K-Rod Trade A Salary Dump To Keep Reyes, Phenomenal Move!

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• alex68 July 13, 2011 at 8:38 am

  ohh, so did we sign Reyes yet?????????? if so then i am happy we gave up on this season. but then again, we sign reyes next season, but who’s gonna close games for us? sounds like the same problem we had in the second half on 2008 when we could’ve won 104 games yet ended up with 89 because we couldn’t CLOSE a GOSHDARN game out!!!!!
  • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Parnell will close.
    • alex68 July 13, 2011 at 9:50 am

      lmao!!!!!! parnell!!?????????
      • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 10:17 am

        Hes been great since his return from the DL, hes only given up 3 runs in 16 and 1/3
        • alex68 July 13, 2011 at 10:43 am

          clayton, if you tell me that you are 100% secure that parnell will come in and be the closer, then i will feel so much better. now, since i know that if you tell me that you will be lying, i just have to accept the fact that this team shut it down for the season, injuries, pelfrey, no show from bay and wright, iffy call ups by the geniouses, and yet this team is 6.5 games out.. and we’re trading away the guy who despite allowing runners all over the place got the job done. and not only trading away an all star closer, but traded away for nothing.
          • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 10:52 am

            Wright Reyes and Ike are all coming back in late July to early August.

            Parnell is a question mark but who isn’t? He is the closest prospect the Mets have to a future closer so why ot give him a chance.
            • alex68 July 13, 2011 at 10:58 am

              clayton, if the mets wanted to give parnell a chance at being the closer, why not groomed him into one? instead of giving the job directly to takahashi last year?? something tells me the mets and warthen know something we don’t. it takes a level of calmness and being collective to be a closer, you need that makeup, does parnell or anyone else have it in this roster? quite frankly no imo
              • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 11:21 am

                That was Jerry Manuel’s call not Omar’s or the Wilpons, probably one of the reasons he does not have a job right now.
                • alex68 July 13, 2011 at 11:31 am

                  ohhh, i got you.. fair enough in your argument. say good bye to beltran and be preparing your article as to why that will be a good move for the mets as well
                  • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 11:40 am

                    Haha Idk about that but it’ll depend on where the Meta are at that time
• Squidoo July 13, 2011 at 10:13 am

  I wouldn’t say it was a phenominal move, it is what it is, a salary dump pure and simple. The other thing is we don’t know if Alderson made the offer or if the Brewers did, so calling anyone phenominal without first ascertaining all the facts is premature and uncalled for.
• jessep July 13, 2011 at 9:13 am

  Totally disagree that this move “borderline” guarantees signing Reyes.

  What it guarantees is that the Mets can make a fair offer to Jose. They still aren’t going to bid against themselves, and they still likely won’t pay him more than he’s worth.

  It gives Jose a decision to make yes. But I wouldn’t assume Reyes is signing here yet
  • Clayton Collier July 13, 2011 at 9:48 am

    It gives us an exponentially better chance than hat we had at signing him which I think makes it worth it
• jdon July 13, 2011 at 10:42 am

  I don’t think this is a salary dump tokeep Reyes. I think they were bound and determined to unload KRod from Day One of this season. It may enable them to make a better offer to Reyes, but they have many holes to fill. If they just sign Reyes, and do not upgrade elsewhere, there is a good chance they go nowhere next season. And I still think Reyes walks.
• scottydoesn'tknow July 13, 2011 at 11:53 am

  I like the move. For one, we don’t have to worry about K-Rod’s option vesting and the Mets having to pay him $17.5 mil next year. Would I have liked to get more in return for K-Rod, sure, but if the market was dictating that this was the best offer the Mets could have recieved, than so be it.

  Personally, I felt the K-Rod signing was a poor move in the first place, and did not make any sense. Managment was merely trying to slap a bandaid on one of the issues that plagued this team in 2008 (the ability to close games). The money should have been used towards starting pitching instead.

  Not to mention I would always get nervous when K-Rod came in to close tight games anywways. Not having a dedicated closer isn’t the end of the world, the solution is simple…

  Score a lot more runs and you will never need a closer anyways…
• Tom July 13, 2011 at 10:45 pm

  I don’t see why you have to give away K-Rod as a salary dump. You should still be able to get value for him. I think this is a terrible job by Alderson. There should be 10 teams that could use K-Rod and if you can’t get something back for him you don’t deserve to be a general manager in the majors.
• Tom July 13, 2011 at 10:55 pm

  Also, I don’t see how you give Reyes $100+M guaranteed dollars for 5, 6, 7, 8 years or whatever he wants. The odds of him staying healthy just aren’t worth that long term contract. Trade him for the best pitching prospects you can get and build for the future.