JOE, WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR PERSONAL DISDAIN FOR BAY, PAYING MULTI-MILLIONS TO MOVE HIM IS NOT ON THE WILPON, “TO DO” LIST PRIMARILY BECAUSE THIS YR WAS NEVER TO BE ABOUT CONTENDING FOR A POSTSEASON BERTH; BUT MERELY COMPETING WITHOUT GETTING OVERRUN BY MOST OPONENTS AS CUBS ARE VIEWED JOE LOGIC WOULD ALSO POINT OUT JASON BAY IS NO ALPHONSO SORIANO BY ANY MEANS

CONNOR, I’M NOT SURE HOW OLD U ARE OR THE DEPTGH OF YOUR METS’ FANDOM IN SEASONS; BUT AS A GRISLED OLD WARHORSE ALLOW ME TO SHARE A LITTLE SAGE ADVICE WITHOUT YOUR NEEDING TO PAY THE PRICE OF DECADES OF DISAPPOINTMENT+ SEASONS OF SUCKING MEDIOCRITY.

CONNOR, MY FRIEND, PATIENCE IS DRAPED IN BLUE & ORANGE SCALES, NOT SILKS
TOO MANY PROMISING LONGTERM PLANS HAVE BEEN DERAILED BY IMPULSIVITIES FANNED BY THE UNWASHED WFAN “BENINGOs”

AT WHOSE PROMPTING FOR PITCHING WAS CORRUPTED INTO BENSON/ZAMBRANO AT AN UNSPEAKABLY EXTREME PRICE

CONNOR THE PRESENT DAY GAME PLAN CALLS FOR CONSERVATIVE LURKING UNTIL 2014′s RELEASE FROM ALL THINGS MIDGUIDINGLY SPENT ON BAY & SANTANA 40M+/SEASON WHEN THE HIGHEST PAID “ACE” IS AN OLD KNUCKLER OPPOSING PROMISING PROSPECTS STILL BEING FRUSTRATED BY DANCING BUTTERFLIES FOR WELL UNDER 10M/SEASON. WHILE YOUTH, VITALITY & A TALENT IDENTIFIED BY OMAR WILL HAVE COMBINED TO CREATE A DOMINATING, HARD THROWING PITCHING “STAFF” WITH NAMES LIKE HARVEY,WHEELER,NIESE,HEFNER, GORSKI,MEJIA, PARNELL COMPILING INNINGS NOT SEEN IN QUEENS SINCE THE 80s

Who says the Marlins wouldn’t pay some of the salary of Bell/Buck?

They could make the money even. Remember, we’re all just speculating about how the negotiations went. We don’t know who was offering to pay what amount of salary.

Extra years CAN work for you in this case. If the player rebounds and starts earning his keep then you have him for another year If he doesn’t you can still cut him.

I’m not sure that the money is actually equal in this case. Marlins wanted us to pay some of bay’s salary with it which would make the money unequal from the looks of it.

It’s actually pretty easy to cut players who get paid a lot the only reason they dont do it is because Owners are cheap and GMs rarely want to admit they made a mistake signing the guy in the first place.

Since Sandy isn’t responsible for signing Bay that should not be a factor in his decision.

BELL IS OWED $9M EACH FOR ’13 & ’14 + DEFERRED W/O INTEREST $3M SIGNING BONUS EQUALING $21M

BUCK IS OWED $6M FOR 2013

EADING US TO DERIVE MIAMI’S CURRENT CONTRACTUAL INDEBTEDNESS OF: $21,000,000 – HEATH BELL
+ 6,000,000 – JOHN BUCK
-19,000,000 – JASON BAY

$ 8,000,000 ADDITIONAL SALARY ASSUMED BY NYM FROM MARLINS

CONNOR, PLEASE NOTE I STATED “NEARLY” $10M EARLIER!

I’D ALREADY DONE THE MATH & WAS LEAVING ROOM FOR PRORATED 2012 SALARY DUE ALL PLAYERS INVOLVED.

Rotation: Santana Dickey Harvey Niese Gee
Bullpen: Byrdak Edgin Bell Fransisco Parnell R. Ramirez Mejia
Arms you’ll see sometime during season: Wheeler Familia McHugh Kolarek

So, lets forget the rhetoric and look at the facts and try to extrapolate a conclusion from what we actually know. Bay is a bust and in all likelihood, Bell is declining. Bell may improve next year, but there is no way he’s going to be a $18-$27 million dollar player, if he ever was.

I love how people think it’s so easy just to release players make millions of dollars. It is almost never done.

How often does that happen? Especially for a 35 year old player?

What is more likely: A 35 year old power pitcher pulls out of his decline or he goes further into it?

Just another example of the WAIT AND SEE and HOPE SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS this GM has done for two years now!