Oh, Omar!
We had a reunion of sorts on MMO on Tuesday. I think it’s absolutely amazing how the mere mention of Omar Minaya sends a beacon out to long forgotten readers who come scurrying back for a one night only performance. And the things you hear. my God, it’s incredible. For example we had one reader who says Minaya is a moron because he had no idea who Lucas Duda was when a reporter asked about him last summer. Oh, and did you know, that apparently Omar Minaya had no input whatsoever in drafting Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom because he was only in charge of drafting college relievers not college starting pitchers. Hilarious. 😀
So What’s The Plan?
The number one question I’m always asked is what will the Mets do this offseason. It all depends on how much money they could free up by trading one or more of Daniel Murphy, Bartolo Colon, Jon Niese or Dillon Gee. Right now there is no spending money, none. With payroll remaining around the same $85 million or perhaps a slight uptick to $90 million, the Mets will need to create some flexibility before determining who they can target.
One thing is certain, and regular MMO readers should already know this, we’re not bringing in any significant players like a Yasmani Tomas or Jose Bautista or anyone else that will demand a huge monetary outlay. Enjoy Curtis Granderson while you can because you won’t see the Mets make another financial commitment similar to that this offseason. When you’re operating with a $85-90 million payroll, you can’t concentrate $50-55 million of it on three players, it’s unheard of.
Hitting Coaches Are More Important?
Raise your hand if you wish the Mets had handled the manager position with as much due diligence as they seem to be attacking the hitting coach position. Apparently the Mets had no qualms firing Lamar Johnson even though they had no replacement in mind. But that’s a good thing. Now the Mets have the luxury of interviewing all the available options like Kevin Long and Dave Magadan. There’s a lot of great choices to choose from.
Meanwhile, they committed to Terry Collins long before the season ended, not even waiting to see which managers became available. I guess it’s not like the manager is as important as a hitting coach though, right?Â
Disgruntled Blue Jays Fan?
I read something interesting on the comment threads of MLB Trade Rumors last weekend. “Let’s see how Met fans gloat now that Sandy Alderson has to actually go after some real major league pieces to try and contend. That’s assuming he has the balls to do it.” It could have also been a Pirates fan I guess.
