Comments on: A Little Mets In The Tropics http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html Wed, 22 May 2013 10:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: oleosmirf http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html#comment-377713 oleosmirf Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:42:30 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=110641#comment-377713 that’s what happens when you rebuild though. You trade top players for prospects and after sucking for a few years you start to win again with good young talent.

]]> By: LA Met Fan http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html#comment-377695 LA Met Fan Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:13:14 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=110641#comment-377695 He happens to be right in this case. Alderson has done exactly what Alex has said. The truth hurts sometimes.

]]> By: Pburke http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html#comment-377680 Pburke Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:55:14 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=110641#comment-377680 I’m not sure what I’m more impressed by with you Alex, your illogical comments or their frequent consistancy.

]]> By: oleosmirf http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html#comment-377656 oleosmirf Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:16:49 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=110641#comment-377656 other than the Yankees (and even they are debatable) no team has been able to be a contender without any contribution from young players.

I know its frustrating to sit here and watch the Mets rebuild while letting go of two of your favorite players, but rebuilding was necessary.

The Mets are developing a dynamite farm system with a huge surplus in pitching (Yes Omar gets credit for some of that). Dynamite farm systems mean future productive players and possible stars that are cheap and controllable. That leaves money left over to overpay for free agents and trading surplus prospects for trades.

It doesn’t work backwards though. You don’t go after free agents and big trades until you have an established young core to build around, because if the prospects you anticipate, don’t work out, you might have Justin Upton, but you still have crap surrounding and this isnt the NBA or the NFL where a star player automatically means playoffs…

]]> By: Alex68 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/a-little-mets-in-the-tropics.html#comment-377618 Alex68 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:11:19 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=110641#comment-377618 Paul, good article, i get what you guys are saying, but it is hard fo have a GM for 3 straight years to be saying changes are a coming, yet he took a 79 win team and made it a 77 win team then a 74 win team to what possibly what a lot of people are projecting and predicting a 70 win team, he could’ve made this team better, yet he’s chosen not to, his “I’m smarter than you” aproach to things haven’t paid divident as of yet, and unless wheeler turns into a CY and darnaud a HOF the mets chances to be good for years to come will be on the shoulders of the same players that were here prior to him coming in, Harvey, Ike, Tejada, Wright, etc.. 3 years is enough for a GM to show what he’s done, and so far, he’s done NOTHING to help this franchise and somehow he still makes a mockery of the fanbase, a guy likes that doesn’t care, he’s here to work for the wilpons, and we all know the wilpons #1 priority right now.

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