This came up on the Mets Interactive thing today. You’ll see what I (haphazardly) answered later, but I’m curious to see your take.
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Ted Berg
This came up on the Mets Interactive thing today. You’ll see what I (haphazardly) answered later, but I’m curious to see your take.
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Easy yes. Who knows if Mejia and Flores will turn out to be anything? Garza is a #2 starter on a good team and will have that talent for the forseeable future. Mejia will maybe reach that if he develops perfectly? More likely he’ll be a good closer or a 4/5 starter? Flores has talent but no position and is nowhere near the majors. There are dozens of players with his skill set that are “top prospects” that don’t develop every year. You have to do this trade.
Do the Mets have a chance to sign Garza to an extension before completing the trade? I believe he’s only signed through this coming season. I certainly wouldn’t trade prospects (that may or may not pan out) to get Garza for a year when they are unlikely to compete for a title.
Garza is still under team control via arbitration, I believe. Baseball-reference says he won’t be a free agent until after the 2013 season.
In that case I would change my vote from no to yes.
Absolutely not. There is no way that I trade two prospects with an elite upside for a non-elite player.
Mejia projects as a relief pitcher long-term. I find this SP nonsense ridiculous.
It would all depend on context. If the Mets were reasonably expected to contend in the near future, then probably yes. As it is, no.
I agree with the notion of context. I’m far more inclined to say “no”, but if it were in the heat of a pennant chase, and Garza was a likely possible piece toward taht, then yes. As it is, I don’t see Garza being that, and he’ll get expensive (even with arbitration) around the time the team would likely be more competitive (2012/13, imo). Thus, I’d rather have the young cheap potential rather than the most assured quantity that is Garza.