Quote: Omar Minaya on Budget
Mets GM Omar Minaya talked to MLB Home Plate and said there has been no change to the team’s budget and ability to spend from the time he joined the team as GM to now, and that he is capable of exceeding the current budget if the right player is available, while adding:
“In Montreal, I can tell you, we had a hard number. But, one of the good things about working in New York is that you do have some wiggle room… Every year I have been here I’ve been given the opportunity to go out and get the better players, whether it was a trade
for Johan Santana, or signing Pedro Martinez, Carlos Beltran, and I expect that to happen again. That being said, you want to be able to get a player and feel what you are paying is fair for the quality of that player. I think, at some point in time, we’ll be able to get our players, it just takes a little longer sometimes.”
…people are way too obsessed about the team’s budget… also, i don’t understand why people are so convinced the Mets will not spend this off season… yes, they have not yet spent… but, who has… last i checked, the big-money free agents are all still available…
…the thing is, who cares… seriously… the Mets spent more money than any other team in the National League the last four years, and, despite that, look what it got them, as fans are more frustrated and restless than ever… so, money is not the issue…
…instead, the issue is the decisions they have been making, and how they’ve been spending that money, and the type of performance they are getting in return… i mean, i’d take a smart, effective, inexpensive acquisition over a stupid, ineffective, expensive move any day… why… because it was smart and effective… that’s the goal…
…there is no trophy for biggest payroll… it’s about talent… yes, money can help get the best talent… but, the best talent doesn’t always cost the most money…
Minaya also said Jose Reyes is ‘coming along very well,’ and should be ready for Spring Training, as should Beltran and Santana.
…one other thing, it is amazing to me how much more comfortable and coherent omar is when talking to, say, ESPN or MLB Home Plate, etc., and not addressing his home-town reporters… i have no idea what that means, but it must mean something…
