I consider myself a pretty big Mets fan and after seeing the second worst collapse in baseball history (I still think the Yankees blowing a 3-0 lead in the ALCS to the Red Sox is the worst!), you have to think they are in need of some change. Picking up Alou's option is a good move. I would love to see them move Delgado and get a number 3 or 4 starter via free agency. Should they re-sign LoDuca or make a play for Posada? We can debate that all day.
But the one move I would have definitely say they SHOULD NOT make is signing A-Rod. I don't care if he is willing to give a sentimental discount to the team he rooted for as a kid. Like Peter Gammons put it as the Red Sox were winning thw World Series, A-Rod is not a winner. He's a great player with all the right physical tools. But he is missing one element that is very important and that is character. Jeter has it, Messier had it, Tom Brady has it. A-Rod doesn't and no matter how much a team pays him, it's not something he will ever be able to buy either.
For all his gawdy stats and monster home runs, he is lacking the one thing that makes certain players legendary. Deciding to announce that he will opt out of his contract and become a free agent during the deciding game of the World Series is proof. It also shows he has no respect for the game.
No matter how many home runs he may hit at CitiField or how many RBI he may have as a Met, it won't be worth the disruption that will inevitably follow him. Shame on the Mets for not learning their lesson when they tried to get Reyes to move to second base for Kaz Matsui. Asking David Wright to move to second base or first base would be a huge error in judgement and probably ruin aruguably their best and most marketable player.
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