Comments on: Would Kevin Towers Be An Upgrade Over Minaya?

By: metsrock128

metsrock128 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:38:48 +0000

KT would be a huge upgrade over Minaya. Also, he wouldn’t fight with reporters.

By: Paul K.

Paul K. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:56:48 +0000

Mark, the bottom line is they have not one with these guys because they are not winning ballplayers. Minaya went overboard with the Latin connection which got him nowhere near a world series.He traded power arms like Lindgren and Heath Bell for a bag of baseballs(Vargas &Bostick). Are you kidding me? He does not want to sign players with a New York connection like Marquis, Aurillia, or character guys with toughness. These latin players except for Santanna, Castillo lack mental toughness.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:46:16 +0000

Omar destroyed the organization?? Dont you think you’re being a bit of an alarmist? I’m all for letting Minaya go, but I wouldnt say adding Beltran, Santana, K-Rod, Maine, Omir, Francoeur and Pelfrey is destroying the organization.

By: Paul K.

Paul K. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:37:24 +0000

I keep on bringing up the comparison of Omar to Isiah Thomas, they are both con-men who conned their way into there respective jobs, and at the same time destroyed two organizations. On the subject of Kevin Towers, he has experience, respected around the league, and might be a better talent evaluator than moron Minaya. Blame the Wilpon’s for giving useless Minaya a three year contract, or he would have been shown the door. Maybe, Towers can fix things at the major and minor league levels.

By: Mike B.

Mike B. — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:38:48 +0000

Tommy, this is the second time I’ve responded to you today. You are spot on. Everyone wants to win the World Series in January. Take a few years, struggle, get better and then have a team like the Phillies that is going to be good for the foreseeable future instead of always taking one shot for one year.

By: Tommy2cat

Tommy2cat — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:02:45 +0000

No need for angst and turmoil. We just need to get younger and more durable. It takes time. The sooner the man at the helm, whoever it is, recognizes this truth, the sooner we can rebuild this organization into the proud franchise it once was.

Pitching first, please. Young and hungry preferred.

By: themetman

themetman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:02:03 +0000

I have to agree with Ace on this one.I do not want Towers as my GM. It will just lead to more turmoil over the next few years. However, i do like him at any other vacant position in the Mets organization. His experience and knowledge can help the Mets out.

By: Jessep

Jessep — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:50:30 +0000

I’m not knocking him for the move at all. I’m merely bringing up the fact that he is another GM that bought into Perez and many on this site attack Minaya for buying into Perez.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:26:36 +0000

That was 10 years ago. You’re seriously going to knock him for signing him in 1999 because of how he is now? He had very good numbers in the Padres’ system and was a big piece in the trade that brought Brian Giles to the Padres.

By: Jessep

Jessep — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:34:24 +0000

You’re right he was an amateur free agent that the Padres signed. Still means the same thing though. Towers went and signed him and bought into his hype