Would You Rather Have Reyes, A Starter Or A Big Bat?

So Sheffield heads for an MRI today – this being the Mets I will assume it’s the worst.  They likely will also discover that he has bubonic plague and will be out for 6 weeks.

If you’re Omar Minaya what the heck do you do?

Mets fans, let me ask you.  Say you had a dopey GM on the other end who would let you rip him off.  What would you rather have right now?

A reliable starting pitcher?
A big bat?
Jose Reyes back in the lineup?

I bet most of you would put Reyes third on that list, and that’s one of the reasons I think he is overrated.  Not bad, just overrated by folks who think he walks, steals two bases and scores three times a game (the other two at bats he hits triples).

Would you rather go into July with Matt Cain and Alex Cora or with Nieve/Redding and Reyes?

How about a  bat?  If the Padres would give you Adrian Gonzalez for Reyes straight up would you do it?  You are darn tootin’ you would.   I don’t think you’d do Wright for Gonzalez would you?  Beltran?

Let me make it more challenging….the Nats have been known to make dumb trades.  Would you take Adam Dunn and stick him in left and get by with Reyes at SS?  That’s a tougher one.

With all that’s going wrong with the Mets I don’t see a lack of speed being a problem, nor do I ever notice Cora the way I do some of the other clowns the Mets have had to run out there.

Sometimes you have to give to get.

Here’s a little reading for you:

A five-time All-Star who was widely revered for his feats on the field and his charitable contributions to communities throughout the region, (Player) ended his remarkable run with the (team) in the cramped visitors’ clubhouse of the (stadium). He received the news in manager (‘s) office just after 4:45 p.m. Eastern time by telephone from (GM). The deal was completed just before the 4 p.m. trading deadline.


The (team) also decided to move (Player) after he informed the medical staff within the last three days that he would need considerable time (more than just random days off but not a trip to the disabled list) the remainder of the season to rest his injured right Achilles’ tendon

That’s from 2004.   The Boston Red Sox won the World Series without Nomar Garciaparra.

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