Secondly, they wanted him gone. Did we all forget the drama and everything else KRod created with the Mets last year? They wanted to move on from him last winter but couldn’t without a fight from the union.

Do you think KRod was willing to forego his option because he wanted the Mets to get draft picks for him? Of course not.

He wanted them to forego it so he can leave next year, and the Mets still have no closer but he and his new agent get a new deal somewhere because he was closing all year. Now, he’s a setup guy with no chance to showcase himself…

Action do tend to speak louder than words.

It could have easily been handled by extending K-Rod to a reasonable contract that would have a clause to waive the option.

But the second he hired Boras there was no way in hell that would have happened.

I don’t know when he said these things to Collins but I am willing to bet it was BEFORE he hired Boras not after.

Boras is not going to sign a player unless he has a plan already on how to collect his cut. He wanted K-Rod as a free agent but probably did not know about “the list” not being sent in. Still worked out for him, but not for K-Rod going to Milwaukee.

It would not have helped yesterday, tie game, bottom of the 9th on the road = no KROD (had he still been on the team), but you know that right? You know everything about the game.

If K Rod were closing and could stay in the top 5 or 10 in saves (currently 10th and falling) it would make it easier for Boras to get a better deal. But given that he’s being used as a set up man and his volatile history that’s going to be just a little harder. Although one thing in K-Rod’s corner is that he is “technically” having a better season than Brian Wilson (his WHIP is lower, K/9 IP is higher, and BB/9 IP is also lower than Wilson). But Wilson has 1 fewer Blown Save (4 to 5) while having 10 more saves than K Rod. But of course, as Boras has already pointed out, K-Rod is an “historic” closer on a quicker saves pace than the great Mariano Rivera. Will anyone buy into his logic that K Rod is as good or better than Rivera this winter? Who knows, but I don’t.

I just don’t see how the Mets pattern of use would have avoided 55 games finished when it was clearly going to get him well past that threshold. In any event K-Rod’s “alleged” theory that getting rid of the “Elephant in the room” ($17.5 mil. option) would keep him closing games has clearly backfired now that he’s setting up a better closer in Milwaukee. Scott Boras has to be steaming! Especially at the previous agent who failed to submit K-Rod’s 10 team no-trade list which would’ve included the Brewers! That’ll teach him to sign up a player mid-season like that!

I’ll bet umpires really love to be behind the plate when Josh is back there.

Roster management is such a critical part of a GM’s job and we have continually lost guys for nothing who wound up being good useful parts for other teams. Jesus Flores is just another example of this, no different than Jason Vargas, Endy Chavez, Joe Smith, Matt Lindstrom, Darren O’Day and Health Bell to name just a few lost between 2007 and 2008.

quite frankly what did you expect?? the mets and the F/O had a plan since december who were making the team and who wasn’t by the end of this year.. so far, they’ve given up on the season first than the fans and players expected..
also, is a shame to have 2 guys like beato and parnell in roles they clearly can’t handle yet, it messes up with their phsychic imo.. having izzy in the 8th inning and krod in the 9th would’ve given us at least 3 more wins in the past 2 weeks imo, but, it is what it is and all we fans have to do is just sit back and let the ppl that “know” handle the situation