So, A-Rod is available to all teams and the Mets are certainly one of the teams that could land him. Personally, I do not think the Mets should persue him. Now, if they were to land him, I would not be disappointed, but this is not would I would focus on if I were Omar Minaya.
A-Rod certainly is one of the best players in the game. He is the favorite to break Bonds’ homerun record and it would be nice to stick it to George Steinbrenner and the Yankees. I also think you will see some strong postseason numbers from this man if he were not playing for the Yankees. So, these are all reasons why they should persue him, but again, I am not in favor of that.
First of all, where do you play him. Putting him at third is a possibility but then you need to move David Wright. I do not think you want Wright at second base. That means he either goes into an already crowded outfield or you play him at first base and look to get rid of Delgado. I do not see either of those happening. To play A-Rod at shortstop means you are moving Reyes to second, and we already tried that experiment. Then there is the possibility of moving A-Rod to second, but that is probably not fair to him, and he, one of the best players in the game, should not need to constantly switch positions.
There are other problems as well. The main issue is, if you sign him, it will tie up a lot of money and prevent the Mets from making other moves. Anyone who thinks the problems the Mets had during this year’s meltdown would not have occurred with A-Rod on the team is deceiving him/herself. The problem was pitching.
With Glavine gone (and even if he plays another season, I hope it is not in a Met uniform), with Ollie and Maine still unproven, especially as full year pitchers, with the condition of Pedro not know, with a bullpen that was far from reliable for the entire year minus the closer, and a closer who was unreliable the second half of the year, the Mets should not tie up money on an Alex Rodriguez contract. They should avoid dealing with Scott Boris (unless he represents a pitcher the Mets want to persue). The Mets should look to do the same thing the needed to do last year; address the pitching needs. If they do not, we are probably in for another long season, much like we had this previous year.
Those are my thoughts. Do you have any on the topic?
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A-Rod wants far too much money. The question isn't whether he produces, the question is if you tie up 30M in one player, then can you have enough left over to field a top notch team. That's the position the Rangers found themselves in after signing A-Rod to a what was then thought of as crazy 200M deal. Now, maybe the Mets have a printing press between the network and the new stadium and money just doesn't matter, but I think money always matters and that this kind of investment in him limits their likelihood to sign a top notch pitcher or three. As for A-Rod, he and Kobe seem to be two peas in a pod. If I were him I'd be concerned about my team's ability to surround me with talent and look for the right situation rather than the most money. Oh, yeah, and I'd dump Boras for that leak stunt.
Let him become a dodger
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