and it makes me really, really angry. Omar should be held accountable, and he won’t be.

As much as everyone hopes Omar makes a move, and as obvious as it should be to him and the organization, does anyone really have faith that is going to happen? I am skeptical. Last summer it was so obvious we needed an arm, at least one, in the pen and Omar sat back and said all the right things to the camera and stuck with his guys, and what happend?
It’s a good thing they are facing AL teams so Sheff can give his body a little break, but hes wearing down quickly. I am a big fan of keeping Ryan Church in the lineup. He is a good outfielder with an excellent arm plus he has got some pop in the bat. He’s the kind of guy that needs to play everyday to get hot. I think it’s time for Fernando to go back to the farm. He’s clearly over matched in the bigs and he needs more time. Let him go down and play everyday and improve. This was the second game in as many days that he looked just plain silly at the plate.
Dunn would be a nice fit. He’s got that additional power that is lacking right now. But regardless the past week if you look, an extra hit, a better managerial move, and a caught pop up and the mets are 5-1 and we aren’t even talking about this. This is the Mets. I’m starting to come to terms with that. It’s always the woulda shoulda coulda with this club.

for Adam Dunn, who we could have had for nothing but money a few months ago, I will put a poster of Omar Minaya on my wall and ram my head into it full speed until I think my name is Ryan Church.

understatement of the year.

Murphy was a nice find last year but honestly I would much rather have Tatis. I’m tired of watching Murphy blow games in the field.

F-Mart belongs in AAA. Thats just a fact, he’s only 20 years old for crying out loud. If you wanna just throw in the towel for this year then fine, keep him up. If he starts next year, we better have another slugging OF out there with him and Beltran.

Church is questionable but has been the least of our concerns. He can split RF with Sheff.

LF has been a problem for about 4 years. Just look at the turnover, Alou, Nixon, Clark, Murphy, Tatis, F-Mart, Pagan, Chavez, the freakin list goes on and on… Fail.

1B has a hole in the first half of this year and despite the second half dominance, Omar should have had a decent backup option for 1B in case Delgado reverted to last years first half form or in case of injury. He did not. Fail.

Rotation – This has been said. The Mets signed guys with “upside” Garcia and Perez. Just in case they penciled in Redding and Livan to ensure we had 5 starters. They didn’t want to sign more consistent options like Lohse and Lowe because they didn’t have the potential upside that Omar craved. Fail.

Squid is right when he says that people with a half a brain saw most of this coming. The real question is why didn’t Omar and Mr Wilpon see it coming? The answer is because they are inept. I truly believe the they mean well but lack the understanding to produce a true long term championship team. They have plenty of money to spend which ensures that the Mets will always be talked about when it comes to contending but in reality, if and when they actually make the post-season is due to luck.

Seriously, for a team like the Mets, fielding a complete team of at least major league average players should not be difficult, yet we have failed to do this for years. Same old story. Its not going to change until ownership changes or until Wilpon gets lucky and somehow hires a great GM who brings in a good coach. I’m not getting my hopes up though…

Murphy has made some decent plays at 1B but the OF experiment was botched. He still doesn’t hit enough for a 1B (or a LF) so unless he can play a decent 2B, he is a backup player. If the Mets had an abundance of other players who could slug, I could stand Murphy a little bit more. That is not the case.

My ultimate point (which I failed to explain) was that Omar wasn’t counting on FMart playing this year and hence he is not an excuse as to why our GM has failed to provide us with legit options in the OF.

Dunn is interesting and I’ve always liked him, however I am glad he didnt come here because I thought he would be boo’d out of town. The good on Dunn – works counts, walks alot, and has power. The bad – he strikes out a lot and has consistently failed to get sac-flys when needed. Considering Citifield is soo large his HR numbers would certainly drop. Now picture Dunn as a Met coming to the plate sometime in July. He HR total is around 15 and he’s batting .250. Do you think the average fan would look up his OBP and give him a pass for playing in CitiField and being on pace to only 30+ HRs? (considering he always hits 40)…I doubt it.