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Giorgi Almonte
LETS GO METS…KEEP CASTILLO AND RELEASE OLLIE!!
East Coast Bias
Word! I don’t really mind Castillo. Besides that one year, he at least plays hard. Ollie is just a lost cause. I can’t wait for the humbling experience after his contract ends and he is offered chump change, if that, in the following offseason.
metsman
302 average, 387 on base percentage with 20 steals in 09 and everyone wants to toss Castillo even though he was obviously injured last season. We are taking all these chances with injured players hoping they might return to their former greatness, yet we don’t want to “take a chance” with a guy who once stole 62 bases and had a 418 OBP, I realize it was a long time ago but we’re paying him regardless, so we might as well give him a chance.
MetsFanXXIII
He’ll never steal bases again, but he could still get on base.
stickyone
not last year. And given how he can’t get the ball out of the infield, not a good combination.
especially since he brings nothing much to the table defensively, other than experience.
metsman
…and maybe three gold gloves. A hit is a hit, I’m so tired of this “hits like a girl” crap, not all middle infielders can be Uggla or Utley. Nobody hit above the 300 mark last year, Castillo repeating his 09 numbers would be a welcome sight.
jeenyus245
you forgot “trade Reyes”
alphakira
Thank you. So tired of people bashing Castillo. He may not be what he was, but why lose money for a guy that can come off the bench and get on base? Perez should be gone; unlike Castillo he has never shown that he puts his team above him and has never worked as hard as Castillo to not only repair his image but his skill as well. If the guy wanted to be part of the Mets in 2011 he should have went down to the minors in 2010.
safari_punch
Hey Steve Popper,
Vince Coleman says, “hi.”
Signed,
The Firecracker Man
Tko11
Why doesnt he tell Oliver Perez that he “has a responsibility to the fans”?
East Coast Bias
Ollie doesn’t care. It’s evident by his past actions.
danthebaseballman
Get Perez outta there!
mookie_and_doc
Selling off big contracts if not in contention is not surefire evidence that the Mets are in financial trouble. If the Mets are out of the race, it would be prudent roster and money management to unload guys like Beltran and Rodriguez. Further, the Mets have never spent money in the draft. Not spending this year would not be an indication of anything but the Wilpon status quo. I know that Alderson has alluded to spending at the draft but, frankly, I’ll believe that when I see it. I don’t think we’ll ever know the extent of the damage (or windfall) endured by the Wilpons from the Madoff scheme.
stickyone
the mets carried ollie and luis this long, it makes no sense to just cut them now. at least get them into ST for a couple of weeks and see if they have anything at all left. Not likely, but might as well go all the way with the due diligence.
at least with Castillo, there seems to a possible fit of minimal ability left and a need to fill (if none of the other 2B guys works out). Ollie, that ship has sailed.
coolstorybro222
Reyes is going to be gone from the mets by next year.
SRT
As short handed as this pitching staff seemed to be heading into the off season with Santana on the DL, I believe Ollie still won’t be on the staff come opening day. –Money or no money.
Mr Top Ten
Forget those bums, The Reyes situation is key
retirenutting
I can’t believe so much gets written about the Mets. They haven’t mattered for what seems like a decade. Why they get any more press than a team like…say….oh….the Pirates is beyond me. They’ve won their division exactly 1 more time than the miserly Pirates while spending 2-to-4X on payroll. It might just be me but undeserved big market love (I’m looking at you too Chicago Cubs) is irritating. Let’s cherry-pick division winners here – the Mets have won theirs 5 times since inception (’62) and the Bucs 9 times in that timeframe.
Who cares about the Mets (other than a small fraction of 9 million New Yorkers)?
zack
Um…they get more press because than say the Pirates because they play in new york, are routinely more competitive, and actually have a huge fanbase, many of whom reas this site
retirenutting
You didn’t actually reply with any new information. I specifically covered the fact that they were large market. I can’t get behind the idea that just because a team has a large audience they ought to see frequent press.
retirenutting
1 more time during the losing streak, that is…