14
2012
Blockbuster Trade Turns Mets Fans’ Frowns Upside Down
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Can you smell it?
Take a whiff…
It’s the smell of millions of Yankees fans across the globe crapping their pants. The Yankees keep getting older and older, and the other AL East teams keep getting better and better. The Yankees are on the brink of being in the middle of the pack in the AL East, and the fans are going to be out of their minds screaming for Josh Hamilton now.
Yankees fans weren’t the only ones upset after the news of the blockbuster trade between the Marlins and Blue Jays broke. Giancarlo Stanton tweeted about how upset he was, which is understandable, because nobody wants to be the guy left behind. He must feel like Burgess Meredith in that episode of the Twilight Zone when he was the only man left on earth. Well, I guess Meredith’s character was actually pretty happy to be the only one left, until he stepped on his glasses. But you get the point.
The great news about this trade is it looks like the Mets are pretty much guaranteed to not finish in last place in 2013. The Marlins seem to have already locked up last place, and who knows, maybe they aren’t done making themselves worse yet. It’s hard to believe the Marlins were one of the favorites to win the division a mere eight months ago. Things sure can change in the blink of an eye in this great game of baseball.
This trade also gives Mets fans the ability to pick their heads up again. At one point, it seemed like the Mets organization was going nowhere fast. Mets fans were starting to feel like they were fans of the worst run organization in baseball. It sure doesn’t feel that way anymore.
On behalf of my fellow Mets fans, I would like to send a sincere thank you to the Miami Marlins. We are not the worst run organization in baseball after all.
This trade has given Mets fans another reason to smile. Two reasons inside of a week to smile??? First Jason Bay, now the Marlins are falling apart before our very eyes. This is awesome. Now we need RA Dickey to take home the Cy Young Award to complete the trifecta.
Let’s keep the smiles coming – get David Wright’s contract done, bring in outfield help, find a catcher, and fix the bullpen. 2013 will be the season of redemption for Mets fans!
About the Author: Mitch Petanick
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mets | 25 | 40 | .385 | 14.5 |
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Who says there’s no joy in another team’s misery, especially a division rival.
I don’t see why this trade makes people think that it has killed the Marlins when the same folks (not you Mitch but others) have suggested thats precisely what we should do with Wright, and Dickey (after already doing so with K-Rod, Beltran and in a sense Reyes)
all in the name of some future that seemingly will never come.
They do it and it’s a big fail but as far as the NY Mets fans are concerned it is not only smart but IMPERATIVE to do the same thing!
I have to admit…I’m a major supporter of trading Dickey and selling high since we have so many holes.
Well I’m not going to suggest one way or the other is good or bad…It depends on the deal made.
Just saying if thats a good move here then why isn’t it just as good in Miami? They have way more holes than we do don’t they?
They didn’t have the rotation we have even before they had thier firesales.
Their IF seemed set but hardly as good as ours was last year. Our IF could pretty much be set with the exception of some doubts about Murphy’s glove.
We need three OFers they have one now. Need Two. And they now need Pitching to make up for what they gave away.
All I’m saying if that sell high to fill holes approach is actually good at all it should be good for every team not just apply to the mets.
If it’s so horrible and ruining to Miami it’s probably just as bad for us as well!
Both teams would be building to move into the basement instead of the pennant.
So to suggest that doing that has ruined the Marlins and means they are giving up and will move into the basement means any suggestion to trade high on Dickey and Wright is doing what they just did and just as bad for us.
Truth of the matter is we could just as easily fill a hole better by increasing payroll by 10-15 Mil for a good hitting OFer as we could even HOPE to get back on a sell high trade for Dickey.
trading Dickey is not going to fix something for next year anymore than keeping him would.
And 2-3 years from now lack of Pitching is going to be an issue again because Santana is gone and if Dickey goes who is going to take thier place here?
Hefner and Schwinden again?
Pitching shouldnt be a problem in the future. Plenty of prospects. I know prospects are prospects but the future isnt that bad.
Name the potential 20 game winners in the system please….
We have a lot of good pitching prospects but none other than Harvey and Wheeler project to be front line starters the way Dickey is and Santana was…
And you sure won’t get them there by rushing them to fill the MLB rotation.
Dickey on a 3 or 4 year deal is the perfect bridge to allow you to develop them properly and identify who is the actual winner to take over.
Like Dickey was ever considered a 20 game winner.
To me Wheeler = Santana, Harvey = Dickey, Niese = Niese, Gee = Gee.
So you want to go with a 4 man rotation I guess….
Cause thats all you listed there….
What does Schwinden and Hefner equal? Bautista?
How did that work out last year?
And Sandy is not going to promote Wheeler until after the trade deadline the earliest which means you have ensured next year as a loser even before it has started.
Do you realy think next year will be any better?
And I would try out Mejia as #5 starter.
So maybe we don’t win the worst franchise championship but we certainly wind up with the worst franchise wild card!
At least Reyes does not go to Yankees as a lot of fans thought would happen.
Nope. The only thing I want is the Mets winning again. Do not care about the Blue Jays or Jose Reyes.
I was thinking the same thing regarding the Yankees. Have to wonder how they approach the off season now seeing what Toronto just did by going all in to win now.
We can smile and look up because another franchise just imploded?
