Archive for November, 2007
Glavine Visits White House
Today’s New York Post reports about (former?) Mets pitcher Tom Glavine‘s trip to the White House.
Phillies Get Closer Lidge
The Philadelphia Phillies have traded for Houston Astros reliever Brad Lidge in a 5 player deal yesterday. This is a tremendous deal as it allows the Phillies to upgrade at closer as well as improve their starting pitching by allowing them to move Brett Myers back into the rotation. Myers notched a respectable 21 saves […]
Rockies Make Offer to Torrealba
The Denver Post reported yesterday that the Colorado Rockies have made an offer to their free agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba. It’s a two year offer. The article does not specify the dollar value of the offer but does say that “Torrealba is in line to go from $1 million to around $3 million annually”. If […]
Pedro, Moises Help TS Noel Survivors
Pedro Martinez and Moises Alou have launched a fund raising campaign to help survivors of Tropical Storm Noel. They have made a series of public service announcements that will appear on SNY, Mets.com and SNY.tv. If you’d like to make a tax deductible contribution send a check payable to the New York Mets Foundation (mark […]
Roster Moves
A few maneuvers occurred yesterday. Marlon Anderson‘s re-signing became official. Anderson got a two year contract worth $2.2 million. This is viewed as a key move to building a good bench for 2008. Jose Valentin‘s option was declined. The second baseman is now a free agent. This is no surprise. I thought he played ahead […]
The Men With The Golden Gloves
The Gold Glove award winners were announced today and two Mets players were among them. David Wright won the award at third base and Carlos Beltran won in the outfield. It is Wright’s first gold glove and Beltran’s second.
GMs Recommend Replay
News out of Orlando is that the general managers have recommended Major League Baseball’s first replay rule. The GMs recommended to limit the rule to use instant replays to calls where a home run may be fair or foul, balls either go over the fence or hit the top of the fence and bounce back […]
Perlozzo Moves to Seattle
Congratulations to former Mets third base coach Sam Perlozzo on being named to the same position with the Seattle Mariners.
More Players Accused of HGH Usage
The latest round of illegal substance accusations took another step today when the San Francisco Chronicle leveled some blows. The Chronicle reported that Seattle Mariners outfielder Jose Guillen, former Giants third baseman Matt Williams and former pitcher Ismael Valdez all bought human growth hormone. Though Williams says he took HGH on doctors orders to rehab […]
Current Thinking on ARod
Ken Davidoff reports in today’s Newsday that the Mets may not be so hot on signing Alex Rodriguez. When asked about the possibility of signing ARod, Omar Minaya said “We’re very happy with Jose Reyes. We’re very happy with David Wright. We’ve got two of the best young players at those positions in the game.” […]
