Insult to injury…
11. June 2008 by gchacko.
Moises Alou will not be with the team tonight, as he will instead have an MRI on his calf. According to Willie Randolph, Alou may be ‘shut down’ for a couple of days.Before leaving for his MRI, Alou told reporters that he is ‘embarrassed.’
*Alou injured again…what a shocker. I think its time the Mets gave up on looking at Alou for a run producer or a major part of this team to win… Its time to look to the trade market!
A tiger fire sale??
11. June 2008 by gchacko.
The Tigers are ten games out in the AL Central, 10.5 out of the Wild Card. Jon Heyman talks of fire sale speculation, but he doesn’t know where they’d start. Lynn Henning has ideas, though. Let’s discuss the trade candidates.
-Magglio Ordonez, RF. Henning thinks dealing him makes sense, since the Tigers have replacement options. He earns $15MM this year and $18MM in ‘09 with possible expensive vesting options for ‘10 and ‘11. He also has limited no-trade protection. Brian Giles or Xavier Nady might be more sensible targets teams in need of right field help.
- Ivan Rodriguez, C. It appears that Rodriguez also has no-trade protection. He’s been reduced to a platoon and earns $13MM.
- Edgar Renteria, SS. Renteria has an $11MM club option for ‘09 with a $3MM buyout. It appears that the Red Sox may be on the hook for the buyout though. Renteria isn’t hitting much and his defense is not rated highly.
- Todd Jones, RP. Teams will be wary of his 0.82 K/BB ratio. He wouldn’t bring much of a return.
- Brandon Inge, 3B/C. Unless the Tigers acquire a catcher have a free agent target in mind, they may want Inge around for ‘09.
- Placido Polanco, 2B. He’s having a decent year and is signed through ‘09 at $4.6MM per year. He may actually have some trade value.
- Nate Robertson, SP. Robertson earns $4.25MM in ‘08, $7MM in ‘09, and $10-11MM in ‘10. He has a fairly respectable 2.2 K/BB despite his 5.88 ERA. He has value, but a trade would mostly be a salary dump.
- Kenny Rogers, SP. He makes $8-10MM this year. He’s made all his starts but has not impressed.
After this exercise I can see what Heyman meant. The Tigers’ veterans don’t have much trade value.
Mets are not that good
11. June 2008 by Glendo.
The Mets are just not that good. Plain and simple. 2006 this team overachieved in a very weak National League and still lost to the 83 win Cardinals in the NLCS. Since last June the Mets are almost 10 games under .500, thats a full season of crap baseball. It is getting harder to watch this team play as they have now lost 5 games in a row and 6 of thier last 8. They are blowing leads left and right, when they get good pitching nobody whats to hit the damn ball, when they do score runs the bullpen likes to blow 4 and 5 run leads like its their job. I love the Mets, don’t get me wrong, but they are breaking my heart right now. I have seen some bad Mets teams, but that was when they were not supposed to be any good, this team was the favorite last year and even after that what shall not be named(blowing a 7 game lead with like 4 to play, jerks), they were again the favorites this year. Willie Randolph is back on the hot seat and rightfully so in my opionion. Omar should also be in trouble here, the bench is crap. This team stinks. They are finding ways to lose they just lost three games in a row by the score of 2-1, I mean come on. David Wright said it best. “We’ve just got to clean it up, go out there and find a way. When things aren’t going our way, that’s what great teams do: Find a way to win, and we’re not doing that.” No David, because you are not a great team.
