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boraswannabe
This team is a long way from anything…
Ray R
Actually, they’re very close to Long Island.
boraswannabe
They are on Long Island, that wouldn’t be classified as close.
Chris Whitby
False – Mets are in the Flushing/Corona neighborhood of Queens. Queens Long Island.
Rich
no…Kings and Queens counties ARE on Long Island…look at a map, the battle of Long Island was fought in Brooklyn
Chris Whitby
Fair enough.
PostMoBills
Generally speaking, people don’t refer to people/things from these 2 boroughs as being from Long Island, but Brooklyn and Queens are both on Long Island, along with Nassau and Suffolk county.
boraswannabe
Map > You
$1519287
I grew up on the island and mahattan. there is a huge difference between north shore and the south shore, nassau and versus suffolk. If you come from there you know the difference.
Also BK and Queens are on LI so be fair with your comments.
I was able to hop on the LIRR and be in mahattan in 15 minutes so yes it is close.
boraswannabe
I agree. My point was that they are already on Long Island?
Infield Fly
Oh, I don’t know…seems to me they’re pretty close to being:
a) Broke
b) Irrelevant
c) A laughing stock
d) A major source of depression for some very passionate fans.
…but maybe it’s just me. 🙁
Aiden
Love just about all of Sandy’s moves this offseason, but it’s too bad they won’t have much of an effect on the team’s chances of making the playoffs.
Dave Ugelow
Really, there’s not much to love (or to hate). Dierkes is right – most of the moves amount to mere tinkering. I’d like to see what Sandy has in store for the Mets when he actually has the cashflow, and after he has a year or two under his belt.
PhnxCrew
signing capuano will prove to be a great one, even though his innings should be somewhat limited. As a brewers fan I hated seeing him go. He just knows how to pitch.
iheartyourfart
lol @ castillo and perez not making the “notable losses” section
martinfv2
Haha, that’s just an error and I have to fix it.
goner
methinks you had it right the first time
krosnest0713
Total signings=$19.05million
Extension=$7.8million
Cutting useless talent that should have been cut years ago(never signed in the first place)(Perez and Castillo)=$18million.
Overall the Mets are going to step in the right direction, too bad it is not towards the playoffs anytime soon.
goner
Don’t forget the $$$ owed on Bobby Bonilla’s golden parachute
krosnest0713
Whoops forgot about that.
goner
and I forgot about the $1M owed to Gary Mathews Jr., and the $1.1 owed to Omar Minaya… that’s over $20M !!!
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yroths
Cutting useless talent that should have been cut years ago(never signed in the first place)(Perez and Castillo) = priceless
The new Mastercard commercial.
PostMoBills
If the alternative to not triggering K-Rod’s option is letting him walk as a free agent, what are the odds of anyone out there being willing to trade for K-Rod if he’s making $14 million (and the Mets get nothing in return)? I suppose the Mets could always eat some of the money, but then they would be better off trying to avoid the option.
bigpat
I think Chris Young will be their best pitcher this season. Maybe he will be on the trade block if he pitches well, but they may want to hold onto him since they’ve been on a never ending quest to find another good starter to compliment Santana. They made some small moves and will probably hanging around the cellar, but it never hurts to sign bargain starters who could be above average.
AdamDCallan
I’m a die hard Mets fan, so take with a grain of salt but I honestly don’t think this team will be as bad as everyone thinks. Do I think they’ll be in the playoff picture come August/September? No. But a lineup of Reyes, Pagan, Wright, a healthy Beltran, a healthy Bay and Ike Davis is no joke. The rotation will probably be league average. Pelfrey, Dickey, Niese, Young and Capuano are not going to strike fear in the hearts of anyone, but they can all pitch.
My biggest concern is the bullpen beyond K-Rod. Will Parnell step-up and become their 8th inning guy? Do Izzy and Pedro Beato break camp with the team and contribute? Do Carrasco and Buchholz pan out? Who will replace Feliciano as the teams’ rubber armed LOOGY? To me, that will be the difference between a team that will hover slightly above .500 and a team that will be looking toward 2012 come the All Star Break (not that I’m not already looking towards 2012)
Steven Seidman
Agree with you, and think that the Mets can win 85-86 games, with improvements in their manager, bench, starting rotation (even without Santana for 1/2 a season, they have replaced Maine, Perez, et al. with Young and Capuano), and, yes, even the bullpen. Byrdak will replace Feliciano adequately–at far less expense.
SRT
Mets aren’t going to ‘find a way’ to prevent that KRod option from vesting. Only way it doesn’t is if KRod is injured for any length of time or he stinks and they could justify sitting him down rather than finishing a game. Mets have already been put on official notice this situation will be monitored closely.
Injuries you cannot predict but I don’t see the later happening. He’s fully recovered from the injury and having a very good spring.
Trying to get around that contract vesting gives the impression that contracts signed with the NY Mets aren’t worth the paper they’re signed on. Not a very good signal to be sending to potential FA in years to come they might want to go after.
nictonjr
Can’t they just waive him in August?? They did it with Cora last year…
TRS86
Sure they could waive him, no one would claim him. The only reason there was not more flak over Cora is that he stunk and you could justify his dismissal.
Allie Fox
The Mets are in serious financial trouble. I can’t see how MLB can allow them to hold on to the team through 2012 given the Madoff scandal and the “Picard Maneuver” er. . . lawsuit.
The Wilpons are going to have a hard time making payments on their debt load with a successful season (read: increased tickets sales); if the team falters even a little bit they are going to slip into Texas Ranger-ville financially.