Not only is it a terrible deal, but they could've kept Bradford for almost this exact price. It's a double WTF.
Omar is just building alot of DEPTH all around. The core of this team is Wright, Reyes, Delgado, Beltran, Wagner. Four potential everyday all-stars and a all-star "type" closer. He has outstanding depth in the outfield, and lots of starting pitchers just about to become very solid (Pelfrey, Humber, Perez, Maine) besides two dependable front-line starters (Glavine, Hernandez) and Martinez mid-season. AND the money to pick up a good starter mid-season if he feel he has a need for one.
we will lie and wait for some mid market team that can't afford its over paid starting pitcher or soon to be free agent and pounce on them. has anyone seen the class of 08 free agents?
We'll see if that happens and if the Mets are still in a position to contend when it does. Looking at it objectively this has been a disastrous offseason for the Mets. People forget that at the start of last season when the Mets got out to a big lead Pedro and Glavine were pitching lights out almost every time out and then they were just able to coast with a mostly trash rotation. Obviously this year there will be no Pedro and if Glavine struggles out of the gate it could get really ugly really fast.
the opening month the mets play 3 @ st.louis & 3 @ home against the rockies. then also 6 against phillies ,wash and atlanta splitting home and away. so the mets need to come out hot.
also here is a update on the fre agent market of 2008.some of these guys might have resigned already like Carpenter but others might be available @ the trade deadline. 2008 MLB Free Agents Let's take a look ahead to the free agency class after the 2007 season.* Of course, some of these guys will be signed before reaching free agency.* They're ranked by their 2006 WARP and their age for the 2008 season is in parentheses. 1. John Smoltz (41) 2. Michael Young (31) 3. Carlos Zambrano (27) 4. Joe Nathan (33) 5. Mariano Rivera (38) 6. Chris Carpenter (33) 7. Jorge Posada (36) 8. Curt Schilling (41) 9. Bobby Abreu (34) 10. Ichiro Suzuki (34) 11. Andruw Jones (31) 12. Carlos Guillen (32) 13. Jeff Kent (40) 14. Mike Lowell (34) 15. Vernon Wells (29) 16. Jason Jennings (29) 17. Jake Westbrook (30) 18. Ivan Rodriguez (36) 19. Trevor Hoffman (40) 20. Freddy Garcia (32) 21. Kenny Rogers (43) 22. Torii Hunter (32) 23. Jason Isringhausen (35) 24. Omar Vizquel (41) 25. Marcus Giles (30) 26. Eric Byrnes (32) 27. Paul Lo Duca (36) 28. Bob Wickman (39) 29. Corey Patterson (28) 30. Adam Dunn (28) 31. Randy Johnson (44) 32. Scott Linebrink (31) 33. Doug Davis (32) 34. Michael Barrett (31) 35. Milton Bradley (30) 36. Jon Lieber (38) 37. David Eckstein (33) 38. Aaron Rowand (30) 39. Juan Uribe (29) 40. Bartolo Colon (35)
The guys I bolded I doubt will hit the market. They will likely either retire, be extended by their current team, or traded and extended. Some already have.
