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2011
Mets Cornering The Market At Port St. Lucie
An article by Craig Lerner
As I was reading Adam Rubin’s blog for ESPN New York, I came across a few pictures that Adam posted from Mets Spring Training at Port St. Lucie.
Like all teams, the Mets go into Spring Training with many questions to answer as players battle to win spots on the 25-man roster.
Two positions where the Mets are definitely set, are at the corner infield spots where Ike Davis and David Wright bring a potent bat and a steady glove.
Both Wright and Davis showed up to camp a week earlier than their reporting date, and both look to be in great shape and raring to go this season.
I expect Ike Davis to break the 20 HR barrier in 2011, and to notch 80+ RBI in his sophomore campaign.
David Wright had a solid season in 2010, and this season I would look for 30+ HR, 110+ RBI and a .390 OBP.
Plenty of other position players are in camp today in addition to all the pitchers and catchers. Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans were among the first to arrive and were soon joined by Josh Thole and Brad Emaus. I know a lot of people are down on the offseason, but not me. This is when I really start tuning into my team again and getting in touch with everything I love about being a Mets fan. I’m really looking forward to the 2011 season!
Photo credits: Adam Rubin, ESPN.com.
About the Author: Craig Lerner
I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.
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Looking forward to watching what Ike can do in 2011 as well.
Play Ball!!!
That’s the spirit!
I don’t care what Wright’s numbers are, they’ll probably be good, As usual, knowing Wright’s OBP is not necessary because you’ll already know what type of hitter he is. It’s his AVG, HR, & RBI you want to know to gauge David Wright
Wright will probably have an exciting hit on opening day, get another few nice hits early, the MVP chants start up in June like normally. Hopefully he’ll pick SMART spots to steal bases.
Fans keep on making the same mistakes every year and cry when they get the same results in the end.
The only things I’m gonna be looking for in Wright is how he does in the very first games that have some importance. That’s it. The first time he faces actual pressure in competition is what i’ll be looking for.
Maybe Collins will have a good effect on Wright and he’ll be a different COMPETITOR. I doubt it though, but we’ll see.
Yeah cause clearly up until now Wright has only failed at every opportunity he has faced actual pressure in games that have had some importance.
So your hoping to see if he does something different this year right?
Please….
“As usual, knowing Wright’s OBP is not necessary because you’ll already know what type of hitter he is. It’s his AVG, HR, & RBI you want to know to gauge David Wright”
Those statements really don’t mesh. Can you speak with actual cohesive thought, or is everything just a mish mash of disproven and irrelevant cliches?
Wright had 4 of his best professional months in August and September 2007 and 2008. The only two years he was in a pennant race. He didn’t wilt. Other guys did.
Last year his two best months coincided with us going 14-9 and 18-8. The only two winning months we had. Too bad someone else couldn’t have pitched in with the heavy lifting in other months.
Everyone else gets a pass, Barajas, Castillo, Reyes, Francouer, Bay. None of them carried the team for more than a week if that.
It’s all Wrights fault. Every season, every game, every inning, every pitch.
So last year his two best months coincided with us going 14-9 and 18-8?
That sounds a lot like those posts about how Tejada was the 2nd baseman on the Mets last year when they happened to play their best ball as well.
So is it possible Wright maybe really is good based on that comparison?
No. He had nothing to do with it. He was just accumulating numbers.
Leave Tejada out of this. He’s busy building a stellar minor league career.
Tejada is to major league hitters what the old 150 pound football league was to the NFL.
Des,
I have a feeling Jerry Manuel might’ve taken Amtrak and not a flight. What airline did he use when he flew to California again? You have a link, and the exact day you said, what was it?
Oh, BTW, give the phone number of William Jessup University and the name of the AD you said you spoke to. I’ll give him a call too and we’ll find out if Jerry restarted his campaign to start a baseball program there in 2011. You know..the one you confirmed is happening now but actually happened 4 years ago.
You’re out of luck pal. I gave you the info and now you’re playing the discrediting game. I even told you when Jerry met with the AD. Too little too late from you.
