Frustrating… For a team that played .500 baseball since June of last year… for a team that blew a historic seven game lead in a matter of two weeks… for a team who was manhandled by the Florida Marlins and Washington Nationals… I would have expected a far more aggressive pursuit of a top starter, a top reliever, and a power laden left handed bat. Instead we are  treated to an assortment of canned talk [...]

I just read an interesting article from Dan Graziano at the Star Ledger, that was chock full of interesting little tidbits for Mets fans this morning. Let’s start off with this quote where he states that the Mets went-a-knockin’ and nobody was home… While they have tried to engage the Marlins about Dontrelle Willis, the Astros about Roy Oswalt and the Brewers about Ben Sheets, they have been told that those pitchers are not available. [...]

WFAN beat reporter, Sweeny Murti is at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, and apparently has reported that there there is news floating around that the Mets are close on Erik Bedard. Nobody else on either side can substantiate this report and it makes me wonder if it’s just speculation. Some Mets sites are running wild with the story, but I think we’ll just take a wait and see approach here at Mets Merized Online. If there is any [...]

The Washington Post is reporting that Orioles starting pitcher, Erik Bedard, has informed the Orioles that he will not sign any extension to remain with the team. The Orioles were rumored to have been working on a possible extension, but now that is out the window. For those teams that lose out on Santana, there still is no shortage of attractive pitchers available on the trade market. Perhaps the best of those is left-hander Erik [...]

This is getting old, but get a load of Wallace Matthews latest comments in this morning’s Newsday. He tries to make a case for the Mets trading Jose Reyes, and he makes that case by using Lastings Milledge as his example. With regards to Milledge he writes this… There’s a lesson to be learned in the fate of Milledge and it has nothing to do with hip-hop lyrics, high-fiving fans or wearing a cross the [...]

Whether you love the Milledge trade or absolutely hate it, there’s no going back. In 2008 the New York Mets will feature new faces at starting catcher and right field. I wanted to take a closer look at Ryan Church.  Ryan Church has always been ones of those guys that Omar Minaya has always loved going back to his days with the Expos. There is so much to like about Ryan Church both offensively and defensively. [...]

When I first heard that the Mets had traded Lastings Milledge to the Nationals for Brian Schneider and Ryan Church, I screamed. I screamed not because we traded away Milledge, but because we traded away Milledge and didn’t get any pitching out of the deal. That and he went to the Nationals. If this trade is a total bust, Blastings Thrilledge will come back to haunt us for many years to come. At least if he went [...]

In the past 24 hours, we have all been bombarding this site and message boards with varying opinions on the Lastings Milledge trade. Most of the opinions are panning it, citing Milledge’s’ upside, youth, energy and the lack of Church/Schneider’s’ qualities in the same areas. Church strikes out too much, Schneider can’t hit… Mets ownership had a vendetta against Milledge and Lo Duca. The list goes on. In all honesty, I’m not 100% sold on [...]

When I first heard this trade early this afternoon, I was actually in my car and I literally had to pull over and let it sink in… Then I felt a perfect storm brewing in my head… I was freaking mad… After hearing all this hype about what a talent Lastings Milledge was, and how he was going to be in our outfield for years and years, what happened? Wasn’t this the same Lastings Milledge that [...]

WFAN Radio is reporting the Mets have traded Lastings Milledge to the Washington Nationals for C Brian Schneider and OF Ryan Church. 2007 STATS  Lastings Milledge   |   Right Field/Center Field Avg HR RBI Runs SB .272 7 29 27 3   Brian Schneider    |   Catcher  Avg HR RBI Runs SB .235 6 54 33 0   Ryan Church   |   Left Field/Center Field    Avg HR RBI Runs SB .272 15 70 57 3

On Thursday, Omar Minaya addressed the Jose Reyes rumors by saying, "Jose Reyes is one of our core players. I don’t see us trading Jose Reyes for one of those guys being mentioned. It just doesn’t make sense for us." Minaya went on to say that the Mets are very happy with Jose Reyes. Minaya declined to comment on Johan Santana. Trading Reyes would diminish the Mets lineup and leave our team with a huge [...]