Submitted by Met Fan, Dec 13, 2007 14:29

i'm sorry, while i watched prob 150 g last season, i never once saw the lastings milledge you all seem so upset about losing. for my money we lost a rh, younger version of bobby abreau, at best.

If the Mets had 5 seasons of a younger Bobby Abeau at near league minimum salary, that'd be fantastic. I don't understand how anyone who is a Met fan would view that as a negative.

he certainly was closer to greg jeffries than daryl strawberry in the time he auditioned. mets started the offseason needing 2b, pitching, catching, good d in rf. preferably lh. Once Castillo was resigned, a no-brainer for the $$$.

4 years at 6M for a 32 y.o. with bad knees and no power, is a no-brainer? It could have been worse, we could have signed Eckstein, but still, you have a very different idea of no-brainer than I do. (For comparison, Tad Iguchi reportedly just signed a *1* year deal for 4M. Seems there isn't a 3 year $20M difference between the two players).

Note to Met fans: Reyes, Wright, Strawberry, Hundley are what true prospects produce like. the rest are suspects and roster fillers.

Note to fans with unrealistic expectations, a prospect is just that. Prospective. There is no such thing as sure fire. Milledge already produced at above average levels at the age of 22, when most kids are in AA. That is exactly what prospects do.

in milledge's case he's filled 2 roster spots. Sure, he'll get better, playing everyday in cf & batting in the top of the order. Was he ever going to do that in blue & orange? not likely in his 20s. Sure it would've been nice to get more; but nobody offered it! Ever think Beane had valid reason for being disenchanted? the kid just didn't show enough improvement. He couldn't hit offspeed stuff while the only heaters he seemed to get were aimed right at him.

If you have a house that is worth $500,000, and you put it on the market, and the only offers you get are $200,000, so you still sell? Maybe there is a compelling non-monetary reason to sell the house, but that *STILL* doesn't mean you should be happy about selling below value.

I *like* Church and Schneider as players, but we still got hosed in this deal.

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