Mets Today - The Hot Stove Edition

We have Johan Santana in orange and blue, but there are still some fairly prominent pitchers (or at least, prominent names) out there ready for the taking.
In particular:
- Livan Hernandez
- Kyle Lohse
- Freddy Garcia
- Bartolo Colon
- Shawn Chacon
- Byung-Hyun Kim
- Ron Villone
- Odalis Perez
Livan looks to be headed to the Nats, so he’ll have [...]

So there’s supposedly a video of Pedro Martinez and Juan Marichal involved in a cockfight in the Dominican Republic. I haven’t seen it, and don’t want to. I’ve been struggling with the issue all day, because on the one hand I’ve truly enjoyed rooting for Pedro since he became a Met but I also hold [...]

A couple days ago, Seth Stohs gave us one Minnesota fan’s perspective on the Johan Santana trade. For me, one angle isn’t enough, so I reached out to Joshua Taylor of Taylor’s Twins Talk for a second opinion. And yes, we’re going to milk this trade for all its worth. After all, Omar Minaya made [...]

While we Mets fans continue to bask in the afterglow of obtaining Johan Santana, it should be noted that acquiring the ace — while extremely important to the Mets’ hopes — is not necessarily the key to winning the NL pennant (or the NL East, for that matter).
Rather, it could be argued that the key [...]

Enough of what we think of the Johan Santana trade — what about the other side? How do Twins fans feel about getting four top prospects from the New York Mets?
Twins blogger Seth Stohs of SethSpeaks.net, claims he was neither “thrilled nor disappointed” with the Santana-to-Mets deal … but that wasn’t enough for me. [...]

In the aftermath of the Johan Santana deal, there were immediate grumblings by pundits that the Twins “settled” for the Mets’ package of Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra. The general theory is that the Twins had stronger offers from the Red Sox and Yankees, but they wanted to get Santana out [...]

Only a few days ago you saw that former first-rounder Sean Burnett was pitching well in winter ball, and might be on his way to a successful comeback after several arm issues.
Well wouldn’t you know that the Pittsburgh Pirates have just DFA’d Burnett, to make room on the roster for Ray Olmedo?
I realize we think [...]

Spring training is less than two weeks away, but it’s still pretty cold up here in the northeast.
If you haven’t already, be sure to visit the MetsToday Store and pick up some cold weather gear that will keep you warm in the winter months.
For example:

Mets wool winter hat

Mets classic knit beanie
Mets knit scarf
Mets “to the [...]

On the heels (pun intended) of the Mets acquisition of Johan Santana, a nearly as exciting announcement is the release of Nike “Dunk Low” NY Mets “House of Hoops Exclusive” sneakers.
Hat tip to MetsToday reader archeress for the scoop.
Here’s a shot of the new sneaker:

Also, hat tip to my wife, who points out that you [...]

In case you missed it, Johan Santana signed a six-year, $137.5M contract extension with the New York Mets. The contract includes an $18.5M club option that could keep Johan in the orange and blue through 2014.
Santana will take a physical today (Saturday) to officially complete the deal.
Braves catcher Brian McCann responded to the [...]