In a Q&A for MLB.com, Marty Noble had the following to say, when asked if the Mets might sign free-agent RHP Ben Sheets:
“No one ever questions Sheets’ upside. But who can overlook his downside. The Mets already have too many potential starters with issues. Sheets would be one more.”
On Sunday, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports said Sheets was seeking $12 million in 2010, which you can read about here.
…i for one would like the Mets to take a chance on either Sheets or Erik Bedard, mainly because the available options right now aren’t very appealing…in the end, i don’t think any team will even consider Sheets at $12 million even on an incentive laden deal…i think a base salary between $4 – $7 million is more realistic for him and at that price, the Mets should be interested because if he is healthy, he is as good as anyone in the league…but Noble makes a very good point in that the Mets current starters have a bevy of issues ranging from durability and efficiency all the way to mental problems, and adding another large question mark rather than a solid and reliable arm is a very big risk to take for this club…
In regards to Fernando Martinez, Noble points out that Martinez had fewer at bats in the minor leagues compared to both David Wright and Jose Reyes, adding:
“At the same time, he hardly distinguished himself during his introductory tenure…The concerns with Martinez are his tendency to break down and, to a far lesser degree, a few episodes last summer that put his judgment in question.”
…F-Mart’s brief stint in the big leagues was certainly disappointing, and yes his durability is a big question mark right now, but i remember when Reyes first came up and made his debut in 2003 against the Rangers… he came with all of the hype that F-Mart has garnered and instead of seeing that brilliance we saw someone who was over-matched at times, and dealing with a multitude of leg injuries for the better part of his first two seasons… i’ve been watching martinez either in the minors or during Spring Training for a number of years now, and this kid has a world of talent, and if he can stay healthy i feel he can still be a big part of this organization’s future at some point…
…that said, his stock seems to have fallen in the past year, and i wonder where the organization feels he stands now that they have made a long term commitment to Jason Bay…i suppose he could succeed Jeff Francoeur in right field but again, it’s hard to say where the Mets feel he now fits…this was the guy they wouldn’t trade for Johan Santana, but right now i wouldn’t be surprised, provided the right deal came along, if we see F-Mart get dealt…
I still think we should get Sheets. If we sign him to a one year deal, $5 million guarenteed and $5 million in incentives, it would be safe. Then they re-sign Reyes for next year and get Webb or Beckett, and I am happy.
You’ve been reading my comments haven’t you. I think I started saying we fill our holes this year and next year we just resign Reyes and go after Webb and Beckett. Well, anyway I agree with you. Sheets is very good but also has a high risk. When Sheets is healthy he is as good as an ace. Why did Michael mention Bedard? Maybe I missed something but he won’t be ready untill May or June. Give Sheets 6mill guarnteed and 6mill in incentives. If we come off an off-season with Bay, Molina, Sheets, Biemel, Garko, and even Delgado(which I strongly doubt) we should win the NL East by every mean. How did the Phils get better this off-season. Yes, they got Doc but they got rid of a younger Lee. That is a small margin better. And the Mets, will get a big margin better. And if the Mets do this, they will have less holes to fill and they can get Webb, Beckett or even Lee next year.
Placido Polanco is one of the hardest outs in baseball and the Phillies added him to an already potent offense. They are also improving their bullpen which was an achilles heal for them last season.
On Sheets, I agree that the Mets need to take a chance on a one year deal with him. Why sign Piniero to 3-4 years when you can get Sheets for one and look for a better option next offseason. If he doesn’t work out, that’s when you start looking around the league at the trade deadline and think about moving F-Mart (or others) for some legit young pitching talent nearing free agency that you can lock up.
Alright, Polanco. Is overpaid. Hopefully, the Phillies get like 15injuries like we had or they have to drop players b/c they can’t pay them. But look at Polanco’s Defense. It’s good but nothing like Feliz’s.
Polanco had an OBP of 331 last year at age 33. He’s not a though out. And the Phils bettering of their bullpen was offset by our own improvement. Holliday is better than Lee, but not better than Lee was for the Phils. Over a full year I’d rather have Holliday but the incremental difference isn’t huge. The Phils have not bettered themselves dramatically whereas the Mets have.
Holliday’s a horrible pitcher…now Halladay,He’s pretty good!
Just jerking your chain…Happy New Year!
thanks, Happy Hallidays!
lol. That was creative Sylow59! Happy New Year everyone!
Definately agree. I tried saying that but you said it like an English teacher would. Perfect!
