link - The Mets can trade Carlos Beltran now that the center fielder has cleared waivers, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Beltran has a no-trade clause and $24MM remaining on his contract, so a trade remains highly unlikely. Beltran has hit just .195/.300/.312 since recovering from January knee surgery, so his trade value would not be high even if he didn’t have a no-trade clause and so much remaining on his contract. Earlier today, MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes wondered if the Mets could trade the center fielder this winter.
link - No other Mets ownership decision this season speaks to this organization’s continuing dysfunction than the refusal to release the useless lefty Oliver Perez and swallow the remainder of the contract, which now equals approximately $15.5 million including $12 million for next season. Yes, it’s a painfully large number that would stick in anyone’s throat, even Hal Steinbrenner’s gold-plated gullet. But the Mets are going to wind up paying it anyway. No one is taking Perez this offseason. It’s only a question of whether the Wilpons are going to pay Perez to go away, where he can no longer damage the team, or whether they are going to pay him to remain on the roster, where he does damage to the cause every single day
link -Juan Urbina, LHP, Grade C: 5.76 ERA with 28/11 K/BB in 30 innings in rookie ball, 32 hits. Just 17 years old, much too early to conclude anything.
link - In a year in which many pitching prospects have hit a wall for the Mets, there are a duo of struggling young arms that the Mets might want to move. Righty Scott Moviel has put up some ugly numbers this year, but is trying to turn things around in relief work. His freakish 6'11'' stature gives him upside and trade value. There are plenty of teams out there that will love to see what they could do with his body type.
link - Speculation on a replacement for Don Wakamatsu is sure to begin with former Rangers and Mets manager Bobby Valentine, currently working for ESPN after a successful stint managing the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Valentine, 62, finished his playing career with the Mariners in 1979. He has a 1,117-1,072 record in 15 years as a major-league manager. Another top candidate could be former Mariners second baseman Joey Cora, a finalist for the job when Zduriencik hired Wakamatsu in November 2008. Cora, who is Ozzie Guillen’s bench coach with the Chicago White Sox, has long expressed his desire to manage the Mariners. The other finalists in 2008, besides Cora, were current Padres hitting coach Randy Ready, Red Sox coaches DeMarlo Hale and Brad Mills (the latter since hired as Astros manager), Cardinals coach Jose Oquendo and Diamondbacks coach Chip Hale
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