Mets Release Duaner Sanchez

by Eric Simon on Mar 10, 2009 9:55 AM EDT

Though the writing may have been on the wall for a while, the Mets release Duaner Sanchez this morning.

"We looked at it, really, his over all performance based upon last year to what we see now and we didn’t see the improvement," Minaya said.

By cutting Sanchez before mid-march they will save more than $1 million of his $1.6 million salary for 2009.

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Awwwww

I’ll miss him.

The 2009 NY Mets: WE GOT K-ROD! OMG, Putz, too! Sign Lowe! Lowe's a Brave. Sign Manny! Tim Redding, WTF? Sign Manny! Sheets or Perez? SHEETS! Perez?? Oh, Sheets is hurt -- good job, Minaya! WTF?! SIGN MANNY!

by ZaBlanc on Mar 10, 2009 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

Good luck, Dirty.

That was one expensive cab ride, buddy.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 10, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions

yeah no joke

HELLO HELLO MR WILPON. WE WANT THE MANSION NOT THE CONDO.

by kendynamo on Mar 10, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Should've just ordered room service.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Mar 10, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow.

I actually did not see this coming. I thought he would have been a part of our bullpen this year. Not in a set up role, but as a piece of the puzzle, I thought he would have been effective.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Mar 10, 2009 10:02 AM EDT reply actions

Farewell

A great pitcher, sporadically. Ciao Dirty!

by deadspy3 on Mar 10, 2009 10:18 AM EDT reply actions

good move omar

i never had much faith in duaner last year, and he didn’t show much improvement this spring. i know the team is only saving about $1 million, but perhaps this is a precursor to signing pedro? probably not, but who knows.

by englishgrey on Mar 10, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Omar is going to keep 7 in the bullpen right?

I’m reading some people assuming it’s going to be 6. That doesn’t seem smart to me, or realistic. I’m pretty sure they’ve kept 7 on the opening day roster since Omar’s arrival.

by James Kannengieser on Mar 10, 2009 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

They've always had to.

Because their rotation has always been filled with injury risks, guys who can only pitch 5 innings, and crappy 5th starters (not that I have much faith in this year’s prospective 5th starters either.)

by SQUAD on Mar 10, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

And then there was one

Pedro Felicano is the last man standing in the bullpen from opening day last year.

by Sokojoe on Mar 10, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

And yet I'm not all that sad....

by Lunkwill Fook on Mar 10, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

yes.

This is a good thing.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Mar 10, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Sanchez

Nobody has mentioned this, but is there any chance we re-sign him to a minor league contract? I don’t know if he’ll get a major league deal from anyone else.

by supermets on Mar 10, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I thought the same thing above.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Mar 10, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I can't really disagree with the decision to release him

But it does make me worry more about our bullpen depth, he, if healthy was supposed to be one of the few non-specialists who we’d see before the 8th and 9th.

by Gina on Mar 10, 2009 2:27 PM EDT reply actions

I dont like this move

I just don’t have more faith in the guys beyond Dirty at this point and I was expecting dirty to be at least average out there this season.

I sure hope there’s more to the story (i.e. Dirty’s attitude or something)…he has a lot of issues in the past.

If this move was to save money, I’ll just pretend we’re a small market team and be ok with it…..

by The Great Dep on Mar 10, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

Here's the story.

He was topping out at 85. The End.

by SQUAD on Mar 10, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

On march 10th

by The Great Dep on Mar 10, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

Do you think it's likely he'll gain 10 or so mph of velocity in a little over a month?

Because that’s how far away he was from his pre-injury velocity. Sure they could have waited a few more weeks but more than likely they’d just be wasting time, and money, that could be used to fill the hole.

Of course I’m assuming they are going to try and fill the hole and really who knows, I guess they might just bump everyone else up a spot an decide we’re good.

by Gina on Mar 10, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I just wish we paid the money to keep him and take the chance. we take chances on so many other guys allll the time, but we couldnt do it here, for $1.3M?

if we needed that money that bad, it really really sucks.

by The Great Dep on Mar 10, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions