Hot Stove Blog: Mets not looking at top-tier starters

Yeah, not too happy to read this.

11 months ago SQUAD 13 comments 0 recs |

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Wait this was an actual quote from Omar?

“I’m probably not going to be in there right now, financially,” Minaya said. “Not after spending all the money that I did on K-Rod.”

I’d like to know the context because I imagine(hope) it couldn’t have been completely serious.

Also apparently Peter Gammons mentioned we were interested in Alex Cora.

by Gina on Dec 11, 2008 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not bad.

I wouldn’t mind Alex Cora as a utility IF. We really need someone who can play competent SS so Reyes can have a day off once a month (Easley was terrible at SS.)

I hope Minaya is playing possum here. Although, he may have something up his sleeve… he has a history of zigging when every expects him to zag.

by SQUAD on Dec 11, 2008 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Metsblog is saying talks for Marquis are back on.

by Gina on Dec 11, 2008 4:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Eh, ok, I guess

I suppose Marquis would be a decent 5th starter. He has decent stuff, but has always been wildly inconsistent.

If they get Marquis they need to make sure they get one of: Lowe, Sheets, Perez.

by SQUAD on Dec 11, 2008 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

*If they gets Marquis to be the 5th starter...

by SQUAD on Dec 11, 2008 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

reports are Show for Marquis

I’m down with that.

by cjmulrain on Dec 11, 2008 5:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Marquis isn’t much better than the other 5th starter options, maybe worse, and now we’re left with one lefty in our pen, putz and k-rod, who I imagine are going to be used pretty strictly in the 8th and 9th innings and a lot of guys with extreme righty/lefty splits.

Also it depends on how much of Marquis’s contract the cubs eat.

by Gina on Dec 11, 2008 6:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't mind that so much

as long as we find another lefty to come out of the ’pen

by JoshNY on Dec 12, 2008 12:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

quaaa?

we spent all our money on a guy who pitches 70 innings a year so now we cant afford somebody who pitches 200? god damn it thats retarded. this better some bs’ing GM tactic, omar.

seriously, who are the 4 and 5 picthers right now? Ayala?! Neise?! god damn it!

by kendynamo on Dec 11, 2008 4:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ok, I've changed my mind...

I want this team to sign Sheets.

by SQUAD on Dec 12, 2008 1:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Well the only top tier starter I’d like them to sign is Ben Sheets so I don’t think this is a bad thing at all…I am actively against signing Lowe/Burnett so I’m glad were not looking at them.
I’ll be happy with just re-signing Perez and then maybe trading for an inning eater.

by Ohpityme on Dec 13, 2008 5:18 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

what do you have against Lowe?

not trying to be antagonistic, just genuinely curious. I wasn’t a big Lowe guy at first either, but the more I look at his numbers and the other options on the market, the more I’d like to see them get him.

by cjmulrain on Dec 13, 2008 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I keep going back and forth...

If my life was on the line, I would want Sheets starting that game. Then Lowe. Then Ollie (with Ollie, I might as well play Russian Roulette… I would have better odds of living, and I think I’ve established that I love Ollie.)

To me, Sheets has the best stuff, hands down. Then Ollie, then Lowe.

However, Lowe is more durable than Sheets and consistently goes deeper in games than Ollie.

But Ollie is 27, Sheets 31, Lowe 35.

My point? Each candidate has their pros and cons and which one you prefer is really a personal choice, imo. In the end, I think the Mets should sign a guy who fits their needs the best. To me, that guy is probably Lowe. They could use a legit #2 to take the pressure off of Maine and Pelfrey. They also need a guy who will give them innings, because even though the pen is improved, you do not want to make the same mistake and burn those guys out. As much as I love Ollie, I think we have enough youth on the staff with Pelfrey and Maine, with Niese and Parnell in the wings and Holt on the horizon. Also, Johan isn’t exactly a graybeard yet either.

by SQUAD on Dec 14, 2008 2:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs