Please Mets... DO NOT BUY

Omar Minaya if somewhere out there you are listening pretty pretty please do not go out there and buy in this weak market. I know you love to make trades but lets take it easy this year. Maybe a vacation? I hear Greece is nice!

Lets be honest. The Mets are not a particularly good team. They can't hit, their pitching is weak and they play defense like a high school softball team. They face plant in center field and miss third base. Fundamentally they are just a pathetic team. Whether you blame Manuel, Minaya or the injuries does not matter. The Mets look to be well on their way to wasting another season; this is becoming a theme. 

So now as the trade deadline approaches the Mets name always surface because they have money and they are expected to remain in contention till September. So every year the Mets (and other teams around the league) ship off their best prospects for some major league ready player. Their fans demand to win now and the team responds by sacrificing their future. 

This year the Mets just plain should not buy. Hell maybe even sell if the right deal appears. The Mets are 6.5 out of a team that is in the chase for Roy Halladay. I hate to say it but it does not look like they are going to be making a run at the playoffs this year. 

I say let them play as is and see if they can make things interesting; Beltran and Reyes should be coming back in the next few weeks and they can have a serious impact. The Mets are not one good bat or arm away from becoming a serious contender so there is no reason to pick over an already weak farm system to try and obtain Aubrey Huff or Nick Johnson. Besides when Delgado comes back where do you stick them?

Seriously the Mets have only two top 100 prospects in their system (Fernando Martinez and Wilmer Flores) and any major deal would without a doubt include one if not both of those names. 

It just flat out is not worth it this year. Look I'm not saying to pack in this season. We are within striking distance (somewhat) and have our best players coming back soon (hopefully). There just does not seem to be any good reason why Minaya and the Mets need to sacrifice what little we have left in order to obtain some major league journeyman. 

Think of two of the best players on this team now; Wright and Reyes. They are both home grown studs. Show some faith in our farm system and lets see the kind of players they can produce down the road. I would rather see Fernando Martinez tear it up for the Mets in two years then Nick Johnson suck next week. I don't know. Maybe I'm old fashioned.