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Mets Have Plan To Replace Omar Minaya

NEW YORK - APRIL 08: General manager Omar Min...
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Here’s an interesting story from Adam Rubin of the Daily News. Basically, he writes that the Mets have a plan to replace GM Omar Minaya with assistant GM John Ricco. Rubin goes on to write that the Mets haven’t decided to execute that plan… yet.

Beyond the story itself, you have to look at the reporter that wrote it. Rubin is the one that broke the story of Tony Bernazard’s bizarre behavior. Then Rubin was blistered by Minaya at his press conference announcing Bernazard’s firing. And then Minaya apologized for killing Rubin in public.

Now that we’re caught up on the whole drama, it gets even more interesting that Rubin writes about the Mets plan to replace Minaya with three years left on his contract. Jayson Stark was on ESPN Radio this morning and said that he believes that the Mets need to think about whether they want Minaya as the face of the franchise after his very public meltdown.

Personally, I have a hard time believing that the Mets would eat three years of a contract for anyone other than a player. You just don’t do that for front office people. I don’t have a problem with replacing Minaya. Having a GM that’s responsible for one of the worst trades in MLB history has always bothered me. Think about it. In 140 years of baseball, Minaya made one of the dumbest player moves ever. How can you trust him to control the future of the Mets?

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Mets In The News Aug. 10, 2009

The Mets won yesterday in San Diego, to salvage one of four games, so we all feel good about this team now, right? Maybe not. But they’ll be in Arizona for a few days and there’s still plenty to talk about.

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Video: Mets Ticket Pricing And Policies Interview

I had the opportunity to talk to Kerel Cooper of On The Black about several issues related to Mets ticket pricing and policies. These are topics that have come up from the readers here at The Mets Report. When Kerel asked me to join him to talk about these issues I jumped at the chance. Watch the video below and add your thoughts in the comments.

http://blip.tv/play/gvchgZefIgI

Mets In The News Aug. 9, 2009

Billy Beane's Parking Spot
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The Mets are playing to avoid a sweep in San Diego this afternoon and the piling on continues. Kevin Kernan of the New York Post writes that the team should fire GM Omar Minaya and hire Billy Beane. Beane was the Mets first round draft choice in the 1980 draft and played 13 games in the outfield for the Mets in 1984-1985. I find it extremely difficult to believe that the Wilpons would fire Minaya and keep him on the payroll for three more years. He just signed an extension before this season. I don’t see it happening for financial reasons more than anything.

The New York Post Mets Blog notes that Billy Wagner threw another scoreless inning during a rehab game in Florida yesterday. The target date for him to come back to the Mets is Aug. 21. Wagner is scheduled to pitch back to back games for the first time on Monday and Tuesday. I have a hard time seeing Wagner pitching anything but the ninth inning. The Mets don’t want him back. They’ve already told him that they’re not picking up his contract option for 2010. Let him pitch a game or two in the bigs and then see if he has any trade value before the Aug. 31 waiver deadline.

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Waiver Claim On Alex Rios, May Be Mets

Alex Rios
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In a report for ESPN, Buster Olney writes that Alex Rios didn’t make it through waivers. He was claimed and the Blue Jays have until Tuesday to decide what to do. They can work out a trade with the claiming team, pull Rios back from waivers, or just let him go for nothing.

Olney speculates that the claiming team is likely the Giants or Mets. Rios has six years left on his original seven year contract worth $69.35M. It’s a hefty contract to take on for any team but the Mets have several big holes to fill for next year and left field is one of the biggest.

For Rios’ career, which began in 2004, his 162 game averages are .285/ .335/ .449 39 doubles, 7 triples, 16 HR, 79 RBI’s, 23 SB, 7 CS. He was an all-star in 2006 and 2007. I saw Rios play when he was a minor leaguer and he was head and shoulders above his competition.

I know that everyone has seen this video of him acting like an idiot:

But it wouldn’t be a terrible move to take on Rios’ contract for the Mets. Let’s face it, despite the poor economy, the Mets are in a new stadium will all sorts of new revenue streams. They can afford this contract. By taking him off waivers, the Mets can still hold onto their prospects that they weren’t willing to give up at the trading deadline this year.

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Mets In The News Aug. 7, 2009

We have several good reads today for disheartened Mets fans. Read on…

  • Adam Rubin of the Daily News writes that Billy Wagner and Carlos Delgado could be traded this month.
  • Rubin also writes that Bobby Parnell is making his first big league start on Saturday. Although he made 92 starts in the minors.
  • Billy Witz of the NY Times writes that the Mets injuries may be due to poor strength and conditioning programs.
  • Greg Prince of Faith and Fear In Flushing writes that the 2009 Mets really suck.
  • Kerel Cooper of On The Black gets fan feedback on the Mets moving Bobby Parnell into the starting rotation.
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Cards Thompson Suspended For Throwing At Wright

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MLB announced today that Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson was suspended for throwing a pitch at the head of David Wright yesterday. The pitch appeared to be in retaliation for Albert Pujols getting hit in the forearm by Nelson Figueroa earlier in the game.

The suspension is for three games and Thompson has been fined an undisclosed amount.

Gary Sheffield was the next batter in the game. He stepped out of the batter’s box, pointed to his helmet, and appeared to say to Thompson “Throw one at my head”.

The NY Post has some good quotes about the incident in today’s issue.

Even Tony LaRussa didn’t like it. Jeff Francoeur and Wright are quoted as well as Sheffield.

It’s interesting that this didn’t escalate into a fight. The last thing the Mets need is for Wright to get suspended for fighting. The team would be completely sunk without him right now. He’s one of the few legitimate big league players on the roster.

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