I know the guy sucked last year, but he’s 4 games under .500 for his career, not sure he’s as bad as everyone’s making him out to be. With Santana coming back next year, should take some pressure off him.

Just saying, at the end of the day, maybe the best option is to bring him back…

You should always be looking to improve your team, no matter how close or far away you are from contending.

This team is not a piece or two away from contending – I wouldn’t bother.

I disagree with dart up here on two points

A) If you tell me the 2012 Mets can have 2004-2007 Tom Glavine on their team, I’ll take it any day. He pitched 1 terrible game/moment in his Mets career but that’s like blaming Buckner for the Red Sox series loss to me.

B) The only comparison to Glavine for Buehrle is that he is a lefty. Glavine leaned towards being a flyball pitcher but was much more balanced in that regard than Buehrle as Buehrle is a flyball pitcher

If you’re telling me I have a choice of CJ Wilson or Buehrle I’m taking Buehrle because I feel

A) We have a lot of young pitchers so I’d prefer shorter term deal + the ever so popular “teach the young kids” assumption.

B) I think Buehrle can get you 10-14 wins as a Met, and I think that is exactly what Wilson will do except Wilson will be paid more than everybody on the staff combined.

Oh, and he gave us Ike as a going away present, so he wasn’t totally worthless at the end.

How did that work out for the Mets?

That was the argument in 2010 with Bay. “2nd rounders aren’t sure things”

HELLO!!!! Are free agents sure things?

Votto, Lester, McCann, Either, Baker, Gallardo, Pence, Pedoria, Suzuki, Headley, Escobar, Anderson, Masterson, Zimmerman and Stanton were drafted in the 2nd round between 2002-2007 and the 2nd round in those years has so far returned a 44% success rate in terms of just making it to the Majors, with 2007 still having a few more chances and maybe 2005 and 2006 as well.

Those 2nd rounders are also potential trade bait a year after the draft so their not hurting you while their developing, their actually expanding your options. For right now and for later. Signing a Mark Buerhle does mean that your options are constricted, both in terms of what you can do with the payroll for however many years you sign him for as well as what you could possibly trade HIM for.

Not saying that Buerhle doesn’t merit consideration, he does but all the costs and factors have to weighed in especially the cost to the future for a team that has given away 10 first and 2nd round picks over the last 14 years and failed to take back four others when it had the chance to do so. The chance that Buehrle could under perform his deal or spend time on the DL has to be factored in as well.

Second rounders are not sure things but either are free agents.

I’d rather look elsewhere for somebody younger or somebody who’s more of a #1. Sometimes you’ve got to wait for holes to open up…it’s like being a running back. Depending on the situation, sometimes it’s best for the running back to speed up and hit the hole hard before it closes, but other times, it’s good for the back to slow up for a second, let the o-line clear a big hole and rush through it.

The Mets are at the point where they should slow up and wait for the o-line to clear the big hole.

I was thinking 3/32-38 would get a deal done with some cash incentives. Think of a rotation in 2013 with Santana, Harvey, Buehrle, Familia and Niese. Pretty sick rotation.

I understand not wanting to lose a 1st Round Pick but a supplemental pick in the 2nd round is no a problem for me.