Do you want to come up with a sure fire way to make sure
your top player becomes a free agent when his contract runs out?
This one is easy… renew the contract of OF Mike Trout for only $20,000 above
the league minimum.
I mean, wouldn’t this be a good time to throw 200K to a guy
that right now is the best player in baseball?
Trout’s agent, Craig Landis, responded with: "During
the process, on behalf of Mike, I asked only that the Angels compensate Mike
fairly for his historic 2012 season, given his service time. In my opinion,
this contract falls well short of a 'fair' contract and I have voiced this to
the Angels throughout the process. Nonetheless, the renewal of Mike's contract
will put an end [to] this discussion."… which, in my old neighborhood of
Ozone Park means, ‘another time, another place, my friend…”
Trout will become a free agent in 2018.
So the Mets and their fans are busy dreaming, particularly about their
young pitching, notably about Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler. Imagining them as near-future Nos. 1-2
in a stacked young rotation with Jon Niese behind
them, and some combination of Dillon Gee, Cory Mazzoni,
Rafael Montero, Noah Syndegaard, Hansel Robles and Darin Gorski filling out the starting five.
Click on Sherman’s name to read the rest of the article,
but it really doesn’t matter what he wrote. The important thing here is that
he’s writing about Mets pitching prospects… period. This is how trades
begin. Stories are written for major newspapers like the New York Post and
General Managers of other teams call their head of scouting and get at least
one of their chief scouts assigned to each of these prospects for the next
three months.
Do
you honestly think anybody knew what a Hansel Robles was a month ago?
Shaun Marcum (shoulder) will return to Grapefruit League action on Tuesday. Marcum was
removed from the Mets' spring training rotation for a little over a week while
he did some strengthening of his pitching shoulder. His shoulder gave him
issues last spring, as well, but he was able to take his first turn once the
regular season began. Barring a setback, that should be the case again this
year.
Take this for exactly what it is… a veteran taking his
time in an extended spring training… nothing more. Watch for Latroy Hawkins to
quickly follow
@jorgeccastillo: Johan Santana just
threw some long toss and is doing some light throwing from a mound
Kevin Burkhardt - @KBurkhardtSNY - Alderson
said it would be 10 days until Santana got on a mound. That was yesterday. Time
flies! My take on the Johan Santana story is simple- I think he was stunned how
his arm simply didn't respond after his 2nd bullpen. He rested all winter,
which he thought he needed after 3 offseasons of rehab. Arm is simply not
responding, and it has suprised him.
Andy Martino - @MartinoNYDN - Technical reason for Santana throwing
bullpen today was got up to 180 feet long tossing, which was plan all along. But
asked friend of Santana's if this was also "Bleep you, I can throw a
bullpen just fine." That person said stories prob "motivated
him."… Meanwhile, Santana, appearing displeased to be center of attention
this morning, said "What is spring training for? Training."
$25million a year… ya know, shut the fuck up and get up
on the mound…
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