Comments on: Is Grady Sizemore A Risk The Mets Have To Take?

By: alan

alan — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:59:32 +0000

No Mitch, The Mets should not and will not sign a Grady Sizemore under the current situation.of his health. The facts are as follows……. The Mets because of past experiences will not take risks in signing or trading for veteran players with repeated injury history. We have seen this all too often even before Sandy A arrived. With him in charge, we saw some drastic changes to our roster. Jose wanted the big bucks and Sandy was not going to play the game by being a part of a bidding war. Yes, we got nothing for him in terms of a player but it cleared a huge amount of payroll off the books when we had Ruben Tejada able to play shortstop. The Beltran trade with the Giants will most likely bring Zack Wheeler to the starting rotation this season. His pedigree offers us big time for the next 5 years or so. Carlos like Jose was a stud player, a thoroughbred athlete but injury prone and neither was going to be part of a championship team here simply because there was no money to fill in the missing pieces.

We can blame the Wilpon’s for their errors and the bad years we have seen but they were not going to lose ownership of this team and were forced to bring in Sandy A to do what he has been doing.

Whether he ends up being able to accomplish rebuilding this team or not, he has chosen a path that he feels will get the job done in what will still take another year when the Mets finances and their willingness to spend money will hopefully be better!

I hope they will resign Scott Hairston because at least they know what we have with him. Trading for an Upton or a Bourne sounds good but at what price?

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:09:30 +0000

I just don’t see how he fits in what it is we need….

We already have enough LHH Ofers to fill a Stadium with….

Do we really need another?

By: matthew balasis

matthew balasis — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:27:24 +0000

Micro-fracture surgery? Remember Beltran that first season he came back?

It’s hard to believe that at his age Sizemore was already suffering from an arthritic knee (although it does happen occasionally see: F-Mart). More likely there was some trauma there that triggered a progressive degeneration of the cartilage. Micro-fracture surgery does work, especially with younger patients, but following through appropriately during rehab is critical. It could add 3 – 4 years to a career, but I’m not sure it would be a good idea to try him in center again. You never really recover from this sort of thing.

http://lowerextremityreview.com/article/rehabilitation-following-microfracture-surgery

By: Hotstreak

Hotstreak — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:04:58 +0000

If the Mets do not win 70 games no matter what TDA and Wheeler do will shorten the noose on SA for guys like me who want to give him one more year 2013 , that is this year. They supposedly have financial flexibility of 25 M for this year;s roster that is not being reinvested. The survival period is over. They refinanced and got more flexibility on Wright and Bay’s contracts. The Mets in effect were lucky to get off to a 46-40 start. If by the ASG right at Citi Field with media national stage they are 35-50 going neck and neck with the Marlins, Citi Field will be a ghost town and casual and even die heart Met fans will boycott them and demand change. SNY ratings will be nil. Who is available as the first pick in the 2014 draft that they will intentionally want to lose. If the extra 25M is being used for other purposes instead of reinvestment then the fans will NOT forgive that. Even fans like me who keep saying the Picard law suit was only a year ago and priorities has to focus on that. The team is woth over 1 billion dollars. Its like the miserly heiress living in poverty. SA has a responsibility BOTH short and long term. The media here will hang them figuratively. The fans will hang them, Wilpons and FO in effigy. Even Gary Cohen and Keith and Darling will give honest analysis what has happened. NO more excuses. A 78 win team with the development of prospects will not be fatal but a 66-69 win team or worse no matter the prospects do with our present OF will indeed be fatal.

By: TX

TX — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:34:34 +0000

And he’s LH. Not that I wouldn’t prefer his bat to Kirks, but you get my point, hopefully.

By: Trs86

Trs86 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:34:12 +0000

Lol I said same thing. He might be ready, might not.well thanks for that.

By: Trs86

Trs86 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:33:12 +0000

Big difference in being ready by open day and mid season.

By: Mitch Petanick

Mitch Petanick — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:32:28 +0000

There is more risk involved for a team that signs him now because there is still no guarantee that he does fully recover…if he’s fully recovered he has more negotiating power…not much more but it may be the difference in getting a minor league deal versus a major league deal.

