Comments on: Omar Sings A Familiar Tune, “Once We Get Our Guys Back…”

By: Des

Des — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:26:52 +0000

The differential impact between signing a player for four or five years typically is not felt until the fifth year, possibly the fourth year.

We need help now, so if the Wilpon’s have the dough (NONE of us are certain of their financial status!), let’s take the risk for Year 5 in Year 1. Otherwise our prospects are bleak.

P.S.: Doug, I endorse your view that Omar is a spindoctor, but I think he’s also a pretty good — not great — baseball man.

By: Shamik

Shamik — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:15:58 +0000

Because he knows that no matter who is out there next year, they will accept less money to play for other teams. Besides, has anyone stopped to think that once this team implodes, Minaya will be gone and whatever new GM comes in, will be dealing with a front office and coaching staff in upheaval. It’ll certainly affect their ability to negotiate and sign new players.

By: jdon

jdon — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:09:32 +0000

Forget about 2010. Jason Werth is a FA after next year. Joe Mauer is a FA after next year. Beckett and Lee are FAs after next year. Crawford too. Why waste money on a Molina type when one of the best players in baseball will be out there in one year? All you need is a professional management team that he might trust and a boatload of money. But Omar will schlepp out money this year, finish 3rd or 4th, get fired and leave less money available for next year.

By: Doug Branch

Doug Branch — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:41:20 +0000

Joe D: Omar is more spindoctor than baseball GM. He has no juice or clout and the Wilpons have set him up to fail with the plethora of egregous contracts he has negotiated recently (Castilla, Perez, etc).

Signing Bay for more that four years is a mistake. If they wanted the wait and see approach to free agency, they should go all the way. Who wants Bay that badly? Since Omar is auch a fool, and the master of self-negotiation, Bay’s agent is salavating over the gifted fifth year.

The stragety was to burst out of the gate and shore up the weak pitching staff. Then fill in the remaining holes. The Mets plan was flawed if only they had a plan.

By: Des

Des — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:49:35 +0000

Omar is trying to sell yesterday’s news. No readers will buy it.

Carlos Delgado is yesterday’s hero. Here’s hoping his offensive skills have a rebirth or even a mild rejuvenation. But I don’t think so. His defensive skills are overrated by many die-hard CitiField addicts. So if we can get a just a semblance of what he never was, all we’ll get is a mediocre first baseman! Too bad, ‘cuz he’s very likable.

Unless more is done by the front office, I expect the Mets to struggle for fourth place.

By: Shamik

Shamik — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:45:16 +0000

Sure, and when the team tanks in April Omar and all the apologists will say: “Well, they’re just coming off injury, so they’re playing a little slow. But once they come back to form I’m comfortable that we’ll be a good team”

Midseason and the team still sucks: “Well, we had a lot of injuries last year, so I think that you’d have to expect a down year, but they’ll be ready to go next year, and I’m comfortable that we’ll be a good team then”

After yet another dreadful offseason: “We’ve made a couple of prudent moves and I’m quite comfortable with the product on the field, I’m confident we’ll be a good team then”

Its the same double talk we’ve been hearing the last 4 years. Its gotten us nowhere.

By: RuMan79

RuMan79 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:32:38 +0000

PLEASE, PLEASE sell the team. This is getting M. Donald Grant-like

By: russell Zanca

russell Zanca — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:46:38 +0000

What a friggin’ joke!

The Mets front office just sucks!

I’d love to read what I just wrote in nine months, so I can eat those words. I doubt it.