Santana to miss the entire season

[Deepster]

It won't really swing the team from contender to also ran, but its 25.5 million of guaranteed money down the drain. And it forces a guy like Jon Niese to face 1 starters all year. Ugh.

 

[Scoe]

Cashmen definetly did his homework on Santana on not over reacting and instead waiting it out until CC was a FA.

 

[Alum86]

And they did not insure his contract. Fools.
The Mets will lose 95-100 games this year. The outfield is the worst in baseball

 

[Deepster]

And they did not insure his contract. Fools.
The Mets will lose 95-100 games this year. The outfield is the worst in baseball

I think you're way off base there. I have them right around .500. Their outfield was just as bad last year so that's no reason for them to lose 20 extra games this year.

 

[Alum86]

LMFAO. Valdespin, Byrd, and Duda?
.500? Tejada has 4 hits this spring. Wright is shaky, as is Murphy.
The pen is a mess. Starters young and promising, but young.
72-90 tops.

 

[Deepster]

LMFAO. Valdespin, Byrd, and Duda?
.500? Tejada has 4 hits this spring. Wright is shaky, as is Murphy.
The pen is a mess. Starters young and promising, but young.
72-90 tops.

Their starting OF lineup for opening day last year was Andres Torres in CF, Duda in RF and Jason Bay in LF.
The pen was a mess last year.

The only gap I see is Dickey, which is quite a gap, but I don't see the drop you're predicting for the reasons you're predicting it.

 

[methodology]

Johan's career is over. He wont come back and if he does I dont think he will have what it takes to pitch at the MLB level ever again.

Shoulder injuries are death sentences for pitchers, nevermind having the same injury twice.

Also I am pretty sure the Mets have Johan's contract insured. Just about every contract in baseball is insured. Its common business practice.

 

[Husky25]

I think you're way off base there. I have them right around .500. Their outfield was just as bad last year so that's no reason for them to lose 20 extra games this year.

R.A. Dickey is no longer on the team.

 

[methodology]

Mets will win around 67-74 games...

They are going to get beat up by the Nats, Braves, Phillies... Thats 54 (1/3 of their schedule) against 2 of the top 10 teams in baseball and Phillies middle pack.

They probably win 25 of those 54 games meaning they would have to win at a .520 clip vs the rest of baseball just to reach 81 wins

Who is worse than the Mets in the NL, other than the Marlins?

 

[Alum86]

Nobody. But hey, they are 1-0 as usual. "We need more Cowgill"!!!
God, with a doofus as HC in football and being screwed by NCAA sanctions in men's hoop, it would be nice to see the Mets surprise.