Next Move At Catcher?
The not exactly unexpected re-signing of Jorge Posada by the Yankees for four-years at $52 million occured last night. I like to think that Mets general manager Omar Minaya is smart enough to know that his odds of landing Posada were very slim and already has someone else targeted at catcher. Paul Lo Duca‘s agent said that he has not been contacted by the Mets leading him to believe his client is not very high up on the team’s wish list.
In the meantime Yorvit Torrealba‘s agent has said that his client will not sign with his former team, the Colorado Rockies. The agent said he has spoken with Minaya but was not allowed to talk money until today, the first day for free agents to talk money with teams other than their former team.
It also has been rumored that the Mets may try to make a trade with the Baltimore Orioles for Ramon Hernandez. Hernandez was rumored to be going to the Mets a couple of years ago as a free agent until the Mets got Lo Duca and Hernandez signed with Baltimore.
Minaya is hoping to keep Ramon Castro, also a free agent, as the teams backup catcher. It is not known what is more important to him: money or a starting job. It looks like we’ll find that out sooner rather than later.
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