But I'm trying. For example, here's how low my standards have gotten: The Mets signed Mike Hessman today. If Mike Hessman came up to me and hit me in the head with a baseball bat, I wouldn't know who he was. Then again, if Mike Hessman came up to me and hit me in the head with a baseball bat, I'd be happy just because he made contact (he's a .229 career minor league hitter). And, he's 32 years old. For the Mets, that's a youth movement. - metstradamus
New England Sports Network, New England’s most-watched sports network, is welcoming another Hall of Famer to its family. Baseball writer and longtime ESPN and Boston Globe baseball analyst/reporter Peter Gammons has agreed to a multiyear deal to join NESN as a regular studio analyst, reporter and online contributor. - NESN
According to sources, there is a possibility that the Angels could trade OF Gary Matthews Jr. to the Mets for Luis Castillo. Matthews Jr., 35, hit .250 with 4 HR and 50 RBI for the Angels last season and is scheduled to earn 11.4MM in ‘10 and $12.4MM in ‘11. He has shown he can play when given the chance like from 2005 to 2007 with the Rangers and Angels. He's been in the dark with the Angels Benji Molina:ever since Torii Hunter signed. - link
The question is especially troubling because Mike Pelfrey took a major step backward last season, to the point where baseball people are whispering about him as a head case. All of which means the Mets are kidding themselves if they think they can contend in 2010 without someone to ride shotgun for Johan Santana at the top of the rotation, and the obvious choice should be free agent John Lackey. However, they don't seem willing to spend that kind of money this winter, though it remains hard to figure out why not, based on the higher revenues they have generated from their new stadium, including naming rights, and from their TV network. - networkedblogs
It’s possible that the Mets might swing a minor deal between now and Thursday afternoon, perhaps even grab catcher Bengie Molina or a mid-level starting pitcher off the free-agent pile. ... “Overall, I feel that some of the free agents that are out there,” Minaya said, “it’s going to take a little bit longer than in past Meetings.” As is custom at this point in the winter, the main snag between the Mets and some of their free-agent targets—Matt Holliday and John Lackey in an ideal world, Molina and Joel Pineiro in a more realistic one—is contract length. Many of the available mid-market starting pitchers are asking for contracts of more than two years, whereas the Mets are unwilling to commit long-term deals to most of them. - baseballthinkfactory
He was going to be the long-term post-John Stearns answer when we got him at the trading deadline in 1983. The other trading deadline acquisition of note that season was a Gold Glove first baseman. Later another catcher supplanted Junior Ortiz in making us forget Stearns. Still, I just mentioned Junior Ortiz in snarky passing last Friday. This is what happens when I take a few days off from blogging. -
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