Do you work on Amtrak? You keep pushing it. LOL.
You’re the one pushing it, pal. What info? Put the AD’s name out here.
If I can’t find anything i’m sure somebody else here will. I’m not laughing but you always seem to be laughing, usually laughter is a way of masquerading angst.
He’s on MLB Network tonight, nobody asked him about it. Or like Is I said, use keywords “William, jessup, university….use the recent search tools. Maybe you’ll find it?
Why don’t you call SNY or Adam Rubin and let them know. This would be interesting info but you seem to be the only one in the know. Why?
So what’s the latest for 2011 instead of 4 years ago?
You conveniently overlooked a NY Times story of Oct. 3 or Oct. 4, 2010, in which veteran writer George Vecsey spoke of Jerry’s plans to return to his adopted California roots and manage at the small Christian college we spoke about.
Why do you keep bringing up four years ago and saying the news is old? Even if it were, and it’s NOT, why is it such a big deal to you? You seem like a person who has never had a happy day in his life.
Your continued references to Amtrak are silly. But you’re staying within the travel industry and it’s a step up from pushing shopping carts on Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne. LOL
agee,
Wright could hit .450 in September for all I care but if he continues to make BIG OUTS when it matters the most than he’s useless. We are obviously looking at baseball differently.
In Wright’s case the numbers could not lie any more than they already do. Smart baseball people know his reputation. A choker. Period.
I could have a HUGE series vs. Pirates in September, pad my numbers and even have a good game vs. Marlins in big September game – but when it comes to those important ABs with the game on the line – THAT’s where he’s earned his real reputation. FAILING IN THE CLUTCH. Numbers be DAMNED.
He’s actually pretty good in the clutch. Granted, that is because he is overall rpetty good, no matter what the situation.
Seriously, stop taking the crap from the Yankee mouthpiece Francesa as gospel and do your own work and thinking.
Donal,
He’s AWFUL in the clutch. He USED to get big hits when he first came up, when he was a good 2 strike hitter. But since the 06 playoffs he has gotten progressively worse performing under pressure.
You and me not only look at baseball differently, we look at life differently.
Wright is good in the clutch? It’s an insane statement.
If you actually believe I say that because Francesa does then again you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what you’re talking about. Ask anybody who’s been in this room the last 4 years and they’ll tell you differently.
No, he is good in the clutch. Not an opinion. Actual fact based statement. the funny thing is, he doesn’t have a high clutch rating on sites like Fangraphs because he’s so good most of the time. He’s just as productive in high leverage situations as low.
All you’re doing is repeating the statements of a proven Yankee mouthpiece without any attempt at backing them up. and then, when someone disagrees with you (actually, Francesa, you don’t have your own opinion), you claim we don’t understand baseball.
Ohhhh….because FANGRAPHS sez so….Ohhhhhh
What a horror, lol
Actually, Fangraphs doesn’t consider Wright “clutch” because he isn’t better in high leverage situations. He is just as productive in all situations. “Clutch” has no meaning in his case. Please read my comments more carefully.
And they don’t just say it, they back it up. Something you and Yankee Spokesman Francesa have trouble doing.
With LH hitters (or switch hitters) like Floyd, Beltran, Delgado, Greene, Valentine in the line up he got better pitches to hit.
It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure it out. At one time those above mentioned players were going to be very carefully pitched to. Now Wright is the one being carefully pitched to. He’s sharing the line up with free swinging hacks like Barajas, Francouer, and Bay as well as plenty of guys that don’t scare you very much like Castillo, Sullivan, Feliciano, Arias, Tejada, Thole, Blanco, Murphy and Cora. I mean who would you give a chance to beat you, Cora, Castillo, Francouer, Barajas or Wright?
The thing I fault Wright on is that I feel he’s purposely trying to “get his numbers” on the road. I say that because his walks are way down, K’s are way up, line drives down, fly balls up away from Citi.
It looked this way to me so I checked it out and that’s what I found. He’s swinging at more balls which puts him in an unfavorable count so he’s now not getting good pitches to hit for TWO reasons. The guys he shares the line up with AND the fact that he’s putting himself behind in the count.
