Comments on: Keep A Veiled Eye On Sheets

By: NJ

NJ — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:35:23 +0000

I’m wondering the logic of this, of course Sheets will regretably take the time to get healthy but his bargaining position is weaker coming off elbow surgery and the reported reason he hasn’t signed yet is money. Prior earnt something like $4m rehabing last year and the worst case scenario for Sheets would be to need to go under the knife during the season in which he’d be in the same position as he is now, just a little wealthier for it.

Does anyone have a different take on this?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:10:10 +0000

It’s a shame that someone with so much talent has to be injured so often. If Sheets could stay healthy he would easily be one of the best pitchers in the game. He has shown that he is dominant when he is healthy, which isn’t very often.

By: Memphis

Memphis — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:35:50 +0000

Sheets considers surgery on elbow, may have failed a physical with Texas:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3886732

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:40:05 +0000

I know I’m a little late on this post, but finally, some mets fans with a brain!!! As far as sheets goes, would love to see him on the phils but not at the cost of blanton or myers. On the Ollie signing, he is dangerous, and I’ll give credit where credit is due, he is a huge threat to the phils, but he is inconsistent and may repeat 2007 instead of 2008. Only time will tell who the mets really signed. As far as Santana vs Hamels, Santana is currently better, but I don’t think he will be for long. The only reason is because as has been pointed out, Hamels has a history of injury.

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:23:46 +0000

haha…

Glad that you’re giving us some respect… we don’t focus on the Mets but we know that they’re not sitting around being complacent. We’ll keep an eye on what they do to see how that will affect our chances to repeat as NLE champs. Ollie Perez is a big signing… probably the most significant offseason investment that the Mets have made. His signing causes us to reevaluate our team and determine whether we need to bolster our rotation. It also means that players like Sheets might be available cheaper because the Mets are no longer in the picture. Punch and counterpunch… I like Perez. I don’t know if he is worth that kind of money but he has a high ceiling. Fans should care less about money; you should be happy about Perez because he’s going to be a big determinant in the success or failure of the Mets. I’ll withhold total judgment until September… right now, I’m excited to see what the Phils can do.

By: hahahahaha

hahahahaha — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:45:53 +0000

most mets fans don’t like the deal, they are simply happy that the mets didn’t give hime a deal like 5 yr 70 mil…it would have been nice to add a solid 2 behind santana, but that wasn’t the main focus of the off season….the main problem besides the bull pen was lack of depth in starting pitching…el duque an pedros perennial dl stints left the mets sending out jon niese’s, brandon knights, nelson figueroas etc…now they have garcia, redding, and niese will have another full year in AAA, plus maine, pelf, and perez are a lot less injury prone then pedro, and duque.

I wanted ben sheets, but if he’s truly healthy then how does he have no offers on the table, and seems to be asking for such a little contract.

also, delgados 12mil and wags 10.5mil are off the table next yr, and i cant seem to believe that all the contracts that came off this season add up to the new contracts…especially since perez made almost 7mil last year. i think they have atleast 5mil extra, plus hopefully wilpon will be over getting scammed and citi will be back on their feet…the mets will be fine next off season, its this actual season were worried about.

By: Don M

Don M — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:10:45 +0000

I don’t think Perez is a “bad” pitcher… but he’s sure not a Cy Young candidate… how can the Mets fans like that deal, that 3 years means that they’ve handcuffed themselves for next years spending spree… its nice to have a Strikeout pitcher on the staff, and I firmly believe they wanted him so bad because of the Phillies LH-lineup, but how many times are we going to face him 4, 5 ?? That is a whole lot of money for a pitcher with good stuff, but a bad head…

Do Mets fans get free tickets to games at the stadium they are paying CitiBank for?? just wondering…

By: ChynaBeach

ChynaBeach — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:27:27 +0000

People are talking about Oliver Perez because the signing just happened. It’s baseball news on an otherwise slow news day. It’s not about some obsession with the Mets and it does affect the Phillies as well. So relax Mets fans.

I personally feel they gave him away too much money, but there rotation was shakey without it. It was a signing that needed to get done. Mets fans just better hope he’s Ollie of 2008 and not 2007. The guy’s a headcase and really inconsistent. At his best, he’s got great stuff. At his worst, he walks the bases loaded.

By: hahahahaha

hahahahaha — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:56:27 +0000

chuck…this is my second time on the site, first being earlier today…the only reason i came across the site is b/c i was bored enough to read the comments section of metsblog…that one would take a while to explain..anyway someone said that the phills blog was ripping into the ollie signing and i was curious…ill gladly talk baseball with you, since this site seems to have less bandwagoners who cry money..oh i mean manny for weeks and don’t think rationally…

i just found it interesting b/c you guys have won the division 2 years in a row now, and won teh ws last year, i felt that you would feel less obligated to harp on the mets resigning perez and more obligated to talk about your own team, b/c lets face it, they enter the season as the defending champs, not the defending runner ups for the nl east

By: Kev

Kev — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:52:56 +0000

much better*, much more better lol, i sound like a damn met fan