Met Changes

by gategem on Jun 21, 2005 3:44 AM EDT

The Associated Press reports the following Mets Transactions:

"The slumping Mets released struggling reliever Mike DeJean on Monday and put second baseman Kaz Matsui on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised knee."

"The Mets also activated left-handed reliever Dae-Sung Koo from the DL and will call up outfielder Gerald Williams from Triple-A Norfolk before Tuesday night's game in Philadelphia."

"Matsui was injured while turning a game-ending double play in Oakland last Thursday, when Jason Kendall slid hard into his knee. An MRI on Monday showed a very deep bruise."

"Right fielder Mike Cameron had fluid drained from his ailing left quadriceps and could be available Tuesday night. He hasn't played since June 12."

"Notes: Triple-A INF Jeff Keppinger has a fractured left knee after he was taken out on a slide June 15, but he is not necessarily out for the rest of the season, the Mets said."

The Mets have had a host of pitchers fail this year, i.e. Ishii, Aybay, DeJean, etc. A friend of mine who is an Oriole fan wanted to know why the greatest pitching coach in the history of the game, at least in his own mind, Rick Peterson, couldn't turn these guys around? Maybe someone who has a high regard for Peterson will let me and my friend know why Peterson couldn't do something with these guys. They all have good stuff so what's the problem here.

If the Mets would have checked the extent of Matsui's injury earlier they could have replaced him on the roster Because they waited Willie had to play short handed in Seattle.

Keppinger was playing well enough to have been brought up earlier. Now he will probably be lost for the season and he is no longer trade bait.

Do you really thing Gerald Williams is going to make a difference?

Even with Omar this is a poorly run organization. I really thought this year would be better and maybe over time it will. But right now it is not.

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It's one year

Turn over of a roster takes time. Look at what Omar did in Montreal/Washington. That team took years to get good and is now playing really good baseball. Just have patience.

by Pedrito on Jun 21, 2005 8:53 AM EDT reply actions

"Look at what Omar did in Montreal"

You have to be kidding, holding up the Nationals as an example of Omar's brilliant baseball acumen. First of all, they're not playing especially good baseball even now -- the team has allowed more runs than it's scored, and is on top the NL East for no better reason than sheer dumb luck. Watch and see how long they hold off the Braves and Marlins before falling back into a pitched battle with the Mets for third place.

Second, Omar screwed that team badly when he was its GM. He scotched the entire Montreal farm system for a half-season of Bartolo Colon (who brought nothing back in return) and a month of Cliff Floyd (whom he then inexplicably turned around and dealt again for virtually nothing). Fine, he was under financial pressure and time pressure, and maybe he honestly believed that the team was going to be contracted so he was justified in going all-out. But you can't point to that as good long-term decision-making. Give me a break.

by anonymous on Jun 21, 2005 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Definitely true

Omar's trade record in Montreal was actually pretty frightening...there were a couple trades that turned out okay, but the majority of them were bad (and he made a lot of trades). The Floyd transactions were horribly executed and timed, as was the Colon transactions. Even smaller trades blew up in his face, as he once traded Jason Bay to the Mets for Endy Chavez. At least when the Mets traded him, they got an above replacement level player in return.

by Alex Nelson on Jun 21, 2005 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Koo

It sounds like Koo is going to be used in key spots in the next nine games. God help us.

At least he's not Dejean.

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Jun 21, 2005 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

Snarlin' Marlon

Also, I don't mind seeing Anderson play for awhile.

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Jun 21, 2005 10:50 AM EDT reply actions

Minaya's trades

His trades with the Expos are really a mixed bag. If anything, he's track record is one of underestimating young talent.

Best:

-Scott Stuart for Ryan Church and Maicer Izturis (whom he promptly got rid of)
-Randy Choate for John Patterson.
-J. Vasquez for Nick Johnson

These trades were good ones.

Worst:

-Ahh, here you have a stinker--Lee Stevens, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore to Cle. for B. Colon (then later traded) and Tim Drew. Ugh!
-C. Floyd for S. Son and S. Kim.

He also got rid of Jason Bay (so did the Mets for that matter), Geoff Blum, Chris Young and I'm sure a number of others.

Kent

by kmdarcy @ Amazin' Avenue on Jun 21, 2005 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

This is how it works

The team gave up its chance to win the final game in Seattle in order to have enough reason to can DeJean.

There are a lot of people you have to convice giving up on someone is necessary: first of all, yourself, because you're firing someone (sure, you're firing a millionaire, but still). Then there's the owners, the fans (via the press and blogs), the other players on the team, and players of the future that are looking at how you treat other guys.

So I don't so much mind trading a game here and there to develop enough momentum and justification to get rid of the dead wood. No one's crying outside of the DeJean family today.

by peeder on Jun 21, 2005 10:45 PM EDT reply actions