Marty Noble of MLB.com, reported late last night that free agent first baseman Carlos Delgado has postponed his decision to begin playing baseball due to an undisclosed setback.
The Mets’ interest in Carlos Delgado, an interest that was not shared by all members of the club hierarchy after the season, may begin to wane now that the free agent has postponed his return to active baseball. Two members of the Mets’ staff have said that Delgado won’t resume playing until the middle of next month.
Noble writes that no specific reason was given for the delay, but one of the people aware of the change said on Tuesday night that Delgado probably isn’t yet physically ready to play. As recently as Dec. 15, general manager Omar Minaya said that the club planned to monitor Delgado when he began to play in the Puerto Rican winter league in his native country that night.
Delgado’s new timetable for beginning baseball activities is expected to be around mid January or less than 4 weeks before the start of Spring Training.
Just last week, Omar Minaya told reporters that the 37 year old Delgado was being strongly considered for 2010 and that he was monitoring the situation.
Delgado underwent surgery on his right hip in May and planned to return last season, but suffered a setback which he never recovered from.
My biggest fear this season is all the other players the Mets are banking on this season that are coming back from season ending injuries and in some cases surgery. Chief among them is ace Johan Santana who had surgery to remove bone spurs from his elbow. Last year at this time, John Maine was also recovering from surgery to remove bone spurs from his shoulder. He was beset by pain and fatigue right from the start of the season and ended up nearly missing the entire season. Maine is another part of the rotation that is clearly not out of the woods yet as far as being an injury concern, as even when he did return he never really aired it out and was on a strict pitch count. Mum is the word on Oliver Perez who also ended the season on the DL without so much as one update on his current condition.
Getting back to Delgado and the first base situation, it’s becoming more apparent that Dan Murphy will be the everyday first baseman in 2010. The Mets have barely shown any interest in other free agents including Adam La Roche, Mark DeRosa or Nick Johnson who signed with the Yankees last week.
The Mets have high hopes for Ike Davis, but then again the Mets always have high hopes for their prospects. Nick Evans, who was the heir apparent and ranked 4th best prospect in the organization at the start of 2009, is no longer even ranked and has become a distant memory.
Without Delgado, the Mets used Daniel Murphy in the cleanup spot last season as well as the other power spots batting 5th and 6th. In 275 at-bats batting 4-5-6, he hit just seven homeruns. After batting .313 with a .397 OBP in 2008, Murphy slipped to a .266 average and a .313 OBP in ’09. He batted .223 with a .267 OBP against left handed pitching.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Mets-mess…
Jesus Christ, just forget this guy. He clearly must have been using the juice for a long time if he still can’t get healthy now.
Shamik – Leave Jesus out of it. His birthday is in two days.
I agree. I can’t help cringing when I see comments like that. There is no need as there are perfectly good ways to communicate our thoughts.
Sorry, I’ll be more respectful in the future, my bad.
In the spirit of the season: apology accepted.
Its ok. I ask for forgiveness every morning before my feet hit the floor.
Jesus Christ! It’s a figure of speech like Holy Smokes or Great God Almighty. And for the record, Jesus was born in Oct.
Some take offense to using the Lord’s name in vain. To some, it’s not just a figure of speech, although it may be to you.
I’m a big fan of free speech, but a modicum of respect is appropriate in a public forum.
For lack of a better word: AMEN. All of this politically Correct nonsense has run it’s course. If mere words offend people so easily then thats a good GD shame. Now to the purpose of this post: Delgado is not close to what he once was and it’s time to move on. It’s time for Omar to unwrap a healthy set of christmas-balls and put some hope under the tree allready.
Shamik, try deleting the ‘a’ & inserting a ‘u’ after the ‘m’ in your moniker. Casting such aspirsions is beneath u & the legitimate relevance of this site!
We are witnessing what u wanted, the end of a meaningful era when our team held a bit of relevancy as one to be reckoned with & accounted for.
