Delgado MRI May Reveal Mets' Hole At First

See? Even Delgado's body wants Nady to be a Met once again. Omar needs to do everything in his power to get Nady back. He'd make a great platoon partner with Church, as well as insurance for Alou and Delgado.

Makes too much sense.

Another name I thought of was Inge. He's versatile, and can be used as a 3rd catcher (albeit reluctantly) which frees up Castro to be used as a pinch hitter.

I hope this isn't serious! The Mets need a big bounceback year from Delgado.

That said, I would love Omar to nab Nady back from the Pirates. I wonder what it would take? They can't be asking all that much, it's not like he's the key to their future success.

not alot of great options - obviously mets will wait and see if its a temp situation or more of a long term deal. Nady is good, Millar can be had, they could end Shawn Greens retirement and bring him back - but i will go with..... Nick Johnson - heilman for Johnson

touchmymonkey, definitely agree on Omar taking a long hard look a Nick Johnson if Delgado misses significant time, although I cant see them trading Heilman, the one reliable arm in the bullpen at this point. It seems fair, but then the Mets have absolutely no stability in innings 6-8. That is already their biggest weakness, I am not going to fool myself into believing that Duaner Sanchez will be even league average until he proves it. Nobody has ever had a surgery like he had (atleast a pro ball player), so counting on him seems silly. With Heilman gone, the Mets pen could have Schoeneweis and Sanchez as the bridge to Wagner, which is scary.

The problem of trying to find a 1B is twofold for the Mets.

1. There isn't anyone all that interesting available. I suspect that Michel Abreu will be given a long, hard look before the Mets commit to finding a replacement, if its even needed.

2. The Mets don't have much to trade. John Niese showed he has a nice arm today, and some members of the Mets brass secretly favored him over a lot of the guys they dealt for Santana. They were able to keep him out of trade talks because an uneven 2007 lead to a mediocre final pitching line.

If I were the mets I would sign Bonds to play first base.

K Morales is young, cheap, and has lots of upside. Don't know what the Angels would want - probably just some minor league talent as I don't see the Mets having much to offer that would be upgrades at the ML level.

Morales is cheap, young, and has some very nice upside. Angels have Kotchman at first and about 10 players that can rotate into the DH position.

"The Mets said he'll be ready to play again in a couple of days, and then the problem will come up every week or so, causing Delgado to miss a good portion of the season and damage the Mets hopes of reclaiming the division title."

There, fixed that for you.

Don't they have MRI technology in Florida?

It all depends how long Delgado will be out - if he's going to miss time at all. If it's a short amount of time, they'll look to Micheal Abreu or another internal option (Jose Valentin?). If he's out a long time, they'll find a stopgap until next year's free agent class. Maybe Xavier Nady or someone along those lines.

Nick Johnson, I don't see him going to the Mets. The Nationals won't just give him away. The Matt LaPorta suggestion won't happen either. The Mets won't pay Milwaukee's asking price for him.

That's what I was thinking as well nrmax88. Couple big advantages:

1. Cost - virtually none. Frees up cash for this year and beyond.

2. Talent required - as I mentioned you would most likely be looking at minor league talent. Given what has already been traded away at the higher levels, maybe a nice package of youngsters down in A ball? The Angels really only have holes at SS right now (and even that isn't bad). This gives the Mets the ability to plug a whole at no cost to this years team.

3. Upside. Kendry has some very nice upside. To project the guy posting a 850-900 OPS isn't outrageous by any means. He will be anywhere between adequate to very solid.

4. As for next year who's available? Compete against the Braves/Yanks/Sox/everyone else for Tex? When Richie Sexson is the next best option you know this upcoming offseason won't solve the Mets problems. Either they (1) pay crazy cash for Tex (2) resign Delgado or (3) settle for something much worse.

I wish the Angels could keep him but given their current situation I just don't see where he fits in (unless Kotchman develops mono again). He will be a good player. Just needs a place to showcase his talent.

scott hatteberg is always an option for the mets and the reds will prob take a major league ready ss or minor league sp