Mets Deny Making Offer To Chris Young

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• Brandon Butler January 4, 2011 at 7:46 pm

  Hey… You took my story. LOL JK Hojo.

  Anyways, I think that this will be a great deal if Chris Young accepts. Citi Field is a perfect place for a guy whom i believe is a fly-ball pitcher. You gus can rip through me if im wrong on that.
  • Hojo's Mojo January 4, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Hey Brandon, sorry about that. I’m quick at the draw with Mets news!
    • XtreemIcon January 4, 2011 at 8:24 pm

      I learned very quickly to let all player personnel and transactions news alone. HoJo has it posted before I’d even start typing. I’ll stick to my unpopular editorials.
      • Mr North Jersey January 4, 2011 at 8:26 pm

        lol
      • Hojo's Mojo January 4, 2011 at 8:29 pm

        Working for CBS has it’s rewards lol.
        • Mr North Jersey January 4, 2011 at 8:31 pm

          LoL it better have.
      • t agee January 4, 2011 at 10:45 pm

        I find them insightful.
    • Mr North Jersey January 4, 2011 at 8:28 pm

      With such speed Hojo you may never get an asst then.
    • Brandon Butler January 5, 2011 at 9:02 am

      I know, just joking with ya.
• Mr North Jersey January 4, 2011 at 7:48 pm

  Let’s see if the Mets indeed did make an offer and if Young accepts.
• ted January 4, 2011 at 8:13 pm

  now they can hire Dr.Frankenstien as team doc,and have him join all the good pieces of Campuano,Buckholtz & Young and make one good starting pitcher.
  • Hojo's Mojo January 4, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Yes, but you forgot Johan’s left arm, we will need that if we are to conquer the NL East.
• Mr North Jersey January 4, 2011 at 8:21 pm

  IT’S ALIVE!!!
• Wally Backman January 4, 2011 at 8:32 pm

  Once we get this one done, we’ll have some good arms to battle it out in the spring. I’m not buying this wait till 2012 hogwash either, just because we didnt go after Lee it doesn’t mean this season will be a throw-away. We have plenty of talent on this team. LGM
• Tommy2cat January 4, 2011 at 8:57 pm

  Chris Young is a very good pitcher – he pitches high in the zone and hitters find it difficult to swing down on his pitches.

  If two among Capuano, Young & Bucholz pan out, we are way ahead of the game. I really like where Sandy is looking for his talent in bringing aboard guys like Beato, Eamus, Capuano, Bucholz & Co. These are solid additions to a roster that is much better than people think.

  ss – Reyes
  cf – Pagan
  3b – Wright
  rf – Beltran
  lf – Bay
  1b – Davis
  2b – Eamus/Turner
  c – Thole/Paulino

  SP – Pelfrey, Niese, Dickey, Capuano, Young, Gee, Misch & Co…

  RP – K-Rod, Parnell, Bucholz, the new guy, Connor, the other new guy…

  Bench: Paulino, Turner, Murphy, Evans & Hu

  Its a very good line-up and a respectable pitching staff, supported by quality arms in the bullpen and a maturing Farm system.

  The glass is more than half full.
  • Hitman January 4, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    Looking at the makeup of the possible team you put down Tommy, I’m starting to think that the Mets could possibly pull this off. I’m hoping the Mets add a couple of more relievers like Brian Fuentes & Tim Byrdak to make the pen deeper as well as replacing Acosta with Jose De La Torre.

    Buchholz (R)
    Byrdak (L)
    O’Connor (L)
    De La Torre (R)
    Beato (R)
    Carrasco (R)
    Fuentes (L)
    Parnell (R)
    Rodriguez (R)
    • alwaysnextyear January 4, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      they got the talent on the roster. It again comes down to the key guys staying on the field and putting up the numbers they should be capable of.
    • DC January 5, 2011 at 2:15 pm

      False optimism…..enjoy it….. Same fatal mistake Met fans make every year….assuming incorrectly that if a guy is a Met he is great…… glad to see you’ve built a team to allow us out of the cellar.
      • Mr North Jersey January 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm

        Who r u to judge if a fan should be optimistic or not?

        You say “Mets fans” as if your not one in which case who gives a flying **** what you think.

