{"id":179,"date":"2008-07-30T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=179"},"modified":"2008-07-30T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T05:40:00","slug":"trade-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2008\/07\/30\/trade-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Deadline Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I worry about John Maine, but I think he\u2019ll be okay in the end.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>A little shoulder stiffness is really all it is, and apparently they knew about it before hand, which means that he was able to pitch with it without hurting it further.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Maybe they skip him in the rotation due to the off day, but I\u2019m hopeful it\u2019ll be alright in the end. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">More importantly, Johan Santana stepped up after an exhausting game on Saturday where the Mets used the bullpen so roughly that Oliver Perez was warming up in the 14<sup>th<\/sup> inning.<span style=\"\">   <\/span>Santana pitched a complete game, waylaid his critics a bit, and gave the bullpen a much needed rest.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>They have an off day on Thursday too, so if Pelfrey can give them a lot tonight, they\u2019ll get a nice recharge.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Another thing I\u2019ve been thinking about as the trade deadline looms is what the Mets are to do.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I am not a fan of Adam Dunn, or the \u201cGets on base so strike outs don\u2019t matter\u201d group.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>While I think our bullpen is excellent, I know bullpen suckiness and exhaustion were the main culprits last year.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Maybe another solid arm in there is the best solution the Mets can find.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>There is a lot of talk of a corner outfielder, and even yesterday I thought this should\u2019ve been the priority.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>I think Carlos Delgado changes that, Delgado has been playing pretty amazingly for a while now, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s something he\u2019s going to lose midseason.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>This Delgado is more true to form than the ones fans grew to hate in 2007 and earlier this year.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>If Delgado is hitting, then the offense is not as big a problem as it was, and couple that with the possibility that Church will be back soon, and the success Tatis and Endy have had filling in, we might be okay.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So my (un)professional opinion is to get a bullpen arm, and keep an eye out for a cheap outfielder too, even if it\u2019s just someone that can get hot for a week or two, or just needs a change of scenery.<span style=\"\">  <\/span>Even if the bullpen arm doesn\u2019t end up being great, it\u2019ll distribute the work load and hopefully keep the best guys healthy and fresh for the stretch run.<span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worry about John Maine, but I think he\u2019ll be okay in the end. A little shoulder stiffness is really all it is, and apparently they knew about it before hand, which means that he was able to pitch with it without hurting it further. Maybe they skip him in the rotation due to the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2008\/07\/30\/trade-deadline-looms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Trade Deadline Looms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173],"tags":[290,544,256,181,545,7,315,61,27,543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}