If I were Wright I would swing first pitch fastball and get the pitchers in subsequent AB’s to consider throwing something less controllable for the first pitch, but I would stay away from their off the plate offering and MAKE them bring it in.
If I was Collins I’d tell Wright no more 160 game seasons and no trying to “get your numbers” on the road. You adapt your AB to whatever the situation dictates to win the game. Nothing else matters except that.
I think the new hitting coach will be a big help to Wright, I just hope it’s not too late. I also believe that Paulino’s bat against LHP and Bay’s if he gets it going will help Wright see better pitches but if he continues to allow the pitcher to control his AB’s he’s only going to be able to hit location mistakes.
In the end Bayonne you simply feel Wright is not that good a player based on your own personal opinions and that’s OK your entitled to your opinions just as much as anyone else but I just don’t agree that Wright is as unclutch as you would like to make him out to be.
The notion that somehow you think you know what “smart baseball people know” is only another way of saying anyone that agrees with you must be smart.
While I know your as intelligent as most of MMO’s community is as well you are also suspect to the failings of being wrong at times and in my opinion your wrong in regards to your opinion of Wright.
bay,
No one else’s numbers matter either? I never hear you rail against the bull pen blowing lead after lead in 2007, a season incidentley that we lost by ONE game.
The fact that a 34 year old Wagner was unable to pitch down the stretch or that a 35 year old Pedro broke down again as did a 40(?) year old Orlando Hernandez or a 40 year old Moises Alou.
As if the fact that so many guys we were counting on were unavailable to play had nothing whatsoever to do with us missing the playoffs by one game and one of the guys who did play well (and was able to play period) should take all the blame.
I mean it wouldn’t be inconceivable that with so much age on the team some of them might break down right? Pedro and El Duque had just done that exact thing the year before. Alou hadn’t even reached 100 games played the year before.
With two pennants on the line over the course of two seasons in the most pressure packed 4 months of the season some guys played well, some didn’t and some weren’t able to play at all. Wright was one that was able to play and play well he did.
When we talk about the bullpen we’ll address those issues. The subject here is Wright.
As usual, agee goes into 45 million different directions.
It’s because we can’t nail you down to one statement Francesa didn’t feed you.
I guess when you endlessly discuss your opinion of Wright not “being clutch” when in fact during the four most pressure packed months of his career to date he “was clutch” and others weren’t, most noticeably members of the bull pen, or even worse weren’t even able to get on the field there is a certain relevancy that might not be noticeable to everyone.
numbers are meaningless. Murphy is still on 3B, so that is all that matters.
providing all the offense in a game to even let there be a big spot late is also meaningless.
I’ve never seen anyone devote so much time and effort into knocking one of the best players on the team and one of the best products of our farm system in the last 25 years. I’ve never seen you knock any of the more inferiror players as emphatically as you do with david Wright, one of our best. It makes it very difficult for me or anyone to ever take what you say seriously.
Well Craig, he must have learned from your friend agee, wh devotes every second of his life to telling us how lousy every Met move was up until the second that this over the hill gm was hired. Why is it bad for Bayonne to knock Wright but it is fine for agee to endlessly knock everything in met history? agee blasts the bringing in of every older guy except when sandy does it. bayonne is steady and not a hypocrite like agee. he doesn’t like wright and sticks with it. agee has a double standard and you all revel in it. if you are going to call out bayonne, you certainly better be calling out agee.
It’s funny…I think I actually prefer you with the caps lock and typos and yelling FALSE GOD FALSE GOD in your comments, Har.
Harry, Alderson didn’t hand any of these guys 5 year contracts. One year, make it or take a hike. No matter what, we know we’re not going to have to live with any of these guys if they don’t preform.
If you think Ike Davis provided a lift for us last year how would you feel about having nine more guys come up here doing the same?
I don’t know about you but I am sick and tired of winning the off season only to watch someone elses team every October.
SEVEN post season appearances in FORTY NINE YEARS SUCKS.
Please excuse the typos..I am typing in a hurry JP Richorte is coming over ths afternoon to watch me throw. I need to get ready!
