All We Have Left Is To Get Another Lefty For The Pen

As the long Hot Stove season winds down and the winter transforms into spring, the Mets are seemingly finished with their off season makeover. The Mets first priority was to overhaul a bullpen that was overworked, ineffective, and had become the object of most Mets fans ire. Gone are Aaron Heilman and his lefthanded counterpart Scott Schoeneweis, and in a surprising move, young Joe Smith was banished as well. Heilman definitely needed a change of scenery, and I had such high hopes side-armer Joe Smith, but that pales in comparison to the addition of J.J. Putz and what he will mean to our bullpen in 2009. Schoeneweis, on the other hand, is a little different. It's unfortunate that he wasn't kept and used solely as our weapon against left handed hitter. In that regard, he was one of the best in the league. Now the Mets will be paying him $1.6 million dollars to be a lefty specialist for another team. It's a role he was born for, and one that the Mets never really considere...