I do think on a seperate note that I think the Wilpons think that Citi Field is an eternal pot of gold. They shouldn’t talk with the O’s. They should look at the O’s and see that without a good club the pot of gold goes away in a few years. The only time Camden Yards is filled anyomore is when the Amtrak train stops with all the Yankee or Red Sox fans to fill it up.

\JD: The Mets are delusional if they blame the last 2 weeks on the season. What about the stretch in June, what about the last 110 games or so? They became a .500 club and they have done nothing to alter that. Anf f you are right about Glavine they are actually worse because they lost 13 wins and 200 innings.

I actually agree with you, and feel that the team is already very good, although another SP would help.

I wasn’t, however, advocating rebuilding. Just taking advantage of an overheated market to potentially make the team better overall, certainly for future years.

Although the real benefit would be to upset the trade market (and other GMs) and put Omar on the offensive, which would be much better than where he is now.

Then Snatana hits the market and he’s not a good fit so they say, Haren and Bedard are much better deals for the Mets, so they say.

Now we are told Haren and Bedard are not good fits. Ah the Mets. We have accepted being a second team in the first city. How sad we are. But I am a Met fan so I am supposed to believe the Omar propogana about Church and Schneider, an outfiedler who Omar says can play them all (he said that about Nady as well), but his average is below the league outfieder average and was sent to the mnors as recently as 2006 when he was 28!!! And Schneider, whose average is dwindling faster than catchers 5 years his elder. The great defensive catcher who ranked 11th. Wow…Grote he’s not… Yes, I am supposed to be excited. So I guess I will pretend I am. And when we sign that big ace Livan or something equal, HIPHIPHOORAY, as we laugh at the Yanks for spending too much for Haren or Santana, or the BoSox for doing the same.
Its time for Omar to go!

How about getting creative? if the pitching market is this crazy, Omar should dangle maine and/or Perez to see if he can cash in on a boat load of prospects.

maine is just about as good as Haren already, and certainly a better player (and contract) than Blanton.

Why not reload the barren farm system that way? One player back would have to be a young SP prospect (another teams Pelfrey/Humber) that could go into the rotation.

With the rest of the talent, and a small bit of luck, they can still make the playoffs this year, and really set up for a dynasty.

Not gonna happen of course.

Oh, the best thing about my plan? Imagine how it upends the market, and freaks out the other GMs, if Omar suddenly becomes a seller of SP? If nothting else, it would change the negotiating dynamics for his attempts to buy!

Gotta make leverage where you can.

The Mets traded a dominant ace to Tampa. They’ll now spend the next five years trying to get another. Just be patient.

OT – John, is there any word on who could or should replace Tom McCarthy in the Mets Radio Booth?

so many stories about getting something and walking away w/the consolation prize (Eric Estrada)

Yanks get Posada, Mo, Arod, Pettite, Santana, maybe Rowand or A Jones

Mets get Eric (ponch) Estrada, Scheinder and Church

That saya it all