I like your logic of filling in the wholes this year than just locking up Reyes next year and going after Webb or Beckett. What I don’t like is what you want to offer Sheets. 6 mill base and 6 mill incentives is way too much for a guy that has 0% chance of staying healthy and may not even be ready for the start of the season. Don’t forget that this guy hasn’t pitched in over a year and is still on flat ground. He can’t even throw off a mound yet and pitchers/catchers report to camp in 5 or 6 weeks.
I love Sheets and would love for the Mets to sign him but for more around 3-4 million base and 3-4 million in incentives and they can give him a 14 million dollar club option and 2 million dollar buy out. If the Mets did that they would pay him at most 8 million for this year and he would get his big contract for next year which the Mets would love cause if he’s healthy they would have no problem giving him 14 million. Now if he does what he always does and gets hurt than it would cost them around the 6 million you wanted to give him(4 millin base/2mill buyout).
I just made those numbers up as I went but if the Mets get creative they can pull it off. If not go with the sure thing like Garland or make a trade for Harrang, Zambrano, Arroyo, etc.
mets9268…your numbers for Sheets are a little more realistic(from what we were talking about the other day)…be nice if those numbers could get it done because if healthy he is a true # 2.
I like the idea for like 4mill, and the rest incentives. But willl he sign for that? Hopefully he does. And Garland isn’t coming here. It would be nice but we’ll have to overpay for him to move coasts. I really doubt we’ll get Zambrano. I like Arroyo and not Harang. Harang is overpaid and we need a guy that takes up innings and will not give out runs that much. If we trade for Arroyo, we should include Castillo, Maine and Evans and hopefully they will include Phillips. You may ask, Why would the Reds do this? To lower their payroll. And please eveybody. Believe in the Mets. If the Mets can have this type of off-season, they have every reason to beat the Phillies.
If both are healthy, Harang ($12MM) could be a #2 starter vs Arroyo ($11M) who is more like a #3. Why you say Harang is overpaid when he earns about $1MM more than Arroyo?
As for Phillips, believing in the Mets is not an issue. It’s just not realistic at this point that Cinci will trade Phillips. Rollen just reworked his contract and if they trade either Harang or Arroyo, they will be fine financially. Just think that next year 2B will be either Castillo or Hudson.
Because Harang was injured. Unlike Sheets, he was also injured but can be gotten cheap b/c he missed a year.
Harang had appendectomy surgery, unlike Sheets who is recovering from shoulder surgery and hasn’t pitched in a year.
What makes you think Sheets can be had cheaper than Harang? He is seeking $12MM, could end up with $8MM (similar to Penny). Considering how injured prone he has been over his career, that’s a lot of money for the risk involved. If rumors are true, and the Reds are willing add cash in the transaction, Harang should be a better choice than Sheets.
oh. I didn’t hear the rumors for the extra cash. If it’s true i’ll take it. But, Sheets is an ace when healthy. Harang can not be an ace but is consistent.
The rumor states that Cinci was willing to add $10MM in the transaction but the Dodgers wanting more.
- Harang earns $12.5MM in ’10, with an option for $14MM in ’11 – $2.5MM buyout
He could be a 1 year gamble for the Mets or any other organization that trades for him. If they receive just $5-7MM (as opposed to $10MM or more) will allow the Mets to have Harang for a year at about $8-10MM (assuming they buy him out).
Arroyo 2009: 220.1 innings 15Wins 3.84 ERA an only 65 BB
Harang 2009: 162.1 innings 6 wins 4.21 ERA and 43 BB (in 40 fewer innings)
Arroyo 2008: 200 innings, 15 wins 4.77 ERA
Harang 2008 184.1 innings 6 wins, 4.78 ERA
So yea based on that information I’d say Harang is overpaid!
If that doesn’t do it for you:
2008: 194 innings 10 wins, 4.22 ERA……….the pitcher,…..OLIVER PEREZ,……..!
Cleary Arroyo is the better (and more durable) pitcher between Harrang and him self. Not too mention much more worth his contract dollars. I’d take him in a heartbeat.
Oh on a side note before I forget whoever said resign Reyes,… no resigning needed, we simply pick up his option for the 2011 season.
Nice post and I strongly agree. At first I thought you didn’t want Reyes back until I finished reading it. Although, the Mets will have to resign him some year.
Unfortunately comparing Arroyo with Harrang, without considering that Harang was injured over the past two seasons is not rational, neither is motioning BB for 2009 comparison and not 2008.
