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I’ve had it with this team. The time for excuses is over. Its time to make some real changes to the roster so that the Mets can turn the page on what has been a lesson in futility for the past two years. I propose that the following players need to find their way off this team in order for the Mets to move forward.
- Moises Alou
- Luis Castillo
- Carlos Delgado
- Aaron Heilman
- Pedro Martinez
- Orlando Hernandez
These six players represent the dead weight that this team has had to carry during this awful stretch. Moises Alou, while a fine player, and as consistant a hitter the Mets have ever had, is too brittle to stay on the field and contribute for them. Its hard to drop someone with his ability to hit, but the Mets can’t keep relying on him to stay in one piece. I’d rather see the Mets slop through with Nick Evans, and have some hope for the future. Give someone young and hungry a chance to prove themselves, or make a deal for someone who spends more time on the field than on the disabled list.
Luis Castillo looks like he’s grimacing with every step he takes. He’s a Punch and Judy hitter that would be useful with a more consistent offense surrounding him. However he’s a black hole with this configuration of a line up. Omar really screwed this one up, with a four year deal, and while it would make more sense to eat his contract, there is no way in hell the Mets will. We are stuck with Castillo for better or worse, unfortunately.
Carlos Delgado is done. He was a great slugger once but there is not much left in the tank. He will mash in small glimpses, but not enough to be the type of hitter the Mets need him to be. His contract is huge so the only way the Mets could get rid of him is to eat a large portion of it. I’m sorry to say I don’t know of many team who would bite.
Aaron Heilman was once a fine middle reliever but he’s been a major liability for the past year or so. The reason why he’s a good player to deal is he actually has some value, as he could be used as a starter on another team. He’s in a total funk right now, and the Mets need to either pull a Steve Trachsel on him and throw him in the minors to get his head on right, or get rid of him. He’s going to cost them too many games that they can’t afford to lose right now.
Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez can no longer be part of this team. I’m sorry but neither of them can stay healthy long enough to be contributors. The Mets need to cut ties with the aging, disabled players they’ve been carrying around. I will miss Pedro’s personality but I will not miss the sadness I keep having to endure watching him limp off the field every time he tries to return. I don’t know that the Mets can get anything for either of these players, but its best they act as if they didn’t exist. The Mets need to move on without them at this point.
Thats my six point plan to improve the Mets by subtraction. Soon I will post how we can improve the team by addition, and look to replace the serious holes the team has. It may not be possible to fix the team completely this season but I think with the right re-configuration, the team can still contend in the short and long term.
The good news is most of these guys are gone by next year. Unfortunately, despite what the Mets marketing department would lead you to believe, next year is not now.
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10 Responses for "Blow The Whole Thing Up"
Hey ant, you should come in the chatroom to talk about this once in a while.
I agree with you on duque or pedro and gado and alou.
Im unsure on Luis.
But i extremely disagree on Aaron. Look at last night for example (My first game at shea this year), where aaron pitched two very strong innings. Yes, he’s having issues, and yes a AAA stint might be worthwhile, but better relievers are not easy to come by, and he has the stuff if he can get himself together.
(Interestingly, i remember joking with you last year about heilmans’ performances and his mid year switches between his music from london calling to dont fear the reaper. Well he’s been using “Paint it black” by the stones this year….not sure if i like that better or not.)
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you want to cut ties with six guys without changing the manager first to see if that has any effect? why?
Because the manager is not the problem. I’ve addressed that issue several times on here already.
might be leading the team in a wrong way. Also, he’s a horrible tactician, I wrote about one thing he screwed up on my blog http://baseballoutlook.blogspot.com/2008/05/ive-come-to-conclusion.html
If anyone would be fired it should be Omar Minaya because it’s his guys that are doing badly. I agree with the fact of releasing all those players except for Aaron Heilman, you give him a week or two in AAA and heil be fine
i know you have. but that doesn’t mean it’s the best course of action. what do you have to lose by firing randolph, seeing how this team responds, and then correcting the roster by the deadline?
do you really think willie randolph is gonna be the guy who leads whatever team emerges from the rubble to an eventual championship?
if not, why so protective?
You can go ahead and fire Willie if you want, but he’s the least of their problems. I’m pretty indifferent about him because of the configuration of the team. The players are the real problem here. If this was a team full of mostly younger players, I would put more fault on the manager, but the Mets are filled with aging veterans who should pull their weight without needing motivation from anyone.
Even if they were to get a new manager, it wouldn’t make a big difference, in my opinion. Wholesale roster changes are required if you expect any improvement.
i don’t think you’re going to see any big roster moves while omar still has his trusty willie blast shield in place, because moves like this would admit that he did a catastrophic job putting this team together.
in my opinion, there is enough blame here for everyone. fire the manager, put the GM on notice, and then maybe some of these moves come to fruition.
(many of which i agree with, by the way.)
You’re likely right, as this is more of a ‘in a perfect world’ plan. The Mets, like I said, are stuck with most of these guys, fortunately only for another year in most cases.
Omar can ride it out, Willie cannot. So what you want is likely to happen anyway. Willie doesn’t deserve it but thats unfortunately how this will eventually play out. The team won’t be any better with or without Willie until they reconfigure the actual roster.
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