Author: Joe D

Bay May Be Heading Back To Boston After All

According to a report by Rob Bradford of WEEI Radio in Boston, the Red Sox may be throwing their hat back into the ring regarding Jason Bay. According to a team source, the Red Sox have had internal discussions about extending their organizational budget to potentially allow for another offer for free agent outfielder Jason Bay. The discussed proposal to Bay would be in the vicinity four-year,...

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Carlos Delgado Suffers Setback, Now What?

Marty Noble of MLB.com, reported late last night that free agent first baseman Carlos Delgado has postponed his decision to begin playing baseball due to an undisclosed setback. The Mets’ interest in Carlos Delgado, an interest that was not shared by all members of the club hierarchy after the season, may begin to wane now that the free agent has postponed his return to active baseball....

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Blowing Off Steam Before Hitting The Road…

I just finished reading a couple of different posts on some of the other Mets blogs I like to read, but both of them have left me scratching my head. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t our stated goal that we should put a championship caliber team on the field in 2010? Is that not what Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya promised us during their appearance with Mike Francesa? As the title says,...

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NL East Report: Hot Stove Edition

Washington Nationals Just off of their recent acquisition of starting pitcher Jason Marquis who signed for a reasonable two year deal at $15 million, the Nats aren’t done yet. Washington is now considered the favorites to sign former Pirates reliever Matt Capps who had drawn the interest of 15 teams including the Mets, Phillies and Yankees. Additionally, Bill Ladson of MLB.com is reporting...

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Nationals Sign Jason Marquis, Mets Never Made Offer

The Washington Nationals have signed free agent starting pitcher Jason Marquis, according to Byron Kerr of MASN.  MASN sports.com has learned that the Nationals will sign starting pitcher Jason Marquis. Stay tuned for more on this breaking story. UPDATE: The deal is reported to be for 2 years and $15 million dollars according to Mark Feinsand. Marquis, who made several overtures that he wanted...

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