DON’T FORGET! At 4:00 the Easter Bunny will be over to give you your usual massage as well.
It just really bugs the heck out of me that Alderson disrespects the fans with these straight faced untrue comments. Today Alderson said something like, “I am under NO constraints in running the team.” So if we take that to be a true statement this genius of a General Manager would rather have Tyler Tank than Jose Feliciano??
Forget Tank. If we take Alderson at his word you have to assume that Alderson would rather have Jason Iggie than Jose Felicano, Of course not! Alderson is not a freind of the common fan.
Awesome post. I’m sure all the people who think Alderson is perfect will tell you how overpaid Feliciano is. They won’t tell you about talwent however. You know why. They have come to accept losing. Alderosn doesn’t care about winning so they can’t care wither. Thery never discuss talent. Reading their stuff you would think Capauanop and Santana are equal talents.
Yes, I think its a safe bet that Tank is better than some singer from Latin America.
If you’re a representation of the common fan, I don’t blame Alderson for avoiding us.
hah!
I don’t want the GM to be a friend of the common fan. The common fan is a moron when it comes to building a constantly competitive franchise. So if Alderson is doing something that the fans don’t want, it’s probably the smart thing to do.
A lot of people here just don’t get it. When you draft poorly, frequently give away your draft choices and do a poor job in the IFA market your only left with a couple of alternatives.
Guys at the high end looking for 7 year contracts, guys at the mid level looking for 3-4 year deals, guys looking to hang on for one more year, guys looking to resurrect their careers, or rule 5′s and non tenders.
A couple from the top shelf is nice, a few more of the plan B type works but by this time you’ve got 80M accounted for and 19 more roster spots to fill. The scrap heap might provide a guy or two and the rehab market could produce a find, maybe one each of the non tenders and rule 5′s. Let’s see how many left? 14 to go, Hmmnn. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a well stocked farm to pick through to fill the roster with some guys who’s best years are ahead of them, not the other way around. Oh well back to the scrap heap.
If only I had tilled the soil and planted the seeds 1,2,3 and 4 years ago, watered them once in a while and spent a little time, attention and money on them I could be filling the roster with all sorts of talented players capable of opening a can of WHOOP ASS 162 times a year and still have some left over for October.
I wonder what Pulsupher and Wilson are up to these days and you know while I’m thinking about it I’ll bet that Baerga might be able to fill a need here too. Let’s “add him to the mix” because the owners don’t have the common sense or balls to demand that we provide our own players. They don’t like to get their hands dirty.
Stop trying to one-up or chair every poster by responding with demeaning comments. If you disagree so vehemently with a post to cause you to lash out in an attempt to belittle someone at least address what has been said. I contend that the Wilpons and Alderson have not been truthful and have lied to the fans. Both Fred Wilpon and Alderson have stated repeatedly that the Mets are under NO financial restraints
Of course this is not true. It is a lie. Both the Wilpons and Alderson need to be called on this only then can Met fans truly gauge just how long this spiral downward will last. I have stated and I continue to contend that the Wilpons and Alderson have started a 3-5yr the designed to restructure the financiers of the Wilpons(Mets) at the expense of the team’s performance. This is my opinion. This is a blog, we share and exchange opinions.
Lifelong, if you weren’t complaining about the Wilpon’s financial restraints behind the scenes during the 25 years they have been at least partial owners why are you so enraged now?
Do you realize just how many good, very good and great players we have drafted that they didn’t even bother to sign?
Frank Cashen drafted Roger Clemmons, Rafeal Palmero, Matt Williams, John Wettland, John Olerud, Scott Erickson, and mark Grudzielanek.
If the Mets had bothered to sign these guys that we drafted “the worst team money could buy” would never have happened.
Hunnsiker, Harrizen and Mcillvaine drafted Helling, Erstadt, Rowand, Atkins, Guthrie and DeJesus. The Wilpons were too busy lusting after the splashy back page photo op and couldn’t even be bothered signing any of these guys.
Imagine our 2000 World Series team with Darren Erstadt and David DeJesus in the starting line up.
