Young Mets Not Given A Fair Shot

First things first, I understand that the Mets are predominantly a team that was made to win now. But isn’t this team also being made to win for years to come? If it is, Willie and Omar aren’t doing too good of jobs, with major league ready talent, at it. I’m sorry if that offends you a little bit, but it’s just the way I feel.

The Mets traded away Royce Ring, Heath Bell, Jeff Keppinger and Mike Jacobs only to name a few. Now granted most of these trades were for proven talent, such as Delgado. Now we got Ruben Gotay for Jeff Keppinger (Royals) and Gotay is hitting .350 and the Mets still felt the need to go out and trade for Luis Castillo. Castillo is a lot better than Gotay defensively, but Gotay is only 24 and with Willie as his manager, I’m sure they could have turned him out to be one of the better second baseman in the NL. Instead they go ahead and throw him o the bench. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Gotay slipped in a trade to bring in a veteran reliever and then we can add another promising player to the list of young players that the Mets just couldn’t give the time of day to.

I love what Willie and Omar have done for the Mets in the Past 3 years, but my only gripe is always going to be that they prefer older proven talent to the young and talented.