Scott Hairston for Fernando Martinez? Former Top Prospect Released

Added by Eddie Utley on January 11, 2012.

Really??! Don’t expect Fernando Martinez to make it back to the Mets either. He may have arthritis and may never live up to the hype but waive him for Scott Freakin Hairston?

One thing I hated was that the way the Mets would never bring players up to fill backup roles. Like Nick Evans who after his first go-round, looked pretty good. Now he’s going to be a Met killer for the Pirates; which may be where Martinez ends up too.

Some team who values young players will take him. I never bought the hype but he is 23 and there is time for him to overcome some of the issues. And those issues are injuries. There are players who were always hurt and still productive and also players who were hurt early then relatively healthy.

You have Carrasco who is cannon fodder but I guess the Mets have to try to get their $1M+ out of him.

And let’s not forget the players Martinez could have been traded for…Manny Ramirez, CC Sabathia, Roy Oswalt, Dan Haren and others.

Speaking of waivers. Herrera too? So The Mets whiff on Wagner and get nothing and now Rodriguez too. The Mets got Chris Carter from the Red Sox instead of just taking the 2 picks and while Carter was okay. He was barely used and then they let him go. Same for Herrera. He looked like he could be a serviceable player but I guess we’ll never know.