With Brian Schneider on the mend, and possibly re-joining the Mets this weekend, Adam Rubin reports that the Mets are seeking to trade Ramon Castro, keeping Omir Santos as the backup. Great. Except, what team is looking for an overpaid, overweight, underachieving backstop who can’t stay healthy? And what in the world are the Mets … Read more
A week ago, rumors were swirling around Nick Johnson and his possible move to either Boston or New York. Today, Ken Davidoff writes that Johnson, Austin Kearns, and Josh Willingham are the top pieces of trade bait for Washington. And according to Gordon Edes of Yahoo, the Nationals are scouting Jonathan Niese, Mike Antonini, and … Read more
According to David Lennon of Newsday, the Mets are considering Ben Sheets and Andy Pettitte to fill out their starting rotation. Per Lennon: For his part, Minaya has played it cool, suggesting that he has other options if Perez falls through. Two of the most intriguing names still available are Ben Sheets and Andy Pettitte, … Read more
According to various sources, the Atlanta Braves have offered Derek Lowe a 4-year, $60M contract. Seems just a tad bit higher than the 3/35 that “wasn’t offered” by the Mets. Further speculation is that Oliver Perez was offered three years and $30M by the Mets (or, maybe they didn’t — one never knows), and that … Read more
According to Ken Rosenthal, free-agent lefthanded Weeble Dennys Reyes is “drawing interest” from the Mets (among other teams). Please Omar, just say no. Reyes is coming off the second-best year of his career (ironically, in a walk year!), and is poised to fall back to the bottom of the barrel. Other than the season past … Read more
Back on October 21st, we threw out the idea of the Mets trading Luis Castillo to the Dodgers for Andruw Jones. Exactly ten days later, Joel Sherman dreamed up the same deal (hmm …. is it possible he reads MetsToday?). On Monday afternoon, Buster Olney reported that the Mets were indeed talking to the Dodgers … Read more
According to Rob Bradford of WEEI, the Mets are interested in Alex Cora. Why is this news? Why am I posting it? Further, someone tell me why there are actually some fans “disappointed” that the Mets didn’t sign Nick Punto? Has the world gone mad????? In all seriousness, I like Alex Cora. But not so … Read more
Ken Rosenthal’s latest column suggests that the Mets are interested in Juan Pierre. Per Rosenthal: Imagine Jose Reyes and Juan Pierre combining for 140 stolen bases at the top of the Mets’ batting order. The Mets may have interest in dealing for Juan Pierre. The idea is a longshot, but the Mets have shown interest … Read more
