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• Des December 2, 2011 at 1:31 pm

  Cappy is the real deal. Too bad he’s gone. I appreciated his talent, his work ethic, his intellect, his contribution to the Mets.
• Bayonne Mets Fan December 2, 2011 at 1:33 pm

  At some point you’re going to have to include in your budget the prospect of overpaying. You’re going to have to pay somebody THEIR price at one time or another whether you like it or not.

  You’re NOT going to be able to get everybody at YOUR price. Unbelievable. Now he has to wind up spending on another hole to fill now.
  • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    bayonne, chris young is lookimg like a type of player alderson loves..
• Mr North Jersey December 2, 2011 at 1:40 pm

  Really like the graphic Kelly. If you don’t mind my asking what is the name of the script font used for Chris’s name?
• Donal December 2, 2011 at 1:41 pm

  Good. I’m glad another one of Sandy’s bum is gone. You know, one of those guys he acquired during his do nothing off season.
  • will December 2, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    and how did he help in building that winner you say he is?
    • Donal December 2, 2011 at 1:52 pm

      I’d love to answer your question, but it makes no sense
      • Metsie December 2, 2011 at 2:37 pm

        The question makes plenty sense…your answer most certainly would not have though if you even had the balls to ever ANSWER a question put to you!
        • Donal December 2, 2011 at 3:19 pm

          I thought you were running and hiding for a week. Is that another lie?
  • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    one of those guys he acquire?? you mean THE ONLY ONE WORTH mentioning!?!? are you serious? how about carrasco, eamus, hu, young, hairston, willie harris, bucholtz, thayer, boyer.. how come you didn’t say anything about any of those guys??
    of course not, you’re sandy apologist..
    • trs86 December 2, 2011 at 2:12 pm

      I think Omar proved that ultimately GM’s are judged based on how their big ticket items perform much more than their small ticket items. There will always be more small ticket items that fail than that are successful. That being said, of course Sandy has not had the luxury of signing a large ticket item yet to be judged by.
      • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:16 pm

        Well, so far ALL is small tickets items except capuano FAILED big time, at least guys like valentine, tatis were good for one year. also, perez and maine were ok to say the least.. sandy so far, 0 for 1 in offseason, and he’s got 2 strikes with no balls already in this offseason..
• Met Maniac December 2, 2011 at 1:52 pm

  Well at least he got to complete his rehab with the Mets and get his arm stronger. I see by that graphic that he pitched his best game in late August. He should be perfect now and ready to ramp up his game with a season and a half removed from surgery. Good luck Cap.
• jessep December 2, 2011 at 3:05 pm

  Happy for Cappy. (ha)

  There is a vocal minority here who wrote him off as a bum simply because he had an injury history and wasn’t signed to a large $ contract. He earned his 2 year deal, and while some people like to act as though Capuano wasn’t a great grab by the Mets… he was. Logical thinkers realize this was a great move by Alderson for the 2011 season.
  • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    great move by Alderson for the 2011 season”

    Great move???? am i missing something here?? ok, let’s say he was, i mean, after all, he signed how many guys? and out of all of those he brought in we have hu who arguably the worst player in MLB history, but no, we’re gonna focus on capuano because he did ok, let’s forget all the other BUMS he got, including someone you wrote an article about, BRAD EAMUS… remember what you wrote about him???? in case anyone miss it, here it is, arguably the worst article aside from the urinal one:
    http://metsmerizedonline.com/2010/12/mets-rule-v-draft-another-2b-candidate.html

    read that crappy article and what some of the regulars in here wrote in there, 2 days after sandy got this bum you wrote an article, i mean, is pathetic what you try to do, and not only that, is usually how OFF you are in your articles and knowledge wise is not even close, and i am giving you a pass on that other crap you wrote about that bum from milwaukee when krod was traded… you’re nothing but an apologist who as soon as something is said or done run around to write an article
    • jessep December 2, 2011 at 4:16 pm

      yeah a Rule 5 draft recap, how dumb of me to write one.

