Ya know what else is comical? How brazen, bold and free fans are with other peoples money, disregarding any inherent risks on investments.

Its still a business…….LMAO at fans

had the mets not goofed up the bone bruise…his knee would’ve been perfectly fine…had Beltran listened to Jeffy and Fred’s advice in Jan 2010 about never getting surgery…his career would’ve been over…

so basically…screw with a guy’s career….blame him for taking action…then when he comes back healthy and establishes himself as the best player on ur team…u can say he only avg 250 AB’s !!!

that makes TOTAL SENSE !

FYI – Carlos Beltran with his knee brace played MORE GAMES than any Met OF in 2011 or 2012….

Carlos Beltran and his knee brace STOLE MORE BASES than ANY MET PLAYER in 2012…

Carlos Beltran in 2012 made less money than Jason Bay + David Wright…not sure why u lumped in the entire sum of his contract when its a TWO YEAR DEAL…

o thats right…u have to make him look more cost prohibitive than he really was to defend Sandy Alderson’s logic in not even making him an offer !

that’s real intelligent

in the end, I heard they offered Pujols a 5 year 180 mil deal…which was about 100 mil less than what LA offered….

but what ur forgetting is they ALSO resigned Berkman…they ALSO resigned Molina…on TOP of getting Beltran….not to mention hiring a new manager, new pitching coach, and a whole new staff…

all that change and upheaval and they STILL make the playoffs…

STL is a well-oiled machine and its embarrasing to even compare any part of their org to ours…

what folks dont understand though…is that MLB is like a coop…each of the owners is part of 1 big group…they all have a vested interest in seeing the mets be a financial powerhouse…and it hurts the GROUP as a whole when a team they depend upon to contribute into revenue sharing is lacking…

This is why Selig forced the dodger sale…b/c the owner was taking out money that belonged in the pot…

Selig, who placed Sandy in SD and cleaned their finances before they sold….has done the same thing with NY…

Sandy arrived in SD from 05-09…they sold in ’11…

Sandy arrived in NY in 2010…i wont be surprised if this is just Sandy prepping them for a sale

yup…ur a mets fan !

Yep….Good name to bring up these days!

Valdespin, on the other hand, I have no idea…..If some team requests him in a packaged deal we’re trying to make, I don’t think they would have any problem letting him go.

Beltran was a great pickup by the Cards. But we all know they only did that after losing the Pujols sweepstakes, which freed up the money they were going to pay him. Otherwise, I doubt they sign him.

And if I’m not mistaken, the Angels only picked up 3 games on their last year’s record even with Pujols.
Cards got the better end of that deal, IMO.

and the Wilpons and Busch families preferred to not spend that money on them..

THE DIFFERENCE is the Busch family REINVESTED in Beltran and extending Molina…

The Wilpons…not so much…

More often than not, we seem to be on the losing end of these deals. We either get a player who was good and falls off completely once they get here (think Bay and a good half dozen others), or we trade them and they go on to have a HOF type career (think Nolan and Kent).

…. not to mention a former Met manager in the Washington dugout

100 percent right. Which is why many of us contend the moves made the past two seasons had little to do with the team on the field but the family in the front office.

I would have loved to have Beltran back for a year or two. But no way they were going to spend the money he deserved. Not with slashing 50 MIL from the payroll.