Comments on: Why the Mets will re-sign Carlos Delgado this offseason http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=858 Hoping for a Miracle since 2005 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:54:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tjv101 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=858&cpage=1#comment-486209 tjv101 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:34:07 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=858#comment-486209 Pat Burrell was awful this past injury ridden season when he was actually in the lineup. The last thing I'd want is this aging Met killer on this team let alone playing a new position. I know he's awful in the outfield with his piss poor range but having him try a new position would be difficult. I know he can hit the long ball...in philly but I am not so sure about Citi Field. Plus he's owed $8 million, whose gonna pick that up? Also, you bring up Delgado and how old he is. Delgado is 3 years older than A-rod which is a not a whole lot. I think Delgado can bounce back and actually help this team. And my math...well it's been a while since I used a calculator so I guess I will ask Santa for one. Pat Burrell was awful this past injury ridden season when he was actually in the lineup. The last thing I’d want is this aging Met killer on this team let alone playing a new position. I know he’s awful in the outfield with his piss poor range but having him try a new position would be difficult. I know he can hit the long ball…in philly but I am not so sure about Citi Field. Plus he’s owed $8 million, whose gonna pick that up? Also, you bring up Delgado and how old he is. Delgado is 3 years older than A-rod which is a not a whole lot. I think Delgado can bounce back and actually help this team. And my math…well it’s been a while since I used a calculator so I guess I will ask Santa for one.

]]> By: Chris Wilcox http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=858&cpage=1#comment-486201 Chris Wilcox Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:51:14 +0000 http://www.blueandorange.net/?p=858#comment-486201 Travis, a few points: 1) 23 x 6 = 138, which is nowhere near 160 RBIs. Not that it would have mattered, because his RBIs would have gone down with Reyes and Beltran out of the lineup anyway, plus RBIs are a horrendous stat and one that I will never cite, but even if they were a worthwhile stat, your math is off a lot. 2) Chase Utley and Alex Rodriguez are 30 and 34, respectively. Carlos Delgado is going to be 38. The issue isn't so much with the hip, but the fact that he's getting pretty old, AND has a bad hip, and it becomes much harder for a player to recover from such injuries as he ages. 3) I don't like Daniel Murphy much either, and I don't think he'll hit enough to be a regular. That said, I'd rather pass on Delgado, because he's the oldest of the glut of first basemen on the market. They're all flawed in some way, be it injuries or what have you, but Delgado isn't really the best option or even the second best option on the market. I was talking to Will today, and he proposed an idea I liked. The Castillo for Bradley for (insert player here) rumor has persisted since the hot stove began. Suppose the Rays were interested in Bradley and, more importantly, in getting rid of Pat Burrell. Why not use Burrell as a right-handed platoon partner for Murphy? He's not the best option, but he's only under contract for one more year, he would open up second base for the Mets to finally sign Orlando Hudson, and he could probably still mash lefties pretty well and not embarrass himself at first base. I liked Will's idea a lot, even if it has a less than 1% chance of actually happening. Travis, a few points:

1) 23 x 6 = 138, which is nowhere near 160 RBIs. Not that it would have mattered, because his RBIs would have gone down with Reyes and Beltran out of the lineup anyway, plus RBIs are a horrendous stat and one that I will never cite, but even if they were a worthwhile stat, your math is off a lot.

2) Chase Utley and Alex Rodriguez are 30 and 34, respectively. Carlos Delgado is going to be 38. The issue isn’t so much with the hip, but the fact that he’s getting pretty old, AND has a bad hip, and it becomes much harder for a player to recover from such injuries as he ages.

3) I don’t like Daniel Murphy much either, and I don’t think he’ll hit enough to be a regular. That said, I’d rather pass on Delgado, because he’s the oldest of the glut of first basemen on the market. They’re all flawed in some way, be it injuries or what have you, but Delgado isn’t really the best option or even the second best option on the market.

I was talking to Will today, and he proposed an idea I liked. The Castillo for Bradley for (insert player here) rumor has persisted since the hot stove began. Suppose the Rays were interested in Bradley and, more importantly, in getting rid of Pat Burrell. Why not use Burrell as a right-handed platoon partner for Murphy? He’s not the best option, but he’s only under contract for one more year, he would open up second base for the Mets to finally sign Orlando Hudson, and he could probably still mash lefties pretty well and not embarrass himself at first base. I liked Will’s idea a lot, even if it has a less than 1% chance of actually happening.

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