ESPN's Jerry Crasnick recognizes the M's

by Nadingo on May 27, 2008 12:53 PM PDT

As being the Most Disappointing Team of the season . The M's "won" a matchup against the Tigers, Mets, Rockies, Padres, and Indians. Take that, all you other fans of bad teams!

I, for one, am grateful to have our suffering legitimized by the national sports media. It's amazing that the pro-M's hype was widespread enough that 9 out of 19 of ESPN's "experts" picked Seattle to win the AL West. I particularly liked Crasnick's suggestion that the team trade Bedard for a left-handed reliever, a young OF prospect, and some minor leaguers.

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“I particularly liked Crasnick’s suggestion that the team trade Bedard for a left-handed reliever, a young OF prospect, and some minor leaguers.”

That’s a fresh joke alright.

by Matthew on May 27, 2008 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

The TIgers and Mets are way bigger disappointments than the M's.

At least in the sense of the word being used here.

-aaron c.

by Aaron Campeau on May 27, 2008 1:10 PM PDT reply actions

The more I think about it, the more it appears the Mariners and Mets have a very similar roster construction.

The Mets are just fortunate enough to play in the NL.

by Wilder. on May 27, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

The Mets also have better young players to build around.

But yeah, they do tend to value the same things as far as trades/free agency are concerned.

-aaron c.

by Aaron Campeau on May 27, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Those younger players start and end with Wright and Reyes.

That is not a whole lot. We have Felix, Clement, Wlad, Yuni, and Lopez. Although Wright and Reyes far outweigh our talent (with the exception of Felix), it’s not like their core is much better than ours.

by Wilder. on May 27, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Wright and Reyes are two of the most valuable players in the league.

I have little hope that Wlad and Yuni will ever be very good. If Clement doesn’t stick at Catcher, he’s good but not great. Lopez has me excited, but he’s still a question mark.

I see your point, and I think it’s a fair one, but if I could trade places with the Mets I think I probably would.

-aaron c.

by Aaron Campeau on May 27, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions