Mets Not Willing/Able To Spend

This week, I had a conversation with a source who is very close to a member of the Mets organization. This Mets source told him that the Mets will not be spending large amounts of money on any players any time soon. He cited Jason Bay as being the last of the big signings.  Citing the situation regarding the Madoff scandal which has been made public record for some time… The source that...

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A Victim of Circumstance

When I first heard rumbling during Spring Training that pitching phenom prospect Jenrry Mejia may be brought up with the big club to make Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya look good…erm, uh…I mean of course to get Mejia adjusted to major league hitting, well, I was dead set against the idea.  See, while the Mets have traditionally played in a pitcher-friendly dimensional park and have had...

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Fina-Lee! Mariners Deal Ace To The Rangers

It’s over… According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Texas Rangers have indeed acquired Cliff Lee from the Seattle Mariners. The Rangers are sending a package that will include one of baseball’s best prospects in Justin Smoak as well as two to three other top Rangers prospects. Interesting as well is that the the Mariners are kicking in a portion of Lee’s salary...

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Nick Evans Returning To Mets

Remember Nick Evans? He was a healthy scratch from the lineup for AA-Binghamton leading Adam Rubin to believe he may soon be joining the Mets. On Wednesday, Mets manager Jerry Manuel indicated that he wanted a right handed batter on the bench in anticipation of the Braves series that starts today. Evans, 24, is having a solid bounce-back season and is hitting .290/.363/.518 with 24 doubles, 15...

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Jumping Off the Cliff Lee Bandwagon.

I’m not an NBA fan; I was back in like 1994 when it was fun to watch. I do enjoy the business of sports and I followed the free agent frenzy up until last night. I officially don’t care about the NBA anymore, but as I watched the joke of a “special” last night I actually started to think about our Metsies.  When I woke up this morning, I wasn’t shocked to hear the “rumors” about Cliff Lee going...

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Yankees To Add Former Cy Young Winner Cliff Lee?

Updated 10:18 AM The Mariners have now told many interested teams that they are out of the Lee sweepstakes, according to Ken Davidoff of Newsday. It would appear that an announcement is now imminent and that the Yankees will acquire Cliff Lee. Cliff Lee was supposed to pitch tonight against the Yankees, instead he may now be pitching against the Mariners. The Yankees will now boast a rotation...

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