NY Mets 2008: Delgado at First?

 
I am writing this article based upon when and if Carlos Delgado plays this year.  After what people are calling an off year for Delgado in 2007, I would like to point out that an off year for Delgado is better than any one on the market, if there even is anyone else on the market.  Delgado batted .258 last year, and hit 24 home runs, and had 87 RBIs. Yes, for the $14,500,000 that the Mets are paying for him, these are terrible numbers, but given his age, 35, and the fact that before the 2007 season he underwent surgery, the numbers he put up in 2007 weren't too bad.  As a Mets fan I agree with many people that if Delgado put up the numbers he had in 2006. then the whole collapse wouldn't have happened.  I blame Delgado for the collapse more than Jose Reyes.  If Delgado comes back and puts up similar numbers that he had in 2007, it wouldn't be so bad.  I listen to WFAN in New York, and people keep mentioning names that the Mets should pursue in a trade. ... [link]

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