i think depth is certainly a key reason, but i also believe the Mets have been poorly coached over that stretch as well… i feel the pitching staff has been poorly coached and developed as they just don’t seem to progress and improve as they get older and get more experienced and it seems to be a common thread whether it’s with guys on the Major League level or guys they bring up through the system…

For more on this, check out the New York Post here.

Added to by Matthew Cerrone:

...this is why i think previous reports might be correct, in that the team is trying to thread the needle, i.e., sign a big-time free agent, but only if the market shifts in a way that makes that player reasonable, then make a trade or two to switch up the roster and lessen long-term commitments, all while keeping the draft in tact... i bet if they could, they’d make nothing but trades, but that just isn’t realistic…

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