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Monday, December 13, 2004 |
Mets Guzzle The Kool-Aid, Sign Pedro
The Boston Herald reports the Mets have signed Pedro Martinez to 4 years/$56M. Better get jumpin', Bill, Clement is looking better and better every second.
The differences between Martinez and the Red Sox were not only monetary.And the itch to have an expensive veteran kills yet another team. Hope they remember that 90 pitches is Pedro's limit.The Red Sox had internally soured on Martinez, not only because of his sometimes difficult behavior. The team was unwilling to spend as much money as Martinez wanted due in part to their concern about his long-term health.
From Martinez' standpoint, he had grown tired of waiting for the Red Sox to raise the annual average value of their offer above the $13.5 million mark, which is what Curt Schilling is being paid, plus he felt the club was spending too muchtime in negotiations dwelling on his 2004 sub-par stats instead of looking at his career.
Comments:
You give the Mets too much credit...they have already been killed by doing that. This is just burying them deeper in the ground.
hey rob, it looks like you prefer the angels to get clement over the dodgers. considering that both are supposedly in the running for his services, does that mean you think clement is a better fit for the angels, or do you think their rotation needs him more, or what?
-vishal
-vishal
# posted by 
: 12/13/2004 02:13:00 PM
: 12/13/2004 02:13:00 PM
I think it's obvious at this point: Stoneman at least has a bead on Clement, the market's getting tighter by the millisecond, the Dodgers are stocked with pitching (at the lower levels, granted, but there's more hope there than with the Halos' system), the Angels rotation is arguably more of a mess, and DePodesta has -- so far -- badly underestimated the nature of player availability in this offseason. I'm shaving DePodesta's ability scores as each day goes by. Was the offseason volatility predictable? Maybe. The dollars going into the clubs has reached some kind of localized high because of increased attendance around the league. That money has to go somewhere, and the first place is always players.
okay, you think stoneman can get it done and depodesta can't. that's reasonable. i think you're being a little pessimistic about depodesta though. i still have some confidence(or maybe it's just blind hope) that he'll be able to pull a rabbit out.
the dodger rotation is definitely more of a mess than the angels, though. the angels have escobar, colon, washburn and lackey at least, and ramon ortiz if necessary. the dodgers have weaver and ishii. we don't know about penny's arm, and jackson should be a #5 starter at best. none of the minor league guys are going to crack the starting rotation this year. or if they do, then we're in desperate straits.
the dodger rotation is definitely more of a mess than the angels, though. the angels have escobar, colon, washburn and lackey at least, and ramon ortiz if necessary. the dodgers have weaver and ishii. we don't know about penny's arm, and jackson should be a #5 starter at best. none of the minor league guys are going to crack the starting rotation this year. or if they do, then we're in desperate straits.
# posted by : 12/13/2004 02:54:00 PM
: 12/13/2004 02:54:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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