A lot of news, features, and opinions out there today. Let’s get to them.
A deal with Oliver Perez seems to be imminent. NJ.com reports the two are still far apart, but the Mets are now willing to up their offer. I speculate the final numbers will be around four-years, $48 million.
One pitcher the Mets were [...]
Howard Megdal and Konstantin Medvedovsky wrote this piece in The Perpetual Post talking about the undervaluing/overvaluing of Adam Dunn. Dunn’s value has dropped to around $5 million a year, and maybe for just one year.
Here is what I think:
If the Mets knew Dunn was going to be available for so cheap, they should have bought out Carlos Delgado and [...]
Eddie D’Anna is not happy about the Mets going to the World Baseball Classic. Here are the participants from Queens:
Dominican Republic – Jose Reyes
Venezuala – Francisco Rodriguez
Puerto Rico – Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Pedro Feliciano
United States – David Wright, Brian Schneider, J.J. Putz
Fortunately, Johan Santana, who was invited to play for Venezuela, will not participate. However, Peter [...]
Following the Winter Meetings, the Mets made a splash in the off season, signing closer Francisco Rodriguez, and then trading for J.J. Putz. Omar Minaya saw the Mets needed fixing, and was getting it done.
Or so it seemed. Aside from the bullpen, there were still holes in the offense and starting pitching. They are still [...]
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