Hoes Up, G's Down
I think the fact that Park's contract seemingly arbitrary guaranteed salary begins with 6 is rather fitting. It's been 6 years, after all, since Park was an All-Star, since he earned a big contract, and since he was good.
All of which is to say, even if we got this Ho at remarkably fewer G's than the going rate on his last contract, we shouldn't be too excited. As far as I'm concerned, until he proves otherwise, Chan Ho Park has Kaz Ishii written all over him.
That doesn't mean it's a bad move necessarily. Park gives us depth, he doesn't cost us anything and, like with Ishii, there's at least a chance he could have a good season. ... No? Well, there's a chance he could string together a few good starts anyway.
Alright, here's one thing we can agree on: he's a better option than Jose Lima would have been.
As negative as this post has been thus far, I'm really not particularly bothered by us signing Park, I just want to be sure he's kept on a short leash. This wasn't the case with Ishii. For some completely incomprehensible reason, Ishii was allowed to start 16 games for the New Mets of 2005.
Long story short, Ishii was terrible. Some would argue he cost us a shot at the playoffs, and you couldn't tell any of those people definitively that they were wrong. Why not start Jae Seo, the critics demanded. There was no good reason; Seo was ready, Ishii was a disaster. Ishii should have been gone 6 starts earlier at the latest.
I'm all for entering the season with Park as our 5th starter if he earns it out of Spring Training; I mean, if he earns it he earns it. I just hope that quick hook we saw out of Willie last October extends to a pitcher's place in the rotation.
If Park is a bust through 5 starts and Philip Humber or Mike Pelfrey is ready, the club should be ready to make the move. That's all I'm saying.
Sorry for the short post today but I've been out of the office the past couple days and have a million things to catch up on. Have a good weekend everybody.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 3:28 PM
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"Why not start Jae Seo, the critics demanded. There was no good reason; Seo was ready, Ishii was a disaster."
So Ishii is pulled and Seo comes in and pitches like the pitcher he is (not good). His trade value is gone and The Mets have no Dirty.
I like what I'm seeing. The Mets are deciding to stick with the rookies (like Milledge) and not do a hasty trade for an ok starting pitcher. I say that because there are no good starting pitchers on the market.
The good news is they are lining up a lot of starters to compete for the #3, #4, and #5 spot until Pedro comes back. Then it's only #4 and #5 spots.
yeah the mets have 10 legitimate pitchers fighting for really three spots(if Maine/Perez stinks in preseason there is no way 'he' the 3rd spot in the rotation).
Which is fine because 3 or 4 will absolutely suck. 2,3 will be 'inconsistently shaky' and 2,3 will stand out as having done a good job(a la Bannister 06')...Let us hope my guesstimations are correct. For a $$ stand point, I vote on Pelfrey + Humber getting those last two spots.
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