      You act like I ripped off all my clothes and jumped in a lake yelling EMAUS!

      I thought it was an interesting pick for a team that had no front runner to start a 2B. That’s what the Rule 5 draft is intended for, to give young players not given a chance an opportunity.

      Had somebody in Spring Training ran away with the job he wouldn’t have made the roster, but nobody did so they gave him a chance since they couldn’t send him to the minors. Big deal?
  • Vinny B December 2, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    Capuano did much better than I expected – I thought he was finished….but let’s not make him out to be a great pitcher. Other than that one game, he wasn’t really that good. He had a 4.55 ERA and 1.34 WHIP,for the season, and his contract went up to I think about 4M……So, I wouldn’t call him a “great grab”.

    There’s nothing special about signig a back of the roatation starter for 4M – Nothing great about it at all.
    • jessep December 2, 2011 at 4:21 pm

      For his price, the Mets financial situation and their need for a SP the only free agent SP who made less than him and probably performed better was Freddy Garcia and probably Bartolo Colon. I’d call both of those guys great signings by Cashman.

      Anybody can go out if they have the $ and throw it at Cliff Lee or CC Sabathia. You need to make those moves but Those don’t impress me. Its when GMs find guys and get great performance out of them when its not totally expected.
      • Vinny B December 2, 2011 at 4:22 pm

        Well signing a guy with a 4.55 ERA and 1.34 whip for 4M doesn’t impress me either. Maybe you can call it a decent signing, but saying it’s a great signing is a big stretch.
    • Des December 2, 2011 at 4:09 pm

      Vinnie, if Cappy is a back of the rotation guy, we’ve got some guys who are off the radar. His WHIP was better, though in some cases only slightly, than Pelf, Gee, and Niese. It was also better than F-Rod and Parnell. We’re also going to miss his 186 IP.

      Yup, he wasn’t great but he was better than average. Losing him without an equal or better pitcher is going to cost.
      • Vinny B December 2, 2011 at 4:21 pm

        Well, Pelf, gee, and Neise did pitch like did pitch like back of the rotation starters last year. However, Niese and Gee are young guys, and they have room to improve…..And Niese I think could develop into a very good starter for this team – He has a lot of potential. So, they aren’t comparable with Capuano, who was 32 last year.

        K-Rod’s ERA was almost a full two runs lower than Capauno(for both the Mets and Brewers), and WHIP can be misleading for hard throwing closers like him, because they walk a lot fo guys, but since they don’t give up many hard hit balls, the walks wouldn’t hurt them as much as a regular pitcher like Capuano.
        • Donal December 2, 2011 at 4:46 pm

          Actually, command has a lot more to with that than velocity. Guys who throw hard but don’t put it in the right spot get hit very very hard (see Parnell, Bobby and Vazquez, Javier)

          Plenty of guys have made a career with average fastballs but good command and the ability to change speeds and throw a breaking ball.

          Rodriguez gave up a lot of base runners and his velocity was noticeably decreasing. That means his command was going as well (and if you look at his delivery, that should surprise no one).
        • Des December 2, 2011 at 7:02 pm

          Vinny, you were originally talking about the 2011 Mets. I kept it within that frame of reference. Of course if your dealing with future projections and other teams, the frame of reference changes.

          I’m not sure we have on the 2012 staff guys who can absorb a lot of extra innings. For example when the bullpen gets more innings, they typically don’t do as well.

          Next season will be different, as all seasons are. But I’m thinking of a 4th place finish. I hope I’m wrong, but I’ve picked the last two seasons when a lot of MMO fans got wildly optimistic. As always, we’ll see what happens.
• srt December 2, 2011 at 2:06 pm

  Good luck to Cappy. He has a great work ethic so if anyone can overcome past injury problems, it’ll be him.

