Comments on: Could Mets Swing Castillo For Casey Blake?

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:51 +0000

Danny, I agree with you as regards Pierre, but unfortuately he fits the Small Ball model that Jerry has been preaching. We may just have to suffer with Pierre as our LF’er. Perhaps that will help terminate Jerry’s time as Mgr.

By: Danny Krieger

Danny Krieger — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:35:50 +0000

I’m totally worried about the Yankees for years to come. But I don’t think Damon will be back. They will not give him more than one year and he and Boras won’t take that. I think the Yankees will go for Matt Holliday for left field. He’s the perfect guy. With Damon, Melky and Swisher they have a very weak outfield.

As far as the Mets go, sounds pretty good although I will not accept Pierre as our everyday left fielder. Offensively he’s only marginally better than Castillo. We must find somebody better.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:28:14 +0000

Like I said Danny, i am trying to think realistic here, if the mets only have around 30 mil to spend i think it will be Halliday and a lot of grinders on the mets like Molina, Hudson at 2b and Pierre in LF, Glaus to complement Murphy, Biemel as the other Lefty reliever and a guy like Penny as the other starting pitcher. I mean Danny in truth, as far as the Yankees are concerned, isn’t Lackey the only real big FA’s that makes sense for them…I mean they sign Lackey to go with CC, Burnett, Pettitte for 1 more year and Wang as the 5th starter, no players are traded, they re-sign Damon, open up the DH spot to get Posada some days off when he doesn’t catch, they have Hughes, Joba, Mo rivera, Coke and Marte in there pen. Who’s living life better then them?? Just a thought.

By: Danny Krieger

Danny Krieger — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:17:58 +0000

Face the facts. The Mets will not have a 35 HR guy this year. But if you have Santan paired with Lackey or Halladay, that is just as good. The other thing you need is a healthy Reyes and Beltran plus a comeback season by Wright.

If all that happens the Mets are a very good team.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:01:32 +0000

I’ll be delving into that very subject this week. Here are the facts.

1. The Mets do not have a prototypical power hitter and cleanup hitter on the current squad.

2. All the talk is about Holliday, but truth be told he is not exactly a power hitter in the true sense of what the Mets need.

3. The options in free agency are weak and all have some risk due to age or injury concerns. (IE: Huff, Glaus, Delgado, etc.)

4. The on again/off again Adrian Gonzalez on the block rumors are off again.

5. The Brewers have made it emphatically clear that Fielder will not be traded.

So what options are left?

A trade is probably the best way to fill that power void if the Mets want to dance toe to toe with the powerful Phillies.

I would target Joey Votto, Curt Granderson, Derek Lee, Miguel Cabrera, Andre Ethier, Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel.

All those players come from teams who recently publicized slashing payroll. Votto doesn’t carry a big salary, but I recently read that the Reds would move one of their younger stars if they could fill several holes on the team as they slash highly paid veterans.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:15:38 +0000

I’VE READ ALL OF EVERYONE’S THOUGHTS YET DON’T SEE ANY CONSIDERATION FOE COMPLETING THE LINEUP! IF I TRULY LOOK AT ALL YOUR MENTIONED ACQUISITIONS & INCLUDE OUR ROSTER STABLE OF HELD PLAYERS I GET A POOL THAT INCLUDES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
BLAKE
MURPHY*
BELTRAN*
PAGAN*
HOLLIDAY
BAY
HUDSON
FRANCOUER*

* ALREADY ON ROSTER

CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHO YOUR CLEANUP BOPPER IS? DO WE JUST LIKE THE ‘05 RESULTS WE EARNED WITHOUT ONE? I SEE VERY LITTLE CONSIDERATRION FOR THAT DILEMMA, A 20 HR GUY ISN’T A #4 HITTER FOR A TRUE CONTENDER, HELL, NOT ONLY PHL & ATL TOP US THERE; BUT ADD THE GNATS AS WELL. THERE IS ONLY 2 POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS NOT MENTIONED 1) FIELDER & 2) DELGADO. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? BELTRAN WILTS AS A #4 WRIGHT IS TRULY A #3 BEST SUITED @ #5. WE ALL HAVE SEEN DAVID STRUGGLE AFTER ADJUSTING HIS SWING. FIRST AFTER THE HR DERBY, THEN AFTER CITI RE-EMPHASIS ON ON-BASE OVER POWER. WHERE DOES ANYONE SUPPOSE HE’LL FALL IF #4. IN MY BOOK, SOLVING THE CLEANUP SPOT IS ALMOST AS CRITICAL AS UPGRADING #2SP.

CAN WE AT LEAST GET ONE POSING ON THAT CRITICAL SUBJECT!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:18:59 +0000

Well this is a little bit of a surprise, one I didn’t think of, I guess a Blake/ Castillo swap makes sense for both sides, not exactly the power u want but productive, he would play 1b, I wonder though if that is the case will they sign Figs to play LF and Hudson at 2b, hmm interesting…I know this is asking too much, I would love to do a swap of Perez and Castillo for Blake and Pierre but I know that is probably asking too much.

By: jdon

jdon — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:19:43 +0000

You make a good point. Incrementalimprovement. But if the mets cannot send out three pretty good pitchers every five games, we are just going there for the food.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:22:37 +0000

I dont believe the Mets will move up in the standings because of any one player including Bay or Holliday. The name of the game is upgrading at several different positions and areas. Would Blake’s bat be an upgrade over Murphy against lefthanders? I’ll let you answer that. This is one of at least 5-6 moves the Mets would have to make. Thanks for reading and joining the debate.

By: jdon

jdon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:24:07 +0000

Blake is a good soldier, not a liability, and not likely to make any significant difference. His bat is slow and he spent the playoffs swinging and missing at high fast balls. The mets will not move up in the standings because of him. Trading him for Castillo is a wash in my book. Unless we then get Brandon Phillips. Chone Figgins just don’t float my boat, not for the money he wants, and not after watching his performance against the yanks.