The Best Laid Plans

Dave Cameron takes a look at the current state of the mets.

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There’s nothing we can really do about all the injuries now. It’s too late to acquire depth and even the deepest organizations couldn’t handle that many starting position players being out at the same time.

Until the current DL stints come to an end or the trading season really kicks in, we’ll just have to watch our AAA guys fill-in at important roles. Let’s just enjoy it, if we can!

by TheBigStapler on May 27, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed

Like it has been pointed out over the last two days, if the fill-ins have a great two weeks and the Mets somehow go 8-5, 9-4 or 10-3…we will be in great shape.

For once this might be a good omen….guys are injured and they still play well for a period of time.

by metsman07 on May 27, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus

This is the right time in the schedule to do it. Nats, Fish, Bucs, Nats. Then lots of Phillies and Yankees and Cardinals and Dodgers and Rays, hopefully by which time people will be healthy again.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on May 27, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

This is pretty kneejerk

Cameron’s usually better than this. Beltran’s missed one game and figures to be back soon. The catching situation goes back to normal on Friday when Schneider returns and Santos is demoted (right Omar?). Murphy and Tatis are platoon partners, and ZiPS probably underrates Castillo and Sheffield a bit given what we’ve seen from them thus far this year. If Church and Reyes are back within 7-10 days, the lineup looks pretty solid once again. Pushing for a trade based on a short-term injury crunch is not the sort of patient, prudent thinking I expect from an analyst like Cameron.

by Zwill on May 27, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

I really hate articles like this

I like Cameron’s writing but I hate the “Need to make a move” or “Trade some prospects blah blah” articles. Who should we trade for? What is the price? We need better backups, another starter, power bat, sure but who’s available and what’s the price. It’s lazy and easy to write an article that a team needs to get better (what team doesn’t want to get better) without going into details. Do we trade Parnell for Johnson, then trade Niese, F!, and Havens for Peavy, than call Holt up from A+, only to lose both these players to free agency and be screwed for a couple of years down the road. What can we really do at this point in the season?

by Sokojoe on May 27, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

I don’t see why trading your best chips this early in the season does any good. There is still a long way to go and there is no reason to panic…yet.

by metsman07 on May 27, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

agreed...however

I dont think we would lose Peavy to free agency. I think he has a few years left on his contract and I bet he would be successful in CitiField and against the NL East. I wouldn’t mind losing 2 of three guys you mentioned for Peavy and perhaps another 2 players of a lower caliber, but not all 3. Parnell for Johnson would be a typical shortsighted move the Mets are probably at least looking into….ala Izzy, Lidstrom, Wheeler, etc. I hope they don’t do anything rash

by JDizzzy on May 27, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Meh I would mind losing those players for Peavy

Because if we’re taking on the contract we’re not going to have money to fill the holes we’re hoping Havents/F-mart would fill in FA. Plus I’m not sure if we’d be getting Peavy in his prime or Peavy on the down turn of his career. I don’t know if Peavy, if he’s on a down-turn is going to be worth that much in resources, money wise and prospect wise.

by Gina on May 27, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

peavy

I am sure he’d like Citi about as much as Petco. He sure didn’t want to go to Chicago and the AL. Homer park.

by wobatus on May 28, 2009 4:45 AM EDT up reply actions

He's not saying they need an overhaul

They need one or two players who could really help out. Nick Johnson, Austin Kearns or Mark DeRosa could be had for less than our top prospects. Those guys represent expensive luxuries for teams that really can’t afford them.

I hate proposing trades, but losing Antonini, Gee or a couple of the middle round draft picks in Savannah for one or both of these players is really worth a shot.

by All Shook Down on May 27, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions