Trading K-Rod?

I think you’re thinking of the other NY team, we’re the team that couldn’t afford to pay Abreu 3 million. And that wasn’t even in talks with Burrel, Tex, Dunn, Bradley, basically any free agent after K-rod signed. The unlimited payroll only works if you’re owners go with it, which ours don’t.

and we could use that money on more important positions.

because those other stats, thats false hustle paperwork. Which I think is the newest AA meme.

because after all, he obviously lacks the mental fortitude.

I tend to figure that when the Red Sox have a big time need, and they’re not looking at a particular player to fill that need, as a rule of thumb that player at that position isn’t a good idea (see Tejada, Miguel).

Also, K-Rod just ain’t that great, and I can’t imagine what the argument you’re making for him is outside of pure reputation rather than production. He was a mediocre closer, and a bad one on the second half. His peripheral rates are declining, his swinging strikes are declining, the Mets may not have a better reliever on the roster, but I’d take a lot of the FA RP over him at this point. I could see Gonzalez or Soriano being more effective and substantially cheaper over the next 2-3 years, and Valverde a pretty close parallel to Frankie. Wagner’s a wild card, but if you brought him in with one of the former Braves on a one year deal, you’d have two pretty awesome relievers, a backup plan for Wags, and you’d barely have to invest the same amount in both guys that Frankie is costing per year.

And I can look at the fact that David Wright had his worst season at the same year Reyes was hurt all year.

because you can totally prove that with evidence instead of biased WFAN spouting idiocy.

I’d love to see it. To prove this claim, you have to prove that other players would have played better had they not played alongside Reyes. You certainly can’t make this case with Wright or Beltran, unless you mean to suggest that they would have been Albert Pujols level awesome had Reyes not been around. And the one time Wright did underperform, Reyes wasn’t even playing for most of the season. Would Moises Alou have been more apt to stay healthy if Jose Reyes weren’t around? Would Shawn Green have resurrected his already long faded star? Would Jose Valentin been a superstar in 2006, instead of just very good? Would Endy Chavez been a power hitter? Kaz Matsui lived up to expectations? Would Mike Pelfrey strike more guys out? And even in 2009, by my count, the only player who performed substantially better after Reyes got injured was Jeff Francoeur, a guy who wasn’t even on the roster until halfway through the season, well after Reyes had gone down.

did i read that right?

it’s not even worth arguing with him