Who's a bigger drain on his team: Delgado or Giambi?
The Final Score boys debate it here. What do you think?
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Comments (6)
Both players are at the end of the road, but I think Delgado is a bigger drain, mostly because the Yankee lineup has more bats to make up the production. The Yanks have got Abreu, A-Rod, Matsui, Cano and Posada in the middle of the lineup, while the Mets have got Wright, Beltran, Church, and eventually Alou. Withouth Giambi Yanks already have a very potent lineup, whereas in order for the Mets to reach that level, they need improved production from Delgado.
Good thing Mets have got the pitching.
I agree with Ravi. Since Wright is the only reliable clutch hitter in the middle of the lineup, Delgado's usual 0 for 5 with 0 RBIs and 5 LOB really hurts the Mets. If the pre-2007 version of Delgado had played last year, the Mets would likely have made the playoffs and perhaps won the Series; and if he was playing this season we would be off to a strong lead in the division. Instead he fails to contribute game after game, kills rallies, and keeps the team mediocre. Randolph needs to bench this guy, and Omar needs to find another RBI man to complement Wright.
Delago is terrible. He continues to try to pull the ball even though they do a shift on him.
What is worse though is Willie keeps using him at the #5 spot and has played him EVERY game. Can you please sit him? When you do play him bat him 7th.
When Alou comes back, why not put Pagan at first base? Then there might be some more run production.
Why would you put Pagan at 1b, when he is much better in the fielf than Alou is. Willie has hinted that when Alou comes back he will be in the 5th spot.
Options for the New York Mets:
A) Move Moises Alou out of the outfield once he's healthy and place him at first base. This way you'd be able to keep him healthier and use his outstanding and somehow ageless bat. Hopefully the time on the bench will somehow help Delgado regain some bat speed however unlikely. Either way it lets you keep the outstanding defense that Angel Pagan is giving you not to mention a pretty good bat in left field.
B) Sign the Evil Barry Bonds, his bat will protect DWright and Beltran, really give the Mets a dynamic lineup to help out their outstanding starting pitching. Also you still are potentially able to move Alou to first. Wouldn't be popular, but the turmoil would die down a quite a bit once we started winning games and going on streaks
Potential arguments amongst many could be that Alou may not be able to make the transition to first base... My argument is easy; How could his defense POSSIBLY be any worse than Delgado's?