John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: As I recall it Theo Epstein was only trying to put into play some of the same things we'd consider best practices here -- that is, not going out and wasting $$ on a Name closer to replace Keith Foulke, but rather, gather some good arms cheap and see what happens. And that didn't fail necessarily since Papelbon eventually emerged: Yes, he's a jerk and gives their fans heart attacks, but you could have two of him for what the Mets are paying K-Rod. Ironically, Rodriguez was a bargain only when he pitched for he Angels. I could have sworn that this experiment happened earlier, after the Sox lost Tom Gordon.
Isn't it a bit early to give up on Beltran when he just came back from a lengthy spell on the DL? Granted he could be in permanent decline, but I think he could still bounce back to being a productive player.
Gwreck wrote: Well, there we go. Maybe now we start a "send Oliver Perez to AAA" thread and see if we can get that done too. Better yet, start a thread called "Mets win lots and lots of games."
Amazing facts via Twitter about your Major League [crossout]Soccer[/crossout] Baseball team, the New York Mets: A 1-0 win decided by a HR! Last time that happened 4/29/07 at Washington when Carlos Beltran went deep and John Maine earned the win. Tonight was the 25th time in franchise history the Mets won 1-0 on a solo home run. Mets also record their major league-leading 15th shutout of the season.