Jan
21
2013

Are The Mets Still In The Game For Pavano?

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Last week, the Daily News reported that the Mets have talked to Carl Pavano’s agent and are genuinely interested in bringing the former Yankee to Flushing.

Dave Pepe said his client Pavano “has no trepidation about playing in New York. He’s a veteran. He’s been doing this a long time.”

“The Mets obviously have a need,” Pepe said. “I don’t want to be misleading — I’m sure they’re reaching out to a lot of people. Carl has an interest in that situation if they have an interest in him. I don’t know where he is on their priority list. I am talking to a bunch of other teams as well. … He’s confident he’s going to be in a rotation and throwing a lot of innings.”

Pavano, 37, was 2-5 with a 6.00 ERA in 11 starts for the Twins last year, missing time with a bone bruise in his shoulder.

Today, Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post writes that the Rockies are aggressively pursuing Pavano, whom they have tried to acquire numerous times over the last few seasons.

Other teams that have been linked to Pavano include the Marlins and Twins.

The Mets front office has been waiting out the free agent market for the last 3 1/2 months hoping that a potential bargain would fall to them at a very below market price. So far that hasn’t happened and that’s why they have yet to sign a player to a major league deal.

With serious interest picking up for both Joe Saunders and Carl Pavano, the Mets may be priced out of the picture for both of them.

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7 Comments + Add Comment

jerseymet January 21, 2013 at 12:09 pm

Noooooooo.
ifthevansrockin January 21, 2013 at 12:17 pm

after hours of in depth quantitiative analysis, I have come to a conclusion:

Yuck.
Metsie January 21, 2013 at 1:12 pm

You almost have to wonder why anyone would want to sign for this role considering they will likely be out of a job the second Wheeler can be promoted without his clock issues….

Perhaps the better move would be to find someone who is wanting to be a starter but has been used as a pen arm wherever he was and this way if Wheeler does knock him out of the rotation you have an arm to add to a pen that has pretty much been untouched by anything but attrition this offseason.

And if you can’t find that I say we might as well start Mejia and give him a test and if it doesn’t work out throw him in the pen.
- ifthevansrockin January 21, 2013 at 3:47 pm
  
  my take, a rotation spot to start the year is still better than going to the minors and hoping one opens up. And better than coming in having to fight for one, and maybe ending up in the pen instead.
  
  Plus, odds are someone else will get hurt (DL or LT) along the way, so jobs have a way of opening up.
Metstheory22 January 21, 2013 at 4:03 pm

No thanks, I am sure between Mejia, Familia, Schwinden, McHugh, Laffey,Hefner, Wheeler and eventually anyone else, we will have a 5th starter.
VA Met Fan January 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm

While I agree that I don’t want Pavano or Saunders, it’s still maddening to see the Mets priced out on these guys.

Does Sandy just send out a blanket 1 year, $1 mil contract and say the first one to get it is a Met?
L.J. Phipps January 21, 2013 at 6:10 pm

Jair Jurjens, incentive laden deal, if he bombs cut him, if he gets his stuff back nice addition to the rotation.

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	25	18	.581	-
Nationals	23	21	.523	2.5
Phillies	21	23	.477	4.5
Mets	17	24	.415	7.0
Marlins	12	32	.273	13.5

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