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I am. Although I agreed with the principle of trading Benson, I don't think Minaya has made any good smaller trades this off-season -- in fact, they all have been terrible. At the beginning of the off-season, the one thing the Mets had was starting pitchers. In all fairness to Minaya, we did need relief help, but that's no reason to get crappy relievers for good starting pitchers. In my opinion, we still do not have a setup guy for Wagner. There were so many relievers available via FA, I just don't understand why Minaya couldn't just sign a few, keep Seo and Benson, or at least get good value out of them (package one of them with Matsui or something). As we stand right now, our rotation looks something like this:
Pedro Martinez
Tom Glavine
Steve Trachsel
Aaron Heilman
Victor Zambrano
As good as our offense is (knock on wood), our rotation is too mediocre to advance anywhere in the playoffs. There have been rumors lately of Minaya trying to swing a deal for Jose Contreras...I don't want that guy at all! And, to top it all off, the White Sox are asking for Heilman or Milledge. Now I'm sure if the White Sox were asking for Heilman AND Milledge, Minaya would have done the deal, but luckily that hasn't happened (yet). Who are we kidding here? Something has to be done to make this rotation respectable. Sign Jeff Weaver. I know that a lot people are down on him, especially because of his Yankee days, but now he's older and a more mature pitcher. He did very well for the Dodgers last year in a pitcher's park, and with more run support, he could put up a very good year for the Mets. Also, he'd be able to step in and be our second pitcher in the rotation, which would bump Glavine down to the #3 (which is a bit more respectable). As much as I'd like to trade for Barry Zito, I just don't think he's worth Heilman and Milledge. I know how much success he's had, and how he's a lefty, but he's a free agent after this season, and we'd have a lot of pressure to sign him and we'd end up really overpaying for him (look at Benson). As it looks right now, instead of having a deep rotation and no bullpen, we now have a mediocre rotation and no bullpen. Can you say early exit?
Pedro Martinez
Tom Glavine
Steve Trachsel
Aaron Heilman
Victor Zambrano
As good as our offense is (knock on wood), our rotation is too mediocre to advance anywhere in the playoffs. There have been rumors lately of Minaya trying to swing a deal for Jose Contreras...I don't want that guy at all! And, to top it all off, the White Sox are asking for Heilman or Milledge. Now I'm sure if the White Sox were asking for Heilman AND Milledge, Minaya would have done the deal, but luckily that hasn't happened (yet). Who are we kidding here? Something has to be done to make this rotation respectable. Sign Jeff Weaver. I know that a lot people are down on him, especially because of his Yankee days, but now he's older and a more mature pitcher. He did very well for the Dodgers last year in a pitcher's park, and with more run support, he could put up a very good year for the Mets. Also, he'd be able to step in and be our second pitcher in the rotation, which would bump Glavine down to the #3 (which is a bit more respectable). As much as I'd like to trade for Barry Zito, I just don't think he's worth Heilman and Milledge. I know how much success he's had, and how he's a lefty, but he's a free agent after this season, and we'd have a lot of pressure to sign him and we'd end up really overpaying for him (look at Benson). As it looks right now, instead of having a deep rotation and no bullpen, we now have a mediocre rotation and no bullpen. Can you say early exit?
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