  More realistically though, hope the Dodgers have a good BP. Consistently, he falters that third time through the order.
• RickeyBobby December 2, 2011 at 2:13 pm

  Is it me or does anyone else think the Dodgers are NUTS for signing him to 2yr/$10million?!?! To me he’s MAYBE a 2yr/$5million dollar type guy..jeeze this will def skew the rest of the free agent mkt for starters imo. I was glad he was going i thought he was a spot we could upgrade offseason. Wow.
  • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    good to know, you ever heard of incentive?? ok, capuano made a total of about $4 million base salary with the mets last year after innings pitched… yeah, he did better than anyone could’ve expected, now let me celebrate let me go and sign a contract for LESS money…
    • RickeyBobby December 2, 2011 at 2:39 pm

      I forgot incentives or didnt know they were that much, i was thinking around $2million last year..but honestly i thought he was a borderline bad starter last season, i didnt think he was better then anyone expected, to me he was consistantly disappointing. I wouldnt want him for 2 years even if it were $5million, obv the Dodgers feel different. Im glad he’s gone. Im almost ok tendering Pelf now
      • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:51 pm

        So you rather non tender pelfrey who’s pure garbage and pay him $5.5 million or around that area then pay 5 million to capuano???
        • Rickeybobby December 2, 2011 at 6:28 pm

          Yes. rather Pelf for 1 year then Cap for 2 years x $5mill. Im not a Pelf fan, id rather them non-tender and pick up someone else… I mean am i missing something here, Cap barely put together 2 quality starts in a row. Had a 4.55 era while pitching at Citi Field. He was subpar im surprised Dodgers ponied up that money, id think for the 2 year commitment the Dodgers would get a dicount on the $$$, just my opinion..
  • any December 2, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    proving once again, unless you have unlimited funds, you need to develop your own pitching.
    • Bayonne Mets Fan December 2, 2011 at 2:26 pm

      no you don’t have to have unlimited funds
    • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:27 pm

      Even developing YOU own pitching doesn’t mean guarantee, i like niese but come on, he’s not showing anything to be excited about.. and don’t even let me start with pelfrey, and either way, had they become GOOD you don’t think they too will get an increase in their paycheck? or what, they’ll cost less because the franchise developed them? i don’t think so..
      • Bayonne Mets Fan December 2, 2011 at 2:33 pm

        alex, ‘any’ thinks you build baseball teams from an accounting ledger and that you must always get YOUR price when signing a FA.

        You want to win? You’re going to have to pay somebody their price eventually, make trades for pitching, sign pitching..and oh yeah…..like every GM does – you try to build your farm.

        It’s all of the above. The unlimited funds remark was just dumb.
        • Alex68 December 2, 2011 at 2:38 pm

          Agree, if sandy makes a trade to make the team better and it involves trading nimmo and wheeler, i’ll drive them myself to the destination to be.. but the man is not even doing THAT!!!
          as the days go by, the likelyhood of FA signing with the mets and this small market mentality presented around the league are very slim…
        • trs86 December 2, 2011 at 2:59 pm

          Once you have maxed out your credit cards and borrowed money from all of your friends, how does one go about buying things?
          • Bad Bad Leroy Brown December 2, 2011 at 3:48 pm

            @trs86

            “Once you have maxed out your credit cards and borrowed money from all of your friends, how does one go about buying things?”

            I think they call that a “Two Eleven”(211) in police codes….Robbery!!!!

            Too bad the Wilpons did that already….Team Madoff!!!
    • izzy December 2, 2011 at 3:52 pm

      Caopuan is a perfect example of the horrible job that any and Donal seem to love and cherish. Capuuano a very mediocre pitcher to be sure but he had value on the trade market and the fraud Alderson who lied for a year that he wasn’t rebuilding refuese to trade Capuano because he wouldn’y get enough foir him. This is bull because Capuano in July would have brought far more than he is bringing Sandy no which is of course nothing. Sandy is a lie and a failure. And the defense of his most ardent supporter donal is to accuse everybodsy who doen’st worship Sandy a name or a liar. The liar donal is Alderson,