The Mets Already Have Their Rally Caps On, Do You?

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• Mr North Jersey January 16, 2011 at 2:12 pm

  LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!! LETS GO METS!!!

  I’m excited more to see how Pelfrey, Niese, Parnell, Davis, Thole do on the big club while also watching the development of several other Baby Mets.

  If these kids all do well it will be an interesting 2011 indeed.
• alwaysnextyear January 16, 2011 at 3:58 pm

  well, I am optimistic enough that I have said all along (and continue to say) that the mets will be in the playoff hunt this year, at least for the WC.

  I also think it will be a lot more fun team to watch. and not having Jerry anywhere near it is a major bonus.
  • Vinny B January 17, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    I’d feel MUCH better about our chances if just spent a LITTLE more money. Especially with the bullpen. With a division that has Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Brian Mccann and Jayson Heyward, it really hurts losing both Feliciano AND taka. It’s even worse than I thought because we really haven’t replaced them. You just have to HOPE Tankersly regains his old form. If he doesn’t then we are stuck with Pat Misch and Oliver Perez as our only lefties in the pen – That’s not good at all.
    • Mr North Jersey January 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm

      I’d feel much better if they get players playing to their best ability.

      If I have learned anything from Minaya is that simply the idea of spending money does not guarantee you anything more as far as wins are concerned.

      I don’t have high hopes for 2011 except to see the seeds of change begin to take form of what will be a reversal of Bad Mets Baseball toward the opposite in the next few years to come.
      • Vinny B January 17, 2011 at 1:57 pm

        Well, I did have high hopes for this team. I thought these guys would have done a MUCH better job handling the bullpen and the rotation. I’m very disappointed about how this offseason is going.

        And trust me NJ, I never liked the idea of handing out big contracts to players. I’m all for making smaller moves but I’m not for not spending anything at all. Both extremes don’t work. there needs to be some middle ground.

        It’s still possible we can get the wild card but we would have a MUCH better shot if we just spent a little more…just a little.
• tlagee January 16, 2011 at 5:34 pm

  Unfortunately, as positive as I might want to be, the reality is that this team will be fighting Washington for fourth place. We simply don’t have the arms.

  Look for a fast start from the Mets – getting everyone’s hopes up and a ton of people saying “I told you so”. But as the marathon of the season takes hold, the needs of the Mets will be obvious and they will softly slip out of contention.

  I hope I’m wrong.
• Rich January 16, 2011 at 5:34 pm

  I wish I could be as enthused. Our bottom feeding owners will put a team that wins, at the most, 84 games in ’11…. and as little as 78.
  • Donal January 16, 2011 at 9:15 pm

    You mean the “bottom feeding owners” who have had a top 5 payroll for most of the last decade?
    • JerryG15 January 17, 2011 at 12:37 pm

      Don’t bother using facts, some can’t take it.
  • t agee January 17, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    That would be a big improvement over the last two years (71 and 79) wouldn’t you say?
• Dan January 16, 2011 at 9:12 pm

  I’m ready! Get this thing started. Never say never
  • Mr North Jersey January 17, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    I agree I want to see players like Wright, Reyes, Pelfrey, Davis, Thole, Niese, Parnell, and possibly Gee Tejada or Murphy Duda, Evans.

    Basically what I am saying is I am ready to watch all the home grown Mets play at the Bigs and in the Minors as well.

    LETS GO METS!!!