Okay so yesterday started off quiet enough. Face of the franchise David Wright was on Mike Francesa’s WFAN radio show and all seemed right in the land of the Mets. Well my friends whe should all know since we are Mets fans and our motto is “Hope for the best / expect the worse” that this cumbyeya moment that we were all sharing yesterday would in a few hours be shattered in a million little pieces.
Yes the Mets are in deep sh&t right now after they announced that Calros Beltran on the advice of his agent Scott Boras and his doctors , he either had a run of the mill scoping of his knees or the very risky micro-fracture surgery to repair the damage that he suffered to his knees. So either way he will not be ready for Spring Training at all – best case scenario is early May , or he might be out for the entire season. Matt Cerrone of Metsblog is reporting that his sources inside the Mets organization are ” livid” that Beltran went through with the surgery with out their blessing. But what I have to ask is instead of coming back at the end of a lost season, why the f*ck didn’t he just have the procedure so that he could be back at 100 % when spring training started !! In my opinion this is a strong indictment of the Mets training staff, and for the fact that they were retained after last years injury plagued season it makes me wonder why no steps were taken to address this matter. So this leads us to another question, who will start in center-field next year while Carlos is rehabbing? I would have to figure that instead of signing whats left of the available flotsam and jetsam free agent outfielders, that Fernando Martinez will be forced to win the job during spring training , with Angel Pagan as his platoon partner. I feel that Mets management would feel that would be the best stop gap alternative that they have without adding payroll.
All I can say is get well soon Carlos, We will be needing you !!!
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                                                        ” Once again the Mets training staff has their heads up their asses !”
And the INFAMY keeps rolling along !!!!
Happy Birthday wishes go out to part time outfielder from the early ’70′s Mets teams -Dave Marshall (1943)
Utility infielder for the ’84 team, Ross Jones is 50 today (1960) .
Happy Birthday Mike ” Big Pelf” Pelfrey (1984) . May this season be a prosperous one for you since you seem to be our de facto number two pitcher this season.
Sadly on this date in 1970 former coach and the architect of the ’69 Mets, Johnny Murphy passed away. This in my opinion is what sent the Mets into that downward spiral during the ’70′s because this allowed M. Donald Grant to become a shadow puppet master, making decisions that would ultimately almost destroy the team.
This also marks the passing of one of the unsung heroes of the ’69 championship team , pitcher Don Cardwell (2008)
New York Mets selected out-fielding prospect Terry McDaniel in sixth round of free agent draft on January 14, 1986. He was yet another highly touted prospect who never saw the light of day with the Mets.
New York Mets traded pitcher Masato Yoshii to the Colorado Rockies for pitcher Bobby” not the good one” Jones and minor league pitching prospect Lariel Gonzalez on January 14, 2000.
And while you are turning on the gas to stick your head in the over , just remember that we can still win without Carlos Beltran, this team can step up to the challenge!!! And there are just 81 more days until the Mets open the 2010 season against the Florida Marlins at Citi Field.
4 comments
stickguy
1/14/2010-8:02am at 8:02 am (UTC -4)
Nothing like a little “only the Mets” fun to start the new year off right. Will be curious to see how this all plays out. If nothing else, the various reports are all over the board.
I actually think that if it is true the Mets are agressivly pursuing legal/contractual action, they must think he is out for a long time (the year? Forever?) and would be happy to get out of his contract. Just doesn’t seem to make as much sense if it really was a minor procedure, even if they are ticked he didn’t offically clear it 1st.
So, if itturns out to be microfracture after all, would not surprise me. It also would not surprise me if Beltran misses the year, or more likely, somces back in say May, and within 2 weeks is gone again.
Hopefully (best case) it was minor, the team and player kiss and make up, and the procudure really fixes his knee up enough to have a good year (and stay on the field). Probably better it was now in that case, since you figure he was going to miss time with knee issues at some point this season.
The other board of course is in a panic, and the prevailing opinion is that every FA now has a gun to the Mets head. But, we shall see.
If he can be back by say May 15th (IOW, on the “Lackey plan”), then the Mets should be fine. They can make do with Pagan, but I think they need to add another decent OF for the bench (Gomes?). I relaly don’t want to see them hand the job to F Mart out of ST.
njstuckintx
1/14/2010-8:51am at 8:51 am (UTC -4)
Yes, most definitely hope it is minor and fixes the problems for the year. Why not just get something done right into the offseason?
And honestly, why the hell would Beltran consult with the Mets doctors when the team was the most injured team ever (I may be exaggerating, but then again, I may not be…)
Last little comment for comment’s sake. Kinda glad they didn’t ship Pagan off in a Castillo dump to eventually sign O-dawg or something along those lines…
CaseStreet
1/14/2010-8:45am at 8:45 am (UTC -4)
What a disgusting picture, and I’m not talking about the guy with his head in his ass.
GravediggerHebner
1/14/2010-11:40am at 11:40 am (UTC -4)
Happy Birthday Big Pelf! Don’t break a rib blowing out your candles!