Some Happy Mets Thoughts On A Cold Friday

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• K Maxx February 11, 2011 at 2:01 pm

  So glad to see that youre happy about going into the season with the same 4th place team only without Johan for the first half. That just makes me all tingly inside. No disrespect, but this offseason was a just a case of cutting costs and no thought went into upgrading this team on ANY LEVEL!!!! You go ahead and keep spewing your happy thoughts but the truth is this team is an absolute DISGRACE from the owners to the front office to the product on the field which I hope nobody buys tickets to see!!!
  • The Coop February 11, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Oh geez, K Maxx…are you serious? Yes, the Mets have had consecutive 4th place finishes. Yes, they have two disappointing years preceding that. But cost cutting? Wha??? Where, exactly, have costs been cut? They did not lower payroll at all – in fact, they’ve increased it – not as much as we’re used to, but certainly you can’t be serious about a high payroll = better chances of making the playoffs or whatever. Heck, if anything the last four years should have told you otherwise.

    As for a pitching staff without Johan, yeah that sucks but then again, pitching wasn’t the problem last year. It was injuries to the starters who all had inconsistent years, esp driving in runs. Couple that with two guys who are playing for contracts – Beltran and Reyes – who are both change makers in their own rights, plus a bunch of scrappy guys who want to play (Angel Pagan, Ike Davis) and someone who really needs to show what he’s worth (Bay). So if you’re that upset, don’t go to games. I will be there, and I certainly won’t notice
• Bayonne Mets Fan February 11, 2011 at 2:19 pm

  I actually like this move by the front office too. It seems to make sense. Doesn’t mean i’m happy with the way the offseason went. I’m still wondering right now that the 5 million used to hire these FO guys (especially the one that is still hiding in CA and yet to be seen) could have been put to better use on players.
  • Berbalerbs February 11, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    Who would have chosen those players? Omar? The Wilpons?

    I’ll take rooting for a team that has ANY kind of long-term plan in place vs. The lost opportunity to sign a mediocre “innings eater” for a one-year stopgap.
    • t agee February 12, 2011 at 10:02 am

      Omar would have gone after Jason Werth and probably landed him for 8/150 if he was still around and the Wilpon was able. After a while that was all Omar brought to the table, Daddy’s checkbook.

      This is a year where maybe all the answers weren’t answered but at least we won’t be prevented from finding the answer next year or the year after cause we rushed in signed the wrong guy for too much money and too many years and now we have to live with it.

      This year is going to be partly about getting the most we can out of every player on the team rather than bringing in yet another expensive, under performer who is as likely as not to spend considerable amount of time on the DL

      Deal with it. Devoting 99% of the organizations time, effort, money and resources to trying to win it this year, every year has a price. This is that price. Grow up and remember the next time when your screaming for us to go after every aging FA dinosaur on the market instead of beefing up the farm with as many talented prospects as humanely possible.
• russell Zanca February 11, 2011 at 2:56 pm

  Well, .500 ball will be an achievement for the Metsies in 2011.

  As usual, we’ll all get excited in ST, and none of it will have an iota of bearing on what happens after April whatever-it-is.

  At least we won’t have Mathews Jr. and Catalanotto, and some of the other “We-Have-No-Place-in-MLB/Prime Time Scrubs” from last year.

  As for the new scouting, I suppose it’s good, but whether it will make any difference in winning and losing remains to be seen.
  • t agee February 12, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Omar and the Wilpon had one guy for the entire National League. Unbelivable. I’ll bet he had one guy doing the scouting for all the high school and colleges too.
• Berbalerbs February 11, 2011 at 3:16 pm

  I can’t even imagine how only one scout covered the entire National League for us last season… How is that even possible?

  Dude, the first time I heard that I said the EXACT same thing. HOW IN THE HELL did Omar expect to have ANY idea about the competition/teams that could’ve lined up well for a trade/HELL, ANYTHING if one dude is assigned to “The National League.”

  If nothing else, the new regime isn’t trying to set records in mind-blowing stupidity.
  • any February 11, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    use the internet baby. save a fortune!
• Jonathan February 11, 2011 at 5:37 pm

  76 in Phoenix, quite a warm Friday if you ask me. But don’t fret, I will be wearing my Mets cap in 2 weeks as I sit in the warm sun watching baseball again.