Mets Deal With Chris Young Is Complete

Do Jason Pridie and Tobi Stoner have more value than Perez and Castillo? Other than their inexpensiveness, no they do not. If Ollie and Castillo are on the roster undeservingly on opening day then yes, I will readjust my stance. However, the plan from the beginning was always that they would be in spring training next month. I don’t know where you’ve been or where you’ve stuck your head for the past 3 months but I just don’t understand how we could be so ignorant of the plans that were in place since Alderson took over and then go on to complain about them.

he did manage to put up 0.6 WAR last season (and 1.6 the year before).

you have had a bone to pick with him from the beginning and finally this is your big chance to shit all over him. Am I right in my assessment? Are you anti-saber or something and are finally glad that the “nerds” are doing something wrong to verify your point? Or are you like Greg Pomes and pissed that Terry Collins was hired as manager over the wildly under qualified Wally Backman?

Listen…we criticized Omar because in the last 2-3 seasons of his regime because we were tired of the terrible moves and we knew the guy was in way over his head for a while. Minaya didn’t use any sort of factual base toward picking up players, other than “oh I’ve heard of Jeff Francoeur…he was on the SI cover 5 years ago…let’s pick him up! He must be great!” We destroyed Minaya not only for keeping Castillo and Perez but also for initially signing Castillo and Perez. Those signings from day one were ridiculously awful, we bashed them then and we continued to bash them until Minaya was fired. From 2007-10, Minaya put together a number of very flawed teams and we were sick of the one big signing and nothing else method. We’re not saying that Sandy is the alpha and the omega here…sure, we like what he’s done thus far for the most part and he’s preached positively in regards to the minor leagues, drafting overslot, the payroll, etc. The point is that this is still the initial phase of Alderson’s tenure. It makes no sense to judge the guy until we see his plan in action and that doesn’t happen until games are played on the field.

But I guess some people are really impatient and have an agenda that they have to go out and fulfill. There’s no reason at this point to criticize him yet. Like I said, if they are on the Opening Day roster come April 1st or whenever the season starts, then I’ll reconsider my stance. Until then, I’ll trust Alderson’s decision because I have no reason not to.