Top 10 Mets prospects

Here’s the top 10 list from Baseball America…

1. Jenrry Mejia, RHP
2. Wilmer Flores, SS
3. Fernando Martinez, OF
4. Ike Davis, 1B
5. Brad Holt, RHP
6. Jon Niese, LHP
7. Reese Havens, 2B/SS
8. Josh Thole, C
9. Ruben Tejada, 2B/SS
10. Juan Urbina, LHP

Agree?  Disagree?  Don’t care?

Mejia roughed up; Davis, Tejada keep hitting [AFL]

Jenrry Mejia took the mound for his first Arizona Fall League game, but only lasted one inning.

Mejia gave up only one hit, but walked three batters and allowed three runs to score.  He did strike out one while on the mound.

On more positive notes, Ike Davis picked up another hit and two more RBI.  Davis has driven in eight runs in only two games.

And Ruben Tejada added two more hits and scored two more runs, giving him four hits and four runs in the first two games of the AFL season.

Players heading to Arizona Fall League

The Mets will be sending six players to the Arizona Fall League to play for the Surprise Rafters.

The Mets announced the following minor league players will participate in the Arizona Fall League…Infielders Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada, righthanded pitchers Jenrry Mejia, Scott Moviel and Josh Stinson and lefthanded pitcher Eric Niesen will play for the Surprise Rafters…The AFL begins on October 13th.

These are some of the top players in the Mets minor league system.  The fact that they’re sending them to play more baseball is a good thing for the future of the franchise.

Let’s just hope the 2009 injury bug ends when the season does.

Twitter Poll: Would you have made the proposed trade for Halladay?

Though there are conflicting reports about the validity of the proposed trade for Roy Halladay, I took to Twitter and asked my followers if they would have pulled the trigger on a trade that sent Fernando Martinez, Bobby Parnell, Jon Niese and Ruben Tejada to the Blue Jays for Roy Halladay.

Here are their responses…

YES

BlueAndOrange said: yes

mikexdavis said: The deal would be done before I could even finish this tweet.

michellegraz said: Yes

Sicilianboy6 said: yess I wuld, we'd still have holt,Flores, davis and meija

julierubes said: YES! Him and Santana together with an eventually healthy roster. YES.

SportsEcycloped said: Yes

gecko32899 said: i wouldn't have had to think about it. We'd be selling orange Halladay shirts by sunrise

Turbo1289 said: We should have got Halladay so the Phillies wont get him, besides Santana and Halladay would be awesome

dmgerbino said: Yes, I would make the trade

elZi said: Yes I would

Matt_Pignataro said: Yes. Just think of a rotation with Santana and Halladay, one and two, especially in the playoffs. Wow!

Sportz_Nut said: yes I would have. Halladay and Santana at the top of a rotation? KRod closing? Mets are built to win NOW!!!

JohnnyRanz said: Absolutely!

Mike_Peters said: in a heartbeat...

twayward said: YES!!!

darknova306 said: I did that trade 37 times in my sleep and would do it again (if we extend him). Rotation behind Johan is a huge concern now.

darknova306 continued: it's really a trade for 2010. We're built to win now/soon. If they don't intend to win now, blow up the team for prospects.

kerelcoop said: Yes & I would have added another minor leaguer if the BlueJays asked.

ArizonaSecrets said: YES

patrickboegel said: yes, very much so yes

sparbz said: Yeah.

ClareLafferty said:  yes..we need the pitching help

bstronge said: them and beltran!!

tfc3rid said: No question about it... I'd do that yesterday...

MarcARodriguez said: if it's true , it should have happened in a heartbeat, front office is gonzo for not pulling the trigger

metsphanatic said: i would have done it in a heart beat

disgruntmetsfan said: Throw in Ray Ramirez and a bag of sunflower seeds and the price is just right.

reggittino said: In a heartbeat

fscker said: what's wrong with the mets? that's a no brainer.

MetsToob said: Yes!

NO

ProctorsArm said: Unless Halladay can bring Reyes, Beltran and Delgado back with him, no.

mattclausen said: nope....I have another but crazier offer in mind

YaGottaBKiddnMe said: no. we need to have some semblance of a farm system that can at least sorta play baseball.

