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Change for the Mets IT HAS TO DO WITH THE METS MAKING SOME CHANGES FINALLY. I FOLLOW THE METS AND THEIR MINORS RATHER CLOSELY. I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT ARE ABOUT FIVE PLAYERS THAT MAYBE IF GIVEN THE CHANCE THEY COULD HELP THE BIG CLUB. PLEASE UNDERSTAND IM NOT SUGGESTING TO BRING UP ALL FIVE, BUT JUST HOW I FEEL THEY MIGHT HELP.
AT SECOND BASE I FEEL ARGENIS REYES, BEING A SWITCH HITTER, VERY GOOD FIELDER, WITH SPEED, HAS TO BE AN UPGRADE FROM CASTILLO, WHO CAN HARDLY WALK AND JUST HITS GROUND BALLS MOST OF THE TIME. AT FIRST BASE EITHER VAL PASCUSSI OR MIKE CARP COULD HELP. I MEAN MR. RUBIN, HOW MUCH WORSE CAN THEY BE THAN CARLOS DELGADO. PASCUSSI IS BUILT LIKE A RIGHT HANDED ADAM DUNN, BUT HE DOESNT STRIKE OUT NEARLY AS MUCH. AND HE IS (7) YEARS YOUNGER THAN DELGADO. CARP IS HITTING 355 AT BINGHAMTON.NOW I IM IN NO WAY SAYING HE WILL HIT 300 IN THE MAJORS, BUT 250-275 PLUS AT LEAST HE CAN MOVE AT FIRSTBASE. THAT LEAVES CHRIS AGUILA A GOOD HITTING 29 YEAR OLD OUTFIELDER. HES A PRETTY GOOD FIELDER WITH A GOOD ARM, WHICH WOULD BE BETTER THAN WATCHING THE ADVENTURES OF FERNANDO TATIS GOING AFTER A FLY BALL. THAT JUST LEAVES DAN MURPHY, WHO IM SURE YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT. OF COURSE I EXPECT YOU TO SAY THERE NOT READY, WELL THEY GAVE NICK EVANS A SHOT. ALSO, AND MOST IMPORTANT, IS THE MONEY THE METS HAVE TO STILL PAY DELGADO, CASTILLO, AND EVEN ALOU WHO YES CAN STILL HIT WITH THE BEST OF THEM,HOWEVER HE JUST STAYS ON THE FIELD IN SPURTS. WHAT IS THE METS OBLIGATION, NOT TO GIVE UP ON UNPREDUCTIVE PLAYERS TO JUSTIFY SPENDING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY,OR TO PUT THE BEST POSSIBLE TEAM ON THE FIELD TO PLEASE THEIR DEVOTED FANS. AFTER ALL, THE WILPONS AND OMAR, SURELY WANT THESE FANS TO COME OUT TO THE NEW BALLPARK NEXT SEASON TO WATCH THE METS PLAY BALL. THE QUESTION IS WHICH METS.
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