Comments on: NY Post’s Bart Hubbuch Answers Some Hot Stove Questions

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:40:18 +0000

Mets62, i totally agree with you on Madden. The guy disses anything ‘New York’. And i think he’s wrong on this ‘20mm’ number. Last Summer, he was waxing poetic on how good the Phillies and Cards farm systems were, lauded their big trades. i checked the prospects he touted…not that great. We have guys like that! i think you hit it on the head. He’s ticked at both the Mets and Yankee front offices. Guy bugs me.
Onward with rebuilding our team!

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:20:20 +0000

Oh Pelfrey, Maine, Perez? Well: Santana, Marquis, Sheets, Wolf (Washburn) would be our top 4. Pelfrey and Maine would vie for the 5th spot; maybe Pelfrey would be an asset in the bullpen…nasty stuff, if he can control it. Perez? i’d try to trade him for 2 clubhouse guys in the FSL!

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:12:48 +0000

Hi, Mets62. i thought about 5mm/yr from the naming rights was ‘available. Maybe not.
i agree there’s much to do..lotta things we need, our alphabet begins with the letter ‘P’ for pitching and power, but because of our ballpark, we also need speed and defense.
The beauty of ‘Plan B’ is that it grabs a lot of pretty good talent at cheap prices (relatively speaking!). Marquis would cost the most…7- 8mm/yr; Wolf 6 – 8mm/yr?; Sheets 3 – 5mm/yr (mostly incentive based); Bedard or Harden, same levels as Sheets(?); Washburn..maybe 8 – 10mm/yr??
i bet we could get the pitching help for a total of 15mm/yr maybe? Sign Figgins/Nady/DeRosa for another 15mm/yr? Pierre or Crawford wouldn’t cost much, don’t think. And some of these costs would be ‘washed’ from trading Castillo.
i think ‘Plan B’ is both financially doable, tactically achievable, and would result in a very good and contending team.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:29:13 +0000

BOB, BTW NAMING MONEY IS $20M NOT 5; BUT IT’S EARMARKED FOR STADIUM MORTGAGE PER FRED. I WAS TOTALLY WITH YOU UP UNTIL YOUR LAST PARAGRAPH WHERE U MADE ME TOO DIZZY. I MUST ASK IF U PRICED OUT ANY OF YOUR MOVES & WHAT DO U ANTICIPATE DOING WITH PELFREY,MAINE,PEREZ? GOOD LUVK IN YOUR FANTASY LEAGUE.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:23:35 +0000

BRAVO, LIFER!

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:22:15 +0000

STEVE, PERHAPS U SHOULD DEPART ALSO WITH THAT STRATEGY. U LOST ME ON BRANYON AND DIDN’T IMPROVE.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:20:30 +0000

HOW MANY INJURY RETURNS CAN WE COUNT ON? SHEETS IS A LOOONG SHOT AS 1 ELBOW SURGERY DIDN’T FIX ALL OF HIS PAST RECENT AILMENTS TO ELBOW,SHOULDER,BACK. UNLESS HE’S COMING OUT OF A FULL BODY CAST, SHEETS IS THE PITCJING EQUIVILENT TO NICK JOHNSON. HE’S AN “ACE” CALIBER PAVANO. WHY NOT SIGN ALL THESE D/L DENIZENS? AND WE CAN WIN THE HOSPITAL LEAGUE CHUMPIONSHIP

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:15:30 +0000

THEN DON’T BELIEVE IT, NO CREDIBLE SOURCE HAS CONFIRMED IT. MADDEN, IN ‘07 PICKED THE BRAVES TO WIN IT ALL! HE’S A CLOWN WITH A VENDETTA MUCH LIKE HIS FORBEARER YOUNG.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:12:57 +0000

SHAMIK,MADDEN’S 20M ASSUMPTION IS STARTING TO BECOME A GROUNDLESS “FACT” MADDEN’S A TOTAL FOOL & LAZYASSED REPORTER I BELIVE HE’S MIFFED THAT NYM DON’T KISS HIS SENIORITY RINGS AND LEAK HIM INSIDER TRUTH SO HE JUST MAKES UP NEG CRAP WITHOUT EVEN A DECENT NAMED SOURCE RARELY EVEN THE NOTORIOUS “ANONYMOUS INSIDER” REFERENCE. HE MAKES UP A NUMBER & EVERYONE TAKES IT AS GOSPEL. THE METS, REGARDLESS OF WHO’S ACTUALLY IN CHARGE, ARE KICKING A LOT OF TIRES FOR A CHANGE, THEY WILL DEFINITLY STILL HAVE THE LUXURY CAP LINE AS A HARD CEILING AS IN THE PAST. THIS YR THAT NUMBER IS 178M. LAST YR’S WAS 170M SO WHEN THEY STOPPED @ 149M IT LEFT JUST ENOUGH TO ADD EITHER “DAY”(HALLADAY OR HOLLIDAY) IF CIRCUMSTANCES CALLED FOR IT. NEITHER WOULD’VE HELPED SO IT WAS UNNECESSARY TO EXPLORE. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THE MATH, FORGET THE PHILLIPS’S ERA DISAPPOINTMENTS, AS HE WAS OVERLY CURTAILED FINANCIALLY DUE TO DISTRUST BY FRED, WHO ADMITTED SETTING CONSERVATIVE SPENDING RESTRICTIONS FOR STEVE. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT SINCE ‘05. IS 4 YRS NOT A TREND?

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:58:31 +0000

BAYONNE, WE CAN’T GET VETERANS TO FILL HOLES AND STILL SATISFY THE NEED FOR BUILDING FROM WITHIN. FOR EXAMPLE, EVENTUALLY U STIFLE GROWTH IF U KEEP BOTTLENECKING YOUR PIPELINE, IF THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN DAVIS(AND ALL INDICATIONS AT ALL LEVELS SUPPORT THAT) THEN A SOLUTION TO BRIDGE THE ONE YEAR IS BEST, i.e. DELGADO OR FIELDER(TRADE) DELFAGO ON A 1Y LOW BASE HIGH INCENTIVE DEAL POSSIBLY WITH AN EARNED OPTION(IN CASE DAVIS IS DERAILED FOR SOME REASON) OR PRYING FIELDER FROM BREWS WHO IS ON THE LAST YEAR OF HIS DEAL(10M)) & NOT F/A ELIGIBLE AFTER 2010; BUT IS ARBITRATION ELIGIBLE COULD BE ACQUIRED FOR ‘10 & DEALT AWAY FOR ‘11 WHO KNOWS ESP SINCE THERE ARE SO FEW LEGITIMATE POWER 1B AVAILABLE AS A 1Y BRIDGE. ONE LAST NOTE, AS IT STANDS TODAY, EVEN IF THEY WERE TO ADD HOLLIDAY OR BAY WE’VE NO CLEANUP BOPPER CAPABLE OF GUARANTEED 30-40 BOMBS. WHICH IS A ‘MUST’ FOR THIS TEAM!