batmagadanleadoff wrote: Jeff Francoeur is about one or two bad games away from having a stat line that's kind of sucky. And it will still be second best on the team. Sucky is relative...meaning this whole offense is kind of sucky.
An average NL CFer in 2009 put up: .268/.339/.424/.762, 16 HR, 68 RBI I think Pagan can match or exceed those numbers as a full time player. Francoeur will need to pick up some of the Beltran lost power, which isn't impossible.
I'm fine with Pagan in center. My problem is the only backup in the organization to Angel is GMJ. Pagan hasn't been the healthiest player in Mets history. If F-Mart can't play center and Beltran's not coming back anytime soon, we need a better back up than GMJ.
Per Cot's, Volquez is only* making $445,000 this season. *I say "only" realizing that it is more than 10 times what I'm going to make. And taking PEDs won't increase my salary at all.