Tom Glavine has been released by the Atlanta Braves, just as he was on the brink of returning from shoulder and elbow surgeries. Glavine had just enjoyed a 6-inning, 64-pitch outing in a final tuneup for Rome, an A-level minor league club. He did not allow any runs and 44 of those tosses were for … Read more
In Adam Rubin’s column today, it was suggested that the Mets might shake up the starting pitching rotation, and/or consider adding an eighth reliever to fit the role of long man:
Manuel mentioned after the Mets’ fourth straight loss that the club may be forced to add an eighth reliever, to guard against overworking the current bullpen with the starting pitchers not going deep enough into games.
Hmm … who might the Mets have who can fill that role?
Finally, the Mets signed Oliver Perez. The contract is a very fair three years at $36M. Not too much for the Mets to feel hamstrung in the event Ollie spends more time as Mr. Hyde, and not so little that Perez should feel slighted. And in fact, the three-year contract makes a lot of sense … Read more
According to Ken Rosenthal, the Chicago White Sox have signed Bartolo Colon to a one-year contract. Nice pickup by the ChiSox, who simply needed an extra guy to vie for a back-end rotation spot. They add Colon to the competition for the #5 slot and as insurance behind Jose Contreras, who is coming off an … Read more
At 10 am on Saturday, MLB.com reported that Pedro Martinez was anxious to return to the Mets, saying he had “unfinished business” to take care of. Twelve hours later, MLB.com was reporting that Martinez was negotiating with the Marlins, who would like to add the venerable righthander as a peer leader to their young staff. … Read more
Whew! That was a close one! Here it is mid-January, about a month before pitchers and catchers report, and the Mets were STILL without a fifth starter. That is, until a few hours ago, as the Mets came to terms with righthander Tim Redding. Now all they need to do is find a #3 and … Read more
Word is that Pedro Martinez plans to pitch in 2009. He may as well, since he’s finally healthy. Now the question: should the Mets bring him back? I think they’d be crazy not to — on a one year contract with heavy incentives. Currently the Mets have exactly two healthy starters returning to their rotation … Read more
