Interesting:
Via Jon Heyman’s Twitter:
I think not getting Halladay is the right move. They need prospects more than they need an ace for 2010.
I’m glad Jerry won’t be fired. I’m done with Omar. Can we fire the owners and David Howard?
Discuss!
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Toronto asked for nothing. Everyone knows the Mets farm system stinks. F(mart) is an F in my book. Niese is no good either. They've come up and shown very little. Martinez is not ready and I don't see him being a big power guy anyway just another Daniel murphy. A few Doubles but can't hit much out the park. Halladay is a gamer the best pitcher in the game, yes better than Santana look at his credentials he saves the bull pen! Two aces makes a good play off contender. If philly gets him. The Mets are over not only the season but next season and beyond!
Agreed on most of what you say here. Again, the problem isn't that Beltran got hurt. It's that the Mets' depth is so poor, a 20-year-old had to fill in for him for a while. You don't fix that by trading what little youth you do have for a guy who only plays every 5th day. There is no easy fix for what ails the Mets. The only solution is to pray you get the horses back and they never get hurt again or any older.
The jury's still out on Manuel. You can't make a fair judgment considering the pile of crap he's been handed this season. There have been reasonable gripes, but the bottom line is that no one could do much better in his situation.
The vote of confidence in Omar was the worst news I heard all day. Apparently the Wilpons are of the mindset that you can keep doing the same thing and have it turn out differently at some point.
Yes but still Halladay and Santana would arguably be the best 1-2 punch in baseball and if you get everyone healthy for next year you have to do it. It is a pitchers park and you would have 2 of the best in the mlb. You have to do it. Then maybe you can trade one of the other sluggers for prospects to better the minor leagues system. Get rid of Bernie he's a cancer supposedly. If Manuel and Minaya are safe (can't blame them too much due to the injuries) then get rid of Bernie he hasnt brought much talent to the minors any way. Do something to shake things up!
Anonymous said:
"Yes but still Halladay and Santana would arguably be the best 1-2 punch in baseball and if you get everyone healthy for next year you have to do it."
And if not, then what? As we've seen too often this season, even a Santana needs run support and 2 guys do not a rotation make.
"It is a pitchers park and you would have 2 of the best in the mlb. You have to do it. Then maybe you can trade one of the other sluggers for prospects to better the minor leagues system."
But then who replaces said slugger on the major league roster? The minor-leaguers you just sent to Toronto?
Understand the Mets entire problem right now is that they put all their eggs into the "win now" basket with no plan B for what to do if they *didn't* win now. Minaya has put together an organization with a front line capable of being a minor dynasty but with nothing backing it up. Now that front line has already failed twice when healthy and been devastated by injury, and he has left himself nothing with which to fix it. If the Mets actually had some depth, you think about this trade. But unfortunately, no one is a spare part right now. It doesn't matter who he is, the Mets simply can't afford to ship out 4 guys who have already seen considerable playing time for one.