We are re-entering the “DARK AGES” When meaningful games were considered an upgrade all because some shortsighted people couldn’t stomach a few “lost Gambles” named Alou,Castillo & Perez. We’re about to throw away the efforts of the Beltrans,Santanas, Reyes’ & Wrights to return to the time when acquiruing a veteran pitcher cost u stars of the future like Kazmir or were named Trachsel. When ignorant fans thought they could somehow do better by forcing an Ownership change in an atmosphere where your competition gets to appriove your candidates as replacements.
I cannot help it. Delgado rejected an opportunity to be traded to a contender when his contract was coming to an end in Toronto. In fact, I think he rejected trades two years in a row. Does this sound like someone whose first priority is winning? I do not like the guy. We need winning type players, not broken down “me” guys like Delgado. Let’s clear as much of the age and infirmity as we reasonably can from this roster. And let’s change the formula a bit.
Any real and constructive change made to this oprganization at this point has to start in front office. Until they have a change in leadership, we will not hang any pennants…
Ace, i agree 100%. With any organizatioon, be it a sports franchise, or a fortune 500 Co. You want to change the culture, you have to start up top.
My take. Delgado wants to play as close to PR as possible and that is a right he has earned. Perhaps now with the possibility of playing 1 or 2 more years He will go where ever but he is not a young player trying to establish himself in the Majors. He is a 38 year old with a surgically repaired hip who has never distinguished himself in the field. In fact when he came up he was a DH and learned to play 1B in a dome on astroturf. (maybe that’s why he doesn’t dive for GB’s) For a national League team to sign him would be lunacy however for an American League team (orioles?) he could be a good fit. Personally I hope he does come back and is successful but for the Mets he makes no sense at all.
Your article hits on a few good points Joe. 1st- the fact that we are still in the dark about the injured players and their recovery progress is indicative nothing has changed in the organization. Last year, injury mishandling was the biggest foul up the Mets made. Especially with Santana, how could these guys still be employed after clearly mishandling the biggest investment on the roster? 2nd-Bringing Delgado back after at this point makes little sense. Clearly he is a injury risk, and I doubt he can do a full season without further “setbacks”. Murphy on first? Should not be an option unless he is platooned with someone else with some actual defensive skills. But I guess I listened to that WFAN interview differently than most. Omar gave a brief argument of how good he thought Murphy was, he even made some stellar comparisons if you remember… so it would not surprise me if no change was made there.
The fact we seem to be doing very little to improve our rotation, especially a #2, is very concerning to me, but not surprising. I suspect Omar still feels Ollie can fill that role. Omar has something to prove there, remember Omar constantly boasts about his talent evaluation and scouting background. If you go back and listen to that WFAN interview again, the comments and promises they made to the fans, none of which have come to fruition to date. Where is the “big splash” they were going to make in the FA market? IMHO, excuses are running out for the Omar apologists…..
As time goes on, the Omar apologists must start to see the light. It is difficult to believe that Omar has cooked up some big time deal which will magically revitalize this team. That famous Fat Mike interview is becoming just so much hype and outright lies. The only recourse for the Omar apologists is to blame ownership. So what? What difference does it make who is at fault. All that matters is that no progress is being made and time is wasting away. The bottom line results are just not good. I conclude, as you do, that no progress will be made until the courrent administration is changed.
You know, it seems divided as far as the blame for the current state the Mets organization. Either the Wilpons, or Omar. At this point, it really doesn’t matter who is to blame because we as Mets fans have the same result in the end. The fact that even the hint publicly of an issue between the owner and GM causes people to draw lines, and is counter productive to what we all want for our team. No matter which side of the argument you stand on, we as fans ALL want the same thing, to be champions!!! I seriously doubt very many fans can honestly state we can compete for that with the current roster and state of the team.
I have posted many times, the only way we as fans are going to cause any change is through revenue. If we simply watch the on TV in mass, there really will be no choice for the owners to make a change/improve the team, or sell.