        Go follow your teams blog and spare us your pearls of B.S.
        • Berbalerbs January 5, 2011 at 3:19 pm

          WELL SAID, MNJ.
      • Hitman January 5, 2011 at 3:05 pm

        “assuming incorrectly that if a guy is a Met he is great”

        Ok…where the heck did I say that? Fuentes would serve as a stable bridge to K-Rod which the Mets DO NOT have. Parnell is shaky to be the main setup man right now. Byrdak is a LOOGY who put up good numbers against lefties and kept them under .200 3 of the past 4 years. O’Connor & De La Torre did well in AAA Buffalo and it’s amazing that little is talked about them, especially De La Torre, who has been in the system since ’06.
      • JerryG15 January 5, 2011 at 7:16 pm

        Stop letting people pee in your fruity pebbles.
  • Jerry M January 4, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Where do you get Emaus at 2nd base. This kid never played in the majors and has no record except winter ball. Murphy will win the everyday 2nd baseman. Emaus may be on the bench. Murphy’s record in winter balll was better and we know that he can hit in the majors. He had 12 HRs in 2009 and will have 20+ in 2011.
    • alwaysnextyear January 4, 2011 at 11:21 pm

      If castillo doesn’t win the job, gotta figure he gets cut. And if that happens, at least 2 of the other guys (emaus, Murphy, Turner) make the roster.

      The real question would be can one of them flat out win the FT job, or will it end up being more of a platoon?
    • Des January 5, 2011 at 8:27 am

      If Murphy can stay healthy, the 2B job is his — that is until Reese Havens comes along this year or next, assuming Reese stays healthy. If both these guys stay healthy, it’s a problem any manager would like to have.
• alwaysnextyear January 4, 2011 at 9:21 pm

  I’m with Tommy on this. If they do sign young, they have a potentially decent rotation, meaning if the offense can finally stay on the field and produce like they are capable of (or have in the past, however you want to look at it), they certainly can compete at least for the WC. Certainly better than the 70 win at best team some people are predicting.
• XtreemIcon January 4, 2011 at 9:55 pm

  The difference in what we’re seeing this year as opposed to years past is reasonable depth. It’s not reasonable to expect an All-Star as a backup, nor is it reasonable to expect to get through a season using only eight poition players and five starters.

  The Mets can win if (a HUGE if) all the starters stay healthy, but at worst, they’ll remain competitive even if they don’t. And also, Sandy’s not done yet.
  • alwaysnextyear January 4, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    wonder if any of the posters screaming a couple weeks ago about Alderson being a do-nothing and not adding pieces feel silly now?
    • Des January 5, 2011 at 8:21 am

      always, those posters probably motivated Sandy to not pull an Omar. They should feel proud! lol
• MetsMan86 January 4, 2011 at 11:31 pm

  Come on Chris, sign the contract… you know you want to…!
  • alwaysnextyear January 4, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    assuming he doesn’t get a crazy bigger offer elsewhere, gotta figure the mets probably give him the best shot at a real rotation spot, practically guaranteed.
• darth minaya January 5, 2011 at 8:21 am

  Chris Young is not signing for “just over a million”.

  He wants $3-4M. If the Mets had $4M to work with this winter (which seems to be the case, given Sandy’s comments), they’re just about tapped out after signing Paulino, Capuano, and Buchholz.
  • alwaysnextyear January 5, 2011 at 11:19 am

    the contract will be for more than that. THe tricky part will be how much is guaranteed. Anything over a million coming off major arm problems and only 20ip last year is lucky for him.
• mike January 5, 2011 at 10:40 am

  Love the Mets.
• Bob L January 5, 2011 at 11:11 am

  We may yet get chris young. But we should all be mindful that young (20ip), Capuano (66) and Buchholz (12ip) in 2010, combined, did not generate 1 SP’s production totals for a full season. So, maybe the 3 of these guys comp out to 1 full starter in 2011–not that’s it done that way, but you get my drift.
  • DC January 5, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Oh Bob… you give these little metsie fans the truth…why burst their bubble in January???? Cruel of you man……
    • Mr North Jersey January 5, 2011 at 2:38 pm

      Yea cause Bob is telling us something we little metsie fans didn’t already know. Gee wtg Bob your sure on top of things what would we do without your words of wisdom?
      • Mr North Jersey January 5, 2011 at 2:47 pm

        After reading what i wrote let me apologize to Bob he really was just making an observation and i let DC’s BS blind me to the point i vented on Bob undeservedly.

        Sorry Bob