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Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Ben Sheets

22 votes

Chein-Ming Wang

1 votes

Mex17 Dec 30 2009 03:10 PM

Which one of these two former top of the rotation starters coming off a serious injury would you rather see in Citifield? Also, do you think that the Mets can/will grab one of these two while also picking up one of the Piniero/Garland/Davis/etc. group (barring a trade for Arroyo/Zambrano/Harang)?

Frayed Knot Dec 30 2009 03:24 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Would any of them come here?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 30 2009 03:28 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Would you rather have a dry-aged porterhouse, or a really good Steak-umm sandwich? What if I told you the Steak-umm would run you $1.50, while the porterhouse would cost you $100 and might give you salmonella? I think probable price difference would have a lot to do with which one Met fans would prefer. I'm not sure it's as interesting a question without that factored in.

Nymr83 Dec 30 2009 03:53 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

i'd like to see what they can get out of Sheets on the cheap, most of all because it won't hurt the budget before the Free Agent Class of 2010-11

smg58 Dec 30 2009 04:13 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

If you're going for upside, go for the most upside. Sheets.

themetfairy Dec 30 2009 04:43 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Sheets.

Frayed Knot Dec 30 2009 04:45 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Heard someplace that Sheets is getting ready to throw for teams "in the next few weeks" -- so maybe mid-January I reckon. Assuming he looks halfway decent then, that's not too late to get him a contract and into camp by reporting time but it doesn't exactly leave a lot of wiggle room either. But, in the meantime, any thoughts, hopes, bids, contracts, etc., on him are going to be on hold for a little while longer.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 30 2009 05:28 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

Let me reframe the question: Sheets at, say, 1 yr/10 million guaranteed* OR Wang at 1 yr/2 million plus MASSIVE incentives (3M, say). Does your answer change? *His agent appears to be holding firm at 12M at present.

attgig Dec 31 2009 11:30 AM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

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Benjamin Grimm Dec 31 2009 11:32 AM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2aloc1cq] Does your answer change? [/quote:2aloc1cq] Well, yeah, my answer would change. It seems awfully foolish to guarantee $10 million or $12 million to Sheets. If he gets it, good for him, but I imagine that he'll have to reduce his demand quite a bit before he gets signed.

attgig Dec 31 2009 11:37 AM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

oh, and while we're at it, how about mark mulder?

attgig Dec 31 2009 11:42 AM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

and you can't forget that Wang will most likely not be able to pitch till at EARLIEST May.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 31 2009 11:45 AM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"] Does your answer change?

Well, yeah, my answer would change. It seems awfully foolish to guarantee $10 million or $12 million to Sheets. If he gets it, good for him, but I imagine that he'll have to reduce his demand quite a bit before he gets signed.

My point is that his end price-- whatever it is-- will still likely be significantly higher than Wang's. The Sheets-Wang decision won't take place in a price-less vacuum... so the above question's a little useless*.

*OE: As shown by the 17-1 result as I write this. Would you rather have the high-K, low-WHIP perennial Cy candidate with injury issues or the homeless-man's Brandon Webb, who won a bunch of games in front of an offensive powerhouse and is highly-defense-dependent... with injury issues?

Valadius Dec 31 2009 01:05 PM Re: Choose your preferred high risk/high reward former ace

[quote="attgig":slpp9d1t]oh, and while we're at it, how about mark mulder?[/quote:slpp9d1t] Where is he, by the way?