Lyon's den.....

The Mets won in 2006 with a dominant offense and bull-pen that compensated for a mediocre rotation. As Omar focused on improving the rotation I think he took the other components for granted and of the two the bull-pen suffered the most. In 2006 the team had four players with closing experience ( Wagner/Julio/Sanchez/Bradford) and Heilman who they thought had set-up potential. Basically the Mets had three innings of closers and several specialists. The results were that if the team took a lead to the 7th the game was over.....The Mets need to get back to that formula. I would keep Luis Ayala as a set-up man and Duaner Sanchez, the second year is generally the rebound year and even if he's in-effective it won't be hard to send him down. While continuing to develop Smith with Heilman and Schoeneweis leaving. Then I would acquire a true closer, lefty specialist and set-up man. Brandon Lyon is a 29 y/o right handed reliever who is eligible for free agency this year and would be ...