With yet another season coming to an end, many fans may be asking, will the Mets ever be great again? Well ladies and gentlemen, every solution is different, but there is one thing that must be done to achieve greatness:
Get new owners!
An owner of anything, whether a store, or a sports team, must be able to afford the team. The Wilpons' are unable to do even that. Major League Baseball needs to take over the team and find it new owners.
But that is not the only problem. The Mets have so much talent (and I mean that seriously), but they need to manage it correctly. Here is my solution.
1) RE-SIGN REYES! Jose Reyes is, when healthy, a perennial all-star, a gold glove Shortstop, a dangerous hitter, and a stolen base threat. On top of that, he is a Met icon...shall I go on...
2) Get a real closer. Sorry folks, but I do not feel that Parnell is the answer. he should be kept, but the closer is another one within the Mets system right now...Manny Acosta!
3) GET NEW PITCHING! A good rotation would likely include:
1 Dillon Gee*
2 Pedro Beato*
3 R.A. Dickey*
4 Chris Capuano*
5 Edwin Jackson* (could easily be signed to a 2 or 3-year deal)
4)Set a good lineup, such as
SS Reyes
2B Tejada
3B Wright
RF Beltran
LF Bay
CF Duda
1B Davis
C Paulino
P*
This allows for trading Johan Santana to a team that could afford the rest of his salary so that he is off of the books.
Then, the bullpen would look like this:
Closer: Kerry Wood or Mike Pelfrey
Set-up man: Jason Isringhausen
Lefty specialist: Tim Byrdak
Long reliever: Bobby Parnell
And the bench would be:
Infielder: Justin Turner
Outfielder: Angel Pagan, Jason Pridie, & Fernando Martinez (who can also be a designated hitter in interleague play)
The coaching staff remains the same.
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