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1. PASTE is not impressed by Albert Pujols (Zeth) Posted: March 01, 2008 at 12:47 PM (#2703688)The problems Milledge had in New York were all horsespit...I lay the blame for this on Willie and Omar. A stronger manager would have handled the situation better. I hate to bring this up, but as much of an a-hole as La Russa is, he's had a boatload of talented youngsters quickly slide into key roles for his teams.
And Omar, who could have taken care of the situation in his clubhouse, will always deserve blame for trading Milledge at his absolute nadir in value.
I, too, predict Milledge will bust out big this year.
Young, by a lot. I see him with a big edge in SB and HR, and he has less of an injury history and a better park, so I see Young with an edge in R and RBI, even in OPS, and Milledge only ahead in BA. I think Milledge will be Young's equal in more advanced statistics, but I think Young has a significant edge in most counting and roto stats.
EDIT: If Young leads off, it'll hurt his RBI's, but the extra PA mean more HR, R, SB, and so it's probably a wash.
Nice. Any other sweet "can't miss" guys we can comp him with? Orsino Hill? Joe Borchard?
In semi-related news: does the Yankees "Young Guns" remind anyone else of "Generation K"?
There are instances where playing kissyface is required even for the very talented.
But what is also true is that if you are REALLY GOOD even the the most obtuse leadership will get that person to play a larger role with the organization.
So to my mind Lastings is either not as special as folks claim or Willie demonstrated one of the worst management traits possible, sacrificing greater productivity to placate senior employees.
That is a horrible approach and one that hamstrings a group until addressed.
I don't disagree with that statement exactly, but two things:
1. It's not clear it was Willie not Omar.
2. I do think it more likely the motivation was putting short-term success ahead of longer-term success. The Mets did have a hole at C and it's not clear Milledge will outproduce Church this year (or next). In business, putting short-term profit ahead of long-term profit is generally a bad idea -- in baseball, it's often a good idea.
The Mets were in an interesting situation. They could build around Wright, Reyes, Milledge, the other prospects and hope some of those pitchers paid off ... or they could try to leverage the remainder of Beltran's prime, hope for bounce-backs from Alou (health) and Delgado (bat), make the push for Santana, etc. The Mets clearly are trying to win it now ... and they've done it without sacrificing all of that young core.
My main problem with the Milledge trade isn't trading Milledge -- something I think that they maybe should have done a year earlier -- but their apparent belief that Schneider is a good option at C.
It's just another excuse for cruelty, chick. Has nothing to do whatsoever with The Game.
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