nymr83

didnt read the chart thought you were highlighting differences greater than a certain amount (say over .100) from the league avg rather than the wortst. whoops.

so we are the only team with horrendous production at 2 positions?

in other words: 1st and 2nd are black holes, david wright is the man, and jose reyes still has some work to do to live up to the hype. i'm suprised that LF and CF have such comparable numbers league-wide. i doubt anyone is above league average across the board but if i had to pick one i'd look at the st louis cardinals. last year they were probably above at 6 or 7 of the 8 spots

gotta put Arod ahead of them both here.

i've concluded that he can't play defense well at two infield spots where we've tried him and that he isn't a good hitter. thats about all i need to know.

you guys are way too optimistic. the real matsui (the one we can't tolerate) will be back before the end of the year or the beginning of next when the games count again.

maybe he's trying to pad his SB numbers to tone down criticism from jerks like us? :twisted:

]3) the Mets lose in the Konerko & Hernandez sweepstakes and want to make a splash/add an impact bat i know i was once high on him, but i'd feel like i won the booby prize if we won the "hernandez sweepstakes"

Spacemans Bong wrote: Why would the Mets logically trade Beltran for Manny? Manny is a great hitter, but if they can get Carlos Delgado for nothing, best to take him, as it kills two birds with one stone (premier slugger, first base). why are the two mutually exclusive? beltran/ramirez aren't far a apart in salary and piazza coming off the books allows delgado to fill that "salary slot"

you needed a reason? go astros!

intentional or not a guy got hit in the head and pedro is pitching today. retaliation is on the way!

he has to make his next start....after that we'll see, if we look even deader than we are now theres no reason throw him out there anymore and add to his workload.

disturbing.

]I'm retyping it because I don't want to get a logon to the NYDN site huh??

]You find the range under which the majority of the scores fall. If there are some that are outside that range, you discard them. Those that are going to be discarded (if any), are going to be the extreme highs and exterme lows. This is not cherry-picking. its cherry-picking because you are removing the best games without removing the worst ones. nowhere did i see out 5 worst games removed as well. saying that our blowouts dont count but getting blown out does isn't fair.

i would have left seo in.

]Shingo Takatsu how can you put him in the bad category? he threw one bad pitch to one batter because dumbass randolph brought him in (after having not seen a major league batter in over a month) with the bases loaded to face miguel cabrera. that was bad managing not bad player.

]Nymr83 wrote: .... no i didn't, you were quoting someone else

i'd take Matsui over Cairo at this point, if only based on which one has a contract we're stuck weith for next year. Neither of them has any business batting 2nd though.

]Cairo 2B batting 2nd and still in the lineup. WHY THE FUCK ISN'T HERNANDEZ PLAYING?

out of Matsui, Woodward, Anderson, Offerman, and Cairo i hope that only 1 (woodward) or 2 if we can't trade matsui are on the roster opening day next year. as a group they create too much redundancy and block lambin/hernandez unnecessarily. i know its not the offseason yet but the mets need to look forward to '06 with the following: C: Castro, because anyone out there is not much of an upgrade and alot more expensive. I'd want to bring in a 2nd guy with a little pop to play maybe 25-30% of the starts. 1B: this is a wide open position right now. i'd be very upset if they don't fill it externally and with a power hitter. 2B: i don't like any of the external FA options. I'd love to see what Hernandez and/or Lambin can do but i wish we had begun that process months ago. 3B: David Wright. if he leaves i leave. SS: Jose Reyes. he still hasn't proven himself as a top of the order guy to my satisfaction but you'd be nuts to go with anyone else. LF: I'd like to bring Floyd back, but with the caveat that i want a strong 4th outfielder because i expect missed time. CF: Beltran. RF: Cameron should be used as trade bait and Diaz should be given the start here unless there is an upgrade out there that won't cost an arm and a leg in terms of prospects. If they don't get aslugger at 1B maybe they can find one here. Bench: Woodward, Valent, Jacobs would be the 3 guys around now that i want to keep. SP: Martinez, Glavine (friggin vesting contracting), Benson are locks for rotation spots. Traschel option is cheap and he's good so i need to exercise it. Seo hasn't done anything to not deserve the 5th spot. Another half year at least in the minors for Bannister and Petit because we are very deep in starters. Heilman can remain in the pen, hopefully in a bigger role. BP: heilman, bell should return. hamulack should be given a shot in the spring along with a host of other young guys like ring, padilla, etc

metirish wrote: It'a always the Dodgers and Mets going after these guys,a position change to where, stay away form him,Nakamura was supposed to be a great hitter and turned out badly. Nakamura wasn't given a fair shot...the Mets have Wright so who needs him, but another team should give him a shot and i bet they will be pleasantly suprised. ]Kenji Jojima: a 29-year old catcher for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks wants to play in MLB next season. He has been offered $25M over 3 years to remain in Japan. He speaks no English so a position change may be needed, but he may be the best right-handed hitter in Japan. Dodgers and Mets will likely pursue him. Jojima would become the first Japanese catcher to play in the majors. IF he can catch for us i'd take him with the understanding that if he sucks its castro-time. if he needs to switch positions (1b?) just forget about it...we've tried that bullshit before and its not worth it.

i think it would kick ass if the mets swept the world series from someone else while the sox missed the playoffs entirely along with the yankees.

i like sal when he talks about statistics...but wtf was the point of this post? you're not a red sox fan, you're a front runner...just like all the yankee scum we deplore.

]Probably a catcher - I don't think Ramon Castro is a starter i think he is as good, and cheaper, than anyone who is available. might as well keep him and spend the money at 1B, in the bullpen,etc.