When he signed in late 2004 I thought he'd only have value in 2007 and 2008 as a reliever. After a couple starts maybe in late August or early September, we'll find out. As for your final paragraph, the Expos were in the process of moving to Washington around the time of the Martinez signing. Maybe my example was bad. If Minaya was the GM of the Pirates or Royals or Twins, etc, he would not signed Martinez.
It can't be too much worse than Chicago, and while he may not age well, he is young enough that we don't really have to worry about that
Well, I'll at least say this. Zambrano to the Mets would not bother me near as much as Glavine to the Mets in 2002 and Glavine resigning in 2006.
Use the $10 million he gave to Glavine and the $10 million he's giving to Schoeneweis over the next 3 years and the $1 million Julio Franco's getting and you've got yourself roughly $14 million to spend on a starting pitcher who doesn't suck.
Minaya has about 40 million dollars next year to spend and stay even when Glavine, Alou, Franco, Green, Valentine and LoDuca are gone.
Why? Have Phillies or Braves made inroads in the standings the last week? This is typical Mets fan hysteria. The Mets are gliding while they wait to get Perez and eventually Pedro back.
the mets have to be well on their way to some sort of record for the most losses when scoring first in a game. quite pathetic.
There is no salary cap. These turds have to be flushed soon. The Mets will have to eat some money here.
I think its just there's no one to even take their place. The Mets traded all their AAA relievers in the offseason for Ben Johnson and Jason Vargas.
They have to trade Johnson or Milledge or Pelfrey to get a good reliever so they can drop Mota and Schoeneweis. Burgos has to be recalled once he gets healthy. Even if Burgos pitches just okay, it would be better than Mota and Schoeneweis.
so the phillies picked up a game on us today, and it looks like the braves will as well. they lead LA 5-2 in the 8th
