Friday, July 17, 2009

Put a fork in 'em

Looks like F-mart and b-tran are going to be useless for most of this season if not all of it. F-mart requires surgery and will be out for minimum 6 weeks, and beltran has shown no signs of progress in his knee and might also require surgery.

Omar, this season is over. Unfortunately, our chances to get any useful value for Beltran, Delgado and Reyes are quite possibly also over. I really don't know what moves you make now. By not breaking up the core during the offseason, when their trade value was high (especially red-hot Delgado), you have really painted this team into a corner. Our trade options are now limited at best, unless some team is willing to roll the dice on the upside of Beltran, Reyes or Delgado after they return. This team is now not only in a very bad position for '09, but also 2010 IMO.

Any deals we make are now going to be from a position of weakness, and we will almost certainly give up too much. Our best case is to dump salary and pick up FAs.

1 comment:

SheaHeyKid said...

METS LEFTFIELDER GARY SHEFFIELD LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH INNING WITH AN APPARENT RIGHT HAMSTRING INJURY.

It was only a matter of time...