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Originally Posted by Mex17  Typical Mets luck, the guy fits for us statistically, but at the same time his attitude is indicative of the problems we are having. |
A true "bad break" would be signing him
before finding this out.
Besides, take one look at that body and tell me it's going to hold up over six or seven years in LF.
As I said yesterday, I'd love to see the Mets go after Burrell. He makes sense on a lot of levels, even if you throw out the monster walk year he's having.
- Is used to a bitter, bitter fanbase and ravenous media
- Kills lefties and isn't terrible against righties
- Would take him away from the Phillies
- Probably wouldn't have to commit to a billion year contract
- Has been relatively durable/reliable
One of Minaya's problems seems to be surrounding top-shelf talent (Santana, Wright, Reyes, etc.) with ancient, injured dogshit. I appreciate his apprehension when it comes to committing dollars and years to good talent that's just barely on the wrong side of 30... but the Mets have the money, and at some point (hopefully this offseason) they should overpay to bring in the solid talent that's reliably good and maybe a little older (instead of hit-or-miss and ancient), even if it's not a long-term solution.