7/24/12

Mack Ade - Your 2013 Rochester Mets


Last night was a season killer. The trading floodgates opened and National League teams that wanted to make the playoffs this year stood up to be counted. The Mets didn’t.

The 2013 season begins Thursday night when Matt Harvey hits the mound, but there are more they can do to start the race to the 2014 World Series.

It’s no big secret that the Mets and the Buffalo Bisons are going to part company at the end of this season. Yes, the Bisons are trying to make the playoffs, but then what happens? Does the attendance go from 4,000 to 5,000?

I’m a businessman by trade and I think August would be a great time to align the players that are projected to open up the 2013 season with (most probably) Rochester.

Yeah, I know, the players who currently are on the team deserve the chance to play in the playoff, right. Tell that to the Savannah guys last year that had to step aside for a Johan Santana rehab start during game one of the playoffs.

No, this is a business and the Mets are currently operating at a loss. They need all the competitive advantage they can drudge up, and getting next spring’s AAA team on the same field this year would not only be hot, but also get a jump up on these key player’s growth.

My team:

1B – Alan Dykstra

2B – Reese Havens

SS – Wilfredo Tovar

3B – Wilmer Flores

OF – Cory Vaughn

OF – Matt den Dekker

OF – Cesar Puello

C – Juan Centeno

Utility – Eric Campbell, Josh Satin, Josh Rodriguez, Rob Johnson, Adam Loewen

Leave the pitching alone… just change the everyday players and give the playoff run a shot. Binghamton is not a playoff contender and you can ship out Val Pascuchi, Oswaldo Navarro, Brad Emaus, Corey Wimberly, Zach Lutz, Lucas May, Jean Luc Blaquiere, Fred Lewis, Raul Reyes, and Matt Tuiasosopo there. You could also offer some of the players an option to be releases, especially a Buffalo legend like Pascuchi.

It’s a good idea folks, because it is void of emotions.

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