Come on Mets Bring in Rios
July 4, 2009 by Nicholas Pugliese
Filed under Alex Rios, Featured, Nicholas Pugliese
After watching another game against Philly with this lineup the Mets are throwing out there it is pretty evident that the Mets need to make a trade. Despite reports that there are “no sellers” in the trade market right now everyone knows that the Toronto Blue Jays are desperate to make cap room in order to keep Roy “Doc” Halladay, one of the best pitchers in the league. And why not Halladay is arguably the best pitcher in baseball. Therer is also a chance Haladay takes a small home town discount in order to stay in Toronto, considering he took 3 years $40 mill last time, giving the Blue Jays every more reason to due everything in their power to make salary room for him.
If you take a look at the Blue Jays roster who are the two highest paid players still on the team next year? Alex Rios and Vernon Wells two outfielders. Now the Mets find out Fernando Martinez is hurt leaving the outfield with what? Ryan Church, Gary Sheffield, and… a bunch of AAAA players. Not the most attractive thing when you have to face a lineup like the Phillies stacked with hitters. So what would be the Mets best option? You guessed it taking on the salary of Alex Rios. It has already been reported that you can get him for very little so what’s the big deal? For the 5 years you’d be getting him beyond 2009 you would have to pay him $58.7 million or an annual salary of $11.74 mill. A little pricey, but nothing the Mets can’t afford. And let’s compare Rios to some of the current Metsies. (Click to make image bigger)
As you can see he is the best option there and what is not shown is that he playes MUCH MUCH MUCH better defense then the rest of the players listed. Rios’s speed gives him the ability to play either CF or RF and would fit perfectly in Citi Field. He has a cannon of an arm to go along with his great defensive coverage. He also has the base stealing ability to go along with the speed/defense approach the Mets should take when building a team for Citi Field.
If the Blue Jays go nuts and ask for Jenrry Mejia, even though they said they don’t want a lot for him, you laugh at them and say no, otherwise you get him as fast as possible because he can play center to fill in for Carlos Beltran why he is hurt and then move him over to right field when Beltran and move Ryan Church to left field giving you the best defensive outfield in the league. And let’s be realisitic with some of the bad contracts in basebal Rios’s is pretty decent. He is also young with some more untapped offensive potential that maybe he can put together with a change of scenery.
I am a bit of a Rios fan so I am biased, but he fits the Mets perfectly right now, won’t cost you prospects, and will give you a solid outfielder for 5 more years beyond the trade. It is a no brainer move you have to make
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