Let the rumors begin. According to MLBTR…Nick Johnson and Mark Derosa are already on the trading block and their respective teams are listening to offers. Now im not a GM(but i did stay in a holiday inn last night ;p) but i believe omar has got to snag one of these guys asap. I know Omar has expressed his content with the way the team is now and that he has always “envisioned” Daniel Murphy to play 1b(even though the last few years murph has been fielding OF and 2b) but from the way it looks so far, Daniel Murphy may never really get the chance to play and learn 1b enough to really hold down the job indefinatly. Again i hope this changes as 1b is a dark hole in this teams depth and Daniel Murphy would be the logical choice, but seeing how manuel says things and does another…get your cellphones ready and text
Mets01-For Aubrey Huff
Mets02-For Nick Johnson
Mets03-For Mark Derosa
to Omars Blackberry for YOUR new First Baseman.
(check with TRS86 for omars number since he seems to know it ;p)
17 comments
joer1
5/20/2009-12:57pm at 12:57 pm (UTC -4)
I would love for Omar to not wait. There is no reason to wait. We know what we have in all our players at this point. Sheffield is really the only one we dont know what he may do but you have to air on the side of not expecting much. Omar needs to swoop in and grab Nick Johnson. If healthy hes perfect to spray the ball around Citi!! I think its worth the gamble.
sabermetrician755
5/20/2009-12:59pm at 12:59 pm (UTC -4)
Hey guys. Let’s keep this thing going and have a kick butt comments section.
trs86
5/20/2009-1:01pm at 1:01 pm (UTC -4)
Yet another great post Dirty. I am going to see if I can move my post to yours and get rid of some of the clutter.
thestache17
5/20/2009-1:18pm at 1:18 pm (UTC -4)
I would love to see Omar get creative and see what it takes to get a player like Todd Helton. He is off to a hot start on a team going nowhere in their division. His contract is an albatross and with the Mets having seemingly bad contracts in Castillo and Oliver Perez ( I know they won’t trade Ollie), Castillo may be a match. Delgado at 12M and Castillo at 6M roughly equals the $19M owed to Helton in the next year. Colorado also has many OF, as Seth Smith, Fowler, Spilborghs, and Hawpe. I have to imagine Hawpe can be had at the right price.
thestache17
5/20/2009-1:31pm at 1:31 pm (UTC -4)
They have Quintanilla and Barmes, both of which have no business on a major league roster. I would not want either, and I would prefer Cora at 2B until the season ends.I believe O-Dog, Polanco, Figgins, and Felipe Lopez are all FA 2b in 2010. And it is not like Castillo’s production vastly exceeds Cora.
joer1
5/20/2009-1:43pm at 1:43 pm (UTC -4)
Definitely dont think Helton is the answer. His age and numbers are not inviting.
thestache17
5/20/2009-1:55pm at 1:55 pm (UTC -4)
Contract is ugly. Can’t argue that.
joer1
5/20/2009-2:05pm at 2:05 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah at 36 years old. I would pass. He hits for average but power has been gone for quite a while. And he plays in Colorado.
thestache17
5/20/2009-2:13pm at 2:13 pm (UTC -4)
I believe his road numbers have always been comparable, but yeah totally agree on the power outage. As a gap hitter, he intrigued me for Citi field, especially since Coors plays pretty similarly.
sabermetrician755
5/20/2009-1:15pm at 1:15 pm (UTC -4)
I’d be interested at some point. Right now is a bit of a busy time for me though. I like what you’re doing so far. Looking good.
trs86
5/20/2009-1:01pm at 1:01 pm (UTC -4)
Sabre, you and others have the right to be a writer on here as well. Let me know if you are interested.
trs86
5/20/2009-1:15pm at 1:15 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks Sabre, I just wish we could get a few of the others here as well. Kingman, Wanny where are you? LOL?
trs86
5/20/2009-1:21pm at 1:21 pm (UTC -4)
I don’t think Hawpe is going anywhere. Helton for sure has a terrible contract. I am not sure unless they send us a 2B back that deal would work anyway. We don’t want Alex Cora and Ramon Martinez as our 2B. If they would send at 2B over? I guess they would need to as they already have 2 and would not need Castillo.
Problem is that we would be stuck with Helton’s contract for not just this year but years to come.
trs86
5/20/2009-1:35pm at 1:35 pm (UTC -4)
While true in some ways about Cora and Castillo, Cora has not played a full season in years. I don’t know, Barmes would not be a terrible solution for this season along with Cora.
joer1
5/20/2009-1:40pm at 1:40 pm (UTC -4)
Gotta love it. Francesa is already hinting and going back from his tough talk yesterday that he would grill manuel on the whole not liking Church thing, and the pinch hitting debactle. What a wimp.
thestache17
5/20/2009-1:51pm at 1:51 pm (UTC -4)
A 300/400/500 line isn’t inviting? Last year was a down year, but quickly this year he is establishing himself as the player he was so many years ago.
trs86
5/20/2009-1:53pm at 1:53 pm (UTC -4)
It’s just that contract. That has to be one of the ugliest contracts. He will be getting Santana money soon.