tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post4868710639742707121..comments2024-03-28T17:57:21.603-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: The Need for One Outweighs the Need for ManyMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-53508545204168090412012-12-12T20:25:06.160-05:002012-12-12T20:25:06.160-05:00Reese, I'd have to say no even with Gentry, if...Reese, I'd have to say no even with Gentry, if it still means Olt is going to be moved to the OF. After all, it's not like Olt is a superstud hitter in the first place; so take his MLEs as a 3B, then downgrade them because he'll be playing somewhere he has to learn how to play on a ML level, and you get essentially Lucas Duda all over again. So I ask you: would you deal R.A. for Duda and Gentry? I wouldn't.<br /><br />Greg b, while R.A. is 38, what does that actually mean? It's not Tom Seaver here. In fact, what makes R.A. dominant is the fact he throws a knuckler in the low 80s. Well, at 38, he will likely still throw in the low 80s into his early 40s, just like Joe Niekro, Mike Mussina, Jason Isringhausen and by anecdotal accounts, Hoyt Wilhelm, all of whom threw a low 80s knuckler or knuckle-curve, did. So I just don't buy this "one year wonder" moniker they are placing on R.A. It's inaccurate and unfair.Rey Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570180606979849531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-34622548410297565892012-12-12T12:39:05.955-05:002012-12-12T12:39:05.955-05:00If dickey was a few yrs younger i would agree wit...If dickey was a few yrs younger i would agree with u but his going to be 38. If u can get a top prospect who will be on the team hopefully for quite a few years u have to trade him.Greg bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-75347181926668070672012-12-12T12:36:16.596-05:002012-12-12T12:36:16.596-05:00While everyone is on the prospect bandwagon, would...While everyone is on the prospect bandwagon, would you take Olt plus reserve Centerfielder Craig Gentry? He's not a "sexy" name, but he gets on base regularly and in 400+ big league ABs has stolen 32 bases. Plus he bats right handed. As I see it he solves three problems -- leadoff, CF and speed. In addition, although he's no superstar in the making, he has proven the ability to do so at the ML level.Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.com