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Endy Hurts Other Hammy
It’s mid January. We’re heading down the home stretch of the off season with spring training starting next month. It’s been pretty much a quiet off season with the exception of the Lastings Milledge trade. From here on out we’ll start hearing about things that may or may not have ramifications on spring training. Look, […]
Duaner Signed
Yesterday the Mets signed Duaner Sanchez to a 1 year contract worth $850,000. This is a potentially big signing if Sanchez can rebound from injuries that have kept him on the shelf the last year and a half. The Mets also signed Juan Padilla to a minor league deal.
Mets Get Pagan
Over the weekend the Mets acquired outfielder Angel Pagan from the Cubs for 2 minor leaguers. This is obviously not a blockbuster deal but for some reason still had many people questioning the motivation of the deal. I don’t question it at all. It’s consistent with Omar Minaya’s track record. He usually stockpiles middle of […]
Phillies No Longer Looking To Lohse
Word is that Philadelphia has dropped out of the bidding on Kyle Lohse. The sticking point with the Phillies was the Lohse camp, headed by agent Scott Boras, insisting on a fourth years and the Phillies refusing to give more than three. Boras claims to have a bidder at four years which is believed to […]
Mets Get Wise, Sign Matt
Yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that there was no real news to report. Omar Minaya must have read what I wrote and decided to throw me a bone yesterday when he signed right handed reliever Matt Wise to a one year contract yesterday. It’s a small bone but a bone nonetheless.
Mets Sign Trio To Minor League Deals
In a day of teams letting go of some of their players the Mets actually added a few new faces. Catchers Raul Casanova & Gustavo Molina and right hander Nate Field were signed to minor league deals and invited to spring training.
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
As expected the Mets non tendered Johnny Estrada yesterday. I’m not so sure that was the right move. But this officially makes the move of Guillermo Mota complete. The Mets essentially moved Mota and his salary to Milwaukee for nothing. Other Mets who were non tendered are Juan Padilla and Ben Johnson. The Mets did […]
Non-Tender Day
Today could be a very bug day in baseball. It’s non-tender deadline day. Today is the last day a team may offer a contract to their arbitration eligible players or allow them to become free agents. The Mets have several players in this category including Oliver Perez, Aaron Heilman, Pedro Feliciano, Duaner Sanchez and the […]
More Pitching Updates
The Mets will reportedly need to give up John Maine if they hope to land Oakland’s Dan Haren. It also seems that no longer having Lastings Milledge as a bargaining chip may hurt the Mets run at Haren. Livan Hernandez remains a possibility if the Mets fail to land Johan Santana, Haren or Erik Bedard. […]
Pitching Update
Pitching is the key word for the Mets this off season so let’s take a quick look at what’s going on there. After being thought to be out of the race for Johan Santana because of a refusal to deal Jose Reyes the Mets have been linked to the Twins in negotiations for the star […]