“Murphy on first? Should not be an option unless he is platooned with someone else with some actual defensive skills.”
Delgado in his best years was not the defensive first baseman that Murphy will be after a full year’s experience. Carlos has numerous defensive liabilities that are beyond his — or the Mets — ability to correct. He is slow, inflexible, has mediocre or worse hands, and is often reluctant to bend or dive for grounders. Other than that he is O.K., maybe!!!
Why the love affair, or indifference, to Delgado’s inferior defensive skills?
IMO, i dont believe Murphy is as bad a defender at 1B as people are making him out to be?
I have been watching and coaching baseball for 40 years, and I will say that Murphy is a very good defensive first baseman. People presume he was a butcher in the infield as he was moved to LF,where he WAS no good. There is a chance that he will hit LhP for some passable production, but if the Mets are to compete he should be platooned, as should Castillo(face it, he cant hit the ball hard enough from the left side to score anyone from second base).
Murphy covered a super highway compared to Delgado’s tiny path. Plus Murphy has a quick and accurate arm something Carlos does not. Murphy needs alot of refinement(taking it to first himself, not roaming too far, something CD was never accussed of) but what do you expect? Not many teams ask their prospects to learn new positions AND try to break into the majors at the same time. Yeah he made some highlight reel errors but he was mentally tough enough to fight through them and ultimatley, in my opinion, show enough offensively that I’m looking forward to seeing if he continues to improve. You know for a 24 year old rookie to come up here and try to learn, on the job, 2 new positions and adjust to ML pitching with all the scrutiny those errors brought on him tells me it would be mighty shortsighted to not see what he can do. With all this going on does anyone realize that he damn near tied the ALL TIME MET RECORD FOR DOUBLES w/38 (Gilkey 44, 1996) Jeez, He’s 25 had 54 XBH and already plays better D than most. Now if he can refine his play at first, (I’f I were him I’d be taking GB’s @ 2B & 3B too) raise his OB and HR’s a little we’re gonna have a good player here for a while and his salary will not affect the ability to improve elsewhere. Stop trying to run every young player out of town because ther’re not posting all star numbers in the first year.
You gave me a lot to think about in this post besides just Delgado who I hope we dont bring back. One of the reasons I wanted Lackey so bad or Halladay was because what if Johan has a setback in February when he finally gets on a mound to throw live batting practice? I dont know about you, but until he is cleared and named Opening day pitcher that thought really scares me. I believe the Mets needed a number two pitcher who can also double as an ace, just in case.
I dont know If I’ll be around much after today, so I want to wish everybody in this great community of Mets fans a very happy holiday season. This site is clearly the best for intellectual Mets debate and original and thoughtful content. Please keep up the good work. Merry Christmas.
Face it the Mets are cursed.
This organization is bullSh$%!
Look let’s face it Omar is going to do what he wants to do. He already had his minjd made up to bring back Delgado. He could have had Nick Johnson for 5.5mil watch what he pays Delgado(8-10mil). As far as starting pitching it is clear he does not want to sign a pitcher-even though Marquis practically begged him. The METS need to find to find good evaluators of talent-it is clear when you see the farm system as bad as it is and the way their draft picks have panned out. Ike Davis is being portrayed as the savior but so was Milledge-Ochoa-Martinez etc. Ball players are overrated especially in NY. I will be in PSL in March let’s hope there will be some improvement also.
This article renews the issue of player injuries. It is becoming clear with each passing day of inactivity that the real strategy is to see how better the team is with the return of the injured players. So we are no further along than where we were at mid-season 2009. The result is all the same questions linger and nothing of substance has been done to improve the team other than diddle around with some minor trimmings for the bench and BP.
The questions abound regarding health questions. The rotation is the first question. Injured players are Santana, Maine and Perez plus possible adds Niese and Nieve. The only SP without a health question is Pelfrey. Will a sound staff for 2010 come out of this? Sounds rather risky to me.
