Don't Play Yourselves Mets Fans; Halladay Won't Help, Nor Will He Come to Queens

For all those Mets fans and fans of other teams clamoring for their respective clubs to go out and get Roy Halladay, remember that it is Halladay who has the final say in any trade possibility. Some people just don't get it. Halladay has a full no-trade clause meaning that he gets to choose the team he wants to go to. And he has made it clear as day that he wants to play in October.

The Mets have taken themselves out of October two years running and will not be anywhere close this year. Not to mention they will have to offer up the only 3 prospects they have with any value. And if Minaya did that, the Mets would be worse next year than they are this year. That's right, you read it here, even if the Mets have a rotation that had Santanna and Halladay at the top they will be worse next year. Reasons being:

1) The rest of their rotation is still garbage. Would have been nice to give the money to Lowe instead of Perez right? Maine and Pelfrey are average at best. And acquiring Halladay would mean giving up John Niese, so who would fill the rotation that could possibly be ravaged with injuries again?

2) Getting Halladay won't make the Mets start hitting all of a sudden in their Grand Canyon ballpark. Everyone is wondering where David Wright's power has gone, it has been sucked up by the high and deep walls fo Citi Field that has forced to play to the gaps instead of for the fences. Which makes for a better average but means diddly when no one in front of him can get on base, or no one behind him can drive him in.

3) And last but not least, getting Roy Halladay will not change the fact that Omar Minaya is still the GM and Jerry Manual is still the Manager. Minaya can solely be blamed for building a top-havey team with no depth whatsoever. Should he trade what remains of a depleted farm system for Halladay, then the Mets will be replacing injured starters next year with Single A quality talent rather than Double A which is what they had to do this year. And as for Jerry Manual, the guy was completely okay with coaching his team to "tread water" until they got their starters back.

I'm sorry, but if you have a plethora of injuries and you are forced to go out there day after day with a subpar team, then they are going to play subpar if you do not change the style. The call for the suicide squeeze the other day was brilliant. So why haven't there been more of these types of calls? More bunting, more hit and runs, or just an overall more aggressive style of play? He managed the team to tread water and now by the time the starters get back, who won't contribute effectively right away, they will be boarding a sinking ship, if the ship is not already completely submerged.