15
2013
The Return Of Perpetual Pedro?
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For years, the name Pedro Feliciano was a fixture in an otherwise hectic Mets bullpen. His ability to get lefties out was always a plus, and reliability upon him was key. Then following the 2010 season, Sandy Alderson let the then-longest tenured Met on the roster go across town to the rival New York Yankees.
A pair of seasons later, Feliciano never so much as threw a pitched for the Bombers, who paid $8 million for a two-year DL trip. Now Feliciano is a free-agent again, this time reportedly healthy and intending to pitch in Winter Ball according to his agent.
With the Mets in need of a bullpen overhaul, Feliciano would be an inexpensive high-risk, high-reward type of player; the kind of player GM Sandy Alderson goes wild for.
He could be a trusted arm in a pen that is full of anything but. He could help fill a gaping hole that has not even begun to be addressed this winter.
Who’s for the return of the Perpetual Pedro to Flushing? I sure am. Thoughts?
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Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com
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I think it would be classic. He returns, does great again, the Yankees pay him $8M for a 2 year vacation, and we get Michale Fulmer as a compensatory 1st round pick who ends up developing into a quality starter.
It does not get better than this. SIGN HIM!
LOL, yeah, one of the best decisions made by Sandy since he arrived. If Pedro were to sign with the Mets now and have a good year, that would just be icing on the cake.
And they got the Yankees to pay for Pedro’s medical costs and rehab!
Almost makes up for the 30+ more championships the Yankees won. LOL
Unlike some Mets fans, I honestly am not jealous of the Yankees past titles because (1) Most of them came before I as born and (2) Of the ones that didn’t, most were achieved through either a heavily roided roster, huge payrolls, or both,
quick, how many yankee fans were upset that they gave up a 1st round draft pick for a guy who never threw a pitch for them !!!
( along with nothing from a 6 million dollar Nick Johnson )
and we as Met fans would riot if we got a healthy and productive Michael Bourn !!!
lmao met fans
I’m sure every Yankee fan thought the Pedro deal was AWFUL, not just because he was injured for the entire time, but because of that lost draft pick.
I’m sure most Mets fans feel Bourn is a bad idea because (1) he’s an overpriced BorASS client (2) the Mets lose a first or second round pick for signing him (3) he’s 30 and the record for defensive centerfielders retaining their value past 30 is very poor over the last decade or so.
But he’s the type of player that is right up Omar’s alley, lmao. Omar would probably sign Bourn to a 4-5 year contract at least for roughly 13-15 million per year. He’d become an albatross by year 2 or 3.
The one thing to remember is his 2nd injury was an ankle issue that kept him from returning. He hasn’t been out 2 years due to the rotator cuff.
Feliciano had a 2.84 ERA and 8/3 K/BB ratio in 6.1 IP over 7 rehab appearances between rookie ball, High-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton
He was literally one rehab appearance away from getting called up in late August before spraining his ankle.
His injury was mishandled by NYY. He tried to rehab it first and in hindsight he should have just had the surgery.
He’s worth a shot for sure
I love it. Minor league contract with incentives.
Why not if is healthy. Knows how to pitch in NY and can help.
Him + Brian Wilson = Great bullpen
I think you indirectly support the idea that BPs can vary wildly year to year. partly because some RPs do that, and also because it is easy to change out a few guys, and get much different results.
1-2 new guys that have big years, + a rookie out of nowhere + a carry over guy having some sort of career season can easily = a strong pen for a year.
Hi “if” and “is”,
If Rauch is re-signed as well, then the addition of Feliciano and Wilson on paper would certainly enhance our chances of improving the bullpen. Francisco moved back to a middle innings guy, Parnell, Rauch, Feliciano leading up to Wilson – would still need help but a whole lot better than last two years (though Rauch had a bad stretch of 17 appearances from late April to early June when he was just about awful nearly every apperance but then straightened himself out until the end of the year when hit hard again five of his last six appearances – so the question is reliability).
But then the Mets would need a top outfielder (or two decent ones) to actually not punt away 2013. Sandy said he has some money but that doesn’t mean he’s using it – so perhaps this whole conversation goes for naught.
it was always fun to watch Howard bail out on one if his breaking balls that fell in for a backwards K.
if he is a MiL make good, well heck yes, makes sense.
