Hobie has left a new comment on your post "Q&A Weekend: - The 2011 Mets":
OK, I’ll bite.
Predicting trades (or pronouncing them as “what I would do”) is a waste of time since there’s always the other guy in the equation with motives opposite yours. So, assuming no trades, there’s the lineup1-6 as you stated….and C, 2B & P,P,P… to consider.
Thole will be the primary C in 2011 and my guess is there’ll be a FA backup (Pierzynski?).
Murphy, Tejada, Turner will be the principal candidates for 2B in ST. If Tejada doesn’t win the job outright, he should be playing SS along side Reese in AAA as the DP combo of the future. Turner & say, Russ Adams back up in the IF, Carter & Evans are your primo R/L PH’s. There’s your 13 PP’s.
I’m assuming they’ll resign Takahashi & Dickey (they should) and possibly Feliciano. Besides back-up C as above, the only FA market they should be looking at is pitching (S & R), pitching, pitching.
There’s Lee, of course, and a new GM may want to make a splash—with a poolside shove from the owners not out of the question—but LOC will be the stumbling block IMO. The recent record with out-patients hasn’t been stellar, so a hesitancy to pull the trigger on a Webb or Bedard is understandable. I might take a flier on Duchscherer though. Bonderman? There any number of mid level BP arms available, and let's not forget Mr. Cordero had a nice last month in Buff.
So that’s MY plan: pawn some heirlooms to pay-off Ollie & Louis (& possibly K-Rod, if he’s relieving for the Attica Aardvarks you may not have to); to pick up Jose’s option, resign Tak & AR; and buy Pierzynski, Bonderman & Duchscherer. And hold on--until the toxic assets come off the books in 2012 and the new GM has a grip on what’’s worth what in the system.
Another plan I like. Have you thrown your hat into the ring?
My thoughts on 2B, C, P, P, P...
1. There is only one person currently on the team that is can't be traded, due to his contract. That is Johan Santana, who, under the right situation, could be the best SP2 in the league.
2. I know the economy sucks and attendance is down, and all that, but every seat at Citi Field would be sold if the new General Manager had the authority (and the Wilpons had the stones) to go out and get what this franchise needs, an SP to build their team around. That is Cliff Lee and I simply don't care what the Yankees bid. Tell Lee's agent to fax you the biggest offer five minutes before the deadline and tell him you will up the offer 10%.. Period. You'll sell seats, you'll sell shakes. Cars will park. Oh yes, they will come.
2. Throw out the garbage. Get John Maine, Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo, and Francesco Rodriquez off this team. Rodriquez has the talent (good pitcher, bad boyfriend) to warrant an even up trade for a quality catcher or SP2, but why not shoot higher? Let's package K-Rod with 3 of the Mets youngsters ( they're all tradable in a deal like this, as a secondary prospect, except Mejia and Flores). Put a real deal together and go out and get a Zach Greinke.
3. Now, your rotation is: Lee, Santana, Greinke...
Your 1-6 lineup is: Reyes, Pagan, Wright, Beltran, Davis, Bay.
4. I'm not sure it matters anymore who catches or plays second base, but let's continue.
5. Let's also assume the Greinke cost the Mets a bunch of warm bodies, meaning, it's close to impossible to find quality players to trade for a star starter in either of these two positions. I love your A.J Pierzynski idea and the fans will eat him up. It will also take the pressure off of Josh Thole, if he is still around after the Greinke trade.
6. I still would love to see Orlando Hudson on second, but he might be getting a little long in the tooth and, frankly, there might not be enough ching left to do anything more in 2011. No, put Tejada on second, get "House" to be Reese Havens' doctor, and let the season begin!
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