The Trevor Hoffman Situation

He is a choker. Wagner is also a choker. They can both be chokers. If you want proof, look at the last weekend of the season in 2007 for the Padres. Gwynn, then the play-in game. He was also not good in the WS against the Yankees. He has never nailed down a big game. Yes, he's a hall of famer and a great april-august closer, but the Mets, more than any other team, need guys who are proven to also show up in September and beyond.

i still dont believe that he wont sign with the padres. this same type thing happened last time hoffman was a free agent and he got all upset and cleaned out his locker. it doesn't look good, but i still think something could get done.

Pretty cool that DePodesta has a blog like that

Ive thought about Hoffman to NY before, but now it seems like a real possibility. The Mets likely won't want to throw big cash at K-Rod or Fuentes when they have issues with depth in their lineup and rotation.

If they could sign Hoffman to a deal like 1/7, and then sign a Cruz/Affeldt, they'd be set in the bullpen and could use the (primarily long term) money saved on other more pressing needs.

get em' marlins

How am I biased? I'm a Mets fan, that has nothing to do with the Padres or Hoffman...lol

And all I'm saying is that I've watched a lot of baseball, and Hoffman has a history of coming up small in big spots. I provided examples of his biggest games, and he's blown them. And I'm not trying to impress you nrmax, so I could care less who you "lean towards."

Exactly, Skibolton nailed it. You keep saying that Hoffman has this history of blowing huge games, yet you only bring up 3 games, 2 of which were within a week of each other, and the other was an exhibition game. Who cares what team you root for? It doesn't mean you can't be biased. You obviously, for some reason don't want Hoffman, and because of that, you are using a biased opinion built on small sample sizes of skewed stats to make your point. I don't understand how anybody could make the point that they would rather give K-Rod a 4 or 5 year deal worth 13-15 million a year if they can have Trevor Hoffman for a 1 year commitment, probably for 5 or 6 million bucks. If I could get K-Rod on a one year deal, then sign me up. But it ain't happening, and I, and a lot of others just aren't interested in investing 4 years at over 10 million a year on a closer. I would gladly sign up for K-Rod at 1 year, 18 million, and renew that contract every single year that he kept producing. But to give him 4 years off the bat, with his questionable mechanics and his declining fastball(maybe his fastball velocity decrease was a conscious choice, to locate it better, but his changeup's increase in velocity certainly was not something he did on purpose) is just asking to be killed by this contract down the line.