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2009
Has Omar Waved The White Flag?
An article by Former Writers
With the Mets making absolutely no moves at the trade deadline, it makes me wonder if Omar Minaya has given up on this years team. After winning 6 of 9, most Mets fans are believing, but apparently Minaya is not.
Minaya has also not pushed very hard to get Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, Maine, and Putz back into the lineup. He is letting them take their time. If Minaya thinks that the season is over then he should of hung these guys up for the rest of the season, but he didn’t. The end of his term as Mets GM seems to come closer and closer when he yet again failed to make improvements at the deadline.
If he has not noticed, the Mets need help in many areas and none of them were addressed as the trade deadline came and went. He could of easily made improvements to one of the many problems the Mets currently have. He could of traded a few prospects for Cliff Lee to boost the starting rotation. The Phillies got him without dealing their top prospects. Even Jarod Washburn would have been a good fit for the Mets. Ryan Garko, Adam La Roche, Nick Johnson or Victor Martinez would have filled in at first and gave the Mets more power until Delgado comes back (if he comes back). I am sure the Mets could have picked up someone from the Pirates garage sale also. George Sherill could have made the bullpen more effective then it currently is. With Minaya failing to react, it makes it extremely difficult for the Mets to make the playoffs.
Maybe Omar was too caught up in the Adam Rubin incident or maybe Jeff Wilpon has no money left. Whatever the case is, please tell us.
Omar has to understand that without Reyes, Beltran, and Delgado, the Mets are not a playoff caliber team. If he had only made just one or two trades the Mets could have been in good shape and maybe in a position to make a strong push for the playoffs. I guess Omar does not trust his team or his coaches enough, and felt that even with some improvements the Mets will still not make the playoffs. If that is true than he should be fired as GM.
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I agree, the Mets’ inaction is a telling sign that this front office has decided not to add any type of payroll this year or next. This despite Omar’s claim that any improvement the team was looking at was not to be a short term solution, instead, a player that could help this year and next.
I feel this way: The team is pulling a carrot in front of us by announcing these injury updates and their “determination” to acquire help in order to keep a steady stream of revenue coming in for this year. Even w/o the injuries this team had at least two major holes to fill and they didn’t attempt to fix this in the off season and the players played like they didn’t want the responsibility to compete for a title. Sometimes you need a change just to keep things from becoming stagnant and a fresh face that can help is a great change of pace.
You’re right; it’s all about dangling carrots. The Mets have been experts at dangling carrots for years. Omar obviously thinks the fans are dopes. He needs to look in the mirror to see the real dope.
You really think this team was a post-seson team even when everyone was healthy? Debatebable.
Cliff Lee — maybe. Victor Martinez — maybe, since they are under contract beyond 2009. Jarod Washburn, Ryan Garko, Adam La Roche or Nick Johnson??
Washburn and Garko are not difference makers and if the choice is LaRoche or Murphy …. or Johnson or Murphy, wjy not just let Murphy show what he has.
No offense, your original post looks like nothing more then a vehicle to complain …. you never talk about who you would give up for all these people … now don;t get me wrong, I think Minaya is toast and needs to go, but not based on doing nothing at the trade deadline — for doing very little and certainly not enough the last 5 years.
No, we would definately be in the playoff hunt if everyone was healthy; however there is not that much of a chance of the playoffs; the wild card winning team will likely have to win 90 games, we’d have to 40-18 in our last 58 games to get there; thats .700 ball, which we weren’t doing before.
Minaya’s days are numbered.
Most mets fans are believing?? LOL if youre delusional you believe. The mets chances of making the playoffs are less than 1%. I have no idea who is believing, certainly not me. The mets are not going anywhere this year…And next year with a rotation of the bums we have minus santana…I dont see us going anywhere either…
Don’t you all see? This isn’t 2006 anymore. The Mets don’t even have $6 million to pay Victor Martinez.
