How can SA really say this and expect fans to say really we thought you were working a major deal to bring in that RH power bat needed, not to say the BP has yet to be addressed.

BP will probably be other teams cut pitchers, hey might as well go for cheap talent if you don’t want to spend any money.

This is so sad that fans, ones I’ve heard, don’t believe a word that he says because he is good at the end of the game excuse instead of trying to be part of the game itself, not a Monday Morning QB!

Shame!

Well it’s not like he can say to the MLB sorry we are sitting out this year….

If the pickings are so slim I wonder why we are in a situation where they are so thin considering this was one of the strongest OF markets in recent history!

Oh Right we were waiting for the Market to settle…

And now we are going into the season with a pile of dust in the OF!

Heres the “nuts & bolts” of it:

-Neuwenheis is a good defensive centerfielder w/speed, he wasnt sent to the minors
because of his OF play, it was because of his bat.
-Baxter plays a decent OF too, we just have to see if hes durable for a whole season.
-Duda’s awful in LF, but CAN offset that w/a monster year at the plate.

Too optimistic….?

That ruling change can’t apply to this year because it changes the rules in mid season.

That is why I said Sandy had to pursue this from the beginning if he really felt it important to the Mets this season.

One thing occurs to me. I have been looking for statements from Sandy as to why he is pursuing changes to the rule at this time. Sandy might not at all be doing this to give the Mets any late advantage to get Bourne or some other free agent strategy. He might be doing this for he recoginzed the problem the rule in it’s current state and wants it addressed for the future.

If that is the case, then I owe Sandy an apology for insinuating he is trying to make a grandstand play — it’s actually the media and the Met fans who are making this a point of contention.

You got MUCH BIGGER problems than how some rule is interpreted!

(I’m paraphrasing since I don’t have the direct quotes here)
Rule#1 – The draft order will be set based on the reverse order of how teams finished (worst to best )

Now what is the next rule noted? (I don’t know I’m asking)

A- Top 10 Picks are protected from being compensation?
or
B – How Comp picks are awarded?

If A comes first then it should apply to the picks who were top 10 before comp picks were awarded.
If B comes first then A can be interpreted as applying only after all the rest is said and done.

As for what the intention was for all of it while we think it was about being competitive, truth is probably closer to it was about MONEY!

You now have incentive to not sign your 1st rounder and have it carry over until next year.
Sort of meant as a hammer to use against Top Picks who want a big contract cause now you don’t have to worry about losing the pick over money as you will get it back the following year.

Which I think will be taken advantage of in weak draft years or with teams who don’t really like what they picked. Simply refuse to sign it and carry it over.

Imagine a team who picks late in the 1st round and wants to go on an FA spree next year…..
Don’t sign this year’s pick and don’t sweat the loss next year when you sign someone. Because you now have two picks in the 1st and will only lose one.

Glad to know you are a lawyer and can help out in a valid legal interpretation of things.

BTW – I am more a fan of the “spririt” of the law rather than the “letter” of the law myself.

We still do not know why Sandy only waited for now to file his protest – not in late October when he found out Pittsburgh moved the Mets out of their protected slot. Where was Sandy’s “spirit” to follow the “letter” of the law then? Don’t comment about yourself, please, however, have you as a lawyer seen maneuvers like this made for outside purposes – like for show to make an impression about one’s own self or for those he or she represents for publicity seeking?

It still doesn´t mean that signing Bourn to a 5-year deal is a good idea. It certainly is not based on the risk attached to him.
However, Bourn certainly is superior to a player like Shane Victorino who received 3-years, 39 million while being a couple of years older and at a pretty similar level to BJ Upton who is a year & a half younger who received 5-years, 75 million. If you split the median ground between these two contracts, you get to 4-years, 57.0 million $ as being a justifyable mid-point. Anything above that figure would seem rather excessive and not worth the risk. Anything below that length or annual value should make it quite intriguing, depending on the draft pick situation.