I came across an interesting article by Rich Lederer of Baseball Analysts. The article focuses on Jon Heyman mostly, and questions how he may have gotten the early jump on recent trades and signings involving Scott Boras clients. Jon Heyman has done it again. He broke another story on Friday when reporting that Jason Varitek had “reached a two-year agreement with the Red Sox.” In...

The Mets will have an assortment of left handed relievers in camp to compete for the second lefty reliever spot. However, all of them signed minor league deals and none are guaranteed to make the team. At a recent press conference, Minaya said he would still focus on the bullpen, specifically a left-handed reliever. He may have found that player in former Braves...

As the long Hot Stove season winds down and the winter transforms into spring, the Mets are seemingly finished with their off season makeover. The Mets first priority was to overhaul a bullpen that was overworked, ineffective, and had become the object of most Mets fans ire. Gone are Aaron Heilman and his lefthanded counterpart Scott Schoeneweis, and in a surprising move, young Joe Smith was...

The Manny to the Mets pipe dream is finally over.  It had nightmare written all over it.  GM Omar MInaya officially declared this last Tuesday. Let him go back to the Dodgers, hat in hand (for 25 mill, who wouldn’t grovel at that?). Whether Omar was parroting what the Wilpons have decreed is irrelevant.  Ramirez never stopped being a handful even as his stock plummeted lower...