During the Omar Minaya Era, the NY Mets have always been an active team around this time of the year when trying to add a big time player to their roster. Since 2005 Omar has been able to deliver pretty much what the team needed even though his vision has failed miserably.Following the 2009 season, everyone exspected the Mets brass to be making a big splash during this offseason to try and fix things, especially right after the season ended when on the very next day we saw The Wilpon's & Omar Minaya addressing the fanbase telling all that this is was not acceptable!
They went on to say that things will be done to fix it and that Omar had all the resources to do it. Those were the words out of the Mets brass back then, but as of today those are just words with no action. Yes this year FA market is weak, and to be honest my sights were set on the Mets landing a John Lackey or a Doc Halladay, after that it was like whatever man.
Last week on the Mets SNY station, Omar was back on for the 1st time since those statements back in October, he was on trying to explain to the fanbase why nothing major has been done just yet. He went on to say that things takes time & that he is confident that he will be able to deliver just like he has done every year, but this time around I get the feeling that Omar will not be able to deliver us the goods. He said he has a plan but it sounded more like a dream.
Again this is a weak FA class but that hasan't stopped other teams from getting better, even the Washington Nationals. Boston got John Lackey, the Mariners got Chone Figgins & Cliff Lee, the Phillies added Placido Polanco & Doc Halladay, and the boys from the Bronx have added Curtis Granderson, but nada from Los Mets.
On the day Roy Halladay got traded to the Phillies, what 1st entered my mind was how the Phillies were now going to be the New York Yankees of the NL now that they had Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and former WS MVP Cole Hamels in their rotation. It looked like the Phillies had a dynasty in place, and that the Mets and the rest of NL East were now playing for a NL. If there was anything positive on this day it was that Cliff Lee was part of the deal that had Halladay coming to our biggest rivals, and now that Roy Halladay was not going to be a Mets I then wanted the next best thing, John Lackey. The pipe dream was over and to make matters worse later on that same day Lackey was signed by the Boston Redsox. It was said that Omar did inquired about Roy Halladay but when the Jays wanted Jose Reyes as part of any deal the Mets were not ready to part ways with Jose. By the end of the day Omar had no time for a plan B and was left to dry, he did not even get to make an offer to Lackey, you snooze you lose.
Now XMAS is here & it looks like the Mets brass will not deliver as promised, not now. The Mets need to to show and prove but right now they have the fanbase waiting for something to happen. So far the Mets have 2 major offers on the table, 1 to catcher Benjie Molina & the other to LF Jason Bay, 2 positions the Mets need to upgrade. Of the 2, Molina is the one guy I desire the most, I would like to have him handling the rotation and playing that good defense behind the plate, as for Jason Bay coming over, only if it came down between him & Matt Holliday. I feel Bay is the stronger player overall, but I'm not all that excited about locking up either player & having them playing defense in the cavernous LF at Citifield. I prefer to wait till next season and give the money to Carl Crawford, but can Met fans wait till next year?
Those are the 2 offers by the Mets so far, the Mets know that no one is willing to give Bay that 5th year, and same goes for Molina who wants a 3rd year instead of the 2 years the Mets are offering. So are the Mets playing it smart or are they taking a chance on having another team step up to the plate? Mets fans want to see some action and patience is what Omar Minaya is offering us. Sure there is still plenty of time to get to work for the Mets as baseball doesn't start for another 3 months, so what is the hurry? This is how it is when your team plays for a city like NY where the media makes the situation more and more deperate then what it is.
A good offseason would be what Jeff Francouer had to say last week at the annual XMAS dinner where he was this year's Santa Claus, his advise was that instead of signing one or two guys to big contracts, it would be best to bring in several quality guys to fill in the holes, & he went on to say that in essence the Mets will be getting back 3 quality players back next season in Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran & Johan Santana, it would be like getting 3 FA's. He sees the Mets doing just fine if they are smart about addressing their needs, and to be honest I have to agree, it just won't be easy to do.