Harang Injuries:
2008 – Strained right forearm
2009 – Appendectomy surgery
1) Regarding Salaries:
- Harang will earn $1.5MM more than Arroyo ($12.5 vs $11MM). So based on that, they are both overpaid. The difference is, when healthy, Harang could be as good as Lackey vs Arroyo who could be closer to Garland. Why pay $11MM for Arroyo, when Garland is a FA and can be had for about $6-7MM??
2) Regarding 2009 & 2008 comparison:
- In 2008 Arroyo pitched 200ip in 34 starts (5.88ip/start), while Harang pitched 184 in 29 starts (6.34ip/start)
- In 2009 Arroyo pitched 220ip in 33 starts (6.66ip/start), while Harang pitched 162 in 26 starts (6.23ip/start)
Harang went deeper in games in 2008 and was still consistent in 2009, in spite of being injured in August.
3) Why don’t you compare their 2006 and 2007, when both were healthy?
Harang W L ERA Ip H Bb So
2006 16 11 3.76 234 242 56 216
2007 16 6 3.73 231 213 52 218
Arroyo W L ERA Ip H Bb So
2006 14 11 3.29 240 222 64 184
2007 9 15 4.23 210 232 68 156
When they are healthy, Harang (91-94mph fastball) is tougher to hit than Arroyo (88-91 mph) due to better control of his stuff. If the Mets have a chance to get one of them, it should be Harang. He is a better gamble than Sheets (although Sheets has a higher upside), and they can still get a similar pitcher than Arroyo by just signing Garland.
I was tossing numbers out there on Sheets which I’m sure that even if they got him on a lower deal it would be different from what I said. I love sheets but he does scare me. I know what his upside is but his downside is a lot more realistic. I really don’t think that there is any chance he can pitch the whole season without getting hurt. Just look at last offseason when he was telling everyone that he would be ready for the start of the season than it became May or June and now Jan 1st 2010 he still isn’t throwing off a mound. No matter what Sheets says his health is at, there is no way to think that its true. I know he would have to pass a physical but if the Mets give him close to what he is looking for($$$) do you feel confident in the Mets doctors to make the right call on his health?
Before you answer that on the Mets doctors let me remind you that these are the same doctors that made us not sign guys like Vlad cause of his back and the same doctors that screwed up guys like Beltran, Reyes, Delgado, Maine and the list goes on and on.
Personally I think the only thing worse than the Mets doctors is the Mets record last year!!!
MetsFan…if 96 would have mentioned Biemel,I would have sworn it was you!
Tell the truth…you’ve got two names your running with!
lol. Well we need a second lefty in the pen’. So why not? Guys, as my new year’s resolution, i’ll lay off the biemel talk.
I hope for your sake if they do sign him (biemel) your sitting down when you find out,because i think you may just blow a gasket!
lol. no, seriously, I like him b/c I don’t want Feliciano’s arm to fly off in the middle of the 7th inning when he facing Howard.
Sorry I did not credit you for what we should do. I posted it cause I couldn’t agree more. I agree with your point on Beimel, but if Perez struggles in the rotation again, how about moving him to the bullpen, sign Sheets, so your rotation looks like this:
Santana
Sheets
Pelfrey
Pineiro
Maine
With Niese and Perez ready for injuries!
NO PINEIRO. I’d rather overpay for Garalnd.
Oh, I was just joking. It’s good to see that people like my idea. Now only if it could happen.
That’s 4 R and 1 L.
Unless it’s strike 3
nice
If we don’t get Pineiro, who is our Number 5 starter, RA Dickey?
What go you mean? If we get Sheets we have Maine. If we make a trade for Zambrano, we add Niese. We have more people than RA Dickey.
Look at my comment with the rotation in it. If we do not sign Pineiro, we only have 4 starters, if we follow my plan of moving Perez to the bullpen.
gotcha
but I doubt the Mets would have a 12mill lefty bullpen arm when they can get Biemel for 2mill.
Guys, I hate to break it to ya, but Ollie Perez is inconsistent enough, having him come out of the Pen in a pressure situation would be a flipping disaster! I’d have to double my order for cases of TUMS!
lol
Erratic pitchers capable of posting large ERAs are few and far between. We need someone that can take one for the team. And Ollie fits that mold to a tee. I don’t understand the negativity.
