This Beltran news is scary. The really scary part is that last week I
heard Omar tell both Kay and Francesca that Beltran would be back soon.
Last week they told me John Maine would take one more start – then
that became indefinitely out.
Jose Reyes was day to day.
There's the Church and Delgado cross country flights.
I wonder if the Mets are stupid, or have they decided that we're
stupid and if they throw some more lies out there maybe we will buy
more tickets.
I don't want them to make a trade. They have nothing to sell and
will just wind up overpaying for someone else's leftovers.
Only 3 out and yet I'm finding myself wondering how I will fill column
space in August. I suspect the Mets feel the same about seats.
It isn't Jerry's fault (despite what Vegas Rich keeps writing on Mets
Police), it isn't Omar's fault. It might be partially the WBCs
fault. Maybe nobody was in the right kind of shape. I hope the
Carlos brothers, Ollie, Jose and Putz enjoyed meaningful games in
March because it is starting to look like we won't even have
meaningful games in August.
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there's a lot of blame to go around. jerry and omar aren't responsible for the injuries, save for one or two players that omar acquired that may have been damaged goods (in a general sense, not a specific known case). the medical staff and communication (not necessarily lying in EVERY case) around injuries is an absolute joke. they can't be blamed for EVERY injury, but i have a feeling that they can be blamed for SOME injuries. the WBC for sure is to blame for a lot.
it's almost a perfect storm (the WBC's cause, the medical staff and bad communication around the injuries, and just some bad luck) to be a joke.
Stupid? Yes. Incompetent and stupid? Double yes. Fire the medical staff. And ban future participation in the World Baseball Classic. It's stupid as well to risk your best players in exhibitions.
Agree that it's not Jerry's fault, but I think it most certainly is Omar's fault. He did NOTHING in the offseason once the bullpen was addressed and there were at least 3 positions he needed to shore up, not to mention the leadership vacuum on the team that everyone was complaining about after Collapse 2008: The Sequel.
It all rests squarely on Omar's shoulders.
They haven't handled injuries well for years. Their MO is to downplay every injury, no matter how serious, and not put a guy on the DL until a week or 2 later, suffering with the abbreviated roster in the process during that time. Sure, you can retroactively DL a guy, but that doesn't change the fact that you played with less than a full roster for those days in between. It's like clockwork, and you could make book that that's how it goes down every single time a guy gets hurt.
I share your angst that the freefall has begun and there won't be a lot of excitement around New Shea come August and September. The silver lining (Mr. Met always smiles because he always sees a silver lining) is that tickets will be that much more affordable as the summer goes on.
Almost forgot… the reason, I think, why they wait so long to DL a player is that they KNOW they've got nobody in the minors good enough to call up. That's an indictment all by itself.
I am a board certified and licensed athletic trainer, and once worked under an orthopaedic MD who did a fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, which included his covering Mets games. As much as it pains me to criticize other professionals, the Mets' medical team looks more and more clueless with every occurrence. Granted, it is *entirely* possible that they've just run into a series of strange injuries that are tough to diagnose and/or haven't responded as they should have–those things happen, and weird stuff tends to come in streaks in this profession–but there do seem to be an AWFUL lot of surprises and trial-and-error going on involving guys who are supposedly getting some of the most expert care available.
I will say very bluntly that I completely disagreed with the handling of Church's concussion from the start, even as it was taking place. Putting him on a plane to Denver the same night as he was knocked nearly (if not completely) unconscious was both an awful and dangerous decision. As a matter of treatment, he should have been allowed to rest in Atlanta for a couple of days, and as a matter of safety, what were they going to do if his condition had suddenly deteriorated 20,000 feet over Nebraska?
One thing that bears repeating over and over is how well the Mets were looking at the time the team parted ways for the WBC as compared to how they looked after it. They looked to be in a groove prior to, and only even neared that level again in May, just in time for DL to explode.