My compliant is if the guy is a bargain and pitching for half price of what he was worth you should go for it and make it a 2 year deal so if he re-establishes himself you either get another year at half price or a player to trade so you get some sort of return on your investment and willingness to take a risk!

We paid Cap to re-establish his career and got zilch for it.

If your a GM and believe a guy is good enough to pitch for you for a year then he should be good enough to pitch for you for two years!

You want to take a flyer on a guy coming back from injury thats fine, but get something for him if the risk has paid off.

We all talk about how cheap Capuano was well he was cheap because of the risk and we should have doubled down and got a two year deal or one year with a team option so if he did manage to do well we got something for our troubles in taking the risk and giving him a chance.

We are now in the same boat with Young. If he manages to re-establish his career pitching for us you know what we get? Squat!

He will go the same way Capuano did, Thanks for giving me my career back, sorry but now that you did that I’m going for the money elsewhere!

If a guy is cheap it makes sense to get more than one year at the depressed price. otherwise it’s an investment that is risky but has no payoff in the end.

Of course, those who bellyache and lament about the fact that NY is the toughest BB market b/c of the intense pressure never seem to think things might not be the same for people who succeed in CA ot St. Lou or Milwaukee after leaving the Mets. Sigh!

So wait, pay mike pelfrey who was 7-13 4.74 last year $5 million for this year is ok??? Am i the only one who has a problem with this? swingman role? we could’ve had him, Santana, Dickey, niese and Gee… Mike pelfrey did not belong with this ball club, but hey, he even got a raised from last year.. Now, THAT is taking a gamble… Jesus H C… You people are just amazing.. We did not have Pelfrey to a guarantee spot up until the genius sign him to a raised in arb… Not sure what he was thinking, but i would’ve paid Capuano those $5 million this year..
Think about this, Between Rauch, Ramirez, Torres and Mike Pelfrey the mets spent $13 million on those… We could’ve pay reyes, Capuano, Izzy and hell even Brad Lidge for what we saved on krod.. I mean, wasn’t that the plan? Get rid of Krod to spend it on Fa no???
Great job on this article in pointing out the shortcomings of our GM… Amazing the lovefest for the guy..

And you knew Izzy was going to be good at 39?

Once these players do prove they are healthy and valuable, they move on to other teams who will appreciate them and pay them their true worth.

Both Isringhausen (2.33 ERA) and Capuano proved to be healthy but were not brought back. Instead we signed Francisco and Rauch for significantly more money.

I believe Izzy got less than a million? And Capuano at $5million per was only $750K more than what the Mets paid him in 2011.

Capuano was less than a year removed from surgery and Alderson should have known the two-year rule and expected Capuano to do what he’s doing now. Especially after witnessing Capuano’s late season gem against the Braves.

Last year I thought Capuano was the best signing the Mets made in the offseason, I thought it was a smart move but now I know it had nothing to do with intelligence and was just a cheap lucky signing that panned out.

A look at his career shows you that this year is a kind of fluke–real success.

Let’s hope we bash him around tonight. I think we win if we get four runs.