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Thursday, July 28, 2005Take Darin Erstad... please!Some poor sap of a GM has inquired about Darin Erstad:
"The Angels would like to add a top-flight left-handed reliever, such as Philadelphia's Billy Wagner, Colorado's Brian Fuentes or Seattle's Ron Villone, but Wagner no longer appears available, and the price for Fuentes and Villone has been deemed too high at this point.The only team I could see as being interested in Erstad is the Mets. Because a) Omar Minaya is just that dumb, and b) they sort of need a first baseman. I say "come and get him, Omar! No questions asked." Comments:I could never see Figgins, Shields or Mathis as available. It would have to take something way above what anyone would give up for them. Erstad I could see gone for the right price and Kotchman I half expect to be gone by this time next year. Wow, down on Darin much? OK, so his numbers are less than spectacular, but I'd rather have him then, say, a Mo Vaughn type character. He's a solid player, and there's something to be said about a player with the right attitude. He plays baseball like it's his job. "Wow, down on Darin much?" That would imply that I was "up" on Erstad at some point. And to call his numbers "less than spectacular" is an understatement if ever there was one. He is, quite simply, the worst everyday first baseman in baseball - and this is a "good" year. Erstad is pretty bad, but at least he has some speed (8 SB). Mientkiewicz and Snow can't say the same thing. But if you factor in his salary, yes, he's the worst. Check out espn.com...... they are predicted Kendry Morales will be called up before the September expansions and put on the post season roster. Yeah...ESPN.com also has an article up about the current players who are shoo-ins for the Hall of Fame...no mention of Pedro Martinez. ESPN.com, much like Erstad, boggles my mind every day. Kotchamn is all ready better than Erstad Erstad dhould be moved to left so we put GA at DH then allow McPherson or Kotchman to play 1st I'd be interested in hearing why you say Minaya's dumb. I'm not arguing, just curious. I guess I was figuring the jury's still out on whether he's any good or not. I think he overpaid to get Beltran, but he seems to be doing great work in Latin America making the Mets the team that Latin players want to play for. I saw the Beltran deal as part of that, although Pedro was the bigger name. Here's a Met fan, with a much closer look at the team than I have, who gives Minaya a fair amount of credit, particularly for building a strong bench. |
