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12/7/09

Meche and the Mets? [Winter Meetings]

Could Gil Meche be a target for the Mets as they move forward in the off-season?

Meche, 31, has two years left on his contract and is owed $24 million. According to Joel Sherman, the Kansas City Royals will listen for deals on their pitcher and the Mets may be interested.

But is Meche worth dealing for?

With four question marks already behind Johan Santana in the rotation, would Meche compound an already very-apparent problem?

In 2007 and 2008, Meche started 34 games. Last season, he started only 23. In the last three seasons, he started 91 games, throwing 555 innings. He posted a 4.12 ERA, 109 ERA+ and a 1.367 WHIP.

As Nick Migliore points out on Twitter, Meche has a full no-trade clause for 2009. That would have to waived before any trade, obviously.

Would you make a deal for Meche? Hit the comments to vote and comment.

12/6/09

Link: Omar interview in Indy

Head over to Surfing the Mets to read the transcript of a quick interview with Omar Minaya in Indianapolis for the start of the winter meetings.

Best part…

Is there pressure on you to pull the trigger on something and satisfy the fans?

There’s no doubt because of last year—I don’t want to say you feel pressure to do something—but there’s no doubt we have to find a way to improve our club if possible. -snip- But as far as the pressure, I don’t feel like I have to do something.

Is this good or bad for the Mets? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Bloomberg’s player-evaluations a match for the Mets? [Quote]

Bloomberg L.P. will be entering the player-evaluation market for baseball on Monday. And guess who’s interested…

For Jeff Wilpon, the chief operating officer of the Mets, the value in the software will be in evaluating free agents.

“If you take X player on another team who’s around a great cast of players,” he said, “we want to look at him in our ballpark with different players around him to see how he will fit in.”

This makes me happy.

Can they have the software shipped to Indianapolis for the start of the winter meetings tomorrow? I’ll personally install whatever needs to be installed onto Omar Minaya’s computer.

(H/T Jeremy Schilling)

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UPDATED: ‘They’re only interested in signing low-budget Latin players’ [Quote]

Update – 3:30 p.m.: It seems the Daily News has edited this Madden column. It now reads…

They won't spend the money for Holliday, Bay or Lackey and apparently, they're only interested in signing low-budget players, having shown little or no interest in Byrd, Figgins, DeRosa, Wolf or even Staten Island's Jason Marquis, while waiting for their markets to come to them.

Very, very interesting.

Original post: From Bill Madden in today’s Daily News…

Mets? Did somebody say the Mets? They won't spend the money for Holliday, Bay or Lackey and apparently, they're only interested in signing low-budget Latin players, having shown little or no interest in Byrd, Figgins, DeRosa, Wolf or even Staten Island's Jason Marquis, while waiting for their markets to come to them. At the same time, the Phillie sand Braves wasted no time in addressing their needs. Sad.

Emphasis mine.

I know columnists are paid to be controversial, but this is a bit much.

Also, did Madden miss the Chris Coste signing?

Mets have interest in Willingham? [Twitter]

Here’s Ladson’s article on the Mets interest in Josh Willingham.

But here’s a pull from a Ladson article from two days ago…

LF Josh Willingham: The Braves are one team that has shown interest, but it seems doubtful the Nationals will trade him. He provided the power Washington needed last year and he was an excellent clubhouse presence.

(Ed. note: Over the course of the Winter Meetings, and likely for the rest of time on this site that Twitter is a relevant means of communication (hint: a while), you’ll see more posts like these.)