Merry Christmas! Santa has given the Mets the gift of righthanded reliever Ryan Reid.
13-14 Offseason
Halfway There
Merry Christmas everyone. While the past few years with the Mets have tempered my enthusiasm for baseball somewhat (OK, greatly) this time of year does signal that we’ve reached the halfway point in the offseason. I think “halfway there” also describes the current state of the Mets offseason. FWIW, I do approve of both the … Read more
Why Won’t Mets Sign Stephen Drew?
According to reports from NASA, Scott Boras is still trying to get astronauts into Flushing. Should the Mets consider signing Stephen Drew, Kendrys Morales, or Neil Armstrong?
Youkilis To Japan, Pill To Korea, Stubbs to Colorado
Two more first basemen are off the market, with both fleeing to Asia.
Shin-Soo Chooses Taxless Texas
Remember the rumors — going all the way back to July — that the Mets’ main free-agent target would be Shin-Soo Choo? Well, so much for that.
In case you haven’t heard the news, outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has signed with the Texas Rangers for 7 years, $130M — which is reportedly $10M less than the contract offered by the New York Yankees earlier this winter.
Braves, Boston, Padres Wheeling and Dealing
At least three trades were made in the last 24 hours …
Roberts, Thornton, Benoit, Balfour, Veras, Others, Off the Table
With the flurry of moves over the past week, it seems as though the week of the winter meetings was a slow-down of the hot stove season. At the same time, it could be argued that the meetings led to many of the recent deals.