Mets Are Pretty Much Done Making Moves

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• Florida Met Fan Rich January 11, 2012 at 7:26 pm

  Moves?…We made moves this winter?….You call those moves?…Really?

  The biggest move we made was “The Wall!”
• Steve S. January 11, 2012 at 8:01 pm

  Going to war with…..a starting rotation that has one above average pitcher at present?
  • Clayton Collier January 11, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    And he’s 13,000 ft above sea level presently
• Pete January 11, 2012 at 8:20 pm

  wow. My Entire Team Sucks.
  Might as well trade Wright for some prospects.
  Alderson is soon going to find out that he’s not in Oakland.
  Will people wear paper bags? Will they even show? Will they show just to protest?
  I definitely need to adopt another team at least temporarily. Yankees, Phillies and Braves aren’t an option. Reyes and the Marlins? Red Sox and Bobby V? Nationals and their youth? Hmmmm
  • Donal January 12, 2012 at 9:42 am

    I think there is a word for that type of fan.
    • Pete January 12, 2012 at 9:10 pm

      What kind of fan am I if I root for Omar Minaya and the Padres?
      I will always be a Mets fan but realistically if everything goes well we’re a .500 team.
      I’ll tune in to Gary, Keith and Ron but I will also be rooting for Jose, Bobby V and Omar.
• Steve S. January 11, 2012 at 8:24 pm

  Well, David Schonfield of ESPN just did a position-by-position ranking of the NL East teams. His results:

  1. Phillies, 58 points
  2. Braves, 56 points
  3. Marlins, 49 points
  4. Nationals, 48 points
  5. Mets, 29 points

  Thanks to the Wilponzis!
  • Clayton Collier January 11, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    What is so frustrating about the Mets being strapped for cash right now is the fact that you aren’t going to see so many high end-players available all at once for quite some time. Teams like the Angels, Marlins and Nats managed to make themselves major contenders, and the Amazins missed out on it.
    • Steve S. January 11, 2012 at 8:48 pm

      Amen, CC.
• D.C. January 11, 2012 at 8:39 pm

  Mets bringing a knife in the NL East gunfight.
  • Steve S. January 11, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Yeah, a butter knife!
• tlagee January 11, 2012 at 8:47 pm

  Sandy stopped improving the team the second he arrived. It’s deck chairs off the Titanic time.
• MetsMan86 January 11, 2012 at 8:54 pm

  Ugh. The belt gets tighter and tighter. I’m excited to see what young guys like Davis, Duda, and Tejada can do and hopeful Wright can get back on track. But other than that there’s nothing much to see at CITY Field. I’m tired of seeing Bay’s face in a Mets uniform.
  • Des January 11, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    Whatever Wright can bring to the fight will be a matter of his will power. How can a guy whose teams have risen to nearly to the top be motivated with what the Mets are putting on the field? It’s his personal integrity, not the conviction that his team is competitive in the East, that will lead David to do what he can. Maybe good luck will have him traded to a contender. With David and Jose gone, the Mets will really suck.
    • Mike Lloyd January 11, 2012 at 10:44 pm

      Sad thing is Des, Wright will be gone as will Davis and Niese sometime soon. Wright may be gone if he has good ST. NOT FOR PROSPECTS, BUT AS COMPLETE AND UTTER SALARY DUMP. I contend Niese and Davis will go because the Mets; during this rebuild, with a tenuous cash flow, need cost certainty. That is, they can’t take a chance that an arbitration award outside CRG’s 5 year budget plan will afgect their budget for salary and expenses. This to me was why you heard whispers of their availability during the winter meetings, and why I anticipate them both being dealt
      before they get to arbitration next winter/
      spring, especially if they have good years.
• SirPall January 11, 2012 at 9:20 pm

  depressing . . . . .lets start flooding the commish’s office with letters
• larman January 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm

  This mets oraganization is a disgrace for their fans, I feel they just don’t care sandy, the wilpons. It’s not right to contiune this way for the city, their fans and evrything that comes with for winning. The wilpons have a horrible history of owning this team. I mean where does anyone see different. I’m hurt, Really hurt with these owners. Not even try to get a pitcher, where there still some out to be had.
• Rickeybobby January 11, 2012 at 9:50 pm

  Done?..i still think if a free agent falls thur the cracks cheap and wants some pt we may sign him…otherwise,,here’s how i see it..

