Certainly we did not have the chemistry on 07 as in 06. I think Pedro was part of it. I do not think that Pedro can affect the team much when he is trying to re-establish himself and his game. So for 07 Pedro is a non event.

I don’t know anything about Lidge, and yes I have no real answer for the chemistry problem. Does anyone?

Dave

Jon, what is the drug testing policy on this site because Spiderpig is definately under the influence of some hardcore narcotics.

And why shouldn’t we be upset with OMAR. He has made moves already this winter. Bringing back a damaged LFer and not cutting Mota and Schoeneweis and wasting time with Boras to fill Boras’ ego…. Bring back Steve Phillips, we don’t need his clone.

It makes no sense for the Mets to trade Delgado, assuming that they’d have to pay $4-8 million of his contract to get it done. Who’s playing first next year? For 8-12 million, you’re not getting anyone who can put up the same numbers as Delgado. And you have to be kidding me if you think Delgado is getting traded for a front line starter. Not happening.

Is there a chance we bring back Matsui? I read Colorado is prepared to lose him to the Cubs; I don’t understand why the Rockies wouldn’t want him back, unless they want to try Barmes again. So maybe we can swoop in with an offer? I doubt that he would want to come back, and I am leary about how he would perform, so I would say no.

If we traded Delgado soon, it could be possible to bring back Green to play first, with his long errorless streak there, along with the way he bookended the season, not so good in the middle though. If there’s not a big power bat to be had, I would not be adverse to seeing Green back on a one-year deal, but I think he will get at least another year more elsewhere, and would probably take it.

I hope if we do trade Delgado, it’s for a starting pitcher who can pitch in the majors in 2008, no prospects, which we probably wouldn’t get anyway. We need to find a fifth starter, since I wouldn’t count on Hernandez or Sosa filling that spot, while Humber and Pelfrey battle for the other open spot behind Pedro, Maine, Perez.

Of course, if we sign the Japanese free agent Fukudome to play right field, that means we can trade Milledge for a pitcher. It seems other teams see more value in Milledge than most of us, and I think the Mets also, do, so let Oakland have him if that scenario plays out.

There are probably so many other things going on that we don’t know about, so Omar could surprise us in the coming week. It’s better to just wait it out while talking about different possibilities rather than criticizing before the hot stove season is over.

But I’m not advocating that he be traded b/c of that comment. I just thought if Tor was interested, we might be able to turn him into Burnett b/c of their reported disinterest due to his injuries and possibly that they will be on the hook for 3 more yrs w/his contract.

A cheap alternative to Delgado could be Shawn Green. He did a decent job over there. Maybe a scenario is to get Posada and let him play 1b (if he can play 1b) against lefties and catch other times, with Green in there against righties. That would certainly be cheaper than Arod and everyone says Posada is a real leader.

The last report on Reyes after the season stated that he was the only player not to pick up his personal effects (that was a couple of days after the season ending debacle). So I don’t think any reporter had a chance to ask him his thoughts on the season.

I see it reported, again, that the A’s might want to trade Haren. I wonder who it would take? I wonder if Beane still likes Milledge? He’ll probably ask for Mill, Pelfrey and Heilman.

As they say, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” From among the position players, who were the weakest links from this year’s team? If you say Lo Duca, Delgado and Reyes, then maybe one or even two but not all three of those guys should be brought back.

There’ve been some interesting points raised on this thread….

By the way, which player(s) said they were bored? I don’t remember hearing anything like that, though many people have remarked that some of the players looked that way.

I was wondering… we’ve heard comments since the “collapse” from guys like Wright, Alou and Green. I’m sure there were others. Didn’t any interview Delgado or Reyes about their thoughts? Did they decline to be interviewed? I’d be really curious to hear Jose’s thoughts on what happened since a lot of people have questioned his desire and work ethic recently.

There has been a lot of back-and-forth about what our greatest need is. And although I certainly agree that we need pitching, we’ve got 2 guys coming back in the form of Sanchez and Padilla who should help us a lot if they’re healthy. And we’ve got two kids in Pelfrey and Humber who should get better and play more significant roles on next year’s team.

We’ll need a few more arms no doubt, but our run production last year was not what it should have been. A lot of guys we were counting on to drive the offense went through long dry spells. I agree with the poster who said that bringing back the same group of guys involved in September’s collapse is dangerous and many people have also pointed out the lack of fire and leadership on this team. We also had just two regulars who hit over .300 for the year. Not good enough for a contending team if you ask me.

My question is… Is there a position player (1B, 2B, RF or C) who could be had via trade who could both be a team leader/positive influence in the clubhouse AND produce consistently at the plate? Something is missing from this team—I think you’d all agree. I wonder if even Santana could remedy that when he’d only be on the field once every 5 games….

Who could give us back the swagger that we somehow lost?

I would do Delgado for AJ or any other trade that improves us.

I do not want ARod for all the reasons I keep stating.

As for team chemistry; Cliffy was a popular player on this team in 06. Don’t know how the clubhouse dynamics go but hopefully last season will generate a certain resolve on this team and hopefully someone like Pedro actually being on this team rather than in Florida will change the attitude.

Dave

Some team will look at the $$ (reasaonable overall), and take a shot at getting 30/100 out of him as a DH.

Plus, only a year 1 guaranteed commitment.

For the Mets, almost a no brainer to talk about him, but there is the danger that he has a rebound year. So, it becomes a question of what do yo uget for him (must be worthwhile, not a salary dump), and how do you replace him?

GUillen for 2B would be great. So would Burnett. Both fill gaping holes on the team (I personally don’t want to see Castillo signed for 3-4 years).

A Rod of course is the simple answer on how to replace him. But, they could also find another player (or 2) that can fill th egap.

If they had a young guy looking ready, it would be a no brainer. Since they don’t seem to, who can be had cheap (FA or trade) that can give you a nice glove, some pop, and not be a black hole in the line up for weeks at a time?

Probably need to pick up someone as part of another trade. 1B types aren’t exactly that hard to find.

My idea is exactly to trade Delgado to open 1b for Arod.

And I forgot about Fla paying part of his salary. It makes it even better sense for Tor then b/c they get to dump Burnett’s salary and it is a wash w/Delgado (or better if burnett did not opt out)

I doubt that freddy coupon will dump delgado’s salary w/o getting something of equal value. It has to be close to a wash.

Freddy wouldn’t even trade Kaz until the deadline. And don’t expect Mota to go either (unless he is booed so badly he can’t even concentrate to throw a warmup pitch).

But Freddy coupon is very unlikely to open the wallet for Arod. So expect the tweaking.

As you can see, I’m down on this team until they show me that they are not in their previous pattern….good for a couple of yrs…stink for 4-5…then good for a couple more. I fear 06 was the high pt of the cycle like 2000.

If though you keep Delgado, seems to me a righty hitting 1B is in order to platoon, because if there’s one thing Delgado proved last year is that he can’t hit lefties any more.