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Edgy MD wrote: Much of what, though? Much has already changed. Not an increase in spending and payroll

Vic Sage wrote: while i agree with the basic premise (that the Mets payroll is not consistent with a team playing in the largest media market, that owns a regional sports network and a new stadium, and is largely due to their continuing sketchy solvency post-Madoff *), there is so much that is stupid here. The Wilpons don't have a fiduciary obligation to "spend"; their obligation is to do their best to field a team that has a chance to win. We have seen too many examples of teams that have spent and failed (including here), and teams that have kept budgets down and won. So spending is a means, a tool, not an end in and of itself. And the notion that buying mediocre players like Loney and Drew would have been the difference between the Mets being a championship-caliber team this year and not, or even that such signings would have won back their fans, is just laughable. As is the notion that they can't "win the back pages in NY without spending." You win the back page by winning. And winning the back page should not be the goal; it's a side effect. And you don't usually win by overpaying mediocrities; you win by having more talent on your roster, in its prime, than the other teams... and you use whatever resources you have to acquire such talent [draft picks, prospects, international scouting, FAs, trades]. The smarter you are about allocating those resources, the longer you can keep your roster filled with that talent. While i trust Sandy to allocate the resources, i don't think he has as much at his disposal as he should, and i blame that directly on Freddie and his borderline dealings with suspect investments which have drained the team of revenues it would otherwise have had. * a franchise that is valued in the top 10, with a payroll in the bottom 10, is the very definition of this problem I agree and personally believe not much will change until the team changes hands...

Pujols, Cano, Cabrera.. maybe these type of contracts are the new normal...

Is Citi a ballpark or a mall food court...

The Tigers prefer 37 year old Alex Gonzalez over Drew...

They cant bring send down Mejia and bring him up for 10 days if Niese is not able. So Mejia likely starts 4/6 and Dice-Met shortly thereafter... A $100,000 insurance policy...

88-74 First Yes They will excite us with a run at some point... make the playoffs and get left behind in the NLCS...

The Mets are going to get into one of those one game playoff series and the Mets SP will be... Matt Harvey lol

Have not heard the crowd roar once at Citifield like it did at Shea almost every game....

CBS local just threw it up and went ouch...

Frayed Knot wrote: In an age-grouping exercise, BA lists Dominic Smith as 3rd best among 18 year-olds and OFer Ricardo Cespedes as 5th in the 16 y/o group (bet that list has a high swing-and-miss rate over time). Full list up to age 25 Is that NY Post link correct? Thanks..

Chapman's father was in the stands....

I see Martino talking up Drew today, maybe Boras wants to close the file... FWIW, I will take Tejada over Kozma..twice...

Rotoworld pegs Strasburg to open....

Matt Harvey and social media are a bad mix.... And yes Kong I believe Harvey's brain may explode by September...

Edgy MD wrote: I too was thinking the Mets might bite the bullet and deal off Gee. It'd probably be a painful bite for the Mets, as he and his wife seem like good citizens and he's a healthy-ish young vet in a rotation full of old (Colon), fat (Colon), of questionable health (Niese, Mejia), of unquestionably BAD health (Hefner, Harvey), the high-living and model-chasing (Harv), and the young and innings-restricted (everybody but Niese, Colon, and maybe Lannan). But Gee has had two surgeries himself, so maybe this is that peaceful oasis period and it's the high-value time to deal him off, and just live with the question-mark-riddled-but-deep-staff that they have. Fear of uncertainty is for the faint of heart. Gee would be much more dealable if Lannan hadn't looked so hittable thus far. But the strikeout/walk ratio isn't so bad. Maybe they're seeing more from him in workouts then we're seeing in games. So the bullseye would be on Montero?

Morning interweb..Rubin or ESPN claims Gregorious is on the block, not Owings and AZ wants an MLB ready starting P in return...

Lagares won the CF job?

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I voted for Owings but I'd be happy with either, as long as the price isn't too painful. I agree that Ike or Lucas alone won't get it done; the Mets' most desirable commodity is young pitching. My guess is that that's what it would take to get either of these guys. But which young pitcher? I'm glad that I don't have to make that kind of decision. Mejia?

Cleared to throw..no structural damage...cortisone shot given... Cortisone shots? ughhh http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10622278/jonathon-niese-new-york-mets-cleared-throw

I would like to think the Mets have a handy Plan B for SS and C.....

The Mets seem pretty committed to Tejada... I doubt Sandy has even spoken to Seattle since the meetings..... Good luck to Ruben.... Qball is looking over your shoulder...

450 AB 15 HR 50 RBI 20 SB .220

I can....$1.85 for a pack of Kents

575 ab .265 54 sb not traded