Add DeRosa, a lefty RP and resign DelGado that is it!

When Jose Reyes was healthy and involved in the game more, the Mets won more often. When Alex Cora was filling in, the Mets won less often. Either his intangibles have no affect on games whatsoever, making it an inconsequential “stat”, or his intangibles do have an affect on the game, but they have a negative effect, and are bad for the team.

Evan_S has to give back his prize. Them’s the breaks.

Why do you keep capitalizing the letter ‘g’ in “Delgado”?

Can a guy who’s averaged a WAR of 4.8 over his six years in the Major Leagues really make the team somehow worse (presuming, of course, that his contract is not as highly inflated, both monetarily and length-wise- and, by all accounts, both factors have been declining at a steady rate since before he first went on the market).

And, on Ted Lilly liking DeRosa. That is nice that he does, but how do we know Lilly isn’t weird or something like that, and that his opinion can’t necessarily be thought of as especially prevalent, or mainstream? Not that I, myself, believe what I’m typing here, but I’m just pointing out that one person’s opinion does not the truth make. Lilly could like him, but 2/3s of the Cubs could theoretically have not.

“I love Michkin as a poster, a player, a person, a clubhouse guy,” anonymous scout said. “I could say he’s probably the best teammate I’ve ever had. All around, he really cares a great deal about everybody, and that’s the kind of person he is. I think he also leads by example — the way he plays and comments. He’s a special individual and he has some serious MS paint skillz” amazinavenue.com.

There are only about 25 five win position players in baseball. Holliday, along with a healthy and productive Wright, Reyes and Beltran would make this team instant playoff contenders.

What? Another SINGULAR win in the 2006 post-season, and the club’s history would have been dramatically different. Another four or five wins in 2007, and the club’s history would have been dramatically different. Another four of five wins in 2008, and the club’s history would have been dramatically different.

That the 2010 free agent market may or may not be better than this seasons doesn’t negate the fact that Matt Holliday is certainly a difference maker. As you say, there’s “too much room to make up for this year”. If none of the problems that we have now are addressed, on top of the problems that we have during the 2010 after-season, we’ll have to add the problems we have now.

There’s no reason to necessarily write off the 2010 season. As the team stands right now, there’s a bunch of pretty blatant holes. If one or two of them are genuinely fixed, while the others are just kind of patched over as temporary stopgaps, we’re fielding a team that can contend for the division title, and/or the Wild Card. Adding Matt Holliday genuinely fixes one of those blatant holes, and for years to come.

or something like that.

… that versatility and depth might be a better way to go next year— both on-field and off— then DeRosa makes an interesting 1-2 year guy (in conjunction with bringing in a cheap 2-3 WARish Winn or Byrd in LF).

You can squeeze a lot more value out of lefty-mashingness (.299/.368/.490 career) if it can spell Castillo, Wright or Jose

I don’t know which one is more overhyped. Among the general baseball population, DeRosa, I guess. Among most Mets fans, Nady, definitely. Our problem in 2007 and 2008 was finishing the season weakly. Nady is not the guy you want for finishing a season strong.

over evans