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The troubling issue of Jose Reyes' hamstring has resurfaced. The injury that sidelined him as a rookie is back with a vengeance. Reyes has not yet begun running, which has to be concerning the Mets' brass.
All of these situations have drawn questions about the competence of the Mets' conditioning and medical personnel. This is now far past the coincidence stage and into the accountability territory. The Mets have not made any public statements regarding this issue, but they will have to face the music on this soon.
Omar Minaya, who is hamstrung himself with the Mets needing so much outside help, may be in his last semester as Mets' GM. He has hit gold with several bold strokes, but most of them were during the offseason. He has yet to make a significant move during a season to positively affect the club. It is widely known he deals from the monetary strength of the Wilpons, which by the way, is not what it once was.
His trade for JJ Putz, Sean Green and Jeremy Reed in the off-season was originally deemed a success. Now, it has been discovered that Putz was damaged goods and suddenly it appears that Minaya's deal was not the coup the public though it was.
Going forward, the Mets will have little to offer in trades to entice a trading partner to surrender a star to them. Minaya will have to rely on what his office has wrought, which is not a whole lot.
The Phillies will solve their pitching woes to the degree of playing .550 ball the rest of the way, which is far better than the Mets can hope to do. The Marlins and Braves might pass the Mets before the whole shooting match is over.
Then it will be decision time. Not for Minaya—as others on this site seem to think. But for the Wilpons, who after taking a beating financially, will wrest the wheel from Omar and go down a different road.
In the interim, the Mets can take of some business to take them into the future. They can ditch Jerry Manuel, who has been losing points with many of the paying customers. His disciplinary tactics are nil and his game tactics are void. A manager should be able to manage ANY type of group, regardless of industry. I don't see one iota of intelligent and informed leadership out of Manuel or any of his coaches.
They can also Jeterize David Wright and make him the captain.
In addition, the Mets should give some youngsters a look. Let's face it, they are not going anywhere anytime soon so why not give the fans some players they root for.
Remember, the Mets are not the Yankees. Not winning the pennant is not a catastrophe. The Met fans just want a team they can root for and gives it their all.
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