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2011
A Few Things The Mets Won’t Be Thankful For Next Thanksgiving
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After asking one of my buddies at work, a long suffering Mets fan like myself, to read my post about Cespedes this morning, he remarked afterward, “well there’s a player Mets fans won’t be thankful for next Thanksgiving.” What a freaking genius – and from a 20-year Jarhead no less.
So let me get a one year head start and give you a few things the Mets won’t be thankful for next Thanksgiving…
- Jason Bay – Sorry to break this to you Mets fans, but while the newly adjusted dimensions at Citi Field might account for 2-3 extra home runs for Jason Bay in 2012, it still won’t explain away his .243 batting average from last season. That’s the sign of typical decline and at 33 it could get worse, not better. Oh and by the way, he actually had no problems hitting in Citi anyway, it was his .215 average on the road that raised all the alarms. But hey, Bay gives it his all, although I’d rather have 75% of Jose Reyes than 125% of Jason Bay right now.
- Mike Pelfrey – Mets want to tender Mike Pelfrey and fork over $5 million for his contributions? Big mistake. As I’ve said many times already, I couldn’t care less how many innings Pelfrey gives you a season, especially when those innings suck the life out of a Mets win. It was a year ago this month when I advocated the Mets go after Matt Garza and just forget about Mike Pelfrey. Can’t accuse me of hindsight on this one, which brings me to…
- Matt Garza – Matt Garza, Huston Street, yada, yada, yada. Are you even listening to what I’ve been saying for the past year? Sorry MetsBlog, but we are not in “Accumulation Mode” we are in “The plane’s still too damn heavy, throw out all the seats and the luggage” mode. Reading about all these potential trades for quality players makes the offseason fun, but you need to understand that it’s just visions of sugar plums dancing in your head. The Mets want you to think we are “building” for the future, but the reality is that we are “slashing costs” for the future. Building up the minors and then building up the build-up is what the Pirates and Royals have been doing for years. New York City, meet Small Market.
- Extra Wildcard – This might be the best thing the Mets will get this offseason, but it only means they’ll probably miss the post season by 15 games instead of 25 games. As I’ve also said countless times before, if the Mets lose Jose Reyes, this front office will most likely be looking at a 100-loss season in 2012. There’s nothing at all to be thankful about here, but it may ring nostalgic for some as we celebrate the 1962 Mets next season. Except for one minor detail… While the ’62 Mets were lovable losers, the ’12 Mets will be anything but…
These are just four things, let’s see what you can come up with so we can get it up to ten and then I might consider making one of those slideshow posts on Bleacher Report.
Listen people, the best way to cover-up the fact the team is broke is to conjure up the pretense we are building for a brighter future. I wish I could tell you that’s the number one priority, but it’s not. The person who was largely responsible for drafting Brandon Nimmo and Michael Fulmer, a fella named Chad MacDonald, already quit after ten months and left for the Padres when he saw what was going on. It’s not difficult to see beyond the smoke and mirrors if you try.
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“we are not in “Accumulation Mode” we are in “The plane’s still too damn heavy, throw out all the seats and the luggage” mode”
Ain’t it the truth!
What I would add to the list is:
David Wright – The only reason Wright is still here and not traded is because it would be too big of a PR hit to lose both Reyes and Wright in one offseason. If Sandy were to trade Wright now the uproar would be so great that he would have to re-sign Reyes just to calm the storm. But if Reyes is allowed to leave via FA then Wright will be the next logical step they take. They will trade him mid-season for kids using the same excuses they are using for letting Reyes go for picks. We aren’t going to win with him this year or next so lets get kids so we can win in the future. Future being sometime in 2016 when all these collected kids are close to being ready.
How did we get to “Accumulation Mode”? I thought we were still in “Exploratory Mode”! LOL If we are in “accumulation mode”, what exactly do we intend to accumulate? More DJ Carrasco’s and Willie Harris’s? I’d rather give those jobs to our own farmhands than waste money on another “Fiasco” Carrasco. They may not be ready for the Majors, but then, DJ Carrasco just proved he is no Major League pitcher in 2011 either. So, what’s the difference? Either pay a bum like Carrasco to be a disaster at $1 million + or pay $500,000 to a farmhand who will at least bring some youthful enthusiasm to the team. My vote is for the latter.
Slanting much on the MacDonald situation?
he was obviously highly enough regarded to get an offer elsewhere for a major promotion. That does not exactly constitute “jumping ship” because of what was goin on with the Mets.
Not everything is as it seems. He was still under contract while talking to the Padres who never asked for permission. Mets didn’t raise a fuss and won’t get compensation because it was too risky to shed potential light on some of the dust that was kicked up before he split. Wait another 6 months until all is revealed. For now, he’s back with his longtime buddy in SD.
Why 6 months? What is going to happen to shed light on the situation? Are we talking the situation gets so dire financially that MLB has to step in and then all hell breaks loose? Is there a statute of limitations on when you can discuss crap you chatted with unnamed sources? I appreciate the heads up on how it’s all going to fall out, but the cloak and dagger stuff really serves no purpose other than stealing our false hope.
The Amateur Draft?
It is widely regarded as Nimmo being MacDonalds pick not what Excel said we should take! LOL
What are you talking about?
I really don’t understand.
It’s no secret Sterling Mets are dead broke and everything going on is nothing more than a directive from the Wilpons so they can attempt to hold onto this team by their fingernails.
Wilpons know it, Alderson knows it, fans know this.
Only thing I can see coming out in 6 months is a public admission of what everyone already knows.
DePo didn’t draft Nimmo? What exactly does he do here?
Ask Tagee, He will INSIST, The Director of Amateur scouting is the guy who makes the picks, His Bosses get no credit for it in any way shape or form!
No one above dir of amat scouting has any say in who we pick!
Bridges for sale!
I wouldn’t say the Wilpons or Sterling are flat broke.They just don’t have any liquidity.What exactly is going to be revealed in 6 months? The debt they incurred has been the reason why we’re operating like a mid market team heading to small market territory? How can the Dodgers who couldn’t even make payroll last year,extend Matt Kemp for 8 yrs and 160 million and the Mets can’t spend on anything other than low risk pray for reward type guys.Dodger attendance has gone down too and yet they keep spending.Anyone that buys one ticket to Citified for 2012 is a moron.
Exactly right on all points, Joe! Boycott!
Everytime I say I’m going to boycott, I never end up doing it. As much as I hate putting money into the Wilpon’s pockets, I simply love the Mets too much not to take my family out to see them 2-3 times a year. I wish I had it in me because I know I’m just enabling them to continue this ongoing dysfunction, but I enjoy the game too much. All I can do is hope and pray that one day we will have competent owners who care about the team and can make good decisions when picking their GM.
Agree on Bay and Pelfrey but the Mets will lose 100 games without Reyes? What a dumb comment about the most overrated in team history. Look at the numbers with and without Reyes the last 2 years. They were actually a few games better without him in 2010 and virtually exactly the same record in 2011. But yeah without him that’s 15 more loses. Fail.
The team and management has absolutely no direction whatsoever !!!!
u are on point mr joe d.
How about this for us not to be thankful for next year…. Daddy Wilpon and jr. will still be in charge…
Gotta love how petty little Fred and Jeff Wilpon are. Continually lie to the fanbase, even when the fanbase sees right through it. Oh, well, when you look at Wilpon’s handling of his real estate business (lots of shifty development deals on Staten Island), I guess it was only natural that he’d destroy the Mets.