Re: What do the Mets do if they finish 76-86?

"mrbrklyn" <spam-killer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You can't sit there and say, Dunn will be better than Jacobs

Yes I can. Dunn has already proven that he can be a dangerous power hitter
who takes walk at the ML lever while Jacobs is just trying to make it in his
rookie season. There is nothing in Jacobs career (including the minors) that
says he can be better than Dunn:

Minor League Careers:
Avg Obp Slg Ab Hr Bb So G
Dunn .304 .425 .525 1208 63 230 270 343
Jacobs .279 .335 .439 1623 44 134 380 450

Best minor league season:
Avg Obp Slg Ab Hr Bb So
Dunn 01-AAA .329 .441 .676 210 20 38 51
Dunn 01-AA .343 .449 .664 140 12 22 31
Jacobs 03-AA .329 .376 .548 407 17 28 87

The numbers speak for itself.

>if your
> not proposing that one is traded for the other within the confines of
> this discussion. To get Dunn we need to trade ***SOMETHING***.

No kidding.

>What
> we trade may not be worth having Dunn instead of Jacobs at first base,
> if it means giving up 2 future all star starters,

Like Ed Yarnall? like AJ Burnett? Jesus Sanchez? Octavio Dotel? Juan
Acevedo? Arnold Gooch?

>a future allstar
> outfielder

Like Alex Ochoa? or Alex Escobar?

>and a usable young second baseman.
>

Before Wright and Reyes (who are untouchable), please tell us all those All
Star Starters or All Star Position players the Mets have developed over the
past 10 years? Heck we will have to go back to the 80s to find the last time
the Mets develop a group of All Star players.

> If that's the cost, Cincinatti can KEEP Dunn and I'll see what Jacobs
> (and Hernandez, Keppinger, Banister, Hubler, Petit, and a dozen other
> minor league prospects) will do.

That's you. I don't want to see the Tampa Bay Mets playing at Shea.

> In addition to that, there is no
> magic formula to project what a player will do from the minors.
>

I'm pretty sure you feel Jacobs will develop into the same kind of hitter
Diaz will develop (career: .320/.420/.550).So basically the Mets will have
the Cooperstown brothers playing together?

> Now if they've take Floyd, Traschel and Glavine, its a no brainer.
> I'll even pay for their saleries, and take on Dunn.
>

Dunn is worth a lot more than that. Oh wait, Ruben just doesn't want to give
up the 28 year old Seo or the 26 year old Heilman or the 24 year old Jacobs
for the 25 year old Dunn, who is already a ML Star.

We have a winner.

> <<4) Dunn is worth kids from the minors that may never fulfill their
> potential >>
>
> In general, no. I disagree. Of course it is the ability of the
> scouting staff which makes this look good or bad over time.
>
> Ruben
>

OK Ruben, whatever you say.

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Let's Go Mets!!!

Met-in-PR


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