TransMonk wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Why was signing Colon throwing in the towel? Sorry...not exactly what I meant. I know you and I have differing views on this, but I realistically threw in the towel when it was clear Harvey was going to miss 2014. Management tried to sell Colon as capable for filling in for Harvey...but Colon (as good as he was in 2013) is not Harvey. For me, the Colon signing was Mets management picking up the towel I had thrown and saying "Wait, wait...but, we signed Colon...he's good! Buy some tickets!". If management really had intentions on winning a division in 2014, I would have thought they would have been more creative on offense and not spent $20M on two seasons of a post-40 year old pitcher. I totally agree with this assessment in that I felt exactly the same way. To me Colon was a stop-gap and not a go-for-it type of move. I fully expect him to be gone before next season. When? I don't care. I only hope we get something good that we need out of it. Granted, he has given us some great innings, big wins, etc. But the blown tire theory Batmags brought up is a good analogy as to how I feel about him over the full 2 yrs.