A few news updates to get you through your Monday, beginning with Johan Santana …
Assuming Johan can come back from his season-ending injury, he will return to Minnesota next April.
francisco rodriguez
Where Did K-Rod Go Wrong?
MetsToday reader “Andy” sent me this email:
Joe,
I’d love to see your take on the millions of dollars K-Rod lost so that Scott Boras could have his cut on his next contract. Looks like $5.5M less for K-Rod and $800,000 more for Boras, right?
Funny, Francisco Rodriguez became
Mets Hot on Dotel?
Anthony Di Como is reporting that the Mets may be “in the running” for reliever Octavio Dotel.
If so, they’re at least a year too late — and probably, still a dollar too short.
A Look Back: Michael Young
From time to time during this offseason, we’re going to randomly look back at some MetsToday posts from the past and see how they look now, with the benefit of hindsight. To start, I offer you this suggestion made in early February 2011: Would You Trade for Michael Young? At the time, the Rangers had … Read more
K-Rod Shows True Colors
In case you missed it, former Mets closer and current Brewers setup man Francisco Rodriguez (a.k.a., “K-Rod”) is unhappy in his current role.
Huh.
It seems that Mr. Rodriguez is dissatisfied with being “just” a setup man on a first-place team bound for the playoffs.
Perhaps he’d prefer to be a closer on a team that is 7 games under .500, 25 games out of first, has been mathematically eliminated from the postseason in the second week of September, and on the verge of sinking to fourth place? After all, winning isn’t everything.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel:
Mets Get Rejects in Return for K-Rod
In case you missed it, the Mets completed their trade with the Brewers — the one that sent Francisco Rodriguez to Milwuakee. In for K-Rod, the Mets received two pitchers who did not fit into the plans of the Brewers, nor the teams they were with immediately prior. But that doesn’t mean they can’t fit into the Mets plans.
Before we discuss the two hurlers the Mets received, it may be fun to look at some of the names thrown around in the comments section of the July post announcing K-Rod’s departure, and in the story and comments of Dan Capwell’s PTBNL article. Seems we all were way off, because the two players the Mets received were
Blog Roundup: Reality Edition
With 8 weeks left in the regular season, reality is settling in like a haze around Citi Field. After losing 5 in a row, the Mets appear to have finally run out of magic. But what does the blogosphere think?: Real Dirty Mets has a real dirty look at the problems that face Sandy Alderson Faith and Fear wishes … Read more
Behind the Scenes of K-Rod’s Trade
Prior to being traded, Francisco Rodriguez made it known to Terry Collins that he wanted to eliminate the $17.5 vesting option in his contract. Rodriguez, according to the NY Times, felt it was interfering with how the Mets were using him as a closer. In a non save situation a few weeks prior to the … Read more