Roberto Hernandez

t to mention, Minaya’s inexplicable decisions not to re-sign Darren Oliver, Chad Bradford and Roberto Hernandez after the 2006 season.  Instead, he tendered Guillermo Mota a two-year contract despite the fact that Mota was to serve a 50-game suspension at the beginning of ’07 for using performance enhancing drugs.  And we all know how that signing turned out…

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idea of trading for Xavier Nady, the outfielder the Mets traded to the Pirates for Oliver Perez and Roberto Hernandez in 2006.  While Nady's powerful right-handed bat and ability to play first base make him a perfect solution to the Mets' needs, I think many Mets fans tend to underestimate the Pirates' affinity for him.  Although Pittsburgh has not made the playoffs since the Barry Bonds era, their organization is not simply a well of talent from which big-market contending teams can pick and choose players to acquire (despite how that may sometimes seem to be the case).

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