Now that the tunnel visioned Omar Minaya is done setting the Mets 2009 starting rotation, the Mets can continue to pursue other ways to improve this years team. Although the New York Post says the signing of Oliver Perez means no Manny Ramirez or Bobby Abreu, there is still a huge hole in the offense, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Mets Opinion’
3 February, 2009
Perez Reaction
Whether or not there was a deadline, we’ll never know. But after a long, dragged out negotiation, Oliver Perez will return to the Mets for three more years, costing the team $36 million.
Mets fans know what they’re getting. Perez can either be the dominants ace, or throw batting practice to the other team. Ted Keith [...]
28 January, 2009
Small Free Agent Signings
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 [...]
28 January, 2009
What’s Dunn is Dunn
Howard Megdal and Konstantin Medvedovsky wrote this piece in The Perpetual Post talking about the undervaluing/overvaluing of Adam Dunn. Dunn’s value has dropped to around $5 million a year, and maybe for just one year.
Here is what I think:
If the Mets knew Dunn was going to be available for so cheap, they should have bought out Carlos Delgado and [...]
27 January, 2009
The Case Against Manny Ramirez
After the Mets signed Francisco Rodriguez and traded for J.J. Putz, every Mets fan was content. Some of that had to do with Aaron Heilman going to Seattle. Most of it was because the Mets ownership addressed a problem and fixed it convincingly, the same way they addressed the starting rotation last year.
The Mets have [...]
27 January, 2009
Weighing in on Pudge
One problem that’s been largely ignored this winter is what the Mets should do at the catcher position, probably because there aren’t any answers without pulling off a trade. Nevertheless, Ramon Castro has trouble staying healthy and Brian Schneider has trouble producing with the bat.
One player still available is Ivan Rodriguez, and Matthew Cerrone discussed [...]
27 January, 2009
What’s Castillo Waiting For?
The Hardball Times has an article out today about first pitch fastballs, and who likes ‘em.
According to their research, Luis Castillo received a first pitch fastball 86.3 percent of the time in 2008, second only to the Yankees Brett Gardner at 87.7 percent. Not surprising since Castillo is a weak hitting middle infielder, and the [...]
25 January, 2009
What’s On Tap
In the coming days, I am going to look at stats from the past year or so, and try to analyze once and for all who the Mets should pursue – Oliver Perez or Ben Sheets?
Also, it might be time to stop imaging Manny being a Met in 2009. I’ll make the case that the [...]
25 January, 2009
Manny, Sheets, Perez, and others
NY Baseball Digest had a good article analyzing the Mets remaining choices in free agency.
It broke down the Oliver Perez/Ben Sheets debate, saying there isn’t much difference. With Sheets, you get a dominant starter, but for how many innings? With Perez, you could get a dominant starter, “or a game that an A pitcher would [...]
21 January, 2009
Manny Being a Met
How is Manny Ramirez still available? After his efforts to single handedly carry the Dodgers to the NLCS, you’d think at least ten teams would be lining up to sign the free agent slugger.
Issues over his age, contract demands, and most notably, his on and off the field antics are preventing teams from coming to [...]
