Say what now?

The following is this week's comment alongside the Mets' number 28 ranking in ESPN.com's Power Alley:

"With the veterans he's been able to unload, Jim Duquette has shown he's worthy of being the Muts' full-time GM."

Now, correct me if I'm way out of line here, but wouldn't he have to have actually gotten something useful in return for the veterans he unloaded to have shown he's worthy of that? Now I'm not saying he got absolutely nothing, or that a better GM could have necessarily gotten significantly more. But let's not act like unloading "proven veterans" in the final year of their contracts on contending teams is some kind of monumental achievement. I think it's too early to really tell whether Duquette will make a good long term solution for the Mets, but I still say if Billy Beane's available, he's the guy I want generally managing this team.  ¶ joe | 1:14 AM |