Here's a better list... http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2000/04/2007-free-agents.html * means some sort of option for 2008. Code: [b][u]First Basemen[/u][/b] Sean Casey DET Tony Clark ARZ Jeff Conine PHI Julio Franco NYM Matt LeCroy WAS Kevin Millar * BAL Olmedo Saenz LAD Mark Sweeney SF Mike Sweeney KC [b][u]Second Basemen[/u][/b] Marlon Anderson LAA Craig Biggio HOU Luis Castillo MIN Damion Easley NYM Mark Ellis * OAK Marcus Giles ATL Mark Grudzielanek* KC D'Angelo Jimenez OAK Jeff Kent * LAD Luis Rivas TB Jose Valentin NYM [b][u]Shortstops[/u][/b] David Eckstein STL Carlos Guillen DET Cesar Izturis * CHC Ramon E Martinez* LAD John McDonald TOR Neifi Perez DET Juan Uribe * CHW Omar Vizquel SF Michael Young * TEX [b][u]Third Basemen[/u][/b] Russell Branyan SD Corey Koskie * MIL Mike Lamb HOU Mike Lowell BOS Greg Norton * TB Abraham O. Nunez PHI Alex Rodriguez NYY (may void after 2007) [b][u]Catchers[/u][/b] Brad Ausmus HOU Paul Bako BAL Michael Barrett CHC Gary Bennett * STL Ramon Castro NYM Sal Fasano NYY Wiki Gonzalez WAS Toby Hall LAD Jason Kendall OAK Jason LaRue KC Paul Lo Duca NYM Mike Matheny * SF Damian Miller MIL Chad Moeller CIN Jose Molina LAA Josh Paul TB Jorge Posada NYY Ivan Rodriguez * DET Yorvit Torrealba COL Javier Valentin * CIN [b][u]Outfielders[/u][/b] Bobby Abreu * NYY Moises Alou * NYM Milton Bradley OAK Adrian Brown TEX Eric Byrnes ARZ Mike Cameron SD Roger Cedeno BAL Brady Clark MIL Jeff DaVanon ARZ Adam Dunn * CIN Jermaine Dye CWS Luis Gonzalez ARZ Shawn Green* NYM Eric Hinske BOS Torii Hunter MIN Geoff Jenkins * MIL Andruw Jones ATL Bobby Kielty OAK Rob Mackowiak * CWS Eli Marrero STL Luis Matos WAS Jason Michaels CLE Orlando Palmeiro HOU Corey Patterson BAL Timo Perez STL Aaron Rowand PHI Reggie Sanders KC Ichiro Suzuki SEA Brad Wilkerson TEX [b][u]Starting Pitchers[/u][/b] Kris Benson * BAL Mark Buerhle CWS Paul Byrd * CLE Shawn Chacon PIT Matt Clement BOS Bartolo Colon LAA Scott Elarton KC Josh Fogg COL Casey Fossum * TB Freddy Garcia CWS Geremi Gonzalez TOR Livan Hernandez ARZ Jason Jennings COL Randy Johnson NYY Brian Lawrence WAS Jon Lieber PHI Kyle Lohse CIN Wade Miller CHC Eric Milton CIN Odalis Perez * KC Joel Pineiro SEA Kenny Rogers DET Curt Schilling BOS Carlos Silva MIN John Smoltz * ATL Brett Tomko * LAD Kip Wells STL Jake Westbrook CLE Randy Wolf * LAD Jaret Wright BAL Carlos Zambrano CHC Victor Zambrano NYM [b][u]Relief Pitchers[/u][/b] Jeremy Affeldt COL Armando Benitez SF Hector Carrasco * LAA Francisco Cordero MIL Rheal Cormier CIN Vic Darensbourg DET Doug Davis ARZ Elmer Dessens LAD Scott Eyre * CHC Travis Harper TB Trevor Hoffman * SD Jason Isringhausen* STL Todd Jones DET Jorge Julio ARZ Joe Kennedy OAK Byung-Hyun Kim COL Scott Linebrink SD Rodrigo Lopez BAL Ron Mahay TEX Dan Miceli TB Trever Miller HOU Mike Myers NYY Joe Nathan * MIN Chris Reitsma ATL Ricardo Rincon STL Mariano Rivera NYY Glendon Rusch CHC Rudy Seanez SD Julian Tavarez * BOS Mike Timlin BOS Mike Venafro COL Luis Vizcaino ARZ Bob Wickman ATL Scott Williamson BAL Jay Witasick * OAK Kerry Wood CHC Tim Worrell SF
We can only hope that Carlos Zambrano decides to test the open market. I'd pay that man WHATEVER he desired - no questions asked.
