Robo back ... X-Man gone

[Frayed Knot]

Per WFAN:

Mets acquire reliever Roberto Hernandez & LHP Oliver Perez for OFer Xavier Nady

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Poor X-man.

Oliver Perez, at one time, was the shizznit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

At this time, though, he's Lima from a different teama.

I don't know what his wife looks like.

Yet...

[nymr83]

Perez was outstanding 2 years ago, whether he can ever reclaim that i don't know, but this is a trade that needed to get done following the unfortunate injury to Sanchez. With Chavez playing well and Milledge still here Nady was pretty expendable.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't think it needed to get done.

Assuming the role that Nady had on this team is of equal value ot the role Duaner played, replacing Nady with internal parts seems a lot more difficult than replacing Sanchez.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't think it needed to get done. Assuming the role that Nady had on this team is of equal value ot the role Duaner played, replacing Nady with internal parts seems a lot more difficult than replacing Sanchez.

well i dont agree with that assumption (that your setup man is less important than your 7th best hitter) and i think the replacement for Nady is the equal or better Milledge while the replacement for Sanchez would have been Heath Bell (with Bell taking over for Bradford, Bradford for Heilman, Heilman for Sanchez.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

That doesn't add up to Bell replacing Sanchez, as he's not getting Sanchez's innings. He's getting back-end work with other guys getting incrementally more challenging work.

[Farmer Ted]

I would have rather seen Milledge go for a starting arm than X-Man for two bullpen arms. The Mets are going to take the division so you need three starters for the playoffs. Pedro, Glavine and Schmidt/Oswalt. El Duque goes to the pen to take the Sanchez spot.