Martinez has been fragile, yes, but I think that has a lot to do with him playing at such a high level at a very young age. His body just has to fill out and get stronger to deal with the day to day grind of MLB. I suspect he’ll be fine, but only if the Mets lay off the kid and let him develop at his own pace. If healthy he could be a very special player, we just have to be patient. Same goes for Murph btw.
it is not yet time to give up on F-Mart…you wait as long as possible when you have a prospect that can be a super star….and I believe F-mart can and that is why you do not give up on him at this point no matter what; after all how many potential stars come along..not too many…
Instead of waiting until for next year free agents (who could re-sign with their teams before everything is said and done), just make a trade for Zambrano:
Cubs need to get younger, cut some payroll and fill a void a 2B for next season. Mets need a #2 starter that will be a horse behind Santana for the next couple of years (special if they want to compete with the Phillies) and a lefty for the pen.
Cubs get:
Luis Castillo (2yr/$12MM)
Fernando Martinez (prospect)
Brian Stokes (bullpen)
Tobi Stoner (minor league pitcher)
Mets get:
Carlos Zambrano (3yr/$56.7MM)
$10MM in cash
Shawn Marshal (bullpen)
Cubs cut payroll commitment for the next 3 years (aprx $34MM), receive a prospect OFer to start re-building an aging roster, bullpen help and an arm for the minors. Mets receive a #2 starter, a lefty for the pen (long relief and spot start) and open 2B for a short term option (Hudson). As I said in the past, if the Wilpon’s were to stretch the payroll over $139MM, it going to be for an impact player. That guy is Zambrano.
Very good balance lineup (S, S, R, S, R, L, R, R):
SS Reyes (26)
2B Hudson (32)
3B Wright (27)
CF Beltran (32)
LF Bay (31)
1B Murphy (24)
RF Francouer (25)
C Molina (36)
Great 1-2 punch, follow by 3 excellent young arms:
Santana (30)
Zambrano (28)
Pelfrey (25)
Perez (28)
Maine (28)
A lot of different looks in the pen:
K-Rod (27)
Escobar (33)
Parnell (25)
Feliciano (33)
Green (30)
Igarashi (30)
Marshall (27)
Keep Nieve, Figueroa, Dessens, Kunz, RA Dickey and Misch in the minors in case there are injuries.
I like it but it won’t happen. Did you hear the follow up article from bleacher report. It was a opinion of his that he called his possibilities. He said that there are 2 AL teams bidding on him though.
Yes but sometimes the old saying holds true…where there’s smoke…there’s fire.
Those two AL teams could have the money and desire, but Zambrano will be the one making the decision. The Mets may have the best shot, due to his friends (Santana, K-Rod and Escobar) and star players (Beltran, Wright, Reyes and now Bay).
good point. That would be sweet if we got him.
Getting Zambrano would be nice.But I think the only reason they’d want to trade him is to unload some salary.So lets let them keep their $10M and we keep Martinez and add Pagan.
Pagan is probably less appelling with the Byrd signing…but lets throw it on the wall and see if it sticks.
I’m getting to be a broken record on this, but I think Pagan is a key piece on the team. If Beltran should falter, or anyone else in the outfield – which is almost a certainty, then Pagan is the man. He is a valuable 4th outfielder.
They had Pagan, not sure if getting him back at the age of 28 is what they need.
All moot if Zambrano exercises his no-trade clause.
Reality: no trade clause = I want more money. It’s not like he’d be going to the Pirates
I agree that the No Trade Clause is paper thin. For the right team and situation he would let the trade happen and move to another team. He wouldn’t take a deal to teams like the Pirates but he’s not dumb and he would realize that being in a 1/2 punch with Santana, adding Bay, everyone being healthy again and a solid bullpen that the Mets have a real shot to do something if he came here. When you go to the pro’s its all about two things….$$$$ and Ring’s!!
Now to get him here its pretty easy. The first thing is making the right offer and getting the cubs to say yes. Than once that happens the Mets should have players like Santana and the rest of his fellow county men talk to him and let him know what it would be like to play on the same team and in NY. Plus its not like he would fear NY cause Chicago is no walk in the park and Citi is a much better place to pitch than Wrigley.
As his 5+ home / 2.75 road ERA splits indicate.
Omy7, if the Cubs were to trade Big Z they would most certainly want a major league starter in return! John Maine would work, or atleast I hope it would because I’d certainly be against parting with Pelfrey just yet. As for F-mart the cubbies just filled out their outfield so I don’t know how much use they would have for him. In fact, I thought to myself when I read they signed Byrd that there went our chance for Big Z.
