Odds & Ends: Mets, Cameron, Valentine

"MLB.com's Marty Noble agrees with a reader e-mail that a defensively-sound first baseman would do wonders for the Mets' infield defense and overall performance."

What a coincidence, since by UZR, Daniel Murphy was the 4th best 1B in the MLB last season. Oh, and he never even played the position before this year, so he should get better with experience.

"From that same piece, Noble thinks that Mike Cameron would be a good fit with the Mets due to his ability to cover the vast expanses of Citi Field's outfield. Noble isn't as keen on Chone Figgins since he doesn't fit New York's needs."

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we tried that in 2005 already. It ended in Beltran and Cameron doing a face-plant into each other because Cameron couldn't defer to another CF.

anyone else realize that every single avaiable player seems to be a fit for the Mets? Maybe this is a sign of how bad they truely are.

johan, beltran, f-mart, parnell/maine

lester, buccholz, jacoby

sign holliday, sheets (incentive based), /harden (incentive based), delgado (incentive based)

Jacoby
Reyes
Holliday
Wright
Delgado/murphy
frenchy
(catcher)
castillo

(following not in order)
Lester
Buccholz
Sheets
Harden
Perez/neise/pelfrey

i feel like this is realistic but please feel free to comment n if you got something negative to say, try not to be a complete jacka$$ but please be as straight up as possible

sorry

(again not in order)
Lester
Buccholz
Sheets/harden
Pelfrey
Perez

the biggest problem about this would be if the sox would be willing to take on those two big contracts

clos79: I don't think your proposal makes a lot of sense for Boston. Lester may not be equal to Santana but he's not that far behind him, plus he's a whole lot cheaper and doesn't have the injury cloud hanging over his head. Bucholz is coming into his own and could become a decent MOR 12-15 game winner. The advantage of Johan is less than Lester + Bucholz , IMO. Beltran, if healthy, is a stud, but makes a ton of money and is only under contract for 2 more years. Ellsbury, on the other hand, is cheap and under control for a few more years. He's no Beltra, but for the Sox he doesn't need to be.

If we could trade Castillo Id love Figgins at 2B with a big bat in LF...

Hes a great player who can be used to spell players at other position and cause us to only need one good backup. This may sound wierd and maybe kind of dumb but with Figgins Manuel can do things like move him to 3rd when Wright needs a day off and have Cora(or another other backup middle infielder) play 2nd. Or Figgins could play SS, LF CF or RF and give those people days off and Cora/backup can slip into 2B.

This way Cora/backup gets a decent amount of playing time because he is esentially playing every time Wright Reyes Francouer Beltran Figgins or The new LF needs a day off so he can get a steady amount of at bats to stay consistant.

Actually clos, while it seems you're relatively new, fantasy trades (such as yours) are very looked down upon on this site. They're just not worth discussing because you're always going to value your players more than another teams player. Go ahead and stick to giving your opinion on realistic trades that could happen, or free agents, etc. and most people on the site will be kind in their responses.

Most.

There are plenty of jackasses on the site, but plenty of fantasy trades as well. I suggest you start out reading the posts from some of the better posters (bjsguess, scribbletone, melonis rex, johns, etc) those who rarely make trade proposals and get a better idea of what a really good post, with really good input looks like on this site.

But yea, Jay, the guy is obviously new. Come on now.

Yeah fantasy trades are bad and all, but wow, yours is REALLY bad, clos.

Give away one of the top 3 pitchers in the game and the most complete player in your line up, not to mention the top ranked prospect from the system. And Mets get back Jacoby, whose main attribute is speed, in a lineup which needs power, not speed. Reyes and Wright are huge speed guys. Then you get back Lester, who is good, but not near Johan, and Bucholz, who has not proven enough. If he was coming from the farm, as a buy low candidate, I'm all for it, but not as a big league pitcher which would demand substantial return.

All in all, your trade scenario is horrible. =)

k last comment for my stpid fantasy trade post. eastcoast says its bad for the mets n others say dumb for bosox? which is it? i understand salary is overwhelming for the red sox.

and i dont think just free agent signings are the best way to go. yea it might help for next year but will it be beneficial for years to come?

the mets need to keep this team young. cameron is not a good idea at all.
i think holliday just makes the most sense.
the only think with holliday is that you take the left field position out for 5-8 years meaning why keep fmart? I personally think they should package a deal with fmart for a top pitcher (aka halladay). then maybe sign someone like marquis and this team is set for 2010.

reyes
castillo
beltran
holliday
wright
franceour
murphy
santos/thole

johan
hallladay
marquis
pelfrey
perez/maine