If the Mets can bring in a guy like Mark DeRosa who can play some outfield or some infield, then a guy like Molina to handle the staff, strengthen the bullpen by adding another arm or 2, that would be a good start, but the problem is that the Mets biggest issue is in the rotation & who do you get to pitch behind Johan Santana? Do the Mets bring in a Joel Piniero or Jason Marquis to Oliver Perez money? I sure hope not, I would much rather take my chances on a guy like Ben Sheets or a John Garland type, maybe Chien Ming Wang or a Kelvin Escobar, get them on 1 year deals then invest in next years FA crop of pitchers, otherwise make a trade that lands us a legit pitcher instead of investing on these so called aces the FA market has left.
Right now the way I look at it the Mets are banking on Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran & Johan Santana coming back fully healthy & ready to be the players they can be. They are banking that David Wright can bring back the long ball next season which should mean more then the 70 wins that they had in 2009.
When you look at the mess that are the Mets, as a fan you have to be able to move forward and take it for what it is, a game. What happened to us last season rarely happens so you have to take it at a lost. The Mets need to do something soon and bring in some fresh new faces so that the fanbase can start to believe like the Mets organization cares about their fans.
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Not sure what else the Mets can really do, they missed out on Halladay and Lackey and are being strung along by Molina and Bay. Yes, getting a healthy Beltran, Reyes, Wright and Santana will help but the Mets problem is pitching, after Santana who really can you bank on? I can understand the frustration of Mets fans because you look around and see the Phillies getting better, the Yankees making moves and they were both in the World Series. Hell, even the Nats have made moves to improve all while your team stands idly by. Not sure what exactly the game plan is for Omar and company but if I'm a Met fan, I'll start getting nervous or its going to be another long year in Queens.
Hey it can't get any worse then it did for us last season, all I want is for my guys to be healthy and to give us a strong season.
Like I said there is really nothing out there in the market, sure you can pick up a player or 2 to strengthen up the team, but just don't go crazy for the fans sake if there is really nothing to get crazy about.
It can't get any worse? Yes it can. The Mets can show up in April, be healthy and play badly. That would be worse. Jason Bay isn't going to be the game changer. Those guys needed pitching. I know the Jason Bay acquisition was out there forever but it just doesn't make sense to me.
Playing badly in April is ok with me as long as they get it together as the season goes along, not going to lose any sleep in April.
Hey we need pitching but we also needed an OF and out of the bunch Bay was the one OF I would had gone after.
it was out there forever cause the Mets wanted him at their price and that's what they got, 4 years at 31, can't argue with that, on paper it's a good deal for the Mets, whether it works out that's another story.
I think u misunderstood. I meant show up in April and play badly all yr. Not just April.
Whoa...whats with all the green? Isn't it a little early for St. Patricks day?
How about we start a discussion about who's lying between the Mets or Beltran. Having serious knee surgery without telling the team? Say it ain't so.
Yeah, good point. Something is definitely rotten in Queens. How could your star player have surgery done and the team not know about it? I don't care how much the Mets try and downplay it but there seems to be some serious distrust between Beltran and the Mets organization. But then again after seeing how badly the Mets medical team has handled everything else can you blame Beltran?
Sorry about the green, just playing around with the color scheme & changing things up a bit, but the whole Beltran thing has been on my mind and I wanted to put it in writing, I just cant sit down and put it all together, I guess what I want to say is that the Mets just keep looking bad. I mean I was watching SNY when it 1st air and they had this breaking news flash about Beltran and all I know is that it didn't feel good, and it wasn't. They where saying that Beltran was getting back into his offseason workout routine and that after a few days of trying to work himself back into shape, the discomfort was to much for him to take, next thing you know he is having surgery just like that. Me reading into the whole situation and all I can come up with is miscommunication
Beltran needed the surgery and he wanted the best guy out there doing it, his mistake was not letting the Mets know about until it was pretty much done with, but like Ray said I can't blame him.
I love my Mets but they just cant get the whole media thing on point, miscommunication is a big problem with them, just play ball.
Miscommunication? I think u are giving the Mets too much credit. If it was miscommunication, that would actually be a good thing.
There are reports from the assistant Mets GM that they were sending him to get a third opinion on his knee. He said he was extremely surprised and disappointed to hear that Carlos went ahead with surgery without the teams consent or approval.
