Mets have interest in Cristian Guzman
Cristian Guzman 2010 salary: $8 million
Felipe Lopez 2010 salary: $1 million
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I expect nothing less.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 16, 2010 10:50 PM EDT reply actions
interest for what?
is this some sort of horrifying way to tell us reyes is gonna be out a lot longer?
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
they're probably going to trade him
for selfishly continuing to be injured.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Knock on wood that doesn't happen.
At least Guzman is no David Eckstein, though.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 16, 2010 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
that would also make sense since the mets are notorious
for trading their pieces when their value is down.
This idea is so stupid
that Minaya just might do it!
I like the idea
It gives us a strong replacement at short while Reyes is out, who will become an even stronger backup when (if) Reyes returns.
It makes either Cora or Castillo expendable as well.
Goodbye Sir Dr. Sen. Brain SOCKS! D.D.S.R.S.V.P
at what cost though?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
8 million + Mejia?
"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell
they won't trade Mejia
Not now that he’s going to be the setup man
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
by firejerrynow on Mar 17, 2010 7:01 AM EDT up reply actions
imagine if they did, though
Strasburg & Mejia could be a nasty 1-2 punch in a few years. I think if the Mets made that trade, I’d just become a Nationals fan.
2009 Did Not Happen
Or possibly depressive-homicidal.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 17, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Expendable?
Its makes Cora or Castillo expendable to who? Castillo’s been on the block for 2 straight years. And you think the Mets would eat Cora’s $2 million to trade for a player who makes $8 million this year? How good does Bobby Crosby look now for $1 million.
Just a thought..
But maybe the Nats would eat lets say 2 mil, then we could play him for ~1 month till Reyes is back, and possibly spin him to another team?
I don’t hate this as long as we aren’t sending a whole lot of value back. Doesn’t Washington have a nice young SS? Maybe they want to free the spot up for him.
and by spin him to another team
i meant guzman, not reyes, just incase you thought i was a lunatic
you're still a lunatic
Being on the hook to Guzman for net $6 million is hardly a situation any team would want to sign on to for free, much less trade anything of value for.
a couple things
first, i never said we’d get any real value back for him
second, it wouldn’t necessarily be 6 million, if he had already played X games and the Mets were eating a piece of that as well. What if it was 3?
Guzman can be worth a couple wins, and I think he can play well especially in a short span. His defense, I’d guess, is no worse than Cora’s. Personally, with Beltran out as well to start I’m concerned with the offensive output. Omar should have gotten someone mentioned above, but he didn’t. So, under the right circumstances (giving up, say Eddie Kunz with WSH eating some of his salary) I think this move might not be so bad.
Thanks for the snark though.
If this were a straight swap for Castillo
and the Nats also paid part of Guzman’s salary. Then I’d do it. No way this happesn though, so pass.
this was the first thing that came to my mind too
but the only real advantage to that trade is that his contract ends in 2010 instead of 2011. Both are below average fielders with no power, although Luis can at least get on base at a useful clip. Guzman actually walks at a lower rate than Frenchy does, and thats pretty hard to do. I’d probably make the deal just to get castillo’s contract off the books earlier, but i’d in no way consider him an upgrade.
by KeithsMoustache on Mar 17, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions
well he's a mets beat writer
it’s not like some random guy off the street tweeted it. If he wrote an article for a paper and quoted “unnamed mets associates”, would it really be any different?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Hilarious
Guzman is way overpaid. He is blocking Ian Desmond, and coming off a shoulder injury. Just yesterday I almost posted here what i had read on a nats blog, that Mike Rizzo, GM, had overruled Riggleman, who had said he might try Desmond as a utility guy all over, including the outfield. Rizzo said no, he will be fulltime ss, either in washington or in AAA. That’s the way these decisions should be made, by a GM who isn’t acting out of fright for his job, overruling a manager.
To top it off, some comment from a Nats fan on the blog said “Hey, maybe Minaya will panic over reyes thyroid and we can get something for Guzman.” I thought no way, but did think it was funny.
Unbelievable. He is owed $8 million. he refused to move to 2b, so the nats (and this I thought wasn’t that smart, since they won’t contend this year), signed Kennedy to play 2b. Supposedly they worried that if Desmond flopped or Guzman wasn’t ready, they needed Kennedy.
And while some reports have him ok, he himself said he hasn’t cut loose on his throws yet.
He has had some babip-inflated ok years (year?) with the bat, but mostly is an out machine. He doesn’t walk. Riggleman said he would bat 2nd this year. Rizzo must be thinking i gotta call Omar before Rigs makes this guy leadoff.
Hell, maybe Rizzo or the Nats floated this past this dude to gauge reaction. I hope it is bs. It’s crazy.
Obviously
Omar wants Guzman because he’s latino. That’s why he didn’t go after Lopez….
2009 Did Not Happen
Adam rubin lobby for no Guzman
Pinella: Where th f*ck was that pitch at?
Ump: Lou, don't you know that you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition?
Pinella: Where the f*ck was that pitch at, a$$h*le?
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 17, 2010 7:33 PM EDT reply actions
So, does Omar listen? Or, do the opposite?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 17, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
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