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Hey, it's me, Lezgomets9. This is my first MLBlog ever. It's pretty cool... Anyways, 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 Fuentes.  He was successful 30 out of 34 times in the 2008 season.  30 saves in 34 opportunities, pretty good.  I hear K-Rods name a lot, I think that K-Rod 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 oppurtunities.  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 a little less skill than K-Rod or maybe even the same skill. That's my biggest ... (link)

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