Brett Myers To Be A Free Agent !!
Posted by rustyjr on 7:00pm, Friday November 6th 2009
According to Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher and Husband of the Yearwinner, Brett Myers was told today by Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. that the team will not pursue a new contract with him, Myers said that he’s open to starting or relieving with his new club. Quick somebody lock Omar in closet until Myers signs with Pittsburgh !! My biggest fear is when he is announced as our big aquisition and new number 2 pitcher to supplement our rotation. Can we just put him in the same cell as Ambriox Burgos please !!!
Last season Myers, 29, had a a 4.84 ERA in 70.6 innings this year. He missed time with hip surgery and a back strain.
I’m staring at the available FA SP list again (apologies to my optometrist) and you know, Myers seems just as likely to help the Mets as most of the rest of them do.
The list just screams “Lackey and everybody else” to me. If we don’t get Lackey, just throw the other names into a hat and pick out two, and decline your season ticket renewal.
“Sad But True”
trade market expedition anyone? Honestly, do you even like Lackey that much? Is he really worth what he’s going to demand as the best fa option out there? I’m rooting for the Yankees to sign him, as I now do every big name free agent, just so other people can someday hate them as much as I do.
I do honestly like Lackey a lot, but having said that no I don’t think he’s truly worth the rumored contract.
I just feel very, very strongly that the Mets need a solid # 2 starting pitcher, and of the FA class IMO he’s the one guy that fits the bill.
If the Mets can acquire by trade someone who is reasonably likely to pitch at a solid # 2 level I would welcome that person instead.
I anxiously await MLBTRs article on what SP they consider might be available by trade. Until then I can only speculate based on who will be FA after 2010, and that list includes many interesting names, but the desirable ones seem unlikely to be traded to the Mets IMO.
Bronson Arroyo CIN *
Josh Beckett BOS
Joe Blanton PHI
Jeremy Bonderman DET
David Bush MIL
Daniel Cabrera ARZ
Matt Cain SF *
Jorge De La Rosa COL
Jeff Francis COL *
Jon Garland LAD
Roy Halladay TOR
Aaron Harang CIN *
Tim Hudson ATL
Cliff Lee PHI
Ted Lilly CHC
Braden Looper MIL
Noah Lowry SF
Kevin Millwood TEX
Jamie Moyer PHI
Vicente Padilla LAD
Tim Redding NYM
Nate Robertson DET
Ian Snell SEA *
Jeff Suppan MIL *
Javier Vazquez ATL
Brandon Webb ARI
Jake Westbrook CLE
Dontrelle Willis DET
Chris Young SD *
Guys, I think I’ve found our next GM. His screen name is “elcubanito5516″ and he left the following message which I cut and pasted from the comments section at Adam Rubin’s Daily News “Surfing the Mets” blog:
“Guys, I am a Big Time Mets fan. I have been a Mets fans since 1969. To fix the mets mess it not that hard. In matter of fact it very very easy. But Mr. Coupon has to let our GM run with these ideal, if not he will lose the New York Baseball fan base to the Yankees. Mr. Coupon if you do not do this then you will lose more than the 700 millions you lost to Mr. Maddoff. Here we go: 1. Sign John Lackey - Give him the 90-100 mil contract. 2. Trade for Roy Halladay - Give a Package of Rookie Jenrry Mejia, Bradley Holt, Fernado Martinez. 3. Sign Carlos Delgado to a base Salary of 8 Millions and lace it with incestive it could go up to 18 million. 4. Sign Matt Holiday 5. If you do not want Delgado then get Chone Figgins and move Wright to first base. You now have a rotation of Johan Santana, Roy Halladay, John lackey, Mike Pelfrey and a combo of Perez/Misch/Redding as your 5th Stater. A line up of Reyes - ss, Beltran - cf, Holiday-lf, Delgado- 1B, Wright - 3B, Francouer - Rf, Tholes/Santos - c”
(I just love the phrase “lace it with incestive”)
I think cubanito had one too many cuba libres. And why’s he dissing my boy Castillo by not including him in the lineup.
I don’t know what more absurd:
1. Delgado being paid up to $18M, or
2. Actually having Holliday, Halladay, Lackey and the $18M Delgado.
At least the Figgins idea is somewhere on this planet, except that Wright prob has never played 1B, though could he play 2B? JK
There is so much wrong with that post.
i think its a very good team.
#1) lifetime met fans arent switching allegiances to the yanks
#2)mets didnt lose money to madoff
#3)that package wont get you halladay
#4)that is way overpaying for delgado
#5)wright will never be moved to 1B for chone figgins
not to mention you would be adding around $50-$60mil in payroll for just next season…..its a fantasy post and shouldnt be taken seriously.
Yeah, I think I will put it on my VIDEO GAME and dominate. LOL.