Comments on: Regardless Of The Reyes Situation, Ruben Tejada Is A Keeper

By: ShitPomesSays

ShitPomesSays — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:10:14 +0000

Trade Tejada for Felix Hernandez.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:46:04 +0000

The most surprising player on the team this season.

Great defender, and when it comes to, dare I say it, baseball instincts he is the anti Pagan.

Earned a guaranteed spot next season.

By: tlagee

tlagee — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:09:55 +0000

Good on ya, mate.

By: JoeD 1966

JoeD 1966 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:31:18 +0000

Dumbest player I’ve ever seen is Murph with Pagan running a close 2nd.

By: JoeD 1966

JoeD 1966 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:29:50 +0000

Havens and Valdespin should be good offensive players but both are below average defenders.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:58:45 +0000

I never said you’re supposed to build with a free agent first and what are you talking about with this monkeyball?

Man you really coming to these conclusions about what i said.

Building a good team it going to take a combination of ALL OF THOSE things and you may have to include giving up draft picks in the process because you going to have to make TOUGH decisions and take risks because sometimes another team can have exactly what you need and that guy just may happen to be available via trade..OR FA and sorry to say but at some time you going to have to come face to face with giving up a draft pick, that’s a fact.
An insane obsession with draft picks can’t cloud a GMs thinking when it comes to making certain moves.
At some point or another EVERY SINGLE ONE of those variables come into play.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:54:09 +0000

EARTH TO t agee!

i know draft picks can’t be traded but if you want to get a very good young catcher you may have to give up a talented player that may COST you a draft pick – read again. And I see the other guy thought i meant trading draft picks, too – sigh

By: t agee

t agee — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:50:14 +0000

EARTH TO BAYONNE………COME IN PLEASE. Draft picks can’t be traded.

And giving up draft picks is NOT part of building a good team. A good team gets built and THEN you add to it with a FA or two.

You don’t build with the free agent first or you wind up with more losing seasons than winning one’s. Like us for instance. Always trying to build a team through free agency only to have eleven losing seasons over a twenty year period.

Monkeyball has never worked here and will never work here.

Time to kiss it good bye.

By: t agee

t agee — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:26:42 +0000

Of course they could have signed him. He was an international free agent. Anyone could have signed him.

Man your slow on the uptake.

What about the other 28 teams that could have and didn’t sign Montero, Sanchez, Malave and Ruiz?

I’m glad they didn’t sign them. See I want us to sign the best players, not someone else.

That’s not too hard to understand is it?

By: Rickeybobby

Rickeybobby — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:25:43 +0000

..Tejada is a keeper as a sub..he’s not a keeper on the yanks or phils ..if Reyes fleas im totally ok w him until better options but he’s a reserve player or send him to the Royals,,we need to stop falling in love w the farm, if he comes close to being a Robinson Cano then he’s a keeper otherwise, reserve..unless that whats you meant by keeper

By: t agee

t agee — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:22:55 +0000

tlagee, How you doing cuz?

I got to tell you this one. I have a friend in Sydney who was out last last month and he was telling us how he gets all the American and European sports out there. Baseball, football, soccer, Irish sports the whole thing.

I told him about this website and a Met Fan from who lives in Sydney who’s got almost the same name as me (and the same favorite obviously) and he went nuts telling me I knew a Met fan every where just in case I had to pick up and leave some day, like an ex-pat.

It was a good laugh and and a whole bunch of us were toasting you a few times over his visit.

Slainte’/cheers tlagee

By: XtreemIcon

XtreemIcon — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:38:21 +0000

BDD already has a countodwn clock for when his contract expires. They hate him there.

By: any

any — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:57:56 +0000

something to keep in mind when people start talking about reyes getting carl crawford money. This is from a Sox fan on ESPN:

left field (they’ll need to replace that waiver-wire claim they have starting right now … what’s that? That’s Carl Crawford, and he’s got six years and $122 million left on his contract? Oh dear).

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:31:09 +0000

So now the Mets could have signed Jesus Montero too? I guess so should have the Orioles too, right? Or the Padres? Maybe they could have signed Montereo?

t agee may I suggest writing the Mets and see if you can work for them scouting the IFA market this way we won’t have to read you second guessing the draft years later saying the Mets should have signed all these guys. What about the 28 other teams outside of the Mets and the team that signed the FA, they all had chances to sign these guys too? Or is it only the Mets could have?

By: tlagee

tlagee — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:49:02 +0000

t a. Good research cuz. Really enjoyed your post.

By: jerseymet

jerseymet — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:14:00 +0000

Murph in left field was really tough to watch. He couldn’t read the ball of the bat. In the corners it mostly reaction, he has made some great plays and lots of mental blunders. If an AL team wants Murph for a DH Sandy will listen.
Hey who are kidding this team can not compete with the Phillies We don’t have the pitching. 2013 will be like 1984 lots of excitment and hope. Till then save the money.

By: jerseymet

jerseymet — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:47:48 +0000

The Mets have extended the careers of many veteren players by signing them as free agents to be role players. They had to do this because of depleated minor league teams. It hasn’t worked well.
In ’69 and ’86 we won with lots of home grow talent.

Yes when those teams were close to competeing, we brought in some veterans who knew how to win. Our current team leaders have only known epic defeat.

By: Metsr1

Metsr1 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:46:07 +0000

So playing an acceptable 3B is good enough now. David Wright is no Brooks Robinson, but Murphy is a hack anywhere you play him. Mommy and Daddy should have bought him a glove too when he was kid and stop dropping him off at batting cages. Everything I’ve read about next years plan include moving in the fences which hopefully will get Wright’s mind back. He seems to have lost it. They would be wise to trade Murphy to an AL team in need of a DH.
I do agree with one thing you’re alluding to…Wrights value is higher than Murphy. That one is simple. Murphy can’t field and Wright can.

By: jerseymet

jerseymet — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:28:30 +0000

Murphy can hit! His defense at third was accepible. For Wrights money, we could pay 28 Murpheys.

So save the money, trade a declining Wright and some pitching, or a premier catcher.

By: Metsr1

Metsr1 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:03:00 +0000

Who said that? All that is somewhat being pointed out is, that those “moneyball” GM’s believe in finding low pay, high on-base guys that score lots of runs. Reyes is going to get big bucks from somebody, whether it’s the Mets or somebody else. History tells us that most “moneyballers” don’t like spending big money at any one spot. If the Mets let Reyes walk, I for one will be pissed.