Mets Bullpen

Last year, the New York Mets had 3 of the top prospects in baseball. Everything was planned out. Milledge in right, Fernando Martinez in center, and Carlos Gomez in left. Now, after the stupid trade with the Nationals, and the Johan Santana trade, our future in the outfield is left up to one guy - being Fernando Martinez.

Why did we trade Milledge? Everyone had to be thinking when we sent away Gomez to the Twins. It just doesn’t make sense. But it is something we will have to move on and look at the future.

Gomez is gone. There probably isn’t a Mets fan in the world  who cried to sleep last night because Gomez was gone. We have Johan Santana. The best pitcher in baseball. But, was Gomez going to be a future star?  We don’t know that.

Will Fernando Martinez live up to his hype and be a star?

In my opinion, it is too early to tell. Martinez, who is not even 20 yet, isn’t expected to be in the big leagues until 2011 or 2012. Is there too much reliance on him? Because at this point, there is really no way of telling the way he is going to play in the big leagues. Last year, Martinez only hit .265  with 4 homers and 21 RBIs. Not really “star” type playing. However, I think that F-Mart has a lot of time to continue working on his game in the minor leagues, and once he wears the Mets jersey, stepping on to Citi Field, the time will be his.