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With the announced signing of John Lackey by the Boston Red Sox and the pending trade involving the Mariners, Blue Jays and Phillies, which would send Roy Halladay to Philly, the Mets Twitterverse has erupted in an outcry of fans who are seemingly devastated by the moves of the day. Many felt the Mets would get involved in any talks that might occur for Halladay, and the team had already made a fairly substantial offer to Lackey. Yet here we sit as Mets fans once again bridesmaids. The outrage is understandable considering the best pitcher in the game is now going to be leading the rotation of our biggest and most intensely disliked rival. This outrage is compounded by the fact that aside from Elmer Dessens, Alex Cora and a bevy of backup catchers on the surface it appears that Mets GM, Omar Minaya, is sitting on his hands not addressing the problems with the team. The biggest fear for many fans was that the Mets would not change much this off-season and claim that just getting their current players back from injury would be sufficient to make the team competitive. As JB stated last week in his blog, it is time to step out of the panic room.
The effect of the events of today must be looked at from two perspectives. From an on the field perspective the moves do not hurt the Mets significantly. Cliff Lee (who will be departing Philly for Seattle) was the force behind the Phils making the World Series last year and was their second half MVP. In the majority of pitching rotations in Major League Baseball, Lee would be the ace. While Halladay is better, the difference between the two pitchers is not vast. Hallday is also older, has thrown over 800 more innings in his career than Lee and is reportedly going to cost the Phillies $60 Million. The Phillies are also going to part with prospects which will further deplete their farm system. Getting the best pitcher in the game is never a bad thing, but in this case it was more of a lateral move than a substantial upgrade. The best thing this move accomplished for the Phillies is it blocked the Mets from attempting to negotiate a way to acquire Halladay. While I do not love the prospect of seeing Halladay multiple times next year, I wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing Cliff Lee either.
The other perspective is the far more damaging one. Today has enhanced the notion that is prevalent with many fans that Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon will not get creative in their attempts to be winners. The level of distrust the fans have for these two is at an all-time high after these announcements. As we look back in remembrance of this past decade it will be marred with position player Free Agent signings and trades that the Mets were involved in that they ended up losing out on (A-Rod, Vlad). While the signings of the Carloses helped stem this belief, it does not make up for the multitude of failed attempts. It is incredibly disheartening for fans of a team to be constantly disappointed when players choose other suitors. It reeks of inadequacy in negotiations and calls into question what is so wrong with the franchise that superstars do not want to come here. At this point it is fair to think that Omar and Jeff must re-evaluate their goals for the off-season, hopefully in doing so they will consider this notion that the Mets aren't winners or contenders and prove it wrong. Until then we will hold our collective breath and pray we don't hear the words "Yankees" and "Bay" or "Holliday" in the same sentence.
The effect of the events of today must be looked at from two perspectives. From an on the field perspective the moves do not hurt the Mets significantly. Cliff Lee (who will be departing Philly for Seattle) was the force behind the Phils making the World Series last year and was their second half MVP. In the majority of pitching rotations in Major League Baseball, Lee would be the ace. While Halladay is better, the difference between the two pitchers is not vast. Hallday is also older, has thrown over 800 more innings in his career than Lee and is reportedly going to cost the Phillies $60 Million. The Phillies are also going to part with prospects which will further deplete their farm system. Getting the best pitcher in the game is never a bad thing, but in this case it was more of a lateral move than a substantial upgrade. The best thing this move accomplished for the Phillies is it blocked the Mets from attempting to negotiate a way to acquire Halladay. While I do not love the prospect of seeing Halladay multiple times next year, I wasn't exactly looking forward to seeing Cliff Lee either.
The other perspective is the far more damaging one. Today has enhanced the notion that is prevalent with many fans that Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon will not get creative in their attempts to be winners. The level of distrust the fans have for these two is at an all-time high after these announcements. As we look back in remembrance of this past decade it will be marred with position player Free Agent signings and trades that the Mets were involved in that they ended up losing out on (A-Rod, Vlad). While the signings of the Carloses helped stem this belief, it does not make up for the multitude of failed attempts. It is incredibly disheartening for fans of a team to be constantly disappointed when players choose other suitors. It reeks of inadequacy in negotiations and calls into question what is so wrong with the franchise that superstars do not want to come here. At this point it is fair to think that Omar and Jeff must re-evaluate their goals for the off-season, hopefully in doing so they will consider this notion that the Mets aren't winners or contenders and prove it wrong. Until then we will hold our collective breath and pray we don't hear the words "Yankees" and "Bay" or "Holliday" in the same sentence.
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Miz
15 December 2009 - 08:19 PM
Whos to say that Halladay will be big in Philly. Give up a couple of big HR's in the biggest HR park in the NL and those Philly fans will turn on him in a heartbeat. They are also losing a cy young lefty, who would pitch better in the HR park in Philly. Halladay wanted to go to Philly, so no matter what the Mets offered, I dont think Roy would of accepted the trade to NY. Be careful what you wish for Mr. Halladay, cause these next three years may be the worst experience for you
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