Scott Kazmir’s Thoughts on Mets Trade
It is always intriguing to hear what former Mets have to say about the team. Most players give the politically correct garbage which I’m a fan of, and sometimes you get the angry players like Lastings Milledge and Paul Lo Duca. Milledge was so immature and never said anything good about the Mets after being traded. Lo Duca bashed the Mets down in D.C., but he was kissing their rear ends when he was on WFAN with Joe and Evan in New York. That’s a hypocrite.
Today, the New York Daily News found out that Scott Kazmir had this to say about being traded to the Rays in 2004…
“It turned out to be a blessing. If that doesn’t happen, I don’t pitch in the majors as soon as I did. If that doesn’t happen I’m not on this team, sitting in first place and hoping for October.”
The article also explained that Kazmir thought it was “a huge shock” when the Mets traded him, and he felt “heartbroken” because he never got the chance to make it to the Majors. I want to make two points about this. First, the Mets have always lacked the knack for spotting talent. It always seems like players that come up the farm system play better after leaving the Mets. Second, the players also seem to like it better not playing in New York.
