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Bernazard is a clown... Get him outta here already.
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Nope.Originally Posted by bobby1109
Refresh my memory, did the Mets pass on Vlad the same year they signed Beltran?
The Mets would like to believe the same, although they still will have other options if their run at Beltran falls short. They remain one of three teams - with Baltimore and Boston - that are interested in free-agent first baseman Carlos Delgado. Another Boras client, White Sox outfielder Magglio Ordonez, also remains a free agent after an injury-shortened season in Chicago. And Minaya has held trade discussions this winter for big-name, big-ticket outfielders such as Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez, so there is there little doubt the Mets are serious about adding at least one power bat to their lineup.
Minaya's aggressiveness is a vast departure from past offseasons, when Fred Wilpon's team backed off on Alex Rodriguez, another Boras client who eventually signed a landmark 10-year deal with Texas, and Vladimir Guerrero, who went on to cop AL MVP honors last season with Anaheim.
Whether the Mets ultimately will offer enough to Beltran to beat the Yankees at their own game will play itself out in the coming days. But it should make for some interesting theater this week in a town that already has added some of baseball's biggest names this winter.
lol at Castillo's "resurgence".
He's back to his mediocre ways.
He is hitting .290 with a good obp, don't let your hate for him blind you to the fact that he's had a good year this season (mainly because of noinjuries so far).
Other than number 5, pretty good list.Originally Posted by AddictedToFreshKicks
ATFK's "To Do List" for the offseason:
- Fire Minaya
- Get Manuel and Bernazard out of here
- tell the medical staff to get lost
- drop Delgado
- trade Reyes & Beltran for as many prospects as you can
- build the team around Santana and Wright
- build up the farm system
- stay away from high priced over-the-hill free agents
Updated: July 22, 2009, 10:56 AM ET
[h2]Report: Bernazard unleashes tirade
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A New York Mets executive recently challenged one of club's minor league teams to a fight during a postgame clubhouse tirade, the New York Daily News reported, citing multiple sources with ties to the team.
AP Photo/Rick SilvaMets executive Tony Bernazard reportedly challenged the club's Double-A minor league team to fight him during a recent postgame tirade.
Tony Bernazard, the team's vice president for player development, pulled off his shirt and challenged the Double-A Binghamton Mets in the tirade, about 10 days before the All-Star break. He in particular targeted middle infield prospect Jose Coronado, according to the report.
Binghamton had gone 1-6 during an early July homestand that coincided with the outburst, losing three of those games by at least seven runs. The team was 37-58 and in last place in the Eastern League Northern Division entering Wednesday's scheduled games.
Allegations of underage drinking on the team were apparently another motivation for Bernazard's tirade, an organization source said, according to the report.
"It's ridiculous that anyone in a professional baseball environment thinks it's acceptable," a friend of several players said, according to the report.
Mets GM Omar Minaya said Bernazard spoke to the minor-league team in a "stern voice," but said he had no knowledge of the particulars.
"I know he did have a team meeting with them," Minaya said, according to the Daily News. "It was not a 'you-guys-have-been-great meeting.' I know he spoke to them in a stern voice. But as far as what he was wearing, what kind of shoes he was wearing, I don't know anything about that."
It's the second report in two days of startling behavior by Bernazard, 52, who has been fingered in the media as a key influence behind the firings of manager Willie Randolph and pitching coach Rick Peterson last season.
Tuesday, the Daily News reported that at a recent game at Citi Field, Bernazard, who wanted a seat behind home plate that was occupied by an Arizona Diamondbacks scout, unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against a subordinate who suggested the wait until the half-inning was over to take the seat.
It has not been a good season on the field for the Mets' top farm teams. The Mets' top affiliate, the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, were an International League-worst 34-58 entering Wednesday's games.
Originally Posted by Mez 0ne
lol at Castillo's "resurgence".
He's back to his mediocre ways.
I don't agree with trading Beltran but I wouldn't be against trading Reyes.Originally Posted by SHUGES
Other than number 5, pretty good list.Originally Posted by AddictedToFreshKicks
ATFK's "To Do List" for the offseason:
- Fire Minaya
- Get Manuel and Bernazard out of here
- tell the medical staff to get lost
- drop Delgado
- trade Reyes & Beltran for as many prospects as you can
- build the team around Santana and Wright
- build up the farm system
- stay away from high priced over-the-hill free agents