Remember when we could have acquired Roy Haladay for a deal built around Fernando Martinez? Man those were the days. The Mets signed F- mart when he was sixteen and not at age 23 have cast him off in to the nether world of the waiver wire. I would like to get mad and say we should have traded him but no one could have seen this coming, I mean a 23 year old with riddled with injuries and arthritis is not exactly something you predict. Most of the deal cames at a time when the Mets were making a lot of "win now" signings and holding onto to F-Mart and Mejia became Omar Minaya's only real investment in the future (now that we are living in that future and both of those guys bombed, I kind of wish we had held back ore prospects).
Fernando came up and down to the show playing a total 47 games and putting up .183/.250/.290 with an amazingly unlucky bat, posting a .212 BABIP. While he was well below the Mendoza line in hitting he was only a little below average defensively, coming in with a -.9 UZR, about a run worse than the average triple A call up. He showed occasional flashed of brilliance in the minors, but never enough to meet the loft expectations he was awarded.
How do I feel about this? Bad for F-Mart certainly, but he is only 23, perhaps if he can stay healthy he can put together a productive season. Mostly I am happy to see him go. Every time we lose another piece of the Minaya years I feel like we are shedding the shackles of the mid 2000's and moving ever closer to a new Mets team with fresh expectations and a brighter future.
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