MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Thank you to my wonderful girlfriend Jillian for getting this for me.
10/25/11
10/21/11
The flawed argument of 'If they lost with them, they can lose without them!'
Today, Joel Sherman "perfect stormed" a story about how the Mets may lose Jose Reyes to free agency and will listen to offers on David Wright.
I tweeted, "If 2012 opens without Reyes or Wright, I might jump off a bridge."
Richard DeCicco responded with, "why we have stunk with them, I'm sure we can lose without them."
This is not the first time - or the last time - I will hear this argument. I'm sure many Mets fans out there have heard it too, or even suggested it themselves. But there's one giant flaw in that argument.
These guys were a huge part of the reason they won any games at all.
Sure, let's pull the guys with the .887 OPS (Wright) and .877 OPS (Reyes) out of the lineup. See how the team functions now. You have to remember that these are two of the best players in baseball at their positions. You will not be able to replace them with equal or greater players. Therefore, you lose production.
If you're losing production at two positions, how do you expect to win?
Grit? Tenacity? All those intangibles people love to talk about, always circling around David Eckstein?
Bull.
Wright and Reyes are arguably top 5 in baseball at their respective positions. The team won't land anyone above that in a deal, free agency, or trade. Maybe they can develop one in 3, 4, 5 years. But nothing is really on the horizon to take the place of these two currently.
So sure, they've lost with them. But they'd lose even more without them.
And no one wants to see that.
I tweeted, "If 2012 opens without Reyes or Wright, I might jump off a bridge."
Richard DeCicco responded with, "why we have stunk with them, I'm sure we can lose without them."
This is not the first time - or the last time - I will hear this argument. I'm sure many Mets fans out there have heard it too, or even suggested it themselves. But there's one giant flaw in that argument.
These guys were a huge part of the reason they won any games at all.
Sure, let's pull the guys with the .887 OPS (Wright) and .877 OPS (Reyes) out of the lineup. See how the team functions now. You have to remember that these are two of the best players in baseball at their positions. You will not be able to replace them with equal or greater players. Therefore, you lose production.
If you're losing production at two positions, how do you expect to win?
Grit? Tenacity? All those intangibles people love to talk about, always circling around David Eckstein?
Bull.
Wright and Reyes are arguably top 5 in baseball at their respective positions. The team won't land anyone above that in a deal, free agency, or trade. Maybe they can develop one in 3, 4, 5 years. But nothing is really on the horizon to take the place of these two currently.
So sure, they've lost with them. But they'd lose even more without them.
And no one wants to see that.
10/19/11
Ron Darling SU2C for Gary Carter
Ron Darling in the latest "Stand Up To Cancer" commercial, running during the World Series, holds a sign up for Gary Carter, who is battling brain tumors.
Via Remembering Shea
10/11/11
The one where I stump Jimmy Rollins with a yes or no question
What I asked...
What he responded with...
What???????
10/7/11
10/5/11
Mets make major coaching changes
I'm truly bummed to see Chip Hale go. He was my favorite.
Firing Mookie is never cool. No matter what. What did he do wrong?
Also, if Teufel is promoted, that leaves a empty Triple-A managerial spot. Wally Backman, anyone?
10/3/11
Sixty years ago, this happened
At 3:58 p.m. on October 3, 1951...
Not Mets, per say, but still great baseball history.
Not Mets, per say, but still great baseball history.
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