I do like Wilson too.
Nothing wrong with another lefty in the pen.
Not a bad idea to sign him. I am not sure what it will take to draw his interest but he would fit the bill for the Mets. However, like with all FAs, that is presuming he wants to pitch in Flushing. Most seem to assume that the Mets miss out on FAs because of what they do. The truth is there is not much reason to pitch in Queens unless they a) overpay or b) a player has no other options. Few actually want to play for the Mets (Hairston being a rarity).
@task I agree that most top FA’s don’t want to play for a second division team. Hairston and Pedro are veterans looking to stay in the game. They have had success in Queens and had the fans rooting for them. It is nice to be wanted.
That is true but we do not know how Pedro feels about the Mets. Sometimes players feel slighted when a team opts to let them go. I am not making the accusation in this case but it does happen.
And yes, Pedro is still trying to stay in the game. Yet, if he has 5 or 6 teams interested in him as opposed to just one, that makes a big difference.
As for Hairston, for all the talk about wanting to be a Met, the bottom line is he is basing his decision, from reports, on potential playing time and length of contract. If he was willing to accept 1 year and a bench spot, he would be in the Bronx. Again, the Mets will get him signed because they offer something someone else does not which is important at this point in his career (most likely 2 years).
Good thought about the hurt feelings. Dan Warthen may not be Pedro’s favorite coach.
Well, the Mets did offer him arbitration, and he declined. so technically they did say they wanted him back!
Hey IF,
I’ve got dibs on that one – I was the first to suggest that Sandy released players only so he can then say he came through on his promise and made changes in the outfield and bullpen by signing free agents.
Next time I’m going to copyright my stuff!!! LOL
Sorry IF,
Thought you were talking about players just outright released by Mets without arbitration or anything. You should, however, get your observation copyrighted so no one else can steal your glory in future times.
Sorry, please forgive me – and Joe D. – please don’t put me on 30 days probation!!!
If he takes a minor league invite, why not, what’s to lose?
About 100 games… Or so if we keep signing rejects and PO’s to the team to see who can somehow find magic while stinking up the joint
Picture This
2 yeARS from now Fulmer gets called up n he’s pitching a shutout vs. the Yankees. The score of the game is 2-0 with Tex at the plate bases loaded 1 out Pedro gets called into the game. Tex grounds first pitch into double play and Mets go on to sweep series for first time. The next day how does everyone feel about Pedro?
Yankee Fans=Lots of Crying and it’s not fair.
Mets Fans=Not sure why for days they cant erase silly smile from there faces.
On a ST invite? Sure. But I wouldn’t doubt if he’s toast.
ST invitee w/a bonus laden contract ?
YES, YES, YES.
Rauch too, please.
Not a chance of a reunion with Warthen in Queens im sure he rather sign a minors deal somewhere else.
BREAKING NEWS!!! Speaking of former Yankee relievers Nats just signed Rafael Soriano to a 2yr 28M deal https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/291262823705767936
“I don’t know for sure, but I believe the Caravan ended in 2006 because that front office didn’t want to bother their big-name talent with publicity at a time of year when they were wrapping up their off seasons”
Matt Cerrone
( completely forgets the fact that the Wilpons gave Carlos Delgado an ultimatum because they had to rush back to the Winter Caravan in 2005…which ticked off Delgado’s agent enough that he cut off negotiations immediately )
Doing a winter caravan in January when your son has to personally fly with the GM and sign players is the real reason why we it didnt make sense to continue.
With the way Warthen taxed his arm in his last few years with the Mets and the aftermath of the war of words after leaving the Mets, I highly doubt Feliciano would come back, unless Warthen was fired tomorrow.
Yankees didn’t give up a draft pick….back then Feliciano was a “type B” free agent so the mets got a sandwich pick. They did not get the yanks pick nor did the yank forfeit a pick. That said they still paid him $8 million for not pitching.
“With the Mets in need of a bullpen overhaul, Feliciano would be an inexpensive high-risk, high-reward type of player…”
Actually, if Pedro was inexpensive then it would be ‘low-risk, high-reward – right?
risk and cost are not really synonymous though in this case.
It seems to me that with Sandy and the Wilpons (good name for a rock band) – every risk is about costs.