Mets @ Phillies, 8/27-30

Discussion in 'Baseball Forum' started by JumboJet, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. 3rdAnd15Draw

    3rdAnd15Draw Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2004
    Messages:
    15,468
    Likes Received:
    87
    The bullpen wouldn’t be in such a sorry state if Omar Minaya didn’t just GIVE AWAY several promising pitchers. Lindstrom, Bell, Bannister, Owens– those guys could have all helped us. And what did we get in return? A bunch of guys who aren’t even good AAA players: Ben Johnson, Jon Adkins, Ambiorix Burgos, Jason Vargas. Those guys are all AAA roster filler.

    The purging of our second-tier pitching talent is coming back to haunt us in a major way.
     
  2. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Dec 12, 2003
    Messages:
    17,740
    Likes Received:
    1,571
    That's exactly it... I hate the fact that we gave up Bannister for Burgos. No room in the rotation my ass. When you have somebody with his potential you don't just give it away for shit like Burgos. The Royals must be pissing themselves. They get another quality arm for a guy that won't even be a Septmeber call up.

    Another guy you forgot even though he was a free agent was Bradford. He was great out of the pen last year and yet they decided he was expendable. With the exception of Feliciano our pen has been disgusting this year. We went from having the best BP in the NL last year to the joke they have become.

    I want to have faith in Willie but we were watching the game in the office (thank you MLBtv) and as soon as they brought in Wagner I said to the guys Philadelphia will come back and win. I wasn't even pissed because I knew with 2 innings to go they were gonna lose. It's ridiculous but I knew it. If they fired Willie tommorow I'd have a hard time finding a reason to be disapointed as much as I wanna believe he is going to get us there reality is he has no clue how to manage a team and it shows how flawed Joe Torre's managerial skills are.
     
  3. Hobbes3259

    Hobbes3259 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2005
    Messages:
    15,454
    Likes Received:
    393
    Fire Willie.
     
  4. Attackett

    Attackett Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 7, 2004
    Messages:
    12,121
    Likes Received:
    5,511
    Its a pennant race now..
     
  5. Yisman

    Yisman Newbie
    Moderator

    Joined:
    May 3, 2004
    Messages:
    29,723
    Likes Received:
    1,053
    had to bump this too. :lol:
     

Share This Page