Retire31 said: No. I'm not stupid.

yaysarcasm said: No. But I'm starting to think F-Mart is going to be a bust, and we should get rid of him. Lets not Milledge this up

McKern said: No. For all the reasons others has said. I don't want the #mets having any more reason to tighten up and not score.

Topher33 said: No, Mets would be giving up way too much. Plus, who's to say they'd be able to score any runs for him.

thebrowncoat said: No. One player can't make this team a contender. Mortgaging the future would be stupid. And we got Santana for less than that

Drewthedew086 said: I agree with the non-move as well. We're never going to get out of the situation we're in now if we don't hold on to prospect

nymets945 said: Nope unless they gave us Alex Rios as well

wrongheaven said: I wouldn't.

Jbones72 said: no glad they didn't make trade

metsjetsgirl said: No. Wouldn't help the non-existent offense. You can't win games without run support. Not worth depleting the farm.

drsexington said: No to the Halladay trade. Doc is a great P but he ain't the answer unless he plays every position a la Bugs Bunny.

pAuLiE_bRuZ said: i'm happy we turned down the halladay deal, losing all that talent for yes a great pitcher but then what? no young talent!

Jim1975 said: definately not. It looks like the future is all we have. we should have stepped in and got Pedro.

BlackMagic718 said: As of today, no.

letsgoduke said: of course not. That is a ridiculous trade. If we were the red sox, maybe.

NYMetsGrrl94 said: No. The loss of prospects isn't worth it when the Mets aren't in any race.

tyronem said: nope.

s2kmikey said: no. we don't score any runs for santana. what makes people think we'll score any for halladay?

FMauceri said: I wouldn't make that trade. Mets would be giving up too much potential. And they can't afford the salary.

gabefarkas said: No. I like Bobby Parnell too much, and out bullpen would have been decimated by that trade.

andy79 said: no. too high a cost to ultimately miss the playoffs this year. keep the young guys.

Colarusso42 said: . call me a sentimental Mets' fan but I wouldn't have made that trade. Not cost-effective.

dances_w_vowels said: No.

Split pretty evenly.  I’m intrigued.

Easily the most participated in Twitter Poll.  If this level of response keeps up, I won’t be able to use everyone’s, so start making them count!!

Where do you stand on the true/not true proposed Halladay trade?

Mets rejected proposed trade for Halladay [Updated]

According to Jon Heyman of SI.com (again), the Mets turned down a proposed trade between them and the Toronto Blue Jays for Roy Halladay.

Halladay, the most prized pitcher on the market and easily one of the best in the games, is being sought after by many teams. Heyman relays that the Jays asked for Fernando Martinez, Bobby Parnell, Jon Niese and Ruben Tejada in return for Halladay.

“The Mets responded with a resounding no,” writes Heyman.

Update – 10:02 a.m.: Keith Law tweeted that this proposal is “bogus,” citing multiple sources. (Still, the rest of the post stands.)

If you read my blog, you know I put very little stock in prospects. They’re too much of a hit or miss affair to have too much value placed upon them. But, these three prospects are probably three of the top five prospects in the Mets system right now.

But, Halladay is one of the top five pitchers in the league.

And here I am, on the fence about all of this. I’m glad the Mets didn’t pull this trade off in the situation they’re in. 2009 seems to be slipping away and shipping out more farm pieces for a cog in an otherwise broken down machine doesn’t do much good.

For 2010, though, this could have been amazing. Can you imagine a 1-2 punch of Halladay and Johan Santana? It would easily be the best combo of pitchers in the game.

Honestly, if the Mets made the trade, I would be ecstatic for the team. Bringing in a pitcher of that caliber must be celebrated, even if a lot of young talent was heading to Canada.

The Mets didn’t pull the trigger and I’m OK with that, too. It shows they’re not in desperation mode to try and save this season. Maybe they think they have a shot with what they have or maybe they’ve given up, but either way a knee-jerk reaction was not made, and that means something.

(Side note: Don’t you think J.P. Riccardi could have asked for some better players? Or did he not think they were going to take it anyway? Using the Mets to prompt the Phillies, I assume. But still… Where’s Holt? Mejia? Thole?)