Nats Want Milledge for Livan
I find it almost comical that Jim Bowden would demand Lastings Milledge in a trade for Livan Hernandez. I know he wants to save his job with the next Scott Kazmir deal, but c'mon now. The Mets aren't that desperate, are they?
Hernandez has an ERA over 6 and is only 31 years old in theory. He makes $8MM this year and $7MM the next. Whether or not Milledge is worthy of all the hype, the Mets could do a lot better. I still think Livan will come around and could help the Mets, but at that price they need look at internal candidates instead.
Milledge is at .284/.440/.447 in Triple A at age 21. The 17% walk rate is an excellent development, and you have to figure the 20 HR power will come with time.
The Nationals do need to find a way to stock up one of baseball's worst farm systems. Hernandez, Jose Guillen, Alfonso Soriano, Nick Johnson, and Brian Schneider should keep the hot stove boiling all summer.
The sound you hear is millions of Mets fans committing Harakiri.
Question: Without significant power development, wouldn't that walk rate be impossible to sustain in the Majors?
Posted by: TheRealErik | May 20, 2006 at 04:25 PM
Livan makes sense though. The Mets are confident that they are headed to the playoffs and Livan is one of the best post season pitchers active today.
Posted by: xaseq | May 20, 2006 at 05:52 PM
There is nothing oldtime Expos fans want more than for the Nats to screw Minaya out of Milledge. It still burns me every time I see Sizemore and Cliff Lee on the Indians.
Posted by: SiddFinch | May 21, 2006 at 10:09 AM
put down the crack-pipe, no way Milledge will ever, nor should he, get dealt for Livan Hernandez.
Hernandez might not be a bad fit for the Metropolitans, but not at that price.
Try Victor Diaz, maybe.
Get real...
Posted by: Sunny Reiser | May 21, 2006 at 11:51 PM