Friday, November 25, 2005

Plan B is a J.

If this is true, then Billy Wagner had better choose Flushing.

If Wagner goes back to Philadelphia, then you could add all the Carlos Delgados and Alfonso Sorianos and Mannys and Zitos and Bengies (oh my!) that you would like. The Mets are not winning the N.L. East without a dominant closer.

Because now, Plan B is shacking up north of the border. And the Mets are perilously close to being up the creek.

6 comments:

Metstradamus said...

Jordan,

I want to counter this but I need you to explain something to me. You said this: "Now, the Mets on the other hand, with Hoffman, will have filled an offense need. So lets say tht adds 3-4 wins"

How does Hoffman fill an offensive need? I don't exactly follow you on that one.

Metstradamus said...

OK, in that case you added wins for Delgado twice. Remind me not to hire you to keep my books ;)

If more offense (Delgado) gets you 3-4 more wins, then most likely that's three or four more games the bullpen is going to have to close out. 93-96 is a realistic number, but Wagner makes it more realistic than anyone left. I think Ryan would have had the same effect but he's gone now.

Overpaying for Wagner is one thing. But now if Wagner is gone, you know the Mets are going to overpay to get Trevor Hoffman...and that would be the best case scenario at that point. But who knows how much Hoffman has left. And Hoffman isn't going to want to split any time with Heilman.

And also, just my guess, I have a feeling that Heilman will be in the rotation by the time April comes around.

The Metmaster said...

What the hell was Toronto thinking? This is reminiscent of Tom Hicks bidding against himself for A-Rod. This is going to cost the Mets some serious $$$$ to bag Wagner.

Anonymous said...

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Metstradamus said...

With a mayonaisse chopper, silly!

Anonymous said...

plan A is in effect. wagner signs 4/43!

pj