On the field, Reyes and Beltran remain as health issues with Delgado lingering as a possible FA add for the 1B situation. Other than a health issue, there is no starting Catcher as well for an additional question. I’m not even counting Francouer who had surgery of his own.
That’s 9 questions and I may have missed some others. It would be foolhardy to think all 9 of these issues will magically clear up on their own.
It’s way past time for Omar (who?) to start taking some real action to field a competitor. Right now we appear to have a lock on the cellar since every other team in the Division has improved itself while we remain stationary with feet cast in concrete.
So what you are saying is the Wontons have bought Omar’s injury alibi and they are wasting a year to see if he is right. Fine. Why should fans waste their money this year? Stay home and see if Omar is right. The Wontpons do not seem to care about time, they must be able to afford a year of under a million attendance. seems reasonable. But of course, they know fans can’t stay away, so they abuse them whenever they want.
To be fair to Daniel Murphy, one should extrapolate his post AllStar numbers for a full season. Its a fair analysis because over the AllStar break he had a chance to re-evaluate his role with the Mets, reload mentally and then take the field every day. Here’s a link to his number, which I’ve posted below for the reader’s convenience:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_splits.jsp?playerID=502517&statType=1&splitSet=1&c_id=nym&sitSplit1=aas
AB – 266
H – 75
2b – 27
3b – 3
HR – 7
RBI – 35
Ave – .282
OBP – .313
SLG – .485
A couple of observations:
1. He’s a doubles machine. Extrapolated over 600 at bats, he’d hit @ 60 doubles, 17 homers and 80+ RBI’s. Keith Hernandez-like numbers. Not bad production IF we were able to swing a trade for Brandon Phillips who would take over 2b and compensate for Murphy’s lower tradtional corner infielder numbers. In fact, the infield would have a healthy mix of power, speed and average.
2. One would expect Murphy to improve as a hitter and infielder. He absolutely has a superior work ethic.
3. He hits well at Citifield.
4. His numbers against righties v. lefties was more accentuated last year, as Murphy hit over .300 v. righties and under ,200 v. lefties. The previous year, he hit lefties better. If he can improve or surpass 2008′s splits v. lefties, he should play full-time. If he continues to hit under the Mendoza line, then the Mets should seriously consider a platoon.
5. A number of Met fans have commented that Murphy is capable of playing second base, because of the range and arm he demonstrated as a firstbaseman. I tend to agree because he appears comfortable on the right side of the infield and I would consider him a better infielder than, say, Jeff Kent was at this point in his career. Its worth exploring, especially when Ike Davis hopefully emerges as an everyday power-hitting firstbaseman.
As for Delgado, stick a fork in him. He’s done. Even if he had one good year left, I would rather the Met organization adopt a model of developing young players and Carlos definitely doesn’t fit that mold.
I still think we should give Murphy a full season at 1st. It’s ludicrous to give up on someone after just one year where they were constantly shuffled around and had no rhyme or reason to his batting order/whether he even started.
I’m definitely NOT freaking out that Met Brass hasn’t done anything, yet. Sometimes its best to do nothing, such as not signing Delgado and not signing Pedro, and not giving in to unreasonable demands by players such as Benjie Molina and Jason Bay.
For example, would anyone be upset if Omar turned around, signed Matt Holliday, traded for Brandon Phillips and signed Joel Pineiro? Could still happen. Will it? I don’t know.
My point is that I would like the Mets to allow their minor league talent to mature so that if injuries do occur we have serviceable replacements ready-at-hand. At the major league level, I know what I don’t want, which is overpriced and aging ballplayers that underperform (i.e. Ollie & Castillo). Ollie and Castillo’s combined annual salary would roughly equal Matt Holliday’s.
Any questions, class?
