Mets Sign Tim Byrdak for 2012

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• alex68 September 19, 2011 at 3:10 pm

  lmao.. wow.. small market mentality… at .. ITS.. BEST!!!!!!!!!!!
  • NJstuckinTX September 19, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    I’m no Byrdak apologist, but what’s so small market about signing a decent LOOGY? Would it have been better if they waited until the off-season?
    • jerseymet September 19, 2011 at 3:23 pm

      Rewarding a journeyman pitcher for a good years work will go a long way towards attracting other free agents. Byrdak is no star. He just wants a job.
      • alex68 September 19, 2011 at 3:35 pm

        minaya did the same and got murdered here, so.. how come sandy did an awesome job?? please ppl be consistent here.. failed!!!! we all watch this guy give up big hits after big hits against LEFTIES nonetheless, yes he’s had “ok” gamnes here and there, but why the need to sign him NOW??? pl gimme a break
        • NJstuckinTX September 19, 2011 at 3:53 pm

          So when Minaya did this, as you say, was he being small market? Be consistent.
        • Donal September 19, 2011 at 4:00 pm

          When did Minaya do the same? Scott Schoeneweis? If this is a 2 year deal at $3.6 million per, you might have a gripe. Until then, keep crying.
          • XtreemIcon September 19, 2011 at 6:48 pm

            You mean three-year deal…..
            • Donal September 19, 2011 at 7:53 pm

              that’s right, they traded him.
  • any September 19, 2011 at 3:21 pm

    actually signing a veteran to above minimum wage (assuming he got +/- 2mill) is something a “big market” team would do.

    A small market team would just pick a lefty in ST out of the minors (or off the scrap heap that would take minimum wage) and run with that.
  • metsguppy September 19, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    This small market crap has got to stop. First of all, it doesn’t make any sense in this case. This was a smart signing. The guy has been a great Lefty specialist and has a good ERA. Its smart baseball to sign him now. He wants to stay in NY and he isn’t too expensive. He isn’t super cheap either so I don’t know where the small market claim comes from. Secondly, the small market claims make no sense when the Mets will still have a minimum of a $100 million dollar salary next year. Small market is half that.
• alex68 September 19, 2011 at 3:34 pm

  minaya did the same with OLD GUYS who had a good season on tatis and cora.. yet he got crucified!!!!! But is sandy alderson at the reigns.. i forgot..
  • Donal September 19, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    so, this is the same deal Cora got?
• alex68 September 19, 2011 at 3:42 pm

  the guy has a TERRIBLE april, TERRIBLE may when the team needed him to come trough, then he NOW that the team is out of it is pitching good, NOW. not when it matter…
  then he’s been good and is a good signing by sandy?? you’ve gotta be kidding me…
  • jessep September 19, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    So that nobody is confused are you saying the 24 games the Mets played that Byrdak appeared in June and July did not matter?

    Be careful alex, don’t make us go back to your quotes about how trading Beltran when the team was a playoff contender…. they may haunt you!

    You also understand what a LOOGY is SUPPOSED to do right? Get lefties out. Because of the shape of the Mets pen, Byrdak’s struggles came mostly against righty hitters. Can you go out right now and guarantee a better LOOGY to join the Mets at a low rate for 1 year?
    • OmarFan September 19, 2011 at 4:23 pm

      Hmmmmmmmmmm I wonder how many people who are giving Alderson props were also bashing Omar when he signed Feliciano to an extension a few years ago.
      • Donal September 19, 2011 at 4:59 pm

        Ya, how many? Can you be specific or are you creating a strawman to defend your mancrush with?
        • OmarFan September 19, 2011 at 6:09 pm

          You sound like a jealous woman, Donal. Very catty of you. Shhhhh let the men talk, please.
          • Donal September 19, 2011 at 7:55 pm

            Catty? Asking for a specific example of your accusation is catty?

            Oh, and nice chauvinism there, chief.

            Ya, you don’t wreak of insecurity.
            • jessep September 19, 2011 at 8:18 pm

              I don’t remember ever in my life speaking poorly about Feliciano UNTIL this off-season when it was clear he may have been not worth the $. How’d that work out?
              • Donal September 20, 2011 at 10:18 am

                Is expressing a concern for how his previous workloads will affect his upcoming season really speaking ill of him?
• tlagee September 19, 2011 at 6:23 pm

  Signing Tim Byrdak for next year has nothing to do with the Mets being a small market team.

  Tim deserved to be signed…AND…the Mets have a small market mentality – they’re broke, for Pete’s sake.

  The two things are not related.
• Tommy2cat September 19, 2011 at 7:41 pm

  I think the Mets were quick to re-sign Byrdak after last year’s failure to re-sign Takahashi. I found myself on multiple occassions analyzing in-game situations this year thinking that “Taka would’ve been perfect for this kind spot.” Sandy didn’t let Byrdak fly to coup.

  I think Byrdak chose to re-sign for the Mets to ensure job security and to place himself in a situation where he is succeeding and making money in a location where he enjoys living.

  I also think that Herrera’s emergence in the bullpen has given the Mets a respectable 1-2 punch from the left side in a division with fierce lefty hitters (Howard, Utley, McCann, Freeman, etc…)

  Byrdak’s signing is a solid, albeit modest, move by a great GM, Sandy Alderson. It’s one less issue that he has to resovle.

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  • Bayonne Mets Fan September 19, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    I don’t mind the move either but how is Alderson a “GREAT” GM?
  • tlagee September 19, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    Hey 2Cat Bro-ski. How are ya?

    I don’t know if Sandy is a great GM – he might be, but right now he reminds me of an undertaker.
• alex68 September 20, 2011 at 7:13 am

  Byrdak’s signing is a solid, albeit modest, move by a great GM, Sandy Alderson”

  this just get better and better… great GM?????? lol, comical…
  • metsaddict77 September 20, 2011 at 11:30 am

    who cares really? he’s not going to make a difference whether we signed him or not.
• Metsie September 20, 2011 at 11:49 am

  I’ll reserve opinion once I know for how much but the fact they didn’t list a number is pretty good proof that it wasn’t an exhorbitant amount, and as long as it’s a reasonable number I really have no problem with the signing.

  he’s been more reliable than some other guys we have in the pen and by locking him up now that just means more time to focus on replacements for the other guys when FA opens!
• alex68 September 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm

  by the way, on the day sandy announces he signed byrdak he allowed 2 runs, 1 hit and 1 walk and blew the “save” while recording NO OUTS.. lol.. but hey, we needed a lefty so.. alderson is a great GM, i am sure he knows more than us the fans who watch the games everyday.
  • Donal September 21, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    Well, ya. The guys who are actually at the game, within the organizations and have spent decades learning the nuances of MLB and are actually paid to evaluate talent most likely know a hell of a lot than the guys at home watching what the camerman is showing us.