Comments on: Is Delgado The Most Logical Choice At First Base?

By: Des

Des — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:31 +0000

Tommy,
I think you’re right on about Delgado and Murphy. As for Davis, he hit terribly at Brooklyn in his first year. So let’s give him some time and see what he does as he sees sliders and curves.

By: Des

Des — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:22:17 +0000

Murphy at 1B in 2010 will be a heckuva lot better defensively than Delgado. Carlos had his day and he likely will be another Moises Alou physically next year and with each succeeding year. He’ll likely get hurt again and it will impact his hitting. Carlos has a lot of moving parts to his swing and has shown he needs time to synchronize the dynamics.

By: Des

Des — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:35:55 +0000

“What Delgado also gives us is an experienced glove at 1B….”

Is there something in the drinking water on the other side of the Hudson River? Delgado at his best — and he is no longer at his best — was a very mediocre first baseman. He is now immobile, often doesn’t like to dive for hard hit balls, has poor footwork at times, and has below average hands.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:18:55 +0000

Disagree

SS Reyes
2b Hudson
3b Wright
CF Beltran
1b Dunn/Murphy
RF Francoeur
C Snyder
LF Pagan
SP Santana

SP Santana
SP Lackey
SP Marquis ( Garland, Pineiro, Sheets )
SP Pelfrey
SP Maine

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:10:50 +0000

I agree but if Dunn was an option I don’t think he would cost much via trade. Now hold I understand we have no RH bat to platoon with Murphy but as far as I can see Davis is a LH bat and he’s supposed to be up in the bigs by 2011 if not earlier. All I’m saying is that Dunn could be another possible option whether he plays left field or first base. I would take my chances with a swing and miss Dunn as long as I see him hit 40 plus home runs it wouldn’t bother me because every Mets knows that’s what we need in our lineup.Both he and Holliday we provide protection for Wright and so what if Dunn doesn’t hit for average.Delgado never hit for average but did we care no I don’t think we did because he hit 38 home runs and drove in 114 RBI’s in 06. So he would provide protection for everyone around him and I believe that would bring ever body back to form Reyes gets on base, Wright moves him over, Beltran drives one in and then Dunn clears the bases and with Dunn in the lineup every body in front and behind him would see better pitches.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:50:16 +0000

I would take Vlad for 2 yrs as opposed to Holliday for 7 yrs. But again, the mets need to sell tickets, the guy that can do it out of all those guys is Roy Halliday, that one i would wait out and actually see how that plays out, i want to see Toronto trade him to the Red Sox or yankees, i just don’t believe it, if the Yankees and red sox don’t trade for him then i think the mets have a shot at getting him. But if the Mets can’t trade castillo to get an OF and they can get a Halliday or lackey for a big pitcher, then I would sign Guerrero for a 1-2 year deal at 8 mil a year.

By: Bob L

Bob L — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:10:50 +0000

Vladimir turns 35 in February, best case, lasts for 1 – 2 more years; Holliday turns 30 in January. But, my absolute fantasy for LF is to trade for Crawford. i doubt we’ll do that.
Anyway, i can feel it in my bones, the Burrell rumor is legit…makes warped Met sense. We trade Castillo for ’somebody’.
Now i hope we sign Figgins…and import a lot of pitching.

By: sarge

sarge — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:47:15 +0000

Everyone is forgetting that part of the Mets moving on include moving Delgado out of the picture and letting Beltran, David and Jose become the clubhouse leader which is hard with Delgado imposing his will on the younger players. If for no other reason than this I would not bring Carlos back. Let Davis get his 400-500 at bats in AAA, maybe surround him with some decent players in Buffalo and then lets see what 2011 brings. Let Murphy play with a RH platoon player and please do not bring Carlos and his un-healthy body back. IMO

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:46:27 +0000

I would rather have Vlad Guerrero for 1 year then Holliday for 5-7 yrs at 18 mil per.

By: Bob L

Bob L — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:28:22 +0000

Normally, i’d love to get Lackey. But i a smell a rat: why aren’t the Angels desperate to re-sign Lackey? The guy’s a horse, when healthy. He’s got to be hurt. Stay away.
Guillen’s a disaster; plenty of options better than him to trade for: Crawford, Granderson, Dunn, Pierre, Phillips.
And why can’t we get Holliday? Only takes money. The Red Sox will re-sign Bay. If the Yankees don’t pine for him, and i agree with Chicho, the Yanks probably go for pitching (good idea!!), we’ll vie with STL, Angels, Dodgers maybe, for Holliday? Who knows? He’s a Boras client. ‘Nuff said: $$$,$$$,$$$.
Holliday may not be the gold glove we need in LF but i am now convinced that he’s a stellar hitter.
Again, i prefer to sign FA’s, rather than trade for guys 30+ and regret the damn trade 2 – 3 years out, when our guy is aging and we have little depth at the top levels of our farm system. Sound familiar?!