Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis have both been listed as Type B free agents by The Elias Sports Bureau.
That means if/when Delgado or Tatis sign with another team, the Mets will receive a “sandwich” draft pick in the 2010 draft for each, if they are first offered arbitration by the team.
Which is highly unlikely.
The rest of the eligible free agents from the Mets will not bring compensation back to the team.
Thanks, Superman!
Update – 12:02 a.m.: Well, here’s a fitting start to the rumor-mongering I so hate (yet so get sucked into all the time). The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Blue Jays want “no part” of Bradley. And who can blame them.
Still, keep voting. It started as just a hypothetical, anyway.
Original post: Ken Rosenthal is reporting from the GM meetings in Chicago that a deal that would send Luis Castillo to the Cubs and bring Lyle Overbay to the Mets has been “discussed.”
A three-team deal that would also send Milton Bradley to Toronto has “some legs, but not much,” according to a source of Rosenthal’s.
Overbay, a left-hand hitting first baseman, shouldn’t be on the top of the priority list for the Mets. I’m not sure if they realize it, but Daniel Murphy is still on the roster. It’d be a silly move, especially with Ike Davis prospering in the minor leagues. (Overbay only has one year left on his deal, so it wouldn’t affect Davis.)
Still, I think it would be silly. What do you think? Vote below and leave your two cents in the comments.
Well, as soon as I own one of these.
I present to you, a “Northwest New York Mets Comfy Throw.” Otherwise known as a “Mets Snuggie.”
Head on over to The Happy Recap to read user Hoovbacca’s post on the “Citi Field is where home runs go to die” myth.
Here’s an excerpt…
The interesting thing is, with a much weaker team in 2009, the stats between Shea in ‘08 and Citi in ‘09 are remarkably similar in ever category except 3B. Which, in case you are wondering, Citi ranks 7th among parks in triples for 2009. It runs 12th for HR.
The amazing thing to me is, 2006, when the Mets came within an inning of the World Series, the Park Factor on Shea was SO pitcher heavy, that literally Shea was dead last in every category except 3B (which oddly enough was held by the previous Yankee Stadium.) In other words, Shea in 2006 was the premier pitchers park in baseball, though most years it hovered around the middle of the pack...what we would consider "pitcher friendly leaning average"
Click here to read the full post, complete with numbers and the like. Give it a read.
Update: According to Jon Heyman, Zambrano's mother has been rescued and was unharmed.
Victor Zambrano’s mother was kidnapped Sunday, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com.
Zambrano’s mother, Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano, was taken from her son’s farm on Sunday.
Scary stuff. Hopefully everything works out for Zambrano and his family.
In his “2010 Top 50 Free Agents” post, Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors goes through his personal top 50 free agents from the off-season. He then posts where he thinks the player will land.
Dierkes tabbed No. 1 free agent Matt Holliday as a future-Met. He also pegged No. 5 Randy Wolf and No. 25 Brad Penny as possibly Flushing-bound.
There are a bunch of other names mentioned as possible interests to the Mets, but those are the only ones that Dierkes had definitely coming the Mets way.
I do think the Mets will be big players for Holliday. They might have to overpay, but this seems like an Omar Minaya-type addition. Big bat, decent glove and a big splash.
Wolf, I wouldn’t mind. He’s not the perfect Band Aid for the Mets starting rotation (more like some duct tape and a prayer), but he’d fill a hole.
And a big “no thanks” to Penny. Unless he costs only a…nevermind.
When the Mets traded for J.J. Putz last off-season, a lot of people hurried out to the store to purchase a new shirt for No. 22.
Not even a full year later, it’s likely that Putz is done as a member of the Mets.
So I asked my Twitter followers if they regret buying a certain player’s jersey. Here are some responses…
PaulsRandomStuf said: I own a Mo Vaughn Mets t-shirt. Do I really have to explain the reason for the regret? ;-)
fallacyofromeJH said: Kaz matsui....for obvious reasons
IvanCTorres said: kaz matsui! bought it right before his first year with the Mets
PessimisticMet said: my roberto alomar jersey is looking real nice right about now.
BigVin57 said: i bought Roberto Alomar and Mo Vaughn shirts. waste of money
benbarbato said: I bought a Ryan Church T-Shirt last year. Loved Church, felt he never got the chance to be what he could've been.
ambilevous said: two words. Alay Soler.
BlueAndOrange said: YUP totally bought a Hidalgo shirt.. thought he was gonna be around longer than a day.
MaryL1973 said: Yes, Paul Lo Duca because he was not the person I thought.
That’s quite a “team” we could field from these jerseys.
Putz on the mound, Lo Duca behind the plate, Vaughn at first, Alomar at second, Matsui at shortstop, Hidalgo and Church in the OF.
Here’s the top 10 list from Baseball America…
Agree? Disagree? Don’t care?
Two weeks ago I wrote that Aroldis Chapman should not be in Mets fans plans for the future of the franchise.
Today, I’m writing…to re-state that opinion.
Yes, Chapman has met with Mets officials. Yes, he was “said” to be “considering” the Mets. But for the money he wants, do you even want the Mets to spend much on a pitcher who is said to have, “a ways to go before he's ready to pitch in the major leagues, physically and emotionally”?
Don’t get your hopes up, Mets fans.
In fact, wouldn’t you rather see the team spend the $40-60 million he’s asking for in a bunch of different places?
The Mets picked up the option on Mike Pelfrey’s contract for next season, worth $500,000.
Pelfrey went 10-12 last season with a 5.03 ERA and 1.514 WHIP in 31 starts. He surrendered 18 home runs, walked 66 and struck out 107.
Pelfrey is not arbitration eligible until 2011.