Pittsburgh traded RHRP Chris Resop to Oakland for RHSP Zach
Thorton.
Florida claims 1B/OF Joe Mahoney from
Baltimore
Seattle signed P Josh Kinney to
a 1-yr. contract
The Cubs signed RP Kyuji Fujikawa from
Japan - two-year, $9.5M deal
Brewers announce acquisition of RHP Burke
Badenhop from #Rays for outfielder Raul Mondesi Jr
Indians picked up Mike McDade off
waivers from Toronto
The Blue Jays currently have three catchers on their 40-man
roster: Travis D’Arnoud, John Buck, and J.P. Arencibia. Ken
Rosenthal of FOX Sports says the Blue Jays are most likely to trade
Arencibia, and the Mets and Jays have discussed a deal for Arencibia around Jon Niese. However, Rosenthal adds, “The Jays
might need to offer more than Arencibia to acquire such a pitcher, but aren’t
necessarily eager to make that type of move.” Rosenthal says the Jays could
alternatively look to sign a lower-end free agent starting pitcher or sign
multiple players to Minor League contracts to add the depth they seek. (Matthew Cerrone - MetsBlog.com - The Mets and Jays talked a lot last season,
so much so that people close to the team often mentioned Jon Niese and
d’Arnaud. No deal ever materalized, but, with Sherman’s report, plus
Ricciardi’s knowledge of their farm system, it stands to reason these teams
would again be talking.).
First of all… see? Niese can demand at least
two top prospects. He’s an established major league lefty who is young and
cheap.
Toronto is the team with far too
many catchers. I’m sure the Mets want nothing to do with the Buck contract, so
it’s just a matter whether they offer up D’Arnoud or Arencibia, Either one
project as a long term solution for the Mets catcher position.
What would be interesting if the
Mets could also pull off a Dickey for Wil Myers (+
one more prospect). Overnight you solve your lineup at the expense of the 2013
rotation, but you still have Santana, Harvey, and Gee… you can resign Mike Pelfrey for the SP4… and guys like Jenrry Mejia and Collin McHugh
can fill in until Zack Wheeler is ready.
Help is on the way in 2014 from Rafael Montero.
Lineup: SS Tejada, 2B Murphy, 3B Wright, 1B Davis, CF
Myers, C Arencibia, RF Duda, LF Baxter/Nieuwenhius
Eno Sarris@enosarris
- man I guess people are done w/ Lucas Duda in the OF. might be letting my personal
knowledge of how hard he tries at D sway me. (also: team needs)
IMO, everthing comes down to whether or not
Duda is being called upon to carry this team with his bat. You pull off the two
deals I mentioned above and Duda falls into a nice 7th hitter who
will produce, in a bad year, 25-30-HRs.I wouldn’t give up on him let, and
should especially wait until the Winter Meetings are complete
(I’m at work
again, writing this from Midnight-2am Sunday morning (no Internet access).
Because of ‘The War Room, nothing I say here
will post up until Monday at 8am. I will make any changes between now and then
if something happens.)
I still like Duda as a
serviceable right fielder in a great lineup. He’s also much better than anyone
out there on the secondary FA market.
ESPN’s Buster Olney reports
that the Mets have increased their offer to R.A. Dickey.
The details of the offer are still unclear, but Dickey is reportedly looking
for a two-year extension worth more than $20 million. Olney writes that the
Mets were "stunned" by Andy Pettitte‘s
one-year, $12 million contract with the Yankees and it’s possible that the deal
could be used as a reference in extension talks. If the sides can't work out
anything before spring training, Dickey will likely be traded. (The Mets have
fielded six or seven calls from teams that would like to meet at the Winter
Meetings and discuss trading for R.A. Dickey, reports CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman).
Another conflicting report from two of the
better beat reporters out there. Let’s remember their job. It’s to check out
what they are told, look for a second source, and print what they are told.
Sometimes, the second source step is bypassed, but only if you are talking to
someone who has given you good information before.
My problem is I just don’t know
the difference between a phone call that asks: would you trade RA Dickey to me
and what for’, and ‘who do you have that’s in play’? Sandy Alderson would
definitely answer the last question with a list of players that included
Dickey, but is that someone that wants to meet with you and discuss the
possibilities of trading for Dickey.
This initial conversation could
easy go like this:
Team A: ‘Hey
Sandy, I’m looking for a starter. You got one for me?”
Alderson: “I’ve got a list of prospects not 2013 ready and I’m taking
inquiries on both Niese and Dickey.”
Team A: “Okay, my plane lands at
4pm. I’ll text you and we’ll get a beer.”
Absolutely
nothing just happened… but… if there are this many teams that are really
interesting in Dickey, I’m sure Alderson can get the team a top outfielder for
the future.
