24
2009
MetsWrighter’s Week In Review
An article by Former Writers
I may be a few days late and many dollars short, but I’d finally like to weigh in on all that has transpired with our Mets this past week, on and mostly off the field.
First of all, going back to the Halladay deal. Whether it was or wasn’t true, I am glad the Mets did not make the trade. Now before you all start screaming at me, hear me out. I am not saying I wouldn’t want to have him on our team. What is there not to want? But the problem I see is simple. He’s only out there every fifth day. If the Mets’ woes were something that he, or any other pitcher could fix, don’t you think Johan Santana could have and would have done it already?
I’m not saying the one-two punch of Santana and Halladay wouldn’t be awesome. And not only would we have him, but the Phillies would not. But you can’t go out and get a guy, just so another team doesn’t. It’s not even about who they would have given up for Halladay. It’s whether or not the deal made sense. Think about this for a moment. The Mets haven’t been able to provide Santana with any run support, what makes you think they’d provide it to Halladay? It’s the same team behind any pitcher.
The Mets need a bat more than they need another arm. Someone who can play every day, therefore making a difference every day, and hopefully drive in runs. Because no matter how good the pitcher is, you can’t win if you don’t score. The pitching would be fine if they weren’t under so much pressure to be perfect because their offense is non-existent. The way you can’t have a pitcher be the captain of a team because he is only out there every fifth day, (and I’m not so sure I buy that, but that’s the point I will argue) that’s the same way you can’t rely on a pitcher to carry a team. Halladay is not the answer.
To anyone who said that the Mets are going in the direction of pitching and defense and that’s why they made the trade to get Francoeur, you are only half right. They may be looking to go in that direction, but they could have kept Church for that.
Moving on to the Bernazard issue. The Mets need to move fast with their decision process. They can’t continue to have this cloud hanging over them. They have enough problems on the field. And it would be one thing if it was just at the Double A level. Once the whole K-Rod incident comes into play, it’s a whole new ballgame. (No pun intended.)
Omar needs to stop talking and start doing. How many times did he use the word “investigate”? Someone at SNY should have put up a running tally in the top corner of our screens. It reminded me of President Obama’s Inaugural speach. How many times did he use the word “change”? Hmmm…notice a similarity?
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals | 26 | 18 | .591 | - |
| Braves | 26 | 20 | .565 | 1.0 |
| Mets | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Marlins | 24 | 21 | .533 | 2.5 |
| Phillies | 23 | 23 | .500 | 4.0 |
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Great post Denise. I want to respond to one of your points.
You mention that Halladay would pitch every fifth day, just like Santana. That’s why we need him. He and Santana would pitch 40% of the remaining games this year, and 75 games next year.
With Maine no longer an option and Pelf as inconsistent as Ollie, we need a sure thing in this rotation beside Santana alone.
Aren’t we tired of just competing instead of actually winning a division or a World Series? What good is Santana when he has nobody complimenting him? We have wasted five years out of the seven year deal we gave Beltran. Only two years left. That’s sad and now his best years are behind him.
Parnell, a couple of teenagers that are 5 years away won’t win us a world series any time soon.
I see your point too, Joe, however I also feel that we just don’t have the offense to win no matter who is on the mound. Santana has been brilliant so many times, which I’m sure Halladay would be too, and yet look how many games were lost behind him. It doesn’t matter how good the pitching is, you can’t win games if you don’t score runs! No one knows for sure what we need or what can turn this team around. Any day with any given player it’s hit or miss basically. But that’s just my take on it.
But this is not a trade for now, this is a trade to help this team next year. Plus while we have Halladay in our grips, we could get him to sign an extension.
Remember the Piazza trade??
They said he would never sign an extension and he was just a rental, but we DID sign him. They said he hated NY and would never resign. remember??? Luckily he did, and we did go to the World Series in 2000. We haven’t been back since.
Here’s our chance….
I agree with everyone’s point so far but in my opinion, getting an ace means giving up on this year.
Simply put, WE DONT SCORE RUNS! Unless we get a guy with a 0.00 era i dont see things dramaticly improving until we get our guys healthy. i.e. next year
Trading for a bat like Rios means some depth in the line up plus protection for David. (if you believe in all of that) So now when Santana gives up his normal 2 runs or our SP staff goes out and pitches a gem, we might be able to get them the win!
Just my thougths
I agree with you Denise. What does it matter if you can’t score runs even for Santana. Will Halliday be any different? Even with the whole team here early in the season Johan was not getting run support, what makes anyone think that Halliday would get more run support.