Monthly Archives: October 2007

Bats Available

Scouring the transaction wire, it looks like a few potential bats are available. Olmedo Saenz Saenz was granted free agency by the Dodgers after hitting .191 in 2007. The 37-year-old was considered among the best righthanded pinch-hitters in baseball (even … Continue reading

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Southpaws Available

It’s interesting that lefthanded pitchers are supposedly so valuable to MLB teams, yet there seem to be so many available. There certainly isn’t a shortage of supply of LOOGYs out there — and most of them come cheap. This isn’t … Continue reading

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Updates: LoDuca, Castillo, Duaner

According to the Daily News: Luis Castillo has undergone knee surgery and should be 100% by January 1, 2008. Duaner Sanchez will be pitching for the Gigantes in the Dominican, starting on December 1. Moises Alou’s $7.5 million team option … Continue reading

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Mike Carp Update

As we’ve gone over in the past few weeks, the Mets don’t have much in the way of trading chips, with most being prospects that may be overvalued by the Mets brass. That said, here is an update on Mike … Continue reading

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Omar: No Message for Rudy

If you “get” that headline, then you are at least as old as me and share my eclectic taste in music. So the breaking news (hat tip to Isuzudude, who probably should be running this blog lately) is that Rudy … Continue reading

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Coffee Talk: Top Mets Prospects

Loyal reader “Isuzudude” has posed a great topic: All are welcome to answer this question, but in particular I’m looking to get the opinions of those among us who really keep track of this stuff. Discounting anyone who has played … Continue reading

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Premiere for Mathematically Alive

Wanted to let everyone know about the premiere of the documentary “Mathematically Alive”, which focuses on the lives of Mets fans during the 2006 season. The premiere will be held at Rutgers University from November 9th through 11th. From the … Continue reading

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Glavine, Johan, etc.

Some interesting buzz affecting the Mets … let’s go over them one by one. Johan Santana Peter Abraham at the Journal News speculates the cost of Johan Santana. The way he sees it, for the Yankees to pry Johan from … Continue reading

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