I saw on Yahoo that the Dodgers and Orioles and looking to put together a deal with Erik Bedard and Matt Kemp as the headliners. Andy McPhail is in renovation mode in Charm City and let’s face it with the Highlanders and Red Sawx in the same division your not going to out spend them so you have to get younger, leaner and meaner. The problem the Mets have is the Dodgers farm system is like a South American sweat shop with so much young cheap labor that they can afford to deal two or three young studs to fortife their rotation.
Let’s hope that Omar can get into the bididng here.
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This post was written by kranepool on November 20, 2007
The greatest drag for the Mets is there are
times when the Mets’ management is willing to spend big bucks on great free agents and there is NO ONE worthing splurging on. This appears to be one of those times. The only great players are third basemen.It is one of the positions the Mets are set on. But second base, outfield, catcher, pitchers,etc….
4 years for likes of Castillo is a shame. He is really a utility man kind of player and an upgrade would have been nice. They must REALLY hate lo duca to not sign him because he seems to make the most sense.
No but he did dial up Milwaukee
http://www.mets.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20071120&content_id=2305246&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
Here’s a snippet about Estrada in one of the articles:
Estrada walked just 12 times in 462 plate appearances, resulting in an underwhelming .296 on-base percentage last season. He also grounded into 18 double plays. Behind the plate, he threw out just 13.1% of base stealers, although a pair of surgical procedures performed Oct. 4 might help increase his success rate. Estrada underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee and also had a bone spur removed from his throwing elbow. Estrada also dealt with a balky hamstring last season.
The Mets are the fifth team in seven years for Estrada, who tends to wear out his welcome despite being a good switch-hitting catcher. He openly clashed in the dugout tunnel with Brewers manager Ned Yost during the Mets’ visit to Milwaukee in August. And he often bothered pitching coach Mike Maddux with his handling of the pitching staff.
I think we’re now going to the WS!
spo, there are also some excellent center fielders out there, Torii Hunter and Andrew Jones to name a few. I think Jones will have a comeback year next year but he might want to shed a few pounds this off season
Yes. But are center fielders an upgrade from Beltran?