November 29, 2007

Would You Give Up Your Youth For. . .

from MetsLifer.com
In a totally hypothetical situation, yet possibly plausible, the Mets starting rotation next year could be Pedro Martinez, Dan Haren, Joe Blanton, Dontrelle Willis and Oliver Perez.

I know what you're thinking. The answer is no I'm not high. But this is a scenario worth considering. That hypothetical starting rotation consists of 4 pitchers with young arms and one solid veteran. It's a rotation that's pretty much set for the next 3 years with Pedro's longevity being the only question mark.

What will it take to get them? Ha, here's the kicker. The Mets would more than likely have to give up Fernando Martinez, John Maine, Lastings Milledge, Carlos Gomez, Ruben Gotay, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra. The A's would want Maine, Gotay, Mulvey & Gomez for Haren & Blanton. The Marlins would get Guerra, Milledge & Martinez for Dontrelle Willis.

So the Mets would give up basically their top 3 position prospects, their top 2 pitching prospects, and one solid starter for three young stud pitchers. Would you do it?

At first my knee jerk reaction is it's a crazy idea, don't do it. But after thinking about it the Mets would have 3 solid pitchers, 2 potential aces, on their staff that would be locked up for the next 3 seasons. What are they really giving up? They're giving up the potential for one of those young players to become an All Star, but there's not guarantee that they will.

John Maine is the guy that really makes this deal tough for me. I think Maine has the potential to be a #2 guy on a staff but I don't see him being a #1 starter in the future. I love John Maine and his performance on the second to last game of the season this year was legendary. If somehow this could be done without Maine it would make it so much easier to do.

As we have learned over the past two seasons, starting pitching is the key to a championship. If these deals could be made we'd still have the core of our lineup in tact, but we're potentially mortgaging the future for the present.

Still I think I'd do it because there's no guarantee to what the future holds.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes i do think you are high to think that thats all we would have to give up for those three pitchers

Anonymous said...

keep dreaming dave

Anonymous said...

absolutly wouldnt trade maine at all

Anonymous said...

the a's dont even like milledge anymore so why would theygive two top pitchers for only that???

Anonymous said...

now that is a pipe dream right there

Anonymous said...

someone missed his meds today

Anonymous said...

three words: not a chance...but nice to dream about

Anonymous said...

You can't give up Maine because he is #2 in the rotation and to give him up is ridiculous. I also beleive that Carlos Gomez is off limits because of his speed. Steals and the running game is what the Mets are all about and giving up the only other guy in the Majors who is faster than Reyes is also ridiculous.