The Wilpon’s have been cheaping out on the farm since forever.
Beginning in 1998 they just totally deemphasised the whole scouting and developing part of the operation. We went 7 years with only three credible players pulled from the draft. Pagan, Wright, Kazmir. Other teams bring up 2 or 3 every single year. That’s why other teams in our league without the highest payroll go to the post season far more frequently than our SEVEN times in FORTY NINE years.
Cheaping out on the fans did not start this past November.
So I should overlook the Wilpons and Alderson lying now because of Joan Payson?
Should I forgive the Wilpons and Alderson for trading a losing record over the next 3-5yrs for the Wilpons ability to retain majority ownership because of what Donald Grant did 30 yrs ago?
I don’t think Met fans understand what is happening. My only hope is that MLB quietly steps in and nudge the Wilpons out. Otherwise the Wilpons will forgo a contending team over the next 3-5yrs as they get their financial house back in order.
If the Wilpon’s had signed the guys that Cashen, Hunnsiker, Harazin and Mcillvaine drafted it probably would have cost them 15 M, tops.
Instead, to fill all the holes we have every year with players in their LAST four years it cost them 400 M in player salary alone, forget about parking, concessions, merchandise.
For us it cost at LEAST five post season appearances, at the very LEAST. And who knows how many World Series winners we could have had.
Neither of those two were around here the last 25 years lifelong. The Wilpon’s were. They cheaped out and cheaped out where it was the least visable and that caused the dismantling and disitegration of our late 80″s World Champion and no one said s**t.
Everyone was screaming and lusting after Bobby Bo and fat Mo.
You don’t build a World Championship team with guys on the last four years of their career and you certainly don’t compete for a World Championship year after year with those type either.
To start calling them cheap now is about 25 years too late.
I don’t care. Its how I feel now as I sit here at my desk avoiding work.
When the moment present itself I want media personalities to challenge what Wilpon’s and Alderson say instead of taking their word at face value. When Alderson makes a comment sch as, “I am under no financial restraints.” Then I would think the next question would be something like, “So, uh you just thought Felicaano’s ability and past performance didn’t warrant arbitration?”
Or when Alderson makes a comment like, “I will not be talking contract with Reyes until after the 2011 season is completed.” “I need to get to know the man, Jose Reyes.”
Not one follow up question. Challenge the guy!
Considering how he really didn’t say those things (except for the thrid one), I don’t know how anyone can challenge him on them.
Lifelong, If any of the media or especially the fans had ever held the Wilpon’s accountable we wouldn’t be in this mess today.
They kept foisting the Coleman’s, Alomar’s, Bernytz’s, Vaugn’s, Wagner’s, Bonilla’s, Alou’s, El-Duque’s, and Castillo’s on us while insisting with a straight face that they were trying to win all the while they were not even signing truly talented players who would be up here in four years. IN THEIR PRIME. Giving us the best years of their careers.
We could have had Olerud, Matt Williams and Rafeal Palmero back to back to back for ten years for one tenth of the cost of Coleman, Bonilla and Murray.
They screwed us out of many, many post seasons and no one ever said s**t and now we are where we are because of their guaranteed to fail business model that they have employed to crash three seperate times during their ownership.
Whether they have finally learned a lesson or are forced to sell at least we’re not being served the 3 card monte routine this year.
It is what it is, there’s no viable quick fix, they’ve been lying behind the scenes for years now and if the majority of fans hadn’t been duped all these years they would have seen it coming.
By the way, Jose Feliciano is not over-paid Feliciano received market value for his ability. The Mets could not afford to pay market vlaue for Jose Feliciano, thus he is no longer a Met. It doesn’t bother people that the Wilpons and Alderson continue to state that the Mets are not under any financial restraints?
I’m sure Jose Feliciano is a fine musician and earns his revenues, but I really don’t see how he fits into the Mets bullpen situation.
he said that the madoff situation is not impacting him. Not that he did not have a budget to work under. Every GM has a budget cap (maybe not one…).
