What's great about this deal is that they did not give up Fernando Martinez who will probably be a starting outfielder in 2009 and could be called into duty this year when Alou gets hurt and when Ryan Church sucks.
Carlos Gomez is a good prospect, Mulvey and Humber are mid-level pitching prospects and Deolis Guerra is the jewel of this deal, but he's several years away.
Before we get too excited about this trade we must remember that this does not guarantee the Mets will win or even make it to the World Series, this year, or at any point during Santana's tenure with the team.
But right now the Mets have the best team in the National League, and they should have Santana, Maine and Perez winning 15 games a year for at least 5 more seasons.
This is a great day for the Mets, I can't wait to see how it plays out.
Now what do we do about our bullpen?
ReplyDeleteDuaner Sanchez holds the key Concierge. It was an unstoppable bullpen before that cabbie accident.
ReplyDeleteA lot of the bullpen problems will solve themselves now that we have better starting pitching that can go deeper into games. Last year, the bullpen was simply overworked.
ReplyDeletePlus we may be able to start Pelfrey and put El Duque in the pen.
By the way, 2nd time in recent memory we have turned a disaster into a plus.
ReplyDeleteWhich trade was better?
A: Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano, Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran
OR
B: Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey, Philip Humber, Deorris Guerra, and a 7 game lead with 17 to play for
Johan Santana?