Brown isnt on the team anymore if you are going to base salary on performance than its impossible for anyone to "earn" that money. I'm sure you are really "earning" that $5.25 an hr that you are making.
Often times imatated never duplicated..... GYC is all I have to say. Jeez it's like last years Yankees team was far superior to the Mets... lets see they split the season series and if not for Braden Looper the Mets sweep the skanks in the Bronx. f the Mets could beat up on Baltimore, Tampa, KC, Detriot and Toronto I'm sure they'd make the playoffs too. The Mets vastly improved to the Yankees this offseason so two teams that were pretty even and the Mets got better. Think before you post. BTW the NL East is far superior to the AL East. NL East is the best division in baseball, well it was last year.
Roger your starting rotation is in just as bad shape or worse than what the Mets have, you are depending on a 42 year old starter with back problems, a 37 year old Mussina, a mediocre Wright and hoping that Chacon, Small duplicate their performance because the Yanks wouldn't even be in the playoffs last year without their performances, and add to the fact that they are depending on Farnsworth to be the bridge to Rivera, the same guy that choked like a dog in last year's playoffs. Roger your team has way too many question marks to be cocky right now.
Pedro Martinez 17 wins Tom Glavine 13 wins Steve Trachsel 12 wins Victor Zambrano (and/or other 4th starter) 8 wins Aaron Heilman (and/or other 5th starter) 11 wins 30 wins from rest of staff (and pitchers traded for during season) 91 wins seems about right Last year I correctly predicted the Mets to go 83-79. I haven't made my formal MLB picks yet. I'll do that in March and post at that time.
I wouldn't be surprised that Pelfrey is in the rotation in the middle of the year, or one of the guys that Omar picked up beats out Zambrano as a starter to start the year
And Randy is Randy. Anyone would love to have him in the rotation. The Guy got better as the season went on,not worse. Whats wrong with Wang? How could you not feel good about Chacon and Small after how they pitched last year? Moose is iffy sometimes,and i can't stand Pavano,thats the only worry I have. But that rotation wioth Farnsworth and Mariano is no reason to not be confident. Add that to the line up we have,and there shouldn't be any doubt.
So Randy is just going to great until eternity? Wang, Chacon, Small, you're right they were all good. That means they will all do the same or better this year? What if one does the same, and two do worse. I'm not saying they will, but you ARE talking Chacon, Small and Wang. This is not Clemens, Pettite, Wells circa 2001. They needed every ounce of those young guys to beat out the Sox by a hair, and the Sox added Josh Beckett. Starting pitching is a cause for concern this year, IMO.
Well,that is really kind of a ridiculous way of lookin g at it. So you guys signed Wagner,and he was good last year,does that mean he'll be good this year? My point is that Randy progressed as the season went on,so why not feel that he will be able to do it again this year? One year is not going to make a difference unless he did worse as last year went on. And yes,I'm talking about Small,who went what? 10-0? Chacon was awesome. Wang was great too. You really can't down those guys until they give you a reason to. Actually,the only reason we beat the Sox by a hair is because we fell behind early. Thats not gonna happen this year,i'll guarantee it. The Sox did sign Beckett,but they lost plenty all around and one guy isn't going to make their year.
Kyle Farnsworth might do okay in the regular season, but I could never trust him in a tight spot in the postseason.
I did not say one word about the Mets. Personally, I feel the Mets are weak in the starting rotation as well. Here's my point about the Yankees. Last year the starting pitching fell apart and they patched it up with these unknown guys who were great. Now, you are using these guys as the reason why they will be fine this year, but they are not proven guys. A proven guy...you know what you will get year after year. All three of those guys only did it for less than one season. When you become the guy that's being counted on from spring training it puts more pressure on you and you don't always get the same result. Can you get the same result with them? Possibly. Should you be confident or cocky with them, I would say no.
Come on, Roger. Back up your talk. Don't wuss out. Bet not long enough? How about until opening day 2007?