As for feliciano (pedro, not Jose), they made a judgement call that it was not worth the investment for 2 years, and that they could find someone else to be a LOOGy, allowing them to spend that money on another player. Plus, they are going to pocket a supplemental round pick.
forget bernie. Maybe, just maybe, it was a baseball (as in, maximizing wins by the team now and in the future) decision to go with capuano + a top 40 pick next year + a cheap loogy instead of Feliciano for 2 guaranteed years.
kill joy
lol
We ran out of players. Anyone notice who was getting the playing time last year? 8 or 10 guys who shouldn’t have even been playing in the Major Leagues, that’s who. He wanted the pick. Unlike Omar he realizes you cannot have 10 guys making 10-20 M each, 10 guys making minimum and back them with 10 guys who’s team has cut them. That’s not a team, that’s a freak show.
Christ! It’s crazy! We are going to lose Jose Reyes. NOt becasue the Mets don’t want him but because the Wilpons will not be able to pay market vlaue for Reye’s talent! And people will buy into Alderson’s spin the teams value into their finacies!because he wants to get to know Reyes the man or some crap. BS! Alderson won’t talk contract with Reyes because the Wilpons can not aford to pay market value unless a investor suddenly injects whatever 25% of the value of the Mets 3-5 years of this crap to come and no one but me sees this!
Lifelong, just exactly what did you think was going to happen? We lost a complete seven years of prospects coming into the system. A whole baseball generation because of their cheaping out behind the scenes.
Even before they de-emphasized that part of the business they wouldn’t even sign the guys we had actually drafted. If they had we wouldn’t have fallen apart in the early 90′s. We would have kept rolling right up to 2000 and presumably continued to add the most talented players instead of the oldest.
Can’t you understand the reason we were playing so many guys who were DFA’d off their team was because we had NO ONE coming up. No one except a couple of 20 year old’s that weren’t ready.
you do realize that signing reyes costs nothing for the next 14 months (when his new contract kicks in). And they have 50+ mill coming off the books before then.
so they could resign reyes, and still slash payroll by at least 30mill.
by next april, they will either have sold the team, or found an investor, making it a moot point. Or they settle and can keep going as they have.
hell, if things go completely craptastic before next season, trade him.
Your right. So why do you think Alderson has chosen to not even negotiate with Reyes?
It’s really very hard to even establish a value for him. His best years were in 2006 2007 and 2008. He looked reasonably good last year but he wasn’t the same player he was back then.
What is his value? Very few teams have a SS that can fully defend the position AND hit let alone run the bases the way he does. I don’t care for his approach at lead off lately but I wouldn’t want to risk pissing him off by moving him.
I think his value is Carl Crawford like. He plays good defense at the premier defensive position and does everything else similar to Crawford WHEN he’s up and running.
There are an unbelivable number of dinosaurs playing SS right now. Jeter, Scutero, Uribe, Rentaria, Miguel Tejada as well as quite a few guys who really aren’t very good offensively and very few close to ML ready TWO dimensional SS in the minors.
I think demand for him will be enormous. I wouldn’t low ball him, he comes off a very friendly contract, even his signing bonus was lame (15K) I’d offer him right now 5/90 no trade, no arb at the end of the deal and whatever other little things he wanted.
the bottom line for me is that the Wilpons care more about retaining majority ownership than they do about putting a quality team on the field. If ownership of a large market team can not afford to pay market value for players they should not have majority ownership. Developing players will take 3-5 yrs. I continue to state that the Mets will not contend for the next 3-5yrs or until new ownership takes over majority control.
Lifelong, You could be right. Most of Omar’s very young, raw but high ceiling guys are in the lowest of the rookie leagues. There very little help even close to ML ready. Newenhaus seems like a 4th OFer at best. Flores will be asked to learn a new position once he gets up here. Mejia, Tejada and Havens all need at least a good solid year bare minimum. Remember with only 6 years of team control you want to get your prospects best 6 years, not risk waving goodbye when they turn 27 like we may be doing with Jose.
