New York Post - Mets' GM Omar Minaya has been watching the World Series and believes that the rival Phillies have a chance to be very good for a long time.
"Every time a team goes deep into the playoffs and wins a World Series, that built-in experience gives a team a different level of confidence; it definitely makes a team better," Minaya said. "I think it is especially true if you keep your nucleus together, and that [Philadelphia's] nucleus will be together."
Joe Blanton, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, Brett Myers, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Ruiz, Chase Utley, Shane Victorino, and Jayson Werth are all in their prime years and under contract through 2009.
"Their core players are still going to be there, and we know they are definitely going to be good going forward," Minaya said. "It would be a lie to say that I don't watch what these other teams do, the acquisitions they make. But we have to concentrate solely on our team." [READ] |
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