Speaking with reporters at Citi Field on Thursday, Sandy Alderson said he has room in his budget to acquire an impact player and that he is scouring the market for an outfielder.
“We have the ability to take on money,” he said, “even though none of you will believe me.”
Well Sandy, the reason we don’t believe you is because you speak for a couple of crooked and inept owners who have done nothing but lie to this fanbase for the better part of two decades.
How many times have you yourself been duped by them? We all know you were blindsided by the shock waves of the Madoff scandal. You get paid to cover for the Wilpons, we don’t.
Did you forget when you said you had a $100 million budget in 2013 and 2014 and came away with $85 and $79 million payrolls instead? Guess what, Met fans didn’t forget.
And how often have you told us that you had money to spend at the trade deadline and didn’t. Nobody expected you to bring in a rental but you said that you could make trades for pieces that would “help the team in the long view.” You did nothing… NOTHING…
So there are plenty of reasons for why nobody believes you, the least of which is the fact that you’ve done nothing yet to address the lackluster offense you put together.
For crying out loud, you have John Mayberry and his .170 batting average batting cleanup today against Clayton Kershaw. Are you freaking kidding me? All of Omar Minaya’s pitchers are batting higher than the guys on your bench. What a joke…
Where are all these big bats you were gonna bring in once the young pitching was ready? Gimme a break…
In June you said you had the resources to add one big bat… Wake up, Sandy… next week is August.
It’s common knowledge that you’ve already balked at Ben Zobrist and Justin Upton, and please don’t tell us that it didn’t have anything to do with money, because we both know that it did. It’s always about the money with this team!
Oh and another thing, it’s pretty apparent that you and I have completely different definitions of what adding a big bat to the payroll means.
In your Wilponian world a big bat is a player who makes $3-4 million dollars. However, in the real world a big bat is someone who makes in excess of $10 million or $15 million dollars.
So when you say we probably won’t believe you, it’s with pretty freaking good cause. It’s because you have let us down time and time and time again. How can we ever take you at your word. How can we ever take anything you or your bosses say at face value?
You’ve proven to be quite adept at having a fire sale and selling off major-league assets for prospects. But as far as I’m concerned you’ve done a lousy job adding any major-league talent to this team.
By the way, you’re 0-for-4 with your offseason moves this past Winter. (Cuddyer, Mayberry, Torres, Blevins) Not one of them have panned out, they were all busts.
I’ve got to tell you, I’m worried that you are incapable of bringing in the pieces we need to take this team to the next level. Prove me wrong.
I’ve defended you for 4 1/2 years, but I’m completely done with that. You owe me… I want to see some results and I want to see them now. The time for big talk is at an end, and the time for action is now.
So enough with all the snark and enough with all the jokes. It’s time to get serious already and do something. And guess what… seeing is believing.
