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[MFS62]

When Bill Veeck bought the St. Louis Browns, he realized they were terrible.
So he put the entire team on recallable waivers, hoping to pull them back and work out deals for those who were claimed.
No one player was claimed by another major league team.

So, I'm asking, channel Bill Veeck for a moment. You just bought the Mets. You feel there's something deeply wrong with the makeup of the current team. You tell your new GM to find out if any of your players would interest another team. But you tell him that he can only keep 10 players from the entire organization and see what he could get for the rest of them.
Which 10 players would you keep?

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Right now, I've got:

Wright (as much for brand equity, really, as for on-field contributions)
Santana (same, plus... you're not getting back anything equivalent without eating a lot of cash)
Niese
Flores
Mejia
Martinez

I'm stuck a little on slots 7-10, with about 10-12 minor leaguers (Nieuwenhuis, Havens, Puello, etc.) plus Davis, Pagan, Dickey (!) and Pelf (!!) as contenders. Havens would be a slam-dunk, but the injuries are increasingly worrisome.

Edited August 9, 2010 by Guest

[TransMonk]

Johan Santana
David Wright
Ike Davis
Jon Niese
Jenrry Mejia
Wilmer Flores
Reese Havens
Kyle Allen
Jeurys Familia
Brad Holt

[metirish]

How many hundreds of players are in the entire org?

[TransMonk]

Batters

Pitchers

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, the problem is that "what you can get for them" clause. Maybef I can get Albert Pujols for Jose Reyes, he goes. If I can only get Brian Schneider, then not so fast.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: How many hundreds of players are in the entire org?

Maybe 250-300.
I worded it that way so as to include some prominent minor leaguers we've been talking about in the prospect forum, and who are not currently on the 40 man major league roster.
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[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: Well, the problem is that "what you can get for them" clause. Maybef I can get Albert Pujols for Jose Reyes, he goes. If I can only get Brian Schneider, then not so fast.

Key to the strategy is that if you don't like what has been offered, you can negotiate. That's why I mentioned recallable waivers. Its not like you will lose the players for nothing.
Of course, an oft mentioned baseball phrase is "no players are untouchable" if the deal is right.
That said, who would you protect/keep?

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[Theoldmole]

It's actually not that uncommon to put an entire team on waivers -- the idea is you're trying to slip one player through, and you're disguising him in a sea of names.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets already have.