How about Castillo, Maine, Evan and Holt/Mejia. I’ll call Omar.
We’re going to end up with Molina, right wrong or indifferent.
After that, I think our starting offense is set. Murphy at 1st and Castillo at 2nd. What I think we need is another professional bat on the bench, a utility type guy who can fill in the corner infield spots – Tatis, or someone like him.
Then we need a lefty in the pen…
Then we need a high-upside starter on a one-year deal (Sheets/Bedard).
Then, we need Aroldis Chapman and Maya to improve our outlook for the future and add depth, respectively.
That’d be a good way to finish off the pre-spring training shopping without spending a bundle or locking into crazy deals.
F-Mart has much more relative value to us than to anyone else. Think about it, if we were the acquiring team, would we trade any major league talent of value for a heavily hyped 21 year old kid with injury problems every year, who hit under .200 in his cup of coffee at the big league level?
It’s only because we’ve been riding (and powering) the F-Mart hype machine that we see him as a potential future stud. Another team would take a flyer on him, but I don’t seem him landing big fish anymore – think more like Arroyo than Josh Johnson.
And if all you can get for him is high priced average pitching similar to what’s available in FA, you may as well hold on to him.
I’m not too worried about being able to find a spot for him. Talent finds a way. Hit .320 with pop in AAA this year, and we’ll make a position for him (or be able to trade him for top-drawer talent again).
I really don’t think Zambrano is nessecary. If we sign him, he will cost money and prospects. Just wait till next year and sign Webb or Beckett, just as MetsFan06 says it.
I was just kidding. You can have it as your idea too. It;s not like if Omar does that, he’ll say, “it’s not my idea. It was MetsFan06′s.”
Thanks for telling me
no prob and hard fellings.
*feelings
If we sign him ? He’s already under contract. I’m assuming you meant trade for him right ?
What evidence do you have that makes us believe Boston won’t re-sign Beckett (and keep him away from the Yankees), that Webb won’t re-sign with the DBacks (and keep a 1-2-3 of Webb, Haren and Jackson) or that Lee won’t re-sign with the M’s (who traded prospects for him?).
1) If the Mets have the chance to trade for Zambrano, would you prefer to sit back and wait 1 year for Free Agency and see who is available, while not matching up well in 2010 with top teams?
2) The Mets may have to give up a prospect (Martinez), but signing either of the players above mention, they will have to give up #1 Draft choices as they will surely be Type A free agents.
another good point. I don’t see Boston resigning Beckett becasue they got Lackey. And for Webb, I just don’t see it. But in can happen and we should take advantage of it.
Armymetfan, I did mean trade, sorry if you got confused. I type faster than I can think about typing.
Not only will Boston want to resign Beckett next year,they may go after one of the other fa starters…after all they are going to be competing with the yanks again who will also be dipping into that pool next year.
If there is any chance for us to trade for Zambrano this year you take it because chances are there won’t be anything left for us next year.
what about Webb or lee. You are right on Zambrano. We have to take advantage and try to get him.
I would have traded F-Mart a long time ago when his stock was really high. He has yet to impress me. Maybe I need to get there earlier to see what he does against a 70mph batting practice pitcher to see the ball jump off his bat.
Re; No trade contract
Players are people too.
If the team you are going to is just as good as the team you’re leaving,wouldn’t you want to be on the team that wants you and is trying to trade for you,or the team trying to get rid of you?
Well a long time ago we did not know whether F-Mart would turn out well or not. If we did trade him early, the team he ends up on would let him spend more time in the Minors and he will end up being a star and everyone will be saying, we should of kept him.
It is all about the Plate Appearances!
>> …that said, his stock seems to have fallen in the past year, and i wonder where the organization feels he stands now that they have made a long term commitment to Jason Bay . . . . . .. but right now i wouldn’t be surprised, provided the right deal came along, if we see F-Mart get dealt…
You’re supposed to dealy these guys when their value his high not low.
F-Mart has less at bats than Reyes and Wright at the minors because he can’t stay on the field. He missed over 200 games in the last 3 years. Hard to rack up ABs when you’re always on the DL.
Until this guy does something worth caring about he should be known as Fernando Martinez, not some absurd cutesy nickname. Do something beyond just signing a contract and you can get a nickname.
F-Mart not worth much on trade market at this time. Let him try to win the 4th outfield spot in the spring and dangle Pagan as trade material
F-Mart is a 20 year old Top prospect that was rush to the ML. He is still a valuable commodity. Just let him play at AAA and get more PAs.
