-Omar Minaya just told reporters that Oliver Perez will head back to New York to have his knee checked on by doctors.
-David Lennon bumped into Nick Evans in Florida, which means he’s likely the player promoted to take Billy Wagner’s roster spot. Pat Misch has been called back to the major leagues to fill Johan Santana’s spot.
-Also, J.J. Putz has been scratched from his first rehab appearance. He was scheduled to pitch for the Brooklyn Cyclones tonight. “To give him more time,” says Minaya.
Johan Santana will undergo minor surgery on his left elbow and should be ready by spring training, reports Brad Como of SNY.
Santana will have minor arthroscopic surgery to clean up bone chips in his elbow.
This should be viewed as good news for Mets fans, as it is not Tommy John surgery and he is expected to be ready for spring training 2010.
This will likely be a very similar surgery to J.J. Putz’s earlier this season. Putz was said to be out for 10-12 weeks.
The Boston Globe is reporting that the Mets would likely get “two mid-range minor leaguers” in return for Wagner.
Jon Heyman reports that the Red Sox will pay the remainder of Wagner’s contract and the $1 million contract buyout. Roughly $2.7 million remains on the contract.
The Red Sox have agreed to decline Wagner’s 2010 option, but will offer him salary arbitration in the off-season. They would receive two draft picks as compensation if he signs elsewhere.
Bart Hubbuch tweets that the Mets will likely receive two Double-A level prospects. The Red Sox Double-A team is the Portland Sea Dogs. Take a look at their roster here.
More from the Boston Globe:
It is not expected that any more than one of the two players the Sox are giving up will come from the 40-man roster, and neither is considered an upper-tier prospect.
More details to come…
As we track the Billy Wagner trade, an update is necessary on Johan Santana.
Santana was scratched from tonight’s start and will have an MRI on his ailing left elbow later in the day.
Santana saw Dr. David Altcheck at the Hospital for Special Surgery earlier today.
Keep your fingers crossed he doesn’t get on a plane headed for Alabama.
The 1:30 p.m. deadline is quickly approaching. And now we’re waiting for an announcement.
Though last night it seemed that Billy Wagner would not waive his no-trade clause, therefore torpedoing the waiver claim, the Mets may have been able to prod him into revoking the clause.
David Lennon is reporting that an announcement on Wagner is coming soon.
SI is reporting that Wagner is “on the verge” of accepting a trade to the Red Sox.
Stay tuned.
-Jerry Manuel on Johan Santana’s elbow
With his demands not met, Billy Wagner will likely not waive his no-trade clause and will remain a member of the New York Mets.
A few tweets cite Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports for reporting that Wagner will not waive the clause in his contract as the Boston Red Sox have not agreed to refuse his option and not offer arbitration in the off-season. Those were the two demands that Wagner asked in return for waiving his no-trade clause.
The Red Sox agreed to not pick up his option, but were not willing to budge on offering him salary arbitration for 2010.
The Mets and Sox (and Wagner) have until 1 p.m. on Tuesday to work out a deal.
The Mets cannot simply let Wagner go to the Red Sox without compensation. There is a clause in his contract for that too, Rosenthal reports.
Mets players said Monday they expect Johan Santana will require surgery on his left elbow to repair whatever malady has prompted the club to scratch the pitcher from his scheduled start against the Marlins in Miami Tuesday.
I’m running out of words.
I want to ask what’s next, but I don’t want to find out.
Jerry Manuel just announced that Johan Santana will miss his next start with elbow discomfort.
Santana was scheduled to start tomorrow in Florida.
There was a rumor going around that Santana was going to be placed on the DL tomorrow, which may prove to be true.
Santana is scheduled to see Dr. David Altcheck tomorrow at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
SNY also said that Santana has been experiencing this pain since the All-Star break. The pain has kept him from throwing between starts.
Update – 5:19 p.m.: Nelson Figueroa will start tomorrow against the Marlins.
Update – 3:35 p.m.: Francoeur has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his left thumb. He is listed as day-to-day.
You’ll remember Alex Cora played with torn ligaments in both thumbs for most of the season before having surgery. Francoeur will try to play through it.
Original post: Jeff Francoeur made a wonderful diving grab in the ninth inning that was eventually overruled. In the process, he hurt his left thumb.
He stayed in the game, eventually hitting into an unassisted triple play to end the game.
This morning, Francoeur is getting an MRI on his thumb, as it swelled overnight, reports Adam Rubin.
Guess you can scratch him off the lineup card today.