Bid farewell to Joe Morgan, who signed a free-agent deal with Detroit, joining former Met Reggie Smith. Stings because...
A) Could have used Morgan in the World Series but his broken hand rendered him unavailable and we lose to the Tigers.
B)Morgan is 35 and has been injury-plagued the last few years. Love him and thank him for his time in Flushing but we're cool with moving on.
We fill the hole at second base with the free-agent signing of Rennie Stennett. It would be absolutely unfair to compare him to Morgan, a HOF, but Stennett is a pro who has put up quality numbers in his short career...and he's 27 to Morgan's 35.
Waiting to hear from OF Rick Manning, who we offered. He would be a decent fourth outfielder for us.
In the draft, we landed a Bulldog in RHP Orel Hershiser, along with OF Gary Pettis, C Mark Parent and IF Mario Diaz.