This Isn't My AAOP.

by Dan Lewis on Oct 31, 2011 12:42 PM EDT

This isn't my AAOP, because I already wrote my AAOP, and I like my AAOP. This is another plan -- a more likely one, and a bit of a thought experiment.

Let's assume that Jose Reyes is going to get $17MM a year over six years, and Angel Pagan is going to earn $5MM next year. Let's also assume Jonathan Broxton were willing to come to the Mets in a set-up role.

My question: Is the following team competitive enough to make a run into the playoffs?

The Mets would sign Broxton, Joe Nathan, Grady Sizemore, Cody Ross, and Paul Maholm. Together, these guys would run about $22MM, maybe a bit more, but affordable nonetheless. That gives us:

SP: Johan, Dickey, Niese, Pelfrey, Maholm, and Gee being the swingman

RP: Nathan, Broxton, Acosta, Parnell, Byrdak, Herrera/Carrasco/someone, Gee.

Thole, Davis, Murphy, Tejada, Wright, Duda, Sizemore, Bay, with a bench of Nickeas, Turner, Ross, and some others TBD like Baxter and Evans.

.500 team? Chance at 90 wins? You tell me.

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I'm confused

so are we signing Jose Reyes or not?

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by Bobby Baseball on Oct 31, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions

We aren't.

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by Dan Lewis on Nov 1, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions

This might be a decent team...

…if no one got injured all season. I mean, losing Reyes hurts the offense, and starting Duda and Sizemore hurts the fielding, but you could manage. I don’t think you’d get 90 wins, but you wouldn’t be embarrassing.

But given the people involved, I don’t think assuming no injuries is a good bet. Depth is going to kill you if your bench guys Opening Day include Nickeas and Baxter and your relief pitching begins with a Herrera/Carrasco type as one of its seven best.

by djletz on Oct 31, 2011 5:40 PM EDT reply actions