By: Donal

Donal — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:24:49 +0000

I don’t see how holding out to sign helps him. If he goes to teams in July and says “I’m healthy now”, he still hasn’t played in close to a year. He’s still going to need time to get his rhythm back. that is a few weeks in the minors.

By: ifthevansrockin

ifthevansrockin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:16:14 +0000

“Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports has reported that Grady Sizemore could be ready as soon as opening day (most likely mid-season),”

this certainly is vague. And one hell of a difference between opening day and maybe mid season, which can very easily turn into a September cameo.

If he was signing a MiL deal, wonderful. But if he is still looking for a prime time ML deal, meaning they would be expecing him to actually be playing, he almost needs to wait until he can show he is able to play to sign.

And frankly, hasn’t it been at least 4 years since he has shown any kind of “all star talent”?

By: BrookNLAve

BrookNLAve — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:25:13 +0000

The only problem with this idea is if the rumors swirling around Cleveland are true.

Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer wrote on Oct. 4-5 that “Sizemore could reportedly miss next year as well” (http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/10/chris_perez_needs_a_better_fil.html) and rumors on Cleveland sports radio the morning of 10/5 were that he recently had microfracture surgery on his right knee, which would explain the missing 2013 part as recovery is 10-12 months.

If so, no one is getting him next season and those career-is-over people are probably right.

By: TRS86

TRS86 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:23:11 +0000

Only problem is he like everyone on the planet is LH.
That aside, I see no danger in bringing him in for either CF or RF. Sticks point that he would be taking time from someone, last I checked we have CF and RF open and only Kirk as a legitimate in house contender.

By: Mike Lloyd

Mike Lloyd — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:58:11 +0000

Great choice Mitch. Sizemore is young enough to have a few good years left, why not- low risk, high reward.

By: OriginalMetFan

OriginalMetFan — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:59:48 +0000

I would love to have Grady at a reduced rate rather than trading Davis for Ellsbury who has only had 1 Good year and every other year he is injured.

By: Doekie

Doekie — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:16:51 +0000

You can also argue that when he does play great at CF you have yourself another tradechip in July. There might be teams in need of a Grady type player like the Giants did with Beltran. Not saying he will net another Wheeler but another arm out of the pen type of prospect will be fine.

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:55:48 +0000

If we sign Sizemore, that’s fine. If we don’t, that’s fine too. We still have a core of good young talent but will not work ourselves above the position of sustained mediocrity in lieu of the current reality. That’s what R.A. meant when he said a team can be competitive and build for the future at the same time. And that’s why Tom Seaver wanted out about 35 years ago as well.

At this point, getting a Sizemore really doesn’t matter. We’re not going anywhere for a long time and that is based on a hope on raw talent we really don’t know about yet, not any planned vision.

By: Stick

Stick — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:56:36 +0000

no, nothing to lose. But the deal with these guys that have been hurt and are trying show they still go it is, they hook up with a team on the 1 year deal, and tend to either break down and give nothing, or have a big year and suddenly are hot stuff again, and just go back out on the FA market to the highest bidder.

Potentially a great deal for a team that is looking for a 1 year guy, but not so logical for a LT relationship.

By: Lareplus

Lareplus — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:42:09 +0000

I’d prefer Parra from the D-Backs. He’s available. Great defender who has shown he can get on base. He can play any of the outfield positions.

By: Mitch Petanick

Mitch Petanick — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:35:49 +0000

He’s only 30…take a flier and if he does kick butt, the Mets are in a very good position to keep him after 2013 with bay and Santana’s contracts off the books. After sitting out an entire year, it’s safe to say he’s healthy. Peyton Manning is looking pretty good thee days after sitting out a full year to get healthy. Maybe a year off is exactly what Sizemore needed. Take a shot…nothing to lose really.

By: stick

stick — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:07:34 +0000

what are you signing him for? A hope/pray he somehow gets healthy, and they compete in 2013, or as a guy to build around for the future (part of the nucleus)?

with his history, and likely going on a 1 year “hey I am cured” contract, hard to see him as any more than a 1 year filler. Who would be taking the spot of a young guy developing (assuming they actually have one!) for CF