The Mets will be even worse in 2010

A week ago the Mets fans were furious. There was much action in major league transactions, but nothing happened in Queens. Maybe at that moment might seem an exaggeration, but a week later time may give them reason.

The New York team officials said they wanted to spend more than necessary, which would take long enough to do things the right way. However, it seems that neither claim makes sense and could be the Mets are no longer a team that the big names want to go.

Analyzing the movements we see the Phillies with Roy Halladay and the Red Sox with John Lackey. Meanwhile, the Mets continue with gaps in left field, catcher, first base and pitching staff. It may sound like a major oversight for the second most expensive payroll in baseball in 2009, which was itself tinged with ridiculous moments during the season.

The following paragraph from Mike Vaccaro in the New York Post sums it up:

"This is what the Mets have not yet done two days before Christmas, three months after the curtain dropped and one of the most disastrous year in its long history of chronic distress, have not given fans reason have to trust the team. They offer no proof that patience and fortitude of the amateur will be justified. Only their doubts. "

The Mets let go of opportunities: Cliff Lee, Jason Bay, Matt Holliday ... What's next? Perhaps more of the same, lower-level free agents who together with those already in the clubhouse swarm of protagonitas manager Jerry Manuel will be another long, sleepy campaign at Citi Field.

Ironically a week before rumored that Pedro Martínez would return to Flushing, the general manager Omar Minaya spoke about patience:

"We still have time for this. I feel comfortable that for opening day have a good team to go out there and we will be a team competing to win the division and win the pennant.

Two things:

1) Pedro Martínez!? That sounds like desperation and despair is not synonymous with patience.

2) "Race to win"? With what the Mets spent the least we could promise people is that they will win!

What a disaster team!

2010 will be even worse than the circus-year slump that has just ...