Mets Unlikely To Acquire Outfielder

I wouldn't change about their club right now. They look good.

If the Mets are in such a need for an outfielder, why isn't Jay Payton an option? This is the last year of his contract, he still has okay power, great speed, and can play all three outfield spots. He never seems to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Mets these days and I don't understand why.

haha. Seattle is out of it so we should just ship out any of our decent players for nothing because of it? If the Mets don't want to offer anything of quality we will just take the two picks when Ibanez likely opts for a multi-year deal.

Hey, we're out of it so how about Felix Hernandez, Ichiro, and Ibanez for Delgado and Heilman.

Here is how I look at the Mets at this upcoming deadline. I would like to bring in a corner outfielder, but I do not feel it is a must do. What Fernando Tatis has done is allow Omar Minaya, like he did with Minnesota, to call somebody's bluff, and not overpay. He can offer what he wants and stick to it, because he has Tatis as his fallback option. This guy has been absolutely smoking, and I am starting to wonder just a little bit, maybe this guy is the real deal? Now, I am not expecting him to hit .310 and stay this hot all year, but I wonder if there is a chance that he regained some of his old form. He is starting to make me a believer that he can hold down LF for the rest of 08. As for the pen, I have heard rumors about Fuentes, Street, and Sherrill. Since the Mets already have a closer, the way I look at it is I would not give up any value whatsoever to add another bullpen arm. None. Maybe a couple B or C minor leaguers, but that is it. The Mets pen is by no means amazing, but it is not horrible, and when you look around the NL, most of the other contenders have somewhat questionable bullpens also. Only the Phillies bullpen has been fantastic, but they are due to regress a bit.

Maybe the Mets could even find some help internally from a guy like Kunz or Parnell, who I know is a starter but is throwing very hard from what I hear. With the way their farm is right now, I just do not see the sense in trading and of the top 5 or so guys you have for a relief pitcher that will not close. Huston Street will cost a ton, and his velocity scares me a bit, and with Fuentes and Sherrill, no thank you, the Mets don't need to pay a closers price for a guy they will use in the 6th/7th inning as a loogy. There are also some arms that may become available in august, similar to how they brought in Guillermo Mota in 2006. And of course, you also worry that if you give up too much for a relief pitcher they will go Eric Gagne on you and then you just gave away prospects for nothing. While Eric Gagne's circumstances may have been extreme, non-closer relief pitchers probably have the highest fluctuation in the performances from year to year out of any kind of athlete, so they are just not the kind of players that I would want to go trading away prospects for in an already weak farm system.

joel sherman is a yankee shill.
i don't believe a word that he says.

just get adam dunn here...

Look I'm not buyingt the Mets right now unlike everybody else. They need an outfielder. Really, how long do you think Tatis and Delgado are goin to be this hot. Idon't see it down the road. I picked the Phillies in the beginning and im sticking with them.

That is like me saying I don't buy the Yankees. How long is Jason Giambi and Mike Mussina are going to stay this hott? How long can they survive with Moose, Rasner and Ponson? The Mets have without a doubt, positively, by far, not even close, the best rotation in their division. They will be okay.

Why not Jeff Francoeur from the Braves? They've been having their issues ever since the Braves demoted him. I think he would be a good fit, good hitter, great arm, still very young.

I'm just gonna throw this out there: even into January, all of the major media outlets and writers said that the "Mets Unlikely to Acquire an Ace." Anything can happen, ladies and gentlemen.