>> F-Mart not worth much on trade market at this time. Let him try to win the 4th outfield spot in the spring and dangle Pagan as trade material
Totally disagree with that. F-Mart has shown he’s not ready for the bigs. He was very over matched batting .176 in the bigs before he got hurt of course and followed that up with a .191 showing in the winter league. Pagan batted .306 with 11 triples and 6 HRs and stayed healthy. If he could only run the bases with any intelligence. . . .
F-Mart really needs to start at AA and stay there the whole year. Start to rebuild that confidence and develop his abilities (assuming he doesn’t get hurt of course.) Then start 2011 in AAA with a mid-season call up.
What in the world are you talking about?
Do you not remember 2003 all that well? Reyes went on streaks where he couldn’t make out. In August he had multi-hit game streaks of 5 and 6 games. He had a streak of 4 in July, as well as 3 hits on back to back nights that same month. He had a 17 game hit streak that spanned July and August.
In contrast, Fernando Martinez had 16 hits all year in 2009. 16 hits! And you’re comparing him to Reyes who had a hit streak in his rookie season that was longer than the total amount of hits that Martinez had for an entire season?
I think signing Jason Bay is great for Fernando. This hopefully guarantees him the chance to develop at the AAA level. I’m not sure Francoeur is the long term solution in RF, but he could be. If not, he at least buys time for F-Mart. Think about how good this kid could be if we commit to at least one full year in AAA. I think Minors should be used to develop homegrown talent (think Yankees in the 90s) or to be able to acquire big time talent in trade (think Braves getting Teixeira).
The Mets are not getting Zambrano, if you take Sheets out the equation who are we hoping for Jon Garland? That’s another #5 to our collection. Harang? Arroyo? No 2 in sight.
Once Lackey came off the market, any realistic fan knew next year’s rotation was going to be held together with duct tape and bubblegum.
As far as reinforcements, I like the idea of Sheets, Bedard or Wang on 1 year, incentive laden deals. Pass up Garland, Piniero, etc. If possible, make a play on both Cubans.
Let’s try to make it work with Santana, Pelfrey, Maine, Perez, Escobar, Niese, Nieve, Holt, Chapman, Maya, and Sheets/Bedard/Wang. There’s enough talent there, talent that has proven itself within the last 2-3 years or that projects to be serviceable major leaguers.
And if the team is healthy and playing to potential, we have plenty of chips to make a move for a Webb or Cain or somebody who might come available at the trade deadline.
I think we can win the wild card with that group
If we’re in good shape
Sheets is likely to be the best bet of the risk/reward brigade and it expected to be available for the full season. Having a genuine #2 (especially if he is healthy all season) will be a bonus. I liked the salary structure offered by Mets9268. This makes the risk low and to cover themselves, due to the questions surrounding the majority of rotation, the Mets will still need to add that ‘steady’ arm.
The rumours had it that Pineiro was the Mets’ target and there was also talk of interest in Maya. This has gone quiet amidst the news of Bay singing and further discussions with Molina. Perhaps the Mets are pursuing a number of strategies: 1) sign Maya and then look to pick up Sheets; 2) sign Pineiro; and 3) looking at the trade options with Reds or Cubs. Whether such strategies would be mutually exclusive or complementary would depend on the money leftover after Bay and Molina and how much they think they will need to re-sign Sheets or go for someone in FA next year.
That is why you get Sheets, not take him out of the equation.
Why is everyone missing the big picture here on our outfield? If Frenchy manages to salvage his career, he’s staying in RF. Bay is in LF, and Beltran’s contract is up after one more season after this one, and Boras is his agent. That’s your spot for F-Mart, and that’s his natural spot as well. You want a spot, I found you a spot. And I’ll get you a couple of draft picks when Beltran leaves, because Boras will not let him accept arbitration, even if it is on a 20M/year contract. He’s gonna want a long term deal for his client.
Fernando Martinez doesn’t project as a CFer. He will be better suited for a corner OF, most likely replacing Francouer.
As for Francouer salvaging his career, he needs a miracle at this point. Unless he learns something he has never been able to learn in the career (take pitches and BB), he should not be a good long term answer for RF.
I agree with you about Beltran (sadly), he will probably be with the Mets for 2 more years due to his agent. That’s enough time for the Mets to see if Kirk Nieuwenhuis (who should start at AA next season) is ready to take over CF or go after Sizemore (will be 29 by that time) in Free Agency.