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BitterYoungHack said:No of course I don't want Kaz Matsui on my team, but the reception he gets from management and fans makes him out to be Armando Benitez crossbred with John Franco circa 1990-1998 crossbred with Roger Cedeno circa 2002-03.
He wasn't very good and he wasn't very healthy. But he didn't put a gun to the Mets' heads and say "Give me eight million a year." those jackals, like usual, were a year late and a player short when they said "Hey! This Matsui thing worked out well for the team that does everything right! We gotta get us one of them even though we have an all-world prospect at shortstop!"
He got hurt then had to switch positions. Not like he mailed it in for 2 1/3 years.
I'm not asking Willie to just play the guy and blow sunshine up his ash. But there's no reason either to kick him on his way out by saying "I wasn't here when he was signed." We know. He's not one of your guys.
It's not really fair to Willie to take that one sentence and say he kicked Kaz when he was down. Willie said a lot of less critical things about him, including that injuries were the biggest reason for his problems in NY. He didn't do or say anything overly harsh as far as Matsui is concerned. I don't really get all the disdain toward Randolph around here. His team is 15 games over .500 with a healthy lead over the almighty Braves even though he has only two consistent starting pitchers and Beltran has missed significant time. Hard to make the case that he sucks as a manager when you look at the standings.