If you think the Barry Zito, C.C. Sabathia, or Johan Santana signing were huge, get a hold of this:According to a source from a team who is involved in negotiations, the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles “are coming in hot” on Teixeira, with the Nationals apparently willing to offer the slugger a 10-year deal for more than $20 million a year and the Orioles willing to go...
Read MoreFirst of all, thanks to Gregory Gerthard from GameOn for this video clip. Secondly, I want you to watch… listen… salivate… and then picture that scene in CitiField. Hell, we can cheer and scream louder than that!
Read MoreI read an interesting post this morning by Andrew Das of the NY Times. In it he wonders what uniform number Francisco Rodriguez will don as a member of the New York Mets. The one he wore with the Angels, No. 57, is out because it belongs to Johan Santana, a fellow Venezuelan. While acknowledging that the signing of Rodriguez would be good for both the Mets and their native country, Santana...
Read MoreCheck this out from AccuScore Analyst, Tim Williams… AccuScore simulated the Mets’ 2008 season with Rodriguez as their closer to show what a difference he would have made to their bullpen. According to our simulations, the Mets would have won 10 more games with Rodriguez, finishing with a record of 99-63 rather than 89-73. They would have easily won the East and made the playoffs....
Read MoreIn 2006 we loved him, in 2007 we gave him a free pass, in 2008 he became a loathsome figure in the minds of many Mets fans. Of course, I am talking about right handed reliever, Aaron Heilman. I really don’t believe Heilman will be a Met by the time this weekend rolls around. Several teams are very interested in him, and Omar is working the phones. Omar Minaya left some of us...
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