How the Mets Can Cure Their Ails in 2009

Hey, it's me, Lezgomets9. This is my first MLBlog ever. It's pretty cool. Anyway, today's blog is going to be about what I think the Mets should do this offseason. As everybody knows, the Mets' biggest need this offseason is pitching, specifically the bullpen. I heard that if all the Mets games ended in the sixth inning, the Mets wouldv'e won around 36 more games. Chew on that. I believe that to fix our closer situation we should sign Brian Fuentes. He was successful 30 out of 34 times in the 2008 season. Thirty saves in 34 opportunities is pretty good. I hear K-Rod's name a lot; I think that Francisco Rodriguez is a great player, but he is asking for way too much. He broke the single-season saves record, as we all know, but not a lot of people get 69 save opportunities. K-Rod set the record with 62 saves and blew seven saves. I think Fuentes is the better choice because he is a lot cheaper and has only a little less skill than K-Rod, or maybe even the same skill. That's my biggest concern ... (link)