The Mets need to be BUYERS here, despite the Fake Pennant Race being over.
At some point you have enough pitchers and you have enough second base prospects. You need major leaguers. You can start building today, you don’t have to wait until the winter meetings.
It is time to call Colorado.
You drop Tulo and CarGo in this lineup and suddenly you have an actual Major League Lineup.
You have Show Business.
And Show Business will be extra valuable as the Yankees head for a down-cycle post-Jeter.
These opportunities are rare.
So who can the Rockies have in return?
There are just two names you can’t have.
David Wright is The Captain and he will be The Franchise come that sad day when that position opens up. So we need David not just for 2015 but for 2045. He has an opportunity to play 15-20 seasons with one team and be a special player. Irreplacable. Our Jeter.
The other person you can’t have is Matt Harvey. Yes I poke at Harvey a lot here on the blog, but since my argument is Show Business I gotta keep Joe Namath.
Other than that, you can have anyone you want.
Did I put Murphy on the list? Yep. I have my Murphy All Star jersey. Mission accomplished. Let him go break the record for doubles while hitting .355 in Colorado. Sandy is gonna cheap him out of town anyway, so if the Rockies want him they can have him.
Young pitching? Have at it. With the state of arm injuries these days I am counting on nothing. Maybe Montero goes and wins 300 in Colorado. I will take the risk. You can find a Bartolo Colon to win 16 games on a lousy team anyway (as he will do on this lousy team.)
Lagares? TdA? Everyone else? Yep. Anything you want.
It has been 28 years in a 30 team league. I’m tired of hearing about 2016, 2018 or whenever this is going to end supposedly.
The frickin’ Marlins have won twice since I was a teenager watching the Mets get lucky that Boston could hold a lead.
Could this trade be a disaster? Sure. Life is full of risk.
Playing it safe nets 74 wins. We’re on our way to another summer of Meaningless Games In August.
I’ll take the risk. Make the call. Anything they want.
I’m all in. Are you? Are the Mets?
