Hatteberg Hopes For Trade

Nothing better than paying a guy (Sexon) $14M to be the short end of a platoon. In this present market, I can't see him getting a multi-year deal this offseason. Unless he somehow completely turns it around. He's like Adam Dunn, but with less walks, less homeruns, less hits....ok, so he's nothing like Adam Dunn.

If you ask most Met fans about releasing Delgado, most of them will say something like, and replace him with who, Scott Hatteberg? My answer to those people is that if Delgado continues to show no signs of improvement over the next 5 weeks, then yes, absolutely.

I am one of the people who thinks Hatteberg could be perfect for the Mets lineup.

I have vented my displeasure with this topic here more frequently then I would have liked to over the last year or so, and yet it crops up again. The Mets are one of the worst teams I have ever seen at getting home runners from 3rd base with less then 2 outs right now. It is simply awful. They are just an incredibly weak situational team in my opinion. If Delgado is up, he strikes out or pops up, Castillo cant get the ball out of the infield, Reyes and Beltran do not make contact often enough in these situations, even Wright has had issues here because all of these guys strikeout with the exception of Castillo, and Reyes to an extent. But Reyes still is not disciplined enough to get a guy home from 3rd with 1 out with any consistency, and while Castillo is certainly smart enough, he just does not have the pop to lift the ball far enough into the outfield to get the run home with any sort of regularity.

Bottom line, what I wouldnt give for a nice contact hitter, who is a smart veteran and can put a good at bat together in big situations. What I wouldnt give for a nice sac fly once in a while. The Mets really dont have any situational hitting on their team, nobody that seems to change their approach depending what situation the game is in. Delgado has the same loopy, crappy swing whether he needs a home run to tie it, or whether there are runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out, down by 1 run in the 9th. It sounds crazy, but as a Met fan I would gladly welcome back Shawn Green for his part time role of 1B/OF.