6
2008
Does Omar Minaya Deserve An Extension?
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I hate tropical storms… Especially tropical storms with funny names that rhyme with banana…
I”m sitting home, bored out of my mind… no baseball, no good movies on the tube, so I figure, let me read some other Mets blogs. And so I did.
I came across the following excerpt in a post by Andrew Beaton at Hot Foot and it got me thinking. He wrote…
I think Minaya did a great job turning the franchise around, but more and more the future of the game is turning into developing your own cheap talent through the system, something that Minaya hasn’t proven he can do yet. I would hope the Wilpons think long and hard about extending him, and not accept it as a foregone conclusion.
I think I had to read that excerpt a few times before I could understand what the author was trying to convey. It starts off with a compliment, followed by a short “state of the game” address, and then there is the swipe at Omar. An undeserved swipe at that.
I agree that the future of baseball is becoming more dependent on developing young talent and nurturing that talent until it finally reaches the Major Leagues. High performance at a low cost may have started with low revenue teams like the Rays and the Twins, but it has become an integral part of a major market team’s strategy as well.
I believe that Omar absolutely embraces that philosophy and has proven that he subscribes to it with many of his moves. He may have been Mike Pelfrey’s biggest supporter, even when Pelfrey had many of us convinced he was a bust. He drafted players like Dan Murphy, Nick Evans, Jon Niese and some of our other best young players, but refused to trade them at the trading deadline for a reliever or starter that we desperately needed.
It was also because of the prospects Omar drafted, that we were able to get Johan Santana in the off season.
Omar may not be the perfect GM, but he certainly has proven his value to the Mets organization. He certainly deserves an extension in my opinion.
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
Went to my first Mets game, a Mayors Trophy game at Shea, in '73. We beat the Yankees 8-4 and I was hooked. I marched in two Banner Day parades, and before the Grand Slam single, there was the "Hendu Can Do" grand slam - I was there. I've collected Mets memorabilia all my life and started Mets Merized Online to feed my addiction.
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I agree with you Joe D. he deserves an extension. He has brought back joy back to Mets fans. Kept faith in the players he drafted and kept faith in Big Pelf and they have proven themselves worthy. He brought us one of the best pitchers in the game today in Johan and he has proven that he is worthy.
Omar may never win GM of the year, but the past couple of teams he has put together has been fun to watch.
Yes! Give him a contract extention! Remember 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004? well 2001 wasnt that bad but.. He put this team together. And I am always afraid that if we replace Minaya, what will the next GM do? I get scared that they would trade our players for prospects that arent close to being big league ready.
I’ve been hard on Omar the last couple of seasons but I agree that he deserves an extension.
While Castillo’s and Alou’s signing this past winter angered me he has done more good than bad. He got Beltran, he got Pedro, Delgado, Johan. He got rid of Millege and got Church and a good catcher out of it.
At the time we criticized him for trading Nady to Pittsburg but we now have Oliver Perez out of that deal.
Like Joe D. mentioned he has nutured a lot of the young talent on the team now, he has brought in some great players, give the man his extension.
yes he should cuz even though we choked last year nd there was frstraion earlier this season he atleast brought us back on the baseball map
Again, great minds……
I’ve been an Omar fan since Montreal. And, right now, here in my condo, is a well read SI -June 18, 2007 edition- with a lengthy, terrific article about him.
I think he’s the best.
I think that staying within the organization at the trade deadline and not making any stupid moves is enough to keep him on another year