It really is a sin that with so much money paid out to so many under performing and brittle former shells of them selves, that we might not have the cash to keep one of our own. That really makes me sick. And you know it’s not just our decision either. Who knows maybe he wants a change too and if he wants to win…..
Even with the new stadium it really seems like we are just back to 2003 again.
2011- no Met October baseball
2012- no Reyes. No Beltran. Castillo off the books. Perez off the books.
The Wilpons look to maximize their finances. No new signings.
No October baseball.
2013- New Met PR Campaign gets underway! “Lets Get Excited!” of As the Wilpons continue their financial reconstruction by hyping players from within the system in lieu obtaining talent via free agency. If you thought Murphy and Thole were over hyped wait until you see the full court press put on for Harvey, Flores, etc…
of course Met fans buy into Alderson’s plan” and post thinks like “Hey Man patience! Sandy has a plan!”
2014- Young Met team. NO October baseball. Wilpons continue their financial recovery.
2015- Fans increasingly beginning to question Alderson. Only took them 4 years! Wilpon’s have recovered enough to allow Alderson to sign 1 high profile for the purpose of quieting the fan base. Of course Met fans again accept Alderson at his word as he talks of great things ahead. Of course no October baseball again this year.
It took four years before poeple started questioning Omar. What did he ever win other than the off season. Big ‘effin deal, winning the off season. Wow.
I want a team put together that can last a while, not so many transient parts every year. Not so many guys that do nothing except collect paychecks and clog up the roster.
Guys that are in their early years, playing their best ball, not guys who are hanging on for their last contract to run it’s course before they head off to a life of luxury.
Very little can be worse than the last two years.
the Mets received 30 million dollars in revenue sharing money this off season. Where did that money go? The Felciano signed a 2 year contract with the Yankess for not that much more than he had been making with the Mets. Why couldn’t the Mets use some of that 30 million they received to sign Felicano? Or even lock Reyes up for the next few years using that money?? Where did tht 30 million go to Mr. Wilpon?
That is ridiculous. The Mets with the 5th highest payroll in MLB are NOT getting revenue sharing. Not paying it, not getting it.
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[...]Two positions where the Mets are definitely set, are at the corner infield spots where Ike Davis and David Wright bring a potent bat and a steady glove. Both Wright and Davis showed up to camp a week earlier than their reporting date, …[...]…
Here’s another point of interest…
BOTH NY TEAMS ARE FORCED TO RESORT TO TAKING A FLIER ON VETRERAN PITCHERS ATTEMPTING COMEBACKS THIS SEASON
NEW YORK METS NEW YORK YANKEES
JASON ISRINGHAUSEN(39) FREDDY GARCIA(35)
CHRIS CAPUANO(33) BARTOLO COLON(38)
CHRIS YOUNG(32)
BOOF BONSER(30)
AS THIS IS THE POST-STEROID ERA THAT MOST LIKELY DOES NOT FAVOR THE CONTINUING SAGAS OF ELDER STATESMEN PITCHERS LIKE PETTITTE & CLEMENS, IREMAINS TO BE SEEN WHICH GM’S BETS WILL BE PAY OFF BETTER.
ONE THING IS CERTAIN, SHOULD ALDERSON’S BETS COME THROUGH, THE PREDICTIONS FOR HIS TEAM WILL BE ALTERED IN A VERY POSITIVE MANNER, NOT SO MUCH, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD CASHMAN’S FLIERS LAND. ALDERSON , IF NOTHING ELSE, IS MUCH MORE EXPERIENCED IN THESE MATTERS THAN CASH.
i don’t trust anything to do with the wilpon’s.u can tell when they lie. their lips move.
Addict, you have my sympathy as you’ve probably waited your entire 34 years of life to employ such a tired old punchline. While I’m certainly not a Wilpon fan, I underastand any private owner is preferable to a Corporate monolithic entity sans flesh,bone & blood such as CBS,Chicago Tribune, Time-Warner or Liberty Communications as I would gladly sign up for more years of Wilpon meddling incompetance than watch my beloved team become a footnote in an annual report to stockholders.
Look addict, All is not lost, given another 34 years perhaps ypou’ll actually be able to express an original thought.