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MFS62 Aug 09 2010 10:18 AM

When Bill Veeck bought the St. Louis Browns, he realized they were terrible. So he put the entire team on recallable waivers, hoping to pull them back and work out deals for those who were claimed. No one player was claimed by another major league team. So, I'm asking, channel Bill Veeck for a moment. You just bought the Mets. You feel there's something deeply wrong with the makeup of the current team. You tell your new GM to find out if any of your players would interest another team. But you tell him that he can only keep 10 players from the entire organization and see what he could get for the rest of them. Which 10 players would you keep? Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 09 2010 10:31 AM Re: Triage Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 09 2010 10:51 AM

Right now, I've got: Wright (as much for brand equity, really, as for on-field contributions) Santana (same, plus... you're not getting back anything equivalent without eating a lot of cash) Niese Flores Mejia Martinez I'm stuck a little on slots 7-10, with about 10-12 minor leaguers (Nieuwenhuis, Havens, Puello, etc.) plus Davis, Pagan, Dickey (!) and Pelf (!!) as contenders. Havens would be a slam-dunk, but the injuries are increasingly worrisome.

TransMonk Aug 09 2010 10:31 AM Re: Triage

Johan Santana David Wright Ike Davis Jon Niese Jenrry Mejia Wilmer Flores Reese Havens Kyle Allen Jeurys Familia Brad Holt

metirish Aug 09 2010 10:33 AM Re: Triage

How many hundreds of players are in the entire org?

TransMonk Aug 09 2010 10:35 AM Re: Triage

Batters Pitchers

Edgy DC Aug 09 2010 10:36 AM Re: Triage

Well, the problem is that "what you can get for them" clause. Maybef I can get Albert Pujols for Jose Reyes, he goes. If I can only get Brian Schneider, then not so fast.

MFS62 Aug 09 2010 10:38 AM Re: Triage

metirish wrote: How many hundreds of players are in the entire org? Maybe 250-300. I worded it that way so as to include some prominent minor leaguers we've been talking about in the prospect forum, and who are not currently on the 40 man major league roster. Later

MFS62 Aug 09 2010 10:42 AM Re: Triage

Edgy DC wrote: Well, the problem is that "what you can get for them" clause. Maybef I can get Albert Pujols for Jose Reyes, he goes. If I can only get Brian Schneider, then not so fast. Key to the strategy is that if you don't like what has been offered, you can negotiate. That's why I mentioned recallable waivers. Its not like you will lose the players for nothing. Of course, an oft mentioned baseball phrase is "no players are untouchable" if the deal is right. That said, who would you protect/keep? Later

TheOldMole Aug 09 2010 11:42 AM Re: Triage

It's actually not that uncommon to put an entire team on waivers -- the idea is you're trying to slip one player through, and you're disguising him in a sea of names.

Edgy DC Aug 09 2010 11:50 AM Re: Triage

The Mets already have.