Yeah I don’t get why everyone is so happy. Has our standards become that now that we celebrate other teams falling apart, and celebrate that we cut a player that wasn’t performing? That doesn’t make me happy; it makes me feel depressed. What it shows is that this franchise has severely underpreformed recently(and that’s putting it mildly), and things really haven’t changed with the new GM.
We are so desperate for good news that we are looking for ANYTHING positive. I mean really, is the fact that we probably won’t finish last a good thing?
I wouldn’t worry about the Yankees. They’ve proved over the years that they know how to get it done. As for the Marlins, they have two WS wins in the last 15 years. The Mets have none. The Mets need to focus on the Mets.
Lets not say this can guarantee the Mets won’t finish last seeing many (not Me) thought the Marlins were going to finish first last year.
I’m not gonna lie. It turned my frown upside down, but I’m gonna need more from Sandy to keep it this way. Awesome site by the way.
hey Mitch – I agree, this made my day. I can’t stand that franchise and how fake they are.
You know though, this deal did something more than switch players. It created doubt for any future free agents to go there under the “no trade protection” policy AND it ticked off their best player.
Just think of this, last night Giancarlo was so mad he actually changed his twitter avatar to one where he is NOT wearing a Marlins uniform. That’s not an accident.
Players will be very careful about signing on to play in Miami until there is a new owner there, and Giancarlo will either play for 3 years and then leave or they will have to trade him because he’s never going to be happy there.
The collateral damage of this deal has changed the NL East moving forward.
Former Met Mike Cameron echoed similar thoughts as far as your view on future free agents going there.
http://www.csnne.com/baseball-boston-redsox/redsox-talk/Cameron-dismayed-at-upheaval-in-Miami?blockID=801769&feedID=3352
Why not try and take advantage of this and trade them three or four kids for Giancarlo?
I was thinking the same. They are going to ask for our best, so who would we give back?
I would part with any multiple from this list:
Duda
Kirk
Valdespin
Familia
Mejia
(But just about anyone not named Wheeler as far as Minor leaguers go.)
That would fill an awful lot of holes for them as they get some power either in the OF or 1B, Get a decent CF in Kirk, an Infielder in Valdespin and some Pitching that could help them within a year to make up for what they lost.
The conversation starts with either Wheeler or Harvey, Metsie. To be honest, Stanton is one of only two guys I’d give up Wheeler for (Myers from KC is the other). From the guys you listed, Familia may be the only one that would be attractive to them.
I doubt that as they didn’t even get close to that for all they just traded and that was more than just one player…
Yes, but Giancarlo is a completely different ballgame and for him, they will want nothing but top shelf talent. As stupid as yesterday’s trade was, they’re not THAT stupid to ask for little for a perennial 40-50 HR hitter/MVP candidate like Stanton.
An MVP candidate that is unhappy, likely to demand a trade or become the next Hanley Ramirez….
Giancarlo Stanton = Latino
We already know how that plays out here…
You pretty much have to hit like Ted Williams, field like Ozzie Smith and do it with a smile…every day….to avoid being called selfish, immature, a clubhouse cancer or a moody malcontent or a SS that dives into 1B when he blows his hamstring
And look like Justin Bieber. Seriously, I dont ever want to see anyone like Stanton come here and get treated like a malignant tumor when they find out he likes hiphop, eats rice and beans before every game, and might skip a voluntary trip to Walter Reed to help build a school in his hometown.
Stanton would be treated better in a Yankees or Phillies uniform.
Stanton would be treated better in a prison uniform
I love that Twilight Zone episode.
My favorite lol
Now they wanna get rid of Nolasco & LoMo. LoMo I expected for a while since the Marlins have never been a fan of what he has said on Twitter in the past. Giancarlo is gonna want out. Don’t think for ONE SECOND Miami isn’t gonna dangle him out there. Maybe it will come out of nowhere like yesterday’s trade went down.
It really is hard to believe that over the last 4 months the Marlins have traded away almost an entire team.
1B – Gaby Sanchez
2B – Omar Infante
SS – Jose Reyes
3B – Hanley Ramirez
C – John Buck
CF – Emilio Bonifacio
SP – Josh Johnson
SP – Mark Buehrle
SP – Anibal Sanchez
RP – Randy Choate
RP – Edward Mujica
CL – Heath Bell
Then add to that Nolasco & LoMo possibly as well.
Wow.
Niese + Duda + top 10 prospect for Stanton? Is that too much?
add wheeler, flores to it for sure
Too much? You’re not even halfway there.
I think that we should trade Dickey for top prospects from another team and then combine those prospects with Duda, Meijia and change.
the mets should not give up a lefty starter !!!
Connor, get serious. To get Stanton, you need to cough up 3-4 top prospects AT BEST.
Wheeler, Flores, Montero, Pill, Vaughn, Gorski.
You’re looking at something like that to get it done.
the Yankees plans for SS have now gone officially up in smoke
LMAOOO
Roxio & Damaja: Do you two realize the only people who constantly mention skin tone are you both? If you’re looking for the ignorant, maybe the mirror is the best place?
Enough already!!!!!!!!!
Shhhh
Dickey won the Cy Young award
I want to feel good about my team for at least 30 minutes
Dickey = cy young
How is it that we have come to a point that we get such joy out of trades other teams make, revel in the proposed fact that the Marlins will finish last? Is this what the off-season has come to? Can the Mets make a move?
Just having some fun…not everything has to be so serious