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Oh, Really?!? Mets are done spending? Seriously? Really?


For a while I’ve been trying to figure out why the Mets’ whole off-season is just not sitting right with me.  It’s not the lack of moves and acquiring such useless pieces such as Gary Matthews Jr that I have a problem with.  It’s not even that the pitching staff is built on hope rather than ability.  I think what has put me off about the Mets this winter is that their “promise” to do what it takes to put the most competitive team out on the field has the distinct sound of the kind of rhetoric that you hear in presidential election campaigns.

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Pressure on Pelfrey in Pivotal Position


pelfreyThe Mets are truly fortunate that they have a bona fide ace in Johan Santana but after him, well, there’s a huge drop off.  The team has not been able to boost their pitching staff this off-season and acquire a player who might level off the disparity of skill from the top of the rotation to the bottom.  They’ve made minor additions but essentially the rotation is the same as it was last year.

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Glass Half-Full: Mets’ Non-Moves May Be the Best Moves


Met fans, by nature, are a frustrated bunch.  This is because there are consistent promises of hope with every offseason that precedes an unfulfilled reality at season’s end.  Met fans sometimes look at the team through a prism, longing for sustained excellence like that other team across the river. If the Yankees can do that, why can’t the Mets?  It’s easy to get caught up in that viewpoint, but at the end it leaves Met fans disappointed.  Met fans have grown to expect the worse which is a way of shielding themselves from continued disappointment.  They have a glass-half empty mentality and it can be contagious.  In an effort to try to avoid that pessimistic approach, this blog will periodically put together posts that will look for the silver lining in what otherwise may be viewed as unfavorable circumstances.  It’s an attempt to look at the “Glass Half-Full”

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For Mets, Perception is Everything


Time is running out this offseason for the Mets to solidify their team before Spring Training and the free agent pool is dwindling by the day.  The Mets went into the winter with a full “to-do” list and Omar Minaya has been able to check some things off while other important items still remain. Let’s see where it stands:

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The Contest


Perhaps you aren’t aware that Omar Minaya is currently in the midst of a contest.

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The Matthews Trade…Was it Necessary?


The Mets and Angels pulled off a trade on Friday that will send Gary Matthews Jr. to the Mets for relief pitcher Brian Stokes.  The Mets were nice enough to take Matthews off the Angels’ hands however the Angels were not willing to exchange one headache for another as the Mets still have Luis Castillo penciled in at second.  It’s doubtful that Met fans are dancing in the streets after this acquisition and no one is looking at Matthews to be any more than a temporary band-aid until Carlos Beltran comes back.

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The New Guy on the Block…Introduction


Hello Fellow Met Fans.  I’m very glad to be joining GodBlessBuckner.com and equally excited to be sharing blogging duties with Eno Sarris.  Eno has done an amazing job with the site and happy to be on board.

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What to do about Beltran?


After the news came down that Carlos Beltran had his knee scoped while the Mets wanted him to get a third opinion, Mets fans began the bellyaching immediately. In some cases, pre-emptively.

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Investigating: Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo


Aroldis Chapman signed today with the Reds, for $25 million over 5 years, and it’s beyond us to say if that’s a good idea. Chapman is a virtual unknown. Even though some progress has been made with translating Cuban stats, the offensive level of the league makes it hard to evaluate pitchers. It’s impressive that he’s struck out 379 in 340+ innings, for sure, and the physical tools are impressive. He’s a young guy that may or may not work out, and he had the benefit of the open market, which helped drive the price past Stephen Strasburg’s already hefty price.

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Mets add Bay, close on Molina


According to ESPN, the Mets added Jason Bay today for four years and $66 million plus a vesting option, and it’s just the kind of deal that Omar Minaya needed to make to save Omar Minaya’s butt. Sure, Bay’s defense was fourth-worst in baseball over the last three years, and he has the kind of skills that decline quickly, but he will help in the short term, and Minaya really only cares about next year, because his butt is on the line. Much of this we already said a couple weeks ago when the rumors started.

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