Posted by TMS:
Posted by majorleads:
We have no desire to be like the Yankees. I for one enjoy the competitiveness and the ups and downs of a baseball season. There is no joy in watching one team steamroll another. Boorrrriiinnnnggg. As for us, we're fine. We have more than enough offense and pitching to compete for the pennant. However, if I were a Yankees fan, which thank God I'm not, I'd be more concerned about the Red Sox being your daddies for the next 5 years if they get Johan.
stop being so transparent... if the Mets stood any chance at all of getting Johan you wouldn't have any problem with shelling out the money it would take to sign him, but all of a sudden it's extremely boring to you to have teams like the Red Sox or Yankees get him... if you're so in favor of competitive balance, why did you Met fans cheer the signings of guys like Pedro, Delgado & Beltran? why is it only when the Yankees go after a big money player that they're trying to buy championships in your eyes? i've asked u this before & u still haven't given me an answer... fans of teams like the Mets who play in the exact same big market that the Yankees do & have their own freakin' cable network for God's sakes have NO business crying foul over competitive balance... give it up already.
Listen, anybody who knows me and knows my style whether it's on realgm or here, knows that I always mean what I say and say what I mean. How many times do I have to tell you that I would be SICK TO MY STOMACH if we suddenly became the Yankees and started jacking our payroll up to the sky before it sinks in?
Look at our roster at the time we signed Pedro, Beltran and Delgado. We had no big time players except for Piazza who was on his last legs and last year of his contract. We had money to spend that offseason and in fact, I believe our payroll was even less the year we had acquired those 3 than in the previous season. Also at the time we had no farm system and no credibility because of Phillips and Duquette. Oh and if you look at Delgado's contract, we're only paying 13.5 million per season on it because the Marlins are paying the rest. And Beltran, all the Yankees fans like to point out he would have come to the Yankees for less money. Not entirely true. In the end it was more money with the Mets on paper, but that is only because a good chunk of his contract is DEFERRED from 2012-2018. Present value wise, the contract would have been worth more with the Yankees because Boras wanted a straight contract from them with no deferred money.
As for Johan, I want the Mets to get him, but we're not in a position to do so because we're not loaded in prospects at the moment. Next season, we lose Delgado and Alou, thats 20 million right there and could have gone to Johan. And like I said, I don't care if he goes to the Red Sox or Yankees just as long as he doesn't go to the Braves or Phillies. Did I stutter there? I'm all in favor of seeing the Yankees give up Hughes because I think that guy is a stud. Again, I've praised the Yankee prospects on numerous occasions but you've been too blind to see that. My whole thing with Melky was with you guys overrating him. I mean come on, he's a nice player but decent outfielders are a dime a dozen and shouldn't be looked at like oh my God how are we ever going to cope with losing Melky.
And another thing, I loathe giving any pitcher more than a 4 year contract UNLESS, the pitcher was from our own farm system and was great. 5 years is my absolute limit on outside pitchers. I'd rather pay more per season short term than give out additional years. That goes for the Knicks too. It's not the amount of money per season, it's the guaranteed years
11/30/2007 1:17 PM