Entries from December 2007

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Santana Is Still Up In The Air for NY

George Steinbrenner was quoted earlier saying
“It’s up to Minnesota what they want to do and I assume they’re still thinking about trading him. As far as what I’m going to do, I don’t know…The door’s not closed. I’m still thinking about it.”
As far as I can tell, I think the Mets stopped trying [...]

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

The Official List

Marvin Bernard
Barry Bonds
Bobby Estalella
Jason Giambi
Jeremy Giambi
Benito Santiago
Gary Sheffield
Randy Verlarde
Lenny Dykstrka
David Segui
Larry Bigbie
Brian Roberts
Jack Cust
Tim Laker
Todd Hundley
Hal Morris
Mark Carreon
Matt Franco
Rondell White
Roger Clemens
Andy Pettitte
Chuck Knoblauch
Jason Grimsley
Greg Zaunn
David Justice
F.P. Santangelo
Glenallen Hill
Mo Vaughn
Denny Neagle
Ron Villone
Ryan Franklin
Chris Donnels
Todd Williams
Phil Hiatt
Todd Pratt
Kevin Young
Mike Lansing
Cody McKay
Kent Merker
Adam Piatt
Miguel Tejada
Jason Christansen
Mike Stanton
Stephen Randolph
Jerry Hariston Jr.
Paul Lo Duca
Adam Riggs
Bart Miadich
Fernando Vina
Kevin Brown
Eric Gagne
Mike Bell
Matt [...]

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

The Unofficial List

A member at the Metsrefugees forums, “spadanko”, reportedly has inside information of who will be on the list that’s coming out in a few hours.
Brady Anderson, Manny Alexander, Rick Ankiel, Jeff Bagwell, Barry Bonds, Aaron Boone, Rafael Betancourt, Bret Boone, Milton Bradley, David Bell, Dante Bichette, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Wil Cordero, Ken Caminiti, Mike [...]

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Breaking Down The Mets Part 1: Starting Pitching

So I’ve decided to do a series where I review a few positions every day, and write a review. So, without further ado, here is part 1, pitching.
Last year pitching was our weakness. There is no denying it. We had 4 great pitchers, but all of them had a lot of inconsistency. For example, Oliver [...]

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Estrada Likely to Be Non-Tendered

The Mets are likely to non-tender Johnny Estrada, according to the New York Daily News.

New York acquired Estrada last month, but then made him expendable with the trade for Brian Schneider. With Washington out of the picture after signing Paul Lo Duca, Estrada’s chances to land another starting gig are drying up.
[rotoworld.com]

Well, I can’t say [...]

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Fukudome Signs With Cubs

Dave Kaplan of WGN Radio reports that the Cubs have signed Kosuke Fukudome to a four-year deal.  Kaplan says it’s for about $50MM, maybe a hair more.  Fukudome will be a free agent after the fourth year; there will be no arbitration.
…well, we knew that the Mets weren’t gonna go near him, but I’m happy [...]

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Johan’s Not Coming To The Mets

Jon Heyman, of SI.com, writes:
The Mets offered different packages of prospects that included either outfielder Carlos Gomez or outfield prospect Fernando Martinez but not both, declining to include the one extra prospect the Twins requested to clinch the deal according to people familiar with those talks.

…so… as I was half-thinking in my head… the Twins [...]

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Feed and Email Subscriber

We just got a feed for Mets Bullpen, to make it even better! Now you can subscribe to it using my yahoo, google homepage, etc.
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Monday, December 10th, 2007

Citi Field Progressing

At The Stadium Page, Adam Okuruski posts pictures of the recent progress of Citi Field:

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Lo Duca Signs With The Nationals

The Washington Post reports that free-agent Paul Lo Duca has agreed to a one year deal with the Washington Nationals
…see ya Paulie…