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Klapisch: Mets Brass Expect Mid-80's win total
Topic Started: Mar 22 2005, 08:41 PM (55 Views)
TheOne
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Ishii is similar to Leiter

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It was only after the breathtaking, Yankee-type winter – highlighted by free-flowing cash and bling-bling press conferences – that Omar Minaya finally went to work as the Mets' general manager. Winning the Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran sweepstakes? That was easy, given the money Minaya was dispensing.

But it's the subsequent smaller-scale trades that will forge Minaya's first-year legacy at Shea. And the clock is already ticking.

The deals for Doug Mientkiewicz and most recently, Kaz Ishii represent upgrades over the Mets' 2004 answers at first base and a No. 5 starter. Mientkiewicz was a distant second choice to Carlos Delgado, but he nevertheless anchors the infield more effectively than Todd Zeile. And Ishii, despite his unfathomable wildness, is still more talented than either Jae Seo or Aaron Heilman.

In that sense, Minaya is off to a good start in 2005, but the loss of Steve Trachsel to back surgery has tempered the club's offseason euphoria. Officials are now quietly envisioning a mid-80s win total, good enough for a third-place finish in the NL East. While that represents an impressive turnaround from those back-to-back 90-loss seasons in 2003-2004, the dream of toppling the Braves will probably have to wait a little longer before becoming a reality.
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Intelligent approach. :clap: Rome wasn't built in a day, and the NY Mets won't be either.
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Champs, the problem with that is that the Mets shouldn't have to be starting with a clean slate again. If they hadn't totally mis-managed the 2004 offseason, this year could have been the year they put it all together.
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True, there shouldn't be a clean slate, but after last year's trade deadline disaster, there is a new GM in charge. I have to offer new GMs clean slates because it's not like we can get rid off the Wilpons. So far I haven't had a problem with any of Minaya's moves.
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I agree with you, all I'm saying is that I want a year of my life back that the Mets wasted.
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timotime
Mar 22 2005, 10:37 PM
I agree with you, all I'm saying is that I want a year of my life back that the Mets wasted.

don't worry timo, things will be all better this season!!! :thumbup:
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