I couldn't help to think that his voice (on MLBN) sounded like someone who was ticked off and wanted to distance himself from Beltran. I guess Beltran in the next year might be shopped. Shit, anything is possible.
Well to be honest I didn't here anything about the assistant GM sounding pissed and being disappointed, I wish I had seen that, but if that's the case, then yea it sounds like Beltran is now on the Mets bad side. Heck the Mets own him and what he did was not cool, even if the Mets medical staff has had a bad rap of late.
Man, I thought the green was bad. I guess you're getting ready for Valentine's day or something with the red. Anyways, saw that "The Snoozing Mets" just lost out on Bengie Molina. Who's going to be behind the plate for the Mets this season?
I just hope it is not Torrealba or anyone else but Omir Santos & Josh Thole, Santos from the right side and Thole from the left, sucks that Molina went on to stay with the Giants as I was already seeing him behind home plate doing the catching for us in 2010.
Oh well it blows, now use the money and ad a couple of pitchers.
Well it wont be Piniero since he just signed with Anaheim.
Yea I just saw that, not much pitching left if you ask me, so now where do the Mets go for pitching? Garland, Sheets? Am I forgetting someone?
It looks like the Mets are counting with what they already have on the roster and hoping that the injury bug won’t be such a big problem in 2010, good luck.
You think Piniero and Molina turned away the Mets because of the Beltran issues?
You think Jason Bay is having 2nd thoughts now?
Still time to get some thing done but not many options to make it happen, if the Mets are to make a big deal it will have to come via a trade, looks like they are hoping that someone has a breakout season or two.
So let me get this straight. Bengie took less money AND less yrs signing with the Giants?
Bingo, and so did Piniero I believe.
Queens, we have a problem.
Yea, the Nets acquired.... drumroll please .... Gary Matthews Jr?????
Nice job guys. Once he got off the roids, he became a below avg player again.
You make it sound like the Mets got him to be an everyday OF, the only reason he is even on the Mets is because of Beltran otherwise the Mets don't go after him at all.
So he is here to be a fill in, and to be honest since the Angels are supposively paying most of his remaining salary, it is not a bad trade since he can play all 3 OF positions, and can hit from both sides. Angel Pagan & Fernando Martinez should be ahead of Matthews so he is solely a spare OF.
So if the Mets got him to be a spare OF it is a good move even with his steroids history.
But what about pitching?
The Matthews pick up isnt a bad one for the Mets. They didnt give up anything to get him and Anaheim is paying the bulk of his contract so overall its a no-brainer for the Mets who are going to need OF help with Beltran being out.
But what about pitching? Thats a great question, if I were a Mets fan thats exactly what I would be asking.
Only in a perfect world would replacing a problem with a problem be a "good move"
I guess the point flew by both of you. My point was that they went after a hitter who isn't even good to begin with and failed once again to address the fundamental issue with the Mets (other than management) ... pitching.
Yea Danny but he is good for what the Mets need him to be which is basically to be a 4th OF, and the Mets got him on the cheap. It is not the same as the Angels who were paying him superstar money to be pretty much a 4th OF after the fact that he turned out to be a bust for them. He is a solid fielder who can play all 3 OF positions & a switch hitter, it is better then let's say having a Scott Posedik or a Jemery Reed as your 4th OF. Yes the Mets need pitching but they also needed a OF and that part they address. Now pitching won't be so easy to address because as we all know pitching is just not out there.
They may have to make another trade to get that starter.
I mean I really don't think you can knock that move unless Brain Stokes, (the guy they traded him for) turns out to be solid.
Why you shitting on PosednIk? That guy is not bad at all. The only thing I remember Matthews Jr for is that ridiculous catch he made in Texas. That was like decades ago in his career (not literally of course).
Gotta agree w/Freddy on this one, for what the Mets need a 4th outfielder, Matthews fits the bill plus the Mets don't have to pay anything for him. Yes, they need pitching and they have yet to address that but they took care of one need.
Good question Danny. Fred, why are you shitting on Posednik? I'd take that guy on my team over Matthews any day of the week.
Last but not least, saying the Mets acquired Matthews? isn't exactly making a point.
We need a new thread and this red is making me see red.
We need a new thread and this red is making me see red.
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