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2012
Cody Ross To The Mets? Don’t Bet On It…
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According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, The Mets could target free agent OF Cody Ross this winter.
“The Mets have a glaring need for outfield help”, Puma points out, and “multiple baseball officials yesterday pointed to Cody Ross as a possible free-agent target for the team.”
The righthanded hitting Ross batted .267/.326/.481 with 22 home runs and 81 RBI in 476 at-bats for the Red Sox this season. He was particularly effective against lefthanded pitching against whom he batted .295/.373/.636/1.010.
Ross, 32, signed a one-year deal with Boston last season for $3 million dollars.
While the Mets had shown interest in Ross last season, when he was coming off a poor .240 campaign with the San Francisco Giants, I can’t see that level of interest now when he will be much more costly. They can’t even afford to bring back Scott Hairston.
I just don’t see how he can fit into the team’s budget unless a significant player was traded to make room for him on the payroll. It’s common knowledge that the Mets have about $10 million or less to spend this offseason which makes it difficult to see how they can net someone like Cody Ross who will cost in upwards of $5-6 million per season and he’s looking for a multi year deal.
Then there’s the question of whether Ross would even choose the Mets over the 6-7 teams who are said to be very interested in him including the Red Sox, Yankees, Phillies and Braves.
I think this is a great rumor for Mets fans to read today, Ross would certainly fit in nicely. But unfortunately it’s a rumor that has no legs.
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On a more important note, I hope all of you and your families are doing well after the devastation and aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. My area was hit pretty hard and a couple of my family members landed in the hospital. I got my power restored on Friday and have been busy cleaning up and touching base with other friends and family that we were unable to contact. I can tell just by looking at the site numbers that we have 50% of our readers probably still without power and send them my thoughts and prayers.
I want to thank Dan Valis and Clayton Collier for stepping up and taking over my editorial duties while I was gone. I also want to thank Ed Leyro, Rob Johnson, Craig Lerner, Robert Patterson, Mike Branda, Connor O’Brien, Jessica DeMattia, Tim Burns, Jim Mancari and Sean Kenny for keeping the site going with some quality posts for those of you still with us to read. Without you the readers and them the writers we wouldn’t have a site or a community like this one. You’re all such a special part of what we are and what we do here. As I started to go through the 200+ emails that piled up while I had no access, there was one email from Kevin who wrote:
“I haven’t seen you post anything in a long time and I hope you are safe. I live right in the middle of an effected area near Hoboken, but was one of the lucky ones as we suffered only minor damage on our block and somehow we only lost power for less than an hour. Reading MMO throughout the day has been my way of coping with the carnage that is all around me. In between spending my time helping out some of my friends and neighbors who were effected, I frequently grab my phone when I’m taking a break and read your site. My home has become a charging station for about two dozen people who come to charge their phones and other devices throughout the day. Your site has become a charging station for my sanity. Thank you.”
No, thank you, Kevin.
Be well and stay safe everybody.
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I really do not see The Mets signing any substantial FA this year. I could be surprised though. I’m starting to warm to a trade but am totally unwilling to part with any piece of our rotation or Ike. I guess that only leaves small trades as well.
They won’t sign anyone worth getting excited about….
They could trade for someone but whoever they get must be cheap. Which means they’d probably have to trade some good prospects to get him.
Hi Joe,
Glad to see, like McArthur in the Phillipines, You have returned!
Sometimes, we all get caught up in the trivialities of life, then, tragedy strikes, and the truly important things in life; health, love, family, things we all sometimes take for granted, clean water, warmth when it’s cold, dry when it’s wet, are shown to us. This is one of those occurences. I’m glad to hear you and yours are ok….
As for Cody Ross, reality strikes again…we can dream small dreams, but, in the end, it seems even a decent player like Ross is not within our favorite teams’ reach…ugh…
on espn they said hunter pence may be a non-tender possibility….
if we open up salary by trading DW for top prospects, i would explore trading for Pence if he were available…he’s still in his 20′s, has decent pop, excellent leadership….good fielding…and he would help make up for the loss of a right-handed bat…
just thinking outside the box here
Joey,
Wishing you and your family full rcovery from the storms devastation and personal injury to your family members. It puts all this bickering over how the Mets can or can not get competive again in its proper perspective.
Ross is too expensive. He wants the same deal Josh Willingham got: 3 yrs 21 million
We must have the worst beat writers in baseball covering this team. Is Puma kidding with this? Last year when the Mets were trying to pursue Ross with a $1 million offer which I’m sure he scoffed at. Who are these sources Puma is talking to? Well at least you had the common sense to see this for what it was because Ross wouldn’t touch the Mets with a ten foot pole.
The article does bring up one good point: whether a player even wants to play for the Mets. Most assume that when a player goes elsewhere, it is because the team missed the opportunity. A lot of times it is the player prefers another destination. And honestly, why would someone really sign with the Mets at this point. All indications are they wont contend. Most players, even when making a lot of money, want a chance to contend. Why sign with the Mets when a lot of other teams, at least on paper, look closer?
Does everyone realize we’re talking about Cody Ross? He’s ok, nothing special and certainly not worth a multiyear deal in his 30s.
Exactly Matt, but for shi*s and giggles, can we have even a borderline legitimate quality MLB player in the outfield this year? I’m no Ross fan, and I’d rather see us trade for a younger, more quality player. Whom though?
I know….but what I don’t get is why all the blogs throw out the names of the free agents. We already know the Mets won’t be significant players in that arena. If we are going to hypothesize, why not talk about guys they can trade for like Dexter Fowler and Alex Gordon?
I’ll take either…LOL
Me too.
Can we try to be a little positive I mean it is November.
I hope all this talk about guys the Mets are targeting means that we have money to spend to actually acquire these players. Maybe it’s just them trying to dumb down the fan base. That said, I will be feeling a lot better if we could move Wright and Dickey for a top ten bat, some more hitting prospects, and then use that money to sign Ross AND say Upton or Pagan. I think a lot more of us would like our chances moving forward.