Mets Geek looked at all the small things Omar Minaya has done this off-season to shore up the Mets bench, making the case that small amounts of money were wasted on a lot of players, equaling a lot of wasted money.
Tim Redding, Freddy Garcia, Alex Cora, and Cory Sulivan cost the Mets $6.35 million according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Redding and Garcia have incentives that could kick in to the tune of $7.25 million. Rob Mackowiak, Kyle Snyder, and Jon Switzer were also among the players Mets Geek listed as a waste of money.
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Although the money adds up, the players give the Mets depth and options at all positions, even if they seem like poor ones. How would the Yankees season have gone last year if they had a Redding or Garcia to plug in at the end of the their rotation, and stop the bleeding?
Also, Minaya has a reputation for finding players of the scrap heap, and getting production out of them, like Oliver Perez. Don’t be surprised if one or more of these players has an important role with the Mets in 2009.
