biffman77

I, for one will take a league average replacement over what we've been running out there the last 2 seasons. Especially since we're most likely to be lousy next year once again. It'll be buisness as usual for Mr. Correia.

And we are... It's not fun to admit it, but we are building for 2015. But you need someone to throw out there and not have it look like a deer in headlights.

It's going to be extremely hard to compete with what we have, and what's available on the trade and free agent markets. We do have a decent nucleus and a pretty effective bullpen, when you add Roenicke into the mix. Coupled with the fact that Swarzak and Duensing remain in the bullpen all year(hopefully) where they both were more effective. If we can add one more arm to help solidify our rotation and create a competition between the likes of DeVries, Deduno, Walters, Vazquez, Gibson, and even Blackburn, we can breath a little easier knowing these guys are depth, rather than options. In 2 years, when Correia and Blackburn are off the books, hopefully May and Meyer will be ready to join the party.

Correia fills a need, plain and simple. We need Pitching depth. At all levels. He alone will not be enough, but he does take us in a step towards the right direction. We need to hope that in the upcoming drafts, Trade deadlines, and free agency, that we continue to address this problem area.

At least Kevin Correia pitched a full major league season. It's more than Blackburn, DeVries,Deduno, And Pavano can say. When you need to add pitching,(and every team does) you have to go get players and let them sort it out. 2 years at 10 mil is not a very big deal in the grand scheme of things, and our goal as an organization needs to be finding able bodied pitchers that we can run out every 5th day. Guys like DeVries, Deduno, Hendricks, Vazquez, heck, even Gibson haven't established any kind of a track record that would suggest they can yet. So somebody has to take the ball, and for the last 4 years, Correia has at least been able to do that.

I'm just waiting for the Liriano news.

These pitcher are free agents. They can play wherever they choose. There are many teams with needs for pitching, and hope for immediate success. You probably could overpay for a pitcher like Shaun Marcum or Anibal Sanchez, but then the question becomes, Are we a Marcum or Sanchez away from being a contender now?

All though he only reached 200+ innings only the first year, and further clogged up the Mets payroll situation.

I stand corrected sir. Most kind

It does make me wonder what Lannan, Liriano, and Saunders will be worth. My Guess is 7-9 mil, each.

A rotation of Correia, Diamond, Vanimal, and whoever, looks slightly better than, Diamond, Vanimal, and whoever. Besides, How many of our pitchers threw over 150+ innings last year? 200+ might be nice, but I'll take 179 too.

Money simply isn't enough to lure prime talent to a team that's lost 95+. Personally, I'm not that bent outta shape about it. In this new drug free era of baseball, you cant invest big money in 30 something starters and expect an even modest return. You have to get young pitching, harness it while their healthy, and let someone else make the mistake of overpaying for past accomplishments. How much of Greinke's contract, will he actually earn? What did we really lose when we traded Johan Santana? About 1 and a half seasons of decent, not elite pitching, which the Mets are still paying for. In the mean while, we need somebody, anybody, to at least hold down a spot, until the prospects are ready.