I’d hate to break it to you all but here are samples of the starting pitchers I expect the Mets to sign:
Jose Contreras, Vincente Padilla, Kevin Millwood, Adam Eaton
For 1st base try Mike Sweeney or Russell Branyan
Good bye Sheffield, hello Geoff Jenkins, Reed Johnson or Austin Kearns
There won’t be any picking up Putz or Wagner’s options. Instead we will have such household names as: Danys Baez, Ron Mahay and/or Fernando Rodney
You will hear much garbage about “development from within” and how our rookies “have almost a full year of experience under their belts”
The only reason the Mets have been spending so much in the past few years was because the economy was booming and Uncle Madoff was making them $ hand over fist. Those days are over and now we will be back to “coupons” and signing aging has been names and pretending that they are still in their prime. Do names like Burnitz, Mo Vaughn, Vince Coleman, and Bonilla ring a bell? Don’t be in denial, the party is over. Greedy Wilpons didn’t do their due diligence and now we suffer.
I believe that Omar will be dismissed at the end of the season. His decision to dismantled baseball’s best bullpen after the 2006 season was part of his undoing. I don’t think that aspect of his “body of work” has been given sufficient attention.
I would very much like to see Davey Johnson hired as general manager. He wasn’t the best in-game strategist, but he knew how to put a roster together and understood the concept of team chemistry.
I would also very much like to see Bobby V. return to manage a roster compiled by Davey Johnson. Bobby is an excellent in-game strategist and has always known how to do the most with the least.
This is not to disparage Jerry Manuel, who I also think has an excellent baseball mind and baseball demeanor. Its not his fault he has Curious George as a freakin’ GM.
So there you have it. Davey Johnson is a must. I’m ok to see what Jerry can do with a roster compiled by DJ. But if you want to win, for my money, Bobby V. is The Man.
This year has been over for 5 weeks. One issue though is that by failing to acquire Lee for next year, we still have a mediocre pitching staff behind Johaan. Maine cannot stay healthy, Perez is a train wreck, Pelfry is inconsistent…..
Good article. Too many opportunities were let to get away. The Mets need to acquire players or next year will be a dud as well. Minaya has waived the white flag and he needs to be fired immediately. Get a real baseball exec for the GM job!
Good article. Too many opportunities were let to get away. The Mets need to acquire players or next year will be a dud as well. Minaya has waived the white flag and he needs to be fired immediately. Get a real baseball exec for the GM job!
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
I think that you are in serious need of psychological assistance. After suffering through the serious injuries to most of our core players and knowing that our starting pitchers other than Johann Santana all had question marks, how could we expect to be a playoff caliber team. Our leading home run hitter Gary Sheffield is 40 years old and was supposed to be a part time player. It is about time that Mets fans see the truth and accept it. Omar Minaya has made many good moves for this organization. After losing Billy Wagner and a chance to make the playoffs last year he went out and revamped the bullpen which needed a complete overhaul. K Rod has done the job very nicely. J.J. Putz will be back and if healthy could be used as trade bait once the verdict is in on Wagners condition. The bottom line is that Omar may indeed have his hands tied by the financial situation but that remains to be seen. If he has made no moves believing that this season is lost, he is just facing reality. Under the circumstances, all we should expect is to get our injured players back and see what the future holds in store for them. A .500 record would not be so bad considering what has happened and we should not be thinking that it is the teams destiny to always have a winner like the pompous Yankee fans do.
It seems you are satisfied with low expectations. Other teams set their sights higher. Phils picked up Cliff Lee, Cards got Matt Holliday, Red Sox grabbed Victor Martinez. The Mets stood pat as Omar waived the white flag. The Mets are doomed and possibly for more than just this season. I’m not happy about that, but I guess you are.
and one mmore thought…fire Omar?
WHO YOU GONNA GET TO BE THE NEW G.M.?
EVERYONE WHO IS GOOD ALREADY HAS A JOB!
There are good people in baseball who are not yet GM’s. Get an assistant GM from one of the real organizatons like the Red Sox, Cards, Dodgers, or other sound franchise. Where is Paul DePodesta these days? Bring in a solid exec minded former star player. I think Orel Hershiser is one who has a brain in his head. I’m sure there are many good minds available. Many possibilies better than the stooge we’ve got.