By Mr.Met
Staff Writer NFL PRO ZACH
When
Omar Minaya was relieved of his duties as GM of The New York Mets,
Met’s fan were promised responsibility, accountability, and a new
direction that would all accumulate into a winning ball club. The
general consensus among not only ownership but the media and the fans
was that Sandy Alderson was the right man for the job. An
experienced baseball executive that when hired would change the
culture of this ball club and the front office for the
better. However, 2 years into his regime with the
3rd right around the corner this ball club is in the worst shape
in recent history. Alderson’s overall record speaks for
itself at 151 wins and 173 losses that is a messily .466 winning
percentage over the last 2 years perhaps even more concerning than
this was that this year’s version of Alderson’s Mets only won 74
ball games which is a decline from the 77 that they won previously in
2010. So did Alderson change the culture for the New York
Mets, he certainly did but statistically speaking not for the better.
During, Omar Minaya’s 6 years at the helm of the Mets his ball
club’s winning percentage was .521, not great but very
respectable. In fact, Omar’s Mets had a winning season 4
out of his 6 years as GM. Although, Minaya’s last 2
seasons at the helm resulted in losing records only 1 of those years
2009 ever resulted in a worst record than these previous 2 years with
Alderson running the ball club. That’s some winning
culture Mr. Alderson has created in Queens isn’t it?
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| Minaya |
To
make matters worse Sandy Alderson has actually turned this ball club
into the second rate Mickey Mouse organization that WFAN’s radio
talk show host Mike Francesa often referred to under the final years
of Omar Minaya’s regime. When Alderson took over for the
2011 season he promised that, even though, the Mets would
not compete in 2011 and participate in the free agent
market place that season that the 2012 season would be a different
story. However, when 2012 rolled around Mr. Alderson sang
a new tune and said perhaps in 2013 we can compete in the free agent
market place. It is now the winter heading into the 2013
season and folks its sounds like Mr. Alderson is once again singing a
similar tune wait till next year. So when does next year
actually come? I am going to go out on a limb and say next
year will never come for Mr. Alderson’s Mets in fact I am going to
come right out and say I believe Sandy Alderson is a liar and he is
insulting my intelligence as a fan in doing so.
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| Carlos Delgado |
Let’s
look at the facts here. No matter what kind of shape
ownership was/is in Omar always looked to improve during the off
season, whether it be the successful moves like the signing of Carlos
Beltran and Pedro Martinez or the trades for Carlos Delgado and Johan
Santana. The moves that make us grimmest in pain
when they do not turn out like signing of Jason Bay or the resigning
of Louis Castillo and Oliver Perez, Minaya tried to improve his
team. In fact, the major gripe against Minaya was the
supposed lack of talent he had in the minor leagues. Although,
he missed on top prospects such as Fernando Martinez, Carlos Gomez,
and others he certainly hit big on guys such as Ike Davis, Matt
Harvey, and Jon Niese. In fact, the young players on this
team were either drafted or signed as international free agents by
Omar Minaya. Even RA Dickey’s services were originally
acquired by Minaya. So what has Alderson and his staff
which includes former Blue Jay’s GM JP Ricciardi and Paul Depodesta
(Peter Brand in the movie MoneyBall is based on Paul Depodesta)
actually done?
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| Beltran |
I’ll tell you what they’ve done they
feed us garbage. Among all the lies and false promises of
being presently surprised Alderson has made very few moves. Sure
did he get a top prospect for Carlos Beltran, he did. But
we still do not know how that move will turn out (I believe Zach
Wheeler will be a great pitcher one day). But after that
he traded Angel Pagan for an outdated, less talented, and older
version of well Angel Pagan in Andres Torres a guy who has some
speed, some pop, and plays a solid outfield. He also
got Ramon Ramirez in that deal, needless to say with Pagan now
wearing a championship ring that move was a bust. How
about that 2 year deal for Frank Francisco that certainly isn’t
looking very good right now. To be fair we then have to give him
credit for the signing of Scott Hairston, although, in the end did he
really make a difference. Alderson’s big area of
improvement was supposed to be the bullpen. After watching last
season we can say that was a total bust as the Mets had one of the
worst bullpens in the entire MLB. For the first time in
recent history a New York team allowed a young in their prime
franchise player walk who just won a batting title in Jose
Reyes. That in my book is inexcusable, and to top this off
when asked for a comment Alderson showed the type of circus he runs
when he stated that Jose seemed he was upset maybe I’ll send him a
box of chocolates but even then those chocolates wouldn’t cost a
100 million dollars. This angers me as a fan of a New York
sport franchise this is not Kansas City! They let a player
who was promoted as the franchise for years simply walk away; I
honestly do not know a Mets fan who did not own some type of Reyes
shirt or jersey. This move to me was simply
disgusting.
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| Reyes |
Alderson and his group of clowns have tried to
pass off a group of young players who were drafted and signed by Omar
Minaya who were supposed to help supplement the core of his team an
ageing Carlos Beltran, a in their prime David Wright, and Jose Reyes
the problem is Beltran and Reyes are no longer here to make up the
nucleus of this team. And when these players do not
perform he simply lies and blames the fans for not attending the
games to see his poor product in which he has put little effort into
putting together. In fact how many time has Depodesta and
Ricciardi even been seen around this ball club? How about
the manager he hired, Terry Collins. Do I think Collins is
a nice guy maybe I don’t know the man the media certainly
does. What has become clear over the last two years is
that Collins makes some questionable decisions. One of
which I took particular issue with in last season’s final two
months (September and October).
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| Dickey |
Why on
Earth was Ike Davis a dynamic power hitter and potential Gold Glove
first basemen loosing at bats at first base to Lucas Duda? Looking
statistically at the situation only makes matters worst for
me. After a dismal April and May start to the season last
year where Ike hit under the Mendoza line with only 5 homers 13 runs
scored and 21 RBIs, Ike turned his year around, although, he still
hit only .227 in 519 at bats he had 32 homers with 90 RBIs and 26
doubles an impressive feat in that ball park compared and especially
compared to Duda’s line of hitting .239 over 401 at bats with 15
doubles and 15 homers with only 57 RBIs. More importantly
to this argument over 75 at bats in September and October Duda hit
only 2 homers with 10 RBIs whereas over the same time span Ike had 91
at bats but hit an impressive 7 homers with 16 RBIs. In my
opinion Collins fits right in with the clowns and ineptness of this
front office.
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So my question is why is this front office
getting a free pass? Recently Sandy Alderson said he would
like to have the situation with RA Dickey and David Wright sorted out
before the World Series, we are now sitting here after the World
Series with no plan on how to handle Wright or Dickey going
forward. Once again no results and more lies that insult
me as a fan. Let me make one thing clear this is not an
argument for Omar Minaya it was time for him to go. What I
am saying is that after 2 seasons going into his 3rd offseason
as the GM it is time to hold Alderson and his staff accountable!
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