Is Omar getting value for our young arms?

by peeder on Jan 8, 2006 12:29 AM EST

Lessee...Seo for...Duaner Sanchez?

Gaby Hernandez for...Paul Lo Duca?

Aaron Heilman for...

Wait. Stop me there.

We don't even have Pelfrey signed, and Humber's going to start pitching with a piece of his leg later this summer. Meanwhile, one thought the strategy all along was to stock up on young arms, to pull a Florida perhaps, or at least be able to get top dollar for them on the trade market.

But have we really gone that far from Kazmir-for-Zambrano?

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Omar getting value for our young arms?

No

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Hernandez for Lo Duca I will grant you for sure. This was a lousy trade, there are no two ways about it.

Seo for Sanchez was a bit different. Seo isn't that young to begin with (29 in May) and he's certainly not an accomplished pitcher. He had a nice season in 2003 and a terrific second half last season, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest that he's not a very good pitcher at all. Duaner Sanchez doesn't look like anything special, but he's not awful, either. I probably wouldn't have made the trade myself, but it wasn't an awful deal by any stretch.

I don't think Heilman will be traded this offseason; he is young, cheap, and good, so I think he'll be fighting for a rotation spot with Victor Zambrano in Spring Training and at the very least will be a 7th or 8th inning guy for the Mets this season.

by Eric Simon on Jan 8, 2006 1:07 AM EST reply actions

Great poll! (n/t)

by kingcritical on Jan 8, 2006 7:40 AM EST reply actions

Duaner

In fact, the Seo-Sanchez trade made the team younger, not older (Sanchez is 25 or 26, a year or two younger than Seo). I'm not thrilled with that deal for two reasons: because I think Seo really put things together last season and will now be an effective starter, and because I think starting pitching depth is more important than middle relief (or than the bullpen at all, actually). The latter is a general rule which I'm pretty confident in; the former, just a gut opinion which would well be wrong.

But it's possible to be bullish on Duaner Sanchez, too -- he had a similar last season to Seo's, in fact, where it looks possible he finally figured things out and will now be a good pitcher. His K rate really spiked last season, for instance. I don't know how it all will turn out, but if Sanchez did cross some kind of hurdle and learn to pitch effectively last year, it's not a bad deal -- and if that's true and Seo fizzles rather than maintaining his level from 2005, it's actually a great deal.

by anonymous on Jan 8, 2006 2:11 PM EST reply actions