Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

[Mex17]

Which one of these two former top of the rotation starters coming off a serious injury would you rather see in Citifield?

Also, do you think that the Mets can/will grab one of these two while also picking up one of the Piniero/Garland/Davis/etc. group (barring a trade for Arroyo/Zambrano/Harang)?

[Frayed Knot]

Would any of them come here?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Would you rather have a dry-aged porterhouse, or a really good Steak-umm sandwich? What if I told you the Steak-umm would run you $1.50, while the porterhouse would cost you $100 and might give you salmonella?

I think probable price difference would have a lot to do with which one Met fans would prefer. I'm not sure it's as interesting a question without that factored in.

[nymr83]

i'd like to see what they can get out of Sheets on the cheap, most of all because it won't hurt the budget before the Free Agent Class of 2010-11

[smg58]

If you're going for upside, go for the most upside. Sheets.

[Guest themetfairy]

Sheets.

[Frayed Knot]

Heard someplace that Sheets is getting ready to throw for teams "in the next few weeks" -- so maybe mid-January I reckon.
Assuming he looks halfway decent then, that's not too late to get him a contract and into camp by reporting time but it doesn't exactly leave a lot of wiggle room either.
But, in the meantime, any thoughts, hopes, bids, contracts, etc., on him are going to be on hold for a little while longer.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Let me reframe the question:

Sheets at, say, 1 yr/10 million guaranteed*

OR

Wang at 1 yr/2 million plus MASSIVE incentives (3M, say).

Does your answer change?

*His agent appears to be holding firm at 12M at present.

[Guest attgig]

Eric Bedard

[Benjamin Grimm]

Does your answer change?
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Well, yeah, my answer would change. It seems awfully foolish to guarantee $10 million or $12 million to Sheets. If he gets it, good for him, but I imagine that he'll have to reduce his demand quite a bit before he gets signed.

[Guest attgig]

oh, and while we're at it, how about mark mulder?

[Guest attgig]

and you can't forget that Wang will most likely not be able to pitch till at EARLIEST May.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Does your answer change?

[Valadius]

oh, and while we're at it, how about mark mulder?[/quote:slpp9d1t]

Where is he, by the way?