THE BIG DAY

by Eric Simon on Nov 11, 2005 12:08 PM EST Comment 5 comments

The big big day has finally arrived and the Mets must feel like the belle of the ball. Teams can formally start making offers to free agents from other teams and everyone will be interested in the team from Queens for one reason or another. More specifically:

Reason #1: Genuine interest in the Mets
Reason #2: Genuine interest in getting the biggest contract possible

Reason #2 involves the Mets because the Mets have one of the biggest money vaults this side of the McDuck mansion, and everyone knows that Omar Minaya isn't afraid to dip into it. The Mets' needs are clear:

[x] Closer
[x] Big bat
[x] Catcher
[x] Second baseman

There are rumblings all across this great land of this guy or that potentially donning a Mets uni in 2006, so stay tuned to AA for the latest news and rumors.

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rotoworld

To get things started, here are a few rumors off Rotoworld.com:

discussions of Cameron to the Padres for Otsuka? (seems like more players would have to be coming back to the Mets in this one)
interest in signing Farnsworth
interest in Julio Lugo? (maybe as utility man and 2B?)
several rumors of trades going with Tampa Bay, possibly also with a third team like the Rangers involved. Probably for Huff and/or Baez, possibly sending them to Boston for Manny later. Favorite line:

To the Rays for whom? The Mets have interest in Julio Lugo, Danys Baez, Aubrey Huff and Toby Hall. Also, the Rays have this kid Kazmir that might be only a year or two away from the majors. Maybe he's available.

by anonymous on Nov 11, 2005 1:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Travis Lee

Part of the reason is that he'll always be seen as a bust. The other part of the reason is that he's just not that good. While you site his numbers against lefties, they really aren't very good. A .692 OPS is dreadful out of the 1B slot, and it really is not worth the 2-3 million he'll probably earn next season. And his glove, while quite good, isn't enough to really make up the difference. He's really just a left handed version of Minky, but probably not quite as good.

Honestly, I'd rather have Julio Franco than either Millar or Lee, even if he did once strike out against Mordecai Brown. The best option might be to just look over a bunch of AAA rosters to find someone another team just won't use.

As far as Walker is concerned, I'd imagine he'll stay put in Chicago, especially since he's much better than Hairston.

by Alex Nelson on Nov 11, 2005 10:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Funny

Nice "Three Finger" Brown reference.

by Eric Simon on Nov 11, 2005 11:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My opening day lineup

Jose Reyes
Carlos Beltran
David Wright
Cliff Floyd
Mike Jacobs
Bengie Molina
Todd Walker
Mike Cameron
Pedro Martinez

Putting Wright in the 3 spot would be ideal, pushing Beltran to 2nd. This way Beltran is at his comfortable spot and hopefully we see more of the Beltran from Kansas City and Houston. In the 3rd spot last season, he hit everything up in the air. This way he can go back to more of his game. Though moving David takes away his protection of Floyd, he'll drive in a lot more now and I think Mike Jacobs is ready to be 5th. He would make good protection for 5th, as he put together monster numbers last year. He was also the organizational mets player of the year twice. And aquiring Bengie Molina and Todd Walker would be ideal fits for the club in my mind.

Yankees flat out utterly suck.

by 2QYankeehater on Nov 13, 2005 7:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs