Comments on: Thoughts On The Reliever Market, Mets Needs, Spending

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:27:08 +0000

Is there really a difference Fonz? There were just three picks in between them not 30. lol Point is they dropped the ball. Why try to defend that?

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:24:41 +0000

Oh and Happy New Year! Look forward to another year of mostly disagreeing with all of you.

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:23:19 +0000

Are you guys kidding me? Are you really whining about the Mets not having a protected first rounder as if that’s what’s keeping them from signing a top free agent? LOL! Well at least this time srt isn’t saying blame Wilpon. Now it’s blame the Pirates.

You should be hoping that wherever we pick we don’t waste another pick as we did in the last two years. So Nimmo is repeating Brooklyn, huh? He’s gone from 18 year old Wonderkind to 20 year old Uh-Oh. LOL

By: jessep

jessep — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:30:45 +0000

Right it’s actually a flaw in the rule. I actually asked Jonathan Mayo to check for me a few weeks ago.

Technically the Mets are being punished because the Pirates couldn’t sign Appel last year. Thus, the flaw in the rule.

By: darth minaya

darth minaya — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:39:53 +0000

Nobody else sees Jenrry Mejia in the bullpen long-term?

If he can figure out how to command that fastball with crazy movement, he can be a very good reliever.

By: Donal

Donal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:28:29 +0000

Well, you started out right. The commissioner ruling against a team violating the CBA wouldn’t be the problem. Its the other party involved in the CBA that will raise hell.

By: Donal

Donal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:12:01 +0000

Ya, the next Eddie Kunz is what will save us.

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:20:21 +0000

Hi TP,

Got ya on that. My thoughts about a journeyman player was one that bounced around from team to team never really extended his visit beyond a season or two.. Affeldt having been on the Giants for so many years simply took him off my own journeyman list.

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy new year.

By: TP

TP — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:50:07 +0000

Joey D.,
Affeldt has been on 4 teams and to my knowledge, never been defined as an 8th inning guy nor a closer. That is my definition of a journeyman – a career middle releiver.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:05:09 +0000

Rangers are now saying they are looking for a DH/1B to replace Napoli’s numbers.
How about a 3 team deal w/Duda going to the Rangers, Craig Gentry going to the Diamondbacks and Jason Kubel coming to the Mets ??

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:04:00 +0000

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:03:11 +0000

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:53:07 +0000

By: King Ponzi

King Ponzi — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:31:12 +0000

Dont worry yourself, Zack Wheeler, Mike Fulmer and Noah Sindergard is all you need. They will save the franchise. lol Generation KKK

By: Chicago Days

Chicago Days — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:30:27 +0000

Ha, you’re right vanrockin. Most managers do this righty / lefty paranoia to the extreme, TC very much so. The ‘caddy’ idea might work to ‘save’ the BP late into a Season IF ever implemented.

By: Trs86

Trs86 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:25:05 +0000

So you name a guy who you say obviously wanted to return to SF and a rebound guy who won’t be ready to start the season and say now that they are gone not much is left? Seems like plenty is left and with bullpens nothing is certain.

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:17:13 +0000

We signed the comp pick for Reyes, Matt Reynolds. It was our own 2nd rounder we didn’t sign.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:01:56 +0000

Nope they wouldn’t JDD thas the problem here….

They are all about kids and cheap….

But as JoeD points out in another article it isn’t working…..

Forget for a second that signing someone like that could generate enough attendance to offset the loss of Dickey and add 23 Mil on top of that to cover the losses they had last year….

They don’t WANT to win now…they want to win in 4 years when I guess they might have earned enough money to go see them and add to the attendance….

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:41:52 +0000

Hi taskmaster,

I don’t think the commissioner finding teams not abiding by the new CBA agreement presents a problem at all. After all, he’s allowed nine of the thirty teams to be in violation of the debt ceiling rule. How could that be under the terms of the 2002 labor negotiations that still apply to this day?

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/02/sports/la-sp-0603-baseball-debt-20110603

By: Just-Da-Damaja

Just-Da-Damaja — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:40:19 +0000

the draft lasts 40 rounds. You are seriously not going to sign a player that would immediately improve your club because you want to draft 40 guys ?!!?

The Marlins signed Jose Reyes…

We didnt even sign the comp pick we got for that…

please spare me your B.S.

If the wilpons save any money…you dont see a DIME FROM IT