It was unfortunate that the New York Mets had to play one of the hottest teams in baseball, the Atlanta Braves this weekend. After dropping the first two games, the Mets were able to hand the Braves its first loss of the season behind a solid performance from Bartolo Colon. The Mets return to Flushing … Read more
The MLBPA compiled a full list of players who filed for free agency this offseason. Out of those, there are several possibilities that stood out to me as players I would consider signing if I were the GM of the Mets (assuming I had a moderate amount of money to spend). Mind you, I’m not … Read more
For six innings, this one seemed to be in the bag. After all, the Mets mounted a three-run lead against a team that can’t score runs.
Then, the Padres lined up Josh Spence and Chad Qualls to pitch the tenth inning and once again the game appeared to be in the bag.
A quick recap of what happened at the baseball winter meetings in Orlando, Florida on Sunday / Monday. – Adrian Gonzalez was officially traded to the Red Sox – Jayson Werth signed a 7-year, $126M deal with the Nationals – Shaun Marcum was traded to the Brewers – Melvin Mora signed with the Diamondbacks – … Read more
As Sandy Alderson has told us, the Mets are not concerned with making the postseason in 2011. Further, they may have only $5M to play with on this winter’s free agents.
Considering those two factors, do ANY free agents make sense?
This is a difficult question, because it is hard to figure what exactly is the motivation for signing free agents for the 2011 season. Considering that nearly every free agent is over the age of 30, signing one with the idea of keeping him for 2012 / 2013 doesn’t seem likely. I’m guessing that the team will sign short-term deals with a small handful of players who can fill holes and help the team stay out of last place. Additionally, they may look to sign some risk / reward types who can a) possibly give the Mets enough performance to push them toward a postseason berth; or b) become trading chips to deal to pennant chasers in return for younger talent in July.
These are pitchers coming off injury who likely will need to take incentive-laden contracts with minimal dollars guaranteed (i.e., far less than the six million it took to rebuild Steve Austin, astronaut).
It is no secret that the Mets need to acquire more quality pitching to contend in 2010 — both in the starting rotation and the bullpen (though, most people are ignoring the ‘pen part of the issue).
Let’s go over the names being bandied about.
James K at Amazin Avenue puts to rest the theory that Omar Minaya only seeks Latin players Chris Wilcox at BlueAndOrange comments on Minaya’s new course of action Roger Cormier at Fonzie Forever chronicles the past decade of baseball Also at Fonzie Forever, Brian shows stats that make Aaron Harang look a lot like John … Read more
Mets 9 Reds 7 Jeff Francoeur and the Mets are now 2-0. The Beltranless, Delgadoless, and Reyesless offense exploded for six runs in the third and fourth frames, and later tacked on another pair of much-needed insurance runs as the Mets beat the Reds, won the three-game series, and head into the All-Star Break with … Read more
