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by Rickfansince76 on Nov 13, 2009 5:28 PM EST

I would bring in a different defense specialist at Catcher, Brad Ausmus for $1.25M. sign him for 2 years, and use him in tandom with Santos $1M. Hopefully we get a little better offense than we got out of Schneider. This would give Josh Thole a chance to develop 1 more year inthe minor, and then we can trade Santos toward the end of the year or in the off-season and have Thole-Ausmus in 2011.
Orlando Hudson would be signed for 3 years, $18M. He is a gold glover up the middle and has proven to have a hot bat at times during a season. This would give us a solid Defense up the middle with Reyes, Hudson, and Beltran. plus Ausmus when he is in.
I would trade Castillo, Maine, and Pagan to Toronto for Halladay $14.25M in 2010. Sign him for 4-5 years at $20Mil. He can bring us deep into games, and supply and good 1-2 punch with Johan. We might have to eat some salary here, so to make it more realistic say we eat $2M of castillo's salary( $16.25M total). I think Pagan is an attractive sell to a team, but while he was consistent at athe plate his D and base running should not be part of the Mets future. That gives us Santana, Halladay, Pelfrey, Redding, and then a 5th starter combined from Figueroa, Niese, and Misch.
I would sign Matt Holliday for 5 years $100M giving me an outfield of Beltran, Francouer, and Holliday
I would then make a big trade of Nick Evans, Fernando Martinez, and Cory Sullivan to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez who as I understand it is only owed $5M for each of the next 2 years.
Bring in Darren Oliver for $2M
We keep in the minors, Davis, Mejia, and Thole. plus offer minor league contracts to OF Chris Carter, Andy Greene, Nieve, Lance Broadway

so that has me at

1B Gonzalez- $5M

2B Hudson- $6M

SS Reyes - $9M

3B Wright- $10M infield total $30M

LF Holliday- $20M

CF Beltran- $19M

RF Francouer- $3.375M OF total $42.375M

C- Ausmus $1.25, Santos $750,000 = $2M

Bench- Murphy $.5M,A. Hernenadez $.4 M, Reed $.9M, Tatis $1.25M =$3.05M

SP- Santana $19M, Halladay $16.25M, Pelfrey $2.25M, Redding $2.25M = $39.75M

long relief/5th starter Misch, Niese, and Figueroa $500,000 ea = $1.5M

RP K-rod- $9M, Feliciano $1.7M, Parnell- $400,000, Stokes $400,000, Oliver $2M = $13.5M

Total= $132.75M

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No offense, but your trades are completely and utterly unrealistic

by Syler on Nov 13, 2009 5:33 PM EST reply actions

maybe

maybe the Halladay trade but not the Gonzalez, SD wants young talent and Evans and Martinez are that, and may make a splash inthe big leagues.

by Rickfansince76 on Nov 14, 2009 1:10 AM EST up reply actions

True, your proposed Halladay trade is ridiculously one-sided,

but the Gonzalez one ain’t much better. It’s essentially Fernando for Gonzalez, since Evans isn’t very valuable, and Sullivan is completely worthless. It’d take something like Fernando, Holt, and at least one lesser prospect.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 14, 2009 1:28 AM EST up reply actions

Sorry, There's no way Toronto or San Diego take those trades.

by ChrisLive on Nov 13, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions

why

Maine has had some good numbers, and Pagan hit well last year..castillo also hit…Toronto wants to dump Doc for talented cheap talent..we could probably find some other minor league guys to throw in also. we won a world series with one Doc, maybe we need a new Doc

by Rickfansince76 on Nov 14, 2009 1:13 AM EST up reply actions

So Toronto is going to take an oft injured mid 30, no field, no power 2B

a oft injured late 20s pitcher whose best season is that of an average pitcher, and an oft injured 28 year old outfielder who has never done anything before the the second half on 09 for one of the best pitchers in baseball? And for Gonzalez they get one oft injured top prospect, a guy in Nick Evans whose ceiling is basically the right handed bat in a platoon, and a 30 year old nothing outfielder who can’t hit or field. Why are they doing those trades exactly?

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Nov 14, 2009 1:19 AM EST up reply actions

Omar became their GM?

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Nov 14, 2009 6:39 AM EST up reply actions

Those trade proposals are terrible.

Mauer for Parnell stands just as good a shot at happening.

"We're just as bad as the old Mets, but this time nobody's laughing"
-Dallas Green

by Stephen Schmidt on Nov 13, 2009 6:04 PM EST reply actions

There is no way those trades happen.

None whatsoever, unless the other GMs are both drunk and high. Also, Brad Ausmus is a total offensive black hole. Since 2002, Schneider is worth -64.7 batting runs, while Ausmus is worth -121.1. And their career wOBAs are nearly identical (.294 for Ausmus, & .301 for Schneider).

by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 13, 2009 11:39 PM EST reply actions

good receiver

Ausmus is for defense not offense…Santos will hit some and then hopefully in 2011 Thole comes up and is taught how to catch by Ausmus. If we get Holliday, and Hudsun hopefully we can win with a weak hitting C

by Rickfansince76 on Nov 14, 2009 1:16 AM EST up reply actions