Fire Omar?

Aidan, I know you're upset. But seriously, could anyone have predicted the extent of these injuries? The Mets have lost practically all of their decent players. Those injuries had nothing to do with management. Maybe Frankie blew a few saves, but really, all closers do that. And it makes sense for a manager to go to his $37 million investment. After spending that much money on someone, you can't not use him in the only situation where he would be used. This season was lost for the Mets, but it was not the fault of Jerry or Omar. I don't really know why I'm defending them, but maybe it's because you hate on them incessantly.
Just for the record, Boston is 7 up in the Wild Card.

Wagner has been claimed on waivers

Apparently it is the Red Sox or Rays. I do not like it. Both those teams will screw us. I'd rather keep Wags, and get 2 draft picks next year, (he's a Type A free agent) or make him the closer and trade Blow-Rod. Because Blow-Rod's walk rate is higher than ever, and his k-rate is lower then ever, all signs of a pitcher's decline. And he has a player option in 2012 for $17.5 million.

Other Options to Close

After Frankie's recent meltdowns, I have decided to write a post exploring who would be a better closer. I'm using a stat called clutch, from fangraphs. It measures how well you do compared to normal situations, which is why it's called clutch. Seeing how being a closer means you are clutch, I'm going to see how clutch some of our bullpen members have been. The formula is WPA/pLI- WPA/LI. What the hell does that mean? WPA is win probability added. pLI is a player's average leverage. WPA/LI is the win probability divided by Leverage for every event in a game. Okay, still with me? The most clutch pitcher on the Mets is Johan Santana. Brian Stokes is the most clutch revliever, with a Clutch of .69. (The leader this year in the Majors, Arroyo (!!!) is 1.41)
Pedro Feliciano could be an option, with a rating of .26. K-Rod, btw is -.50. With such greats such as Takahashi, and Switzer.