I’f you attempt to solve all your needs by the free agent market you will 1) run out of money 2)reach and spend the next 2,3 or 4 years regretting your reach. 3)Give your opponents your draft choices and then some. and 4) Never win a World Series. Even the Team across town knows that. I also notice by the way that when they trade prospects they usually get one back, you know, just in case….
Two FA signings, one of whom is MATT HOLLIDAY and the other Joel Pineiro, a GROUND BALL pitcher, is hardly comparable to the gross excess displayed by the Yankees on an annual basis.
Oh yeah, and one trade. One. Only one. Not two, not three, just one. Brandon Phillips adds speed, power and gold glove defense, PLUS Mookie’s pleasant “I’m just happy to be hear” disposition.
We have a gaping hole in leftfield that we could sew up for the next 8 years by signing Matt Holliday, a player a year or two older than Wright and Reyes. The fact that he is a righthanded hitter and practically ALL of our minor league prospects are lefthanded hitters is all more the reason to sign him.
Two FA signings and one trade. Not too much to ask from a NY-based major league baseball team.
Hmmph.
…And another thing…
Merry Christmas, Bro.
Braves just signed Troy Glaus to play first base.
You mean the same Troy Glaus who playes 14 games last season due to injury? And whose coming off surgery and foot issues? And whose played only 4 games at 1B in his career? Sorry i will pass
I see the Mets using this as a means to further stay away from improving their team. Omar will say that he wants to see Delgado play before making a decision but, in actuality their commitment is to not make a move, stick with the team they have and continue to dangle the carrot in front of our eyes.
If the mets want to move on from those dark days of 2007, 2008 & last year they should start cleaning up their image, how? Simple, getting rid of all the cancer, excess baggage on this team, castillo, delgado, perez.. Since castillo got here in 2007 this team has been jinxed. I don’t care what anybody says, we need to get rid of this guy, everytime I see him, I view how we r look @. He’s someone who we don’t need on the team, I don’t care if he hits 350! No delgado, no castillo
IS this the same alex as alex242, and alex243? who said his sn represents Wrights BA w/RISP? Whats up man, metsblog is not the same w/o you man.
Bringing Delgado back is ‘Plan B’. Using Murphy alone at first next season is ‘Plan C’.
Plan A is to get a good right handed bat and decent glove to either platoon with Murphy or win the job outright.
We depended a lot on Delgado this past season and his injury took power out of the middle of the lineup. We should not go down that road again. At his age we don’t even know if he can catch up to a fastball. We could be getting the same player from the first half of 2008.
A good fastball and a good slider from a lefty pitcher and Carlos is gone.
To be fair, many left handed batters would have trouble though.
I’m puzzled…Why even write this article? And why did the news that Delgado had a setback inspire so many responses?
I thought Delgado signing with the Mets wasn’t an option.
Every time I wrote that the Mets NEEDED to sign Delgado people responded overwhelmingly negatively.
Hmmm… could it be that the Daniel Murphy folks are ready to admit they were wrong?
ADMIT IT! ADMIT IT!
Daniel Murphy is NOT a major league 1st baseman! HAHAHAA!!!!
Thats all I care about at this point, just satisfying my an ego!
F! The Mets If the Mets front office is ready to return to the lackluster days 1970′s and early 1980′s SO AM I!
Bring on the MEDIOCRITY Omar! I’ll take comfort in little victories such as the Daniel MUrphy folks admitting they were wrong!
SPeaking of which I want one friggin person to admit he’or she was WRONG about Luis Castillo last year! I got creamed with responses after I wrote over and over again that Castillo would be much improved in 2009. I was right!
ADMIT you were wrong Come on! Admit it! ADMIT IT!
ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I need my ego more and more as we sink deeper and deeper toward the dark, deep basement of the National League eastern division. Excuse Me Mr. Marlin but your standing on my foot! There is room for us both in this basement. Go find a place by te washing machine there.. I’ll squat here next to Gramma’s old metal washing tube that we now use to wash the dog in.
