I love the media. I really do. For the past year or so, all we have heard different sources say is that Lasting Milledge's stock is dropping, that he won't pan out as hoped, etc etc etc.
When we trade Milledge, all we hear now is how he is going to be a superstar, he's another Kazmin, what were the Mets front office thinking, etc etc etc. In fact one of the Headline feature articles over at foxsports.com is a picture of Milledge under the words “Another Mistake?”.
This is how I explained my thoughts on this yesterday. In the long run, Milledge will pan to be a better player than Schnieder and Church, however at this current moment, the Mets cannot be thinking of the long run. We still have Beltran for 4+years, and even with trading Gomez this winter, which seems like it will happen, the Mets still have other young talent in OF like F-Mart. The Mets are looking to win next year. They wanted to get a right fielder that was increase over Green which is what they got. They never really have had great defense catchers, I am not saying Schnieder is great but he is an above average catcher. I still have faith that the Mets will get either a Bedard or a Haren or a Blanton and that their rotation will be stronger, which naturally makes your pen stronger.
Great article- it's great to see someone NOT parrot the YANKEES-DOMINATED media in New York. The Mets need to make sound baseball moves, not sell newspapers or make ESPN happy. Getting a starting catcher and outfielder that are upgrades defensively and potentially (with Church) offensively is a plus. And I think that Milledge *could* become a star, but he's proven that he's just a headcase and the Mets (as you pointed out) can't afford to wait for him to grow up. Church's ready for the Majors. Milledge isn't. That's the bottom line.
Someone else recently called Church a “Paul O'Neil” type of player, and I couldn't agree more, what with him in the Mets lineup. Great move that's going to leave alot of people eating crow.
Keep up the good work!