One of the players the Mets got yesterday along with J.J. Putz and Jeremy Reed, was relief pitcher Sean Green.
Green is a right handed side-armer who specializes in inducing ground balls.
Dan Graziano believes that he could be flipped in another deal to fill another hole. Here is what he wrote on his blog this evening.
Minaya is already getting calls from other teams, including the Detroit Tigers, asking him if he’s interested in “flipping” right-handed reliever Sean Green, who came over Wednesday night in the deal that brought in J.J. Putz and sent Heilman to Seattle. The Mets like Green for their bullpen, but they’re willing to listen.
In today’s Rule 5 Draft, the Mets selected Darren O’Day.
Elliot Teichman from 213 Miles From Shea, writes this about O’Day.
He is 26 from the Angels and is a side arm relief pitcher (Joe Smith replacement?) In 30 Appearances last season, he pitched 43 innings, had 29 K’s, and posted a 4.57 ERA. (With the Angels). What is striking to me is that he was a sidearm pitcher that had a good amount innings above the number of appearances. He could become a key piece for 7th inning or earlier relief.
Being that the Mets must keep O’Day on the roster, maybe Sean Green will indeed be flipped. It makes sense.
Why keep two right handed, side-armers in the bullpen who have similar pitch arsenals?
Good points Joe. Why would we need two nearly identical pitchers? Maybe he can get something good for Green…
Guys,
Do a Google search of O’Day. He tore a labrum in his shoulder this year and is out for all of 2009…
I thought the same thing you guys did before I looked him up.
Correction: “likely out for all of 2009″
Well geez James, that sure sucks!LOL
I knew he was injured, but why would the Mets take him when the Rule 5 draft clearly states he must be on the Mets active 25 man roster for 90 days? Or he gets returned to the original team.
I agree with Joe, in the original article I wrote, I ended my statement with a discussion about O’day’s injury.
Here’s the deal: Its an injury that can easily be fixed with surgery, but O’day went the rehab route instead. Now the Mets know they need him on the active roster 90 days, so we’ll see what happens.
The alternative to this story is that the Mets flip O’day. I am pretty sure, but I’ll need someone to check, that if you trade a Rule V draft pick, then all of the contract issues with the Rule V guy go with him to the new team, and the players brought in via trade, as long as they are not Rule V, do not have those clauses. (I’m sure who would be banging down the door for O’day right now though).
Man, some of these baseball rules are tough to follow, haha. (Rule 5, Type A/B free agents, arbitration)
If he can rehab it and come back, you’re right it doesn’t make sense to keep him and Green. I wonder what they could get for either one of them?