Delgado = $ on the DL at best. At worst he’s fielding his 12″ plot and unable to get around on the belt high inside fastball and striking out 140 times. With him and Castillo on the right side every ground ball is a base hit. Luis was a very good player. High OB, good baserunner, gold glove, great turns on the DP. A real cog on a world championship team but age and knee surgeries have cost him his range at 2B and his high OB comes without any power at all. If he still had the range to play 2B I’d love to keep him but he needed every bit of his.400 OBP to be even slighly worthwhile. No chance to repeat his 2009.(not that it was that great to begin with) Delgado has never been anything but a DH masqurading as a 1Bman. Great power, slow, lumbering (reminds me of George Foreman)Finished in the NL.
The only value I place in Delgado is his ability to hit 20+ home runs, drive in 85+ runs and provide some protection to the hitter in front of him in the batting order.
I don’t even consider fielding/defense when I think of Delgado.
He can’t hit those numbers as a pinch hitter so if he’s playing in the National League it has to be factored in and if he’s playing next to Castillo with his lack of range that has to be factored in also.
Good analysis. Let me add that when Carlos faces a lefty with good command of a slider, he’s the wrong guy at the plate.
Whose Plan A is that? Apparently not Omar’s.
Good question Mask. I reckon Plan A is a sensible route to take. Plan B is very risky – more so with the latest news and plan C? I like Murph but he had a real average year for a first baseman despite what he did in the second half. Try him at second.
TL, I agree with your comments. Delgado is too rsky to actually spend real money on. And Murphy can’t be trusted to hold down 1B on his own. We need the real 1B which is your Plan A. The problem is that Omar hasn’t bought into Plan A, which is sad among a universe of sad Mets things.
“Try him at second”??? DIdn’t Murphy come up as a 3rd baseman?
Don’t you find it strange that the Mets haven’t moved Wright to 1st base and let Murphy play 3rd base?
Didn’t Murphy play winter ball last year with the sole purpose of learning 2nd base?
Why didn’t Murphy play 3rd base in Wright absense last year?
For that matter why hasn’t Murphy played 3rd base at all on the majoy league level?
Because Murphy playing 3rd base or 2nd base or LF is not a viable option.
The only position Murphy can play to limit the teams exposure to his poor defence is 1st base.
There is now way Murphy can be in the long term plans for the Mets. No way, doesn’t make sense.
Jon Milner was a more productive player than Daniel Murphy.
Rico Brounnua (sp) was a more productive player than Murphy.
Willie Montanez was a better player than Daniel Murpghy.
DAVE F”IN KINGMAN PLAYing 1st was a more productive player than Daniel Murphy!
ENOUGH already…
If the Mets higher ups are ok with fighting for 4th place instead of 1st place could we please package some of these players such as Murphy, Maine, Pelfrey, Francouer etc etc for a few prime prospects to join Wright, Reyes, Ike Davis….
Come on Omar mae a decision already which way yo want to go. compete now or rebuild… this in between stuff with players such as Murphy is gonna kill us!
Murphy needs refinement at 1B because he had never played there before. Its not easy for an infielder to move to first since your initial move everywhere else is to the ball, not to the bag then the ball. In otherwords like most people he will get better the more he plays/takes throws/GB’s. One thing he already does is cover more ground at 1B than most guys in the majors right now. He also has good hands, a quick accurate arm and a dedicated analytical approach to the game. I know everyone clamors for HR’s and knocks Murphy for only having 12 but for a rookie learning 2 new positions in a new park that played a little long last year, with no protection in the lineup and a cool wet summer I think he showed alot of promise. In fact if HR’s are all that matters to you I’ll bet w/playing time he’ll hit 18-20 w/45 2B and above avg defense. You know as a rookie he came damn close to Bernard Gilkey’s record for doubles by a Met 38 – 44. AS A ROOKIE!!!
