Omar and Cashman

As silly as it sounds giving Omar 4 more years, it’s insane to give even 1 more year to Cashman. Just look at all the major pitching decisions that he’s screwed up on. Kevin Brown, Jared Wright, Kie Egowa, Carl Pavano, Randy Johnson, Rodger Clemens last year, Latroy Hawkins, Kyle Fansworth, Hidei Arabu, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, ECT, ECT, ECT. The list is long and full of mistakes. The Yankees haven’t been to the series in 5 years, and haven’t won it since 2000. Does that partial list of pitching bust sound like it deserves a 3 year contract? What a joke. I guess Hank doesn't have the stones of his father. If his father was still in control, I doubt Cashman would even have been offered a contract as a buss boy in the new Yankee stadium.

Santana shows his Toughness to all

With the information about Santana’s knee surgery, that makes his month of September all the more impressive. It has been reported by Johan’s agent that Santana hurt the knee early in the month and refused to let the team know about the severity of the pain. With all that going on, he was voted the pitcher of the month in case you didn’t know. He was 4-0 with a 1.83 ERA in September.

Johan also had the best ERA in MLB [2.53] , pitched the most innings in the NL with a career high 234 1/3 , tied for most starts [34], and was third with 3 complete games, and pitched 2 shutouts. With a little more support earlier in the season, Johan’s 16-7 record could have easily been 22-7. Not too bad for a pitcher that Cashman didn’t want. How many wins did Hughes and Kennedy have? If the Yankees had traded for Johan, they’d be playing October baseball. I personally am glad that Cashman is so inept at judging pitching talent. Just think were the Mets would be without Johan in the rotation.

Post-Season Tidbits

John Maine had his shoulder surgery yesterday and should be set for Spring training. The doctors removed a lesion from his shoulder socket that was causing the pain. For him to pitch 140 innings last year with that bad shoulder says a lot about his toughness and willpower. That’s something more players on the Mets could use.

There is talk about the Mets maybe signing Derek Lowe if Oliver Perez isn’t brought back. What do you think of that possibility? He’d definitely be an up grade from Pedro. John Niese figures to be the 5th starter next season. Maybe Parnell can go to the pen and be a force there.

There is more and more talk in NY about not bringing Delgado back. I’d rather have Teixera than Carlos. He’s younger, hits for a much better average, and still hits HRs and drives in runs. But, somehow I doubt Omar has the will to let Carlos go.

There is also talk of bringing in Jason Varitek to provide some fire and leadership on the team. His best years are behind him, but I think he could be good in NY. Orlando Hudson and Pat Burrell are also being talked about. Pat “the Bat’ could play left field and weaken the Phillies in one fell swoop. Hudson would provide offense from the 2nd base position not seen since Edgardo Alfonzo was there. All these moves sound good, they just need to be done. Does Omar have the vision to do these things, or will he allow another disappointing season to happen in ’09? Time will tell.