Talk:Mets Need to Stand Pat/@comment-101784-20060508190904

No, Anonymous fanatic the 2nd, it is you who is wrong. There is no way that anyone in their right mind, who knows anything about baseball thinks the Seo for Sanchez trade was a bad trade. You gave up a 5th starter for a guy who has thus far been the best set up man in baseball and easily the most valuable member of the Mets bullpen. The Benson for Julio and Maine trade is more questionable because you always want depth at SP but the Mets got back a legitimate starting pitcher prospect in Maine who went on the 15 day DL. It happens. "Important Cogs in their team&quot;s chances this season?" Are you kidding me. I picked those pitchers specifically because they play for last place teams or teams that are unlikely to be in the hunt for anything but an early 1st rd pick come July. As for Heath Bell, I don&quot;t know what "peripherals" you are talking about. While he struck out a lot of people, no one doubts he is a hard thrower, he also had a 5.6 era last year. He was very hittable giving up the equivalent of over 10 hits per 9 innings, lousy for a late inning guy. Until Heath Bell can effectively throw an offspeed pitch to det up his fastball he is useless. So you lose Heilman in the bullpen 3 or 4 out of every 5 days and replace him with a guy who will give up at least a hit an inning and a run about 2 out of every 3 innings. To improve one game a week you sacrifice 3. Makes little sense.