Get it right sport! He’s not a rookie. Last year he was a second year player.
My fact checker must have missed that one by an AB or 2 Sport. Don’t worry I’ll give her hell about it for you.
One area I haven’t discussed deals with intangibles. Delgado revealed himself to be very comfy with a big salary when Willie was the manager. He was known to not want to get his uniform dirty. Some say it was because of Willie. Nonsense!!!
Carlos had a obligation to give his best effort — which he didn’t do — regardless of who was at the helm. When Jerry was given the job, Carlos suddenly was reborn. Others applauded Carlos. I didn’t. He’s not a guy who you can count on through thick and thin. He apparently picks his spots to exert himself more than most players.
Murphy on the other hand, is a gamer. He’d run through a brick wall, Pete Reiser style, whenever he was put in a game. Also his off-field workouts are becoming legendary. He may be a bit obsessive compulsive, but I like it. I remember when the Mets had trial sprints in practice. David Wright is no slow poke, but he finished behind Daniel Murphy.
For these reasons and the emerging on-field play of the much younger Murphy, I would take him and his contact swing over the aged Delgado, whose inconsistent swing disappoints more than it thrills. Against lefties, Murphy will likely outperform Delgado big time this season. And he’ll save the Mets a ton of money at the same time.
Well said. I agree
Murphy is what he is, he does not field well, hit well or throw well, he is a 260 hitter with limited power and 60 rbi’s in 500 plus ab’s.
All around Murphy at 25 is better than Delgado at 38 even without the hip and at 1/20th of the cost
Murphy’s age and his cost only apply if he hits like a first baseman should. He didn’t last year.
Don’t be surprised if Murphy outdoes Delgado in most key hitting categories in 2010. We can pocket the cost difference then.
Gee what a suprise, he’s not ready yet. Enough with Delgado. This team does not need to be wasting time (and money) on a 39 year old 1st baseman coming off hip surgery. This team has MUCH BIGGER problems to fix than 1st base. No leftfielder. A starting rotation of Santana (who hopefully has recovered from his surgery)and who else, Kelvim Escobar??? A logjam of old 2nd or 3rd string catchers. Fix all of that first, then tinker with 1st base if you want to. Man this is shaping up to be a long season.
Castillo and Perez for Alfonzo Soriano??? Salaries for this year match, nothing changes, was just a thought.
i’d do that in a blink! Trouble is, Y would the Cubs…unless we took Silva also?
The real question is what will happen when only 10,000 show up at the park. This is one of the most useless winters ever by the Mets. DESSENS? ESCOBAR? RA DICKEY?? WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
Luis, I’m thinking you don’t remember what it was like prior to Omar’s hiring in ’05. THIS IS IT! This is the non-Omar Mets, everyone clamorede for because of Alou,Casti;llo, Perez, too many hispanics. These are the ZMets who count returning injured players as additions.
Wow…A lot of you guys on this board are clueless. Delgado’s range is his only issue at 1B. Delgado was a catcher in the minors and in Puerto Rico, first and foremost. Probably before most of you were out of grade school. Delgado’s hands saved Wright about 75 errors over his big league career. Delgado’s arm is accurate, you never saw Delgado drop pop ups and he plays defense WAY better than people give him credit for. The Mets NEED Delgado’s power hitting lefty bat in the order. Now that Bay is signed, it’s time for the Mets to monitor Delgado’s return to the field in Puerto Rico and find a way to bring him back if he is healthy. Murphy is a nice player, but he isn’t Carlos Delgado and never will be. He might be the right skin tone for some of you, but unfortunately, baseball is about baseball skills and Murphy doesn’t have Delgado’s ability.
Your remarks are unnecessary and irrelevant regarding Delgado’s ‘skin color’. i doubt the great majority of us would care if Delgado ‘changed’ his ‘skin color’ every other day, so long as he stayed healthy and productive!
The fan base seems divided over his age and his injuries and nothing else.