As the Mets continue to make a strong push to re-sign second baseman Luis Castillo, their negotiations may have just turned into a bidding war for his services.Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Houston Astros are also in hot pursuit of the gold glove, second baseman and view him as the heir apparent to the recently retired Craig Biggio.Luis Castillo is by far the best second...
Read MoreOmar Minaya is making sure of one thing this off season as compared to last off season… he is making a strong effort to re-sign each Met that made a strong contribution to the team last season.After a week in which he brought back Moises Alou and Damion Easley, Omar continued that trend by re-signing utility outfielder Marlon Anderson to an apparent 1-year deal with an option for 2009. The...
Read MoreI read an interesting article from Newsday’s Mets beat writer Ken Davidoff.In his article, David discusses how the Mets can easily add Alex Rodriguez by simply moving Carlos Delgado out of the picture and putting A-Rod at first base..The only remaining option is to trade Carlos Delgado, and it looks like the Mets are prepared to do that. Not only did he have a down year offensively, but...
Read MoreMuch has been made of the Mets seeing if they have what it takes to trade for Johan Santana and signing him to a long term deal. Santana is certainly one of the best pitchers in the game if not the best. And while it would be great to see him taking the mound for the Mets every fifth day, I just don’t see how that vision can ever come to fruition.Earlier today I read on Matt...
Read MoreToday the Baltimore Orioles declined the option on pitcher Kris Benson and normally I wouldn’t even consider the thought of having him back on the Mets, but then something dawned on me.Maybe we should sign him as a number 5 pitcher and then after a few good starts we can trade him back to Baltimore, or anyone else for that matter, in exchange for one of their former first...
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