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Rick Peterson was interviewed by Francesa the other week and I found it incredibly interesting to hear his take on the 2007 collapse that sent the Mets into a tailspin they haven't recovered from. Basically he shat on Omar cause the Mets had no depth and had luminaries like Brian Lawrence making important starts down the stretch. Phil Humber had to make his big league debut in mid-collapse. Jorge Sosa, Scott Schoeneweis, and Aaron Heilman were sucking but needed to go out there every night since there was no other choice. It was ridiculous.
And it's a problem that wasn't quite so evident in 2006. Many of the replacement starting pitchers who had been called up that year sucked but were bailed out by the ricockulous offense and bullpen the Mets had. But once injuries set in in '07 and beyond, the lack of depth was exposed. Probably Omar's biggest downfall as GM.
Fortunately, depth seems like Alderson's strong point and unlike in years past I'm actually comfortable with the amount of depth in AAA once the need to call guys up arises. Think the Mets can at least stay in contention until late August/early September.
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