I just read this piece by Jonah Keri on ESPN.com claiming that if Mike Mussina wins 20 games this year, then he's a no-doubt Hall of Famer. Help me come to terms with this and work through my feelings of doubt and revulsion.

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The Mets' bullpen looks bad right now, no doubt. But relief pitching is always massively overvalued in mid-season trades, and the Mets have no business making unfavorable deals for the "last piece" since there are so many pieces they need. Furthermore, the bullpen struggles are only so prominent and disastrous-seeming because the team's hitting has been so lackluster, with a starting lineup consisting of 50% great hitters and 50% sub-replacement-level players who should be sitting on the bench -- in New Orleans.

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Wayne Krivsky, who GMed the Reds until earlier this year, has been hired as a "special assistant" to Omar Minaya, presumably to work on scouting and player development stuff. While Krivsky ran the Reds, he made one deal that a lot of people complained about (dealing Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez, and prospect Ryan Wagner to the Nationals essentially for bullpen help), but on balance his record there looks pretty decent, including some pretty good trades. If he's being groomed as Omar's (or Bernazard's) replacement, we could probably do a lot worse.