If there is a hole in AAA in the infield then we should be playing some of the many drafted IFs there and not cluttering the AAA Roster with guys who have no real future with the team and won’t perform any better than promoting some kid from AA would.

The Minor leagues are meant to develop your prospects. If they have a need there then fill it from within because if he does have success you have achieved the act of developing more than this notion of stumbling on someone who has a hot year the way they did with Quintanilla who they virtually got NOTHING for thier troubles.

If everytime a Mic is put in your face you say you all about the future competitiveness of a team you don’t limit yourself to moves that do nothing for the future. You don’t cite IMMEDIATE NEED for signing some scrub and you don’t hold back the Kids you say your hoping to be the future core of the franchise.

Hi Robert,

How’s this for a reason to get excited? – Sandy Alderson was the architect who put together from scratch and with no prior experience in baseball (“cold” was the word he used) those great Oakland ballclubs. He is an expert in discovering under-valued (money ball) and under-appreciated (saber metrics) players. He is great with draft-selections. With all that going for us, how could the future not be bright?

I think we are basically saying the same thing. If you re-sign Wright and Dickey then you make trades and increase payroll to surround them with talent. If you don’t then you are admitting rebuilding and trading for or signing established expensive players would be pointless and we are most likely not competing before 2014 at the earliest.

Pay RA’s entire 2013 and trade him and Wheeler to Texas for Jurickson Profur

2013 lineup

1B – Ike
2B – Tejada
SS – Profur
3B – Murphy
LF – Duda
CF – Gose
RF – Valdespin

In the offseason, trade Murphy,

2014 lineup

1B – Ike – extend him
2B – Tejada – extend him
SS – Profur
3B – Flores
LF – Cory Vaughn
CF – Gose
RF – Valdespin

However, I can’t understand why 2013 would be that much different than 2012? They still have too much of the salary attached to Johan and even Bay whose details I still can’t find. It was always going to be bide time until 2014 when Johan and Bay are off the books and guys like Ike, Niese and Harvey are hopefully able to be more than just role players.

I don’t think Wright should be signed to more than what is offered but if they get rid of those two get ready to sit on your hands for easily 3 more years while they “rebuild” again. This team does not need to put itself in that kind of position.

something the mets are not going to be with him or without him…

This sentiment may be a little early since the GM meetings are still a week away but they are demonstrating 0 ability or desire to make this team better. It should of started at the trade deadline last year and their should be things starting to materialize besides minor league fill in scrubs. IT’s going to take multiple years through development, FA and trades to get this team where it needs to be and they are only doing the development side and after last years lack of signings they are not doing that well enough either.