need more help than that!

Its funny what a year does. Before last season, the Mets were considered one of the favorites in the NL. Then injuries to Reyes, Wright, Delgado, Beltran, Maine and Santana coupled with the complete ineffectiveness of Pelfrey, and all of a sudden 2009 was a complete debacle for the Mets. At least on some level, you have to assume that the injury bug wont hit that hard again.

While I think Jason Bay is a nice complementary player (who should produce 25-30 homers and drive in 100 runs), I dont believe he is an elite player; i.e. a real difference maker. He was, however, the best offensive (along with Matt Holiday) free agent they could get and had to pay him as such. They had to overpay, but he should definitely help. Simply the Met fan base was not going to accept the team sitting back and doing nothing.

However, they still need a front line #2 pitcher to back up Santana. You simply cant count on Pelfrey, Maine and Perez. Apparently, Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs is avaialble in a trade....that's the type of pitcher they need to slide in behind Santana.