I don’t know if you noticed (how could you not?) but it seems like every time a young player does something positive, we see discussions here, and even on WFAN yesterday regarding which GM brought that player to the Mets.
First, as I’ve said here I think Minaya did a better job than most give him credit for. Second, let us please stop pretending that Alderson has been here for 5+ years and has yet to produce a young talent. He’s been here for 1 full season. If there wasn’t a single talent in the Mets farm system for him to use, Minaya would have probably never worked in baseball again. He’s in a role that suits his skill set in San Diego.
However, I will say this. People often think that the criticisms of Minaya were geared towards having “nobody in the minors.” I don’t think that is true. I think it’s an exaggeration. I think the arguments are 3 fold
A) He went after aging veteran players through free agency, who would then cost the Mets valuable draft picks.
B) When h
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Kyle Drabek,
Josh Thole,
Ike Davis,
Ruben Tejada,
Kirk Nieuwenhuis,
Lucas Duda,
Jordany Valdespin,
Jonathon Niese,
Dillon Gee,
Michael Pelfrey,
Bobby Parnell,
Tyler Pastornicky,
Jason Heyward,
Tommy Hanson,
Brandon Beachy,
Mike Minor,
Randall Delgado,
Craig Kimbrel,
Paul Goldschmidt,
Justin Upton,
Josh Collmenter,
Bryan Shaw,
Darwin Barney,
Starlin Castro,
Tony Campana,
James Russell,
Jay Bruce,
Drew Stubbs,
Chris Heisey,
Devin Mesoraco,
Todd Frazier,
Mike Leake,
Aroldis Chapman,
Logan Ondrusek,
Sam Lecure,
Troy Tulowitzki,
Wilin Rosario,
Juan Nicasio,
Rex Brothers,
Jason Castro,
Jose Altuve,
J.D. Martinez,
Brian Bogusevic,
Bud Norris,
Clayton Kershaw,
Josh Lindblom,
Logan Morrison,
Chris Coghlan,
Steve Cishek,
Mat Gamel,
Freddy Galvis,
Vance Worley,
Joe Savery,
Antonio Bastardo,
Pedro Alvarez,
Alex Presley,
Tony Watson,
Nick Hundley,
Chase Headley,
Will Venable,
Cory Luebke,
Buster Posey,
Brandon Belt,
Madison Bumgarner,
Tim Lincecum,
Sergio Romo,
Daniel Descalso,
Jon Jay,
Jaime Garcia,
Danny Espinosa,
Ryan Zimmerman,
Bryce Harper,
Stephen Strasburg,
Ross Detwiler,
Craig Stammen,
Terry Collins,
Wally Backman,
Mike Baxter,
David Freese,
Mat Latos,
Wade LeBlanc,
Eric Sogard,
Jason Kipnis,
Clayton Richard,
Jake Peavy
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