  ATorres
  DMurphy
  DWright
  IDavis
  JBay
  LDuda
  RTejada
  JThole

  SHairston, Baxter, Cedeno, JTurner, Nickeas, RJohnson

  JSantana
  Dickey
  Niese
  Pelf
  Gee

  Batista
  Parnell
  Bydrak
  Ramirez
  Rauch
  Francisco
  • NJstuckinTX January 11, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    I think I’d prefer to see a 5 man bench with an additional long man in the pen. I have little faith that the starting rotation will pitch deep enough into games on a consistent level to not have the BP worn out.
    • RickeyBobby January 12, 2012 at 10:55 am

      yea, id be totally cool w that too, RJohnson in Buffalo and either Carrasco, Beato, Acosta in the pen works for me too.Or maybe Batista gets a few starts in Buffalo first, however the brass decides to work it..but early season usually more rest days so might not need extra guy in pen,,plus ive alway been a fan of 3 cathers i guess it would be better if the our cathers had more talent !!
• Joey D. January 11, 2012 at 11:15 pm

  All this done in the name of “rebuilding”, “money ball”, “sabremetrics” and “the ushering in of a new philosophy”.

  I wonder if the Wilpons have insulated themselves so much that they don’t realize the fans won’t put up with them any more. If the franchise was sold tomorrow I bet even with the team they presently have more fans would show up. Or am I wrong on this?
  • Donal January 12, 2012 at 9:45 am

    No, it’s done in the name of “we have no money”. You may have heard the odd rumor here and there that the team and the owners have some financial issues.
• ghost of omar January 12, 2012 at 7:28 am

  Complaining??? You are all wrong. Folks like Jessup say the budget is the most important thing!!!!!! Don’t we all go the games to worry about and discuss the Wilpon budget!!!!!!!!
• srt January 12, 2012 at 7:44 am

  This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention.
  They needed to start the season with a budget south of 100 MIL. Do the math….that pretty much told us all deals that were made to buy players were going to be on the low end/one year type.

  The only thing that remained to be seen was any type of trade they might have been looking at – specifically those in the salary dump categories. Like others, I’m willing to bet all efforts going forward will be a Wright trade getting as much as they can for him. I’m sure the business model that consulting firm lays out does not include Wright’s salary on the NY Mets going forward…..
  • trs86 January 12, 2012 at 10:27 am

    Yeah, I think I read yesterday somewhere that based on salary arbitration guesses they would still be at or slightly over 100.
    • trs86 January 12, 2012 at 10:43 am

      I am at about 92M on my guess for the 25 man roster then you still have to count the other 15 and then anything I have missed like paying off Bobby Bo…
• Alex68 January 12, 2012 at 8:19 am

  Looks like we pretty much know who we’re going to war with…”

  WAR??? seriously?? this is pathetic, the man had another HORRIBLE offseason, back to back now but NO, craig make sure to dismissed that..
• Florida Met Fan Rich January 12, 2012 at 9:37 am

  “Mets Are Pretty Much Done!”

  This should have been the title to this posting.
• theonlymaskman January 12, 2012 at 9:38 am

  Done on making moves? Nah, more like we’re done PERIOD! Goose is cooked!
• Allyoop January 12, 2012 at 10:18 am

  Uhhh, I don’t think moving the outfield wall or Fred, Jeff and Saul doing the “Curly Shuffle” count as “moves”. Do they?
• trs86 January 12, 2012 at 10:28 am

  I seriously don’t get how people expected anything different. They had no money, no money they had, there is no money, the Mets have no money, the money is not there, money there is not…
• RickeyBobby January 12, 2012 at 11:42 am

  If no more moves i wonder what the payroll is 2012, i guess in the $90′s, sub $100 million dollar payroll ..
• piazzathepizzaman31 January 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm

  I feel good things from this team we have. For example:

  Torres CF .300 12 HR 71 RBI
  Murphy 2B .308 25 HR 91 RBI
  Wright 3B .315 33 HR 102 RBI
  Davis 1B .301 38 HR 121 RBI
  Bay LF .297 28 HR 98 RBI
  Duda RF .285 30 HR 100 RBI
  Tejada SS .277 2 HR 50 RBI
  Thole C .271 9 HR 63 RBI

  Santana P 15 Wins 2.65 ERA
  Dickey P 12 Wins 3.76 ERA
  Niese P 16 Wins 1.98 ERA
  Pelfrey P 14 Wins 4.55 ERA
  Gee P 17 Wins 2.65 ERA

  Francisco 45 Saves

  i like, i think we can compete…as always…..LETS GO METS
  • srt January 12, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    LOL, I love it but seriously, I’ll need some of what you’re smokin’ to buy into those numbers.
  • Pete January 12, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    The problem is that the stat line will probably look like this:
    Torres CF .250 9 HR 71 RBI
    Murphy 2B .308 14 HR 81 RBI
    Wright 3B .305 21 HR 97 RBI
    Davis 1B .291 23 HR 102 RBI
    Bay LF .257 12 HR 68 RBI
    Duda RF .275 20 HR 80 RBI
    Tejada SS .237 2 HR 50 RBI
    Thole C .271 9 HR 63 RBI

    Santana P 8 Wins 3.65 ERA
    Dickey P 10 Wins 3.96 ERA
    Niese P 12 Wins 3.48 ERA
    Pelfrey P 8 Wins 5.25 ERA
    Gee P 9 Wins 3.65 ERA