Long gone are the offseason days when the New York Mets and New York Yankees were rumored to be doing battle over the right to have stars like Carlos Beltran and Johan Santana wear their uniform the coming season. That much we know. It’s interesting, however, to now see the Yankees join the Mets in their [...]
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Pagan gets close to $5 million from Giants, Mets avoid arbitration with Ramirez
Some of the parties involved in the trade that kicked off the New York Mets offseason have begun to cash in for 2012. According to Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes, the Mets have avoided arbitration with their new set-up man Ramon Ramirez by agreeing to a 1-year deal worth $2.65 million. On the flip side, [...]
Mets don’t plan to tender Paulino a contract, focused on infield
A couple weeks back it was reported by Andy Martino of the Daily News that some officials within the New York Mets organization were very displeased with the play and attitude of Ronnie Paulino this past season and were pushing to replace the arbitration eligible back-stop. Today it seems like the plan of non-tendering Paulino [...]
After Pagan Trade, Alderson Putting Ike Davis in Play?
So, while I know most people are down on the Mets, so far I am pretty happy with what they’ve done this off season (minus that whole losing Reyes thing). Their bullpen now looks formidable with Jon Rauch, Frank Francisco and Ramon Ramirez in the fold, and they did it without spending a ton of [...]
Mets sign new closer, Frank Francisco, to 2-year/$12 million deal
According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday, the New York Mets have agree to a contract with another former Toronto Blue Jay reliever, Frank Francisco: Though the team added Francisco’s 2011 teammate, Jon Rauch, earlier in the evening, Davidoff is reporting that the closers job is Francisco’s to lose: The two relievers combined for 28 of [...]
Mets deal Angel Pagan to Giants for Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez
The New York Mets continue their busy little Tuesday evening by trading centerfielder Angel Pagan to the San Francisco Giants for Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez. Source confirms Mets deal – pending physicals – Pagan for Torres and Ramirez from Giants. December 6, 2011 10:52 pm via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite @StevePopper Steve Popper The deal comes shortly [...]
Mets Start to Move On From Reyes, Linked to Dirks and Qualls
Joel Sherman is bringing the noise today with some interesting Mets rumors… And if that doesn’t tickle your fancy, maybe this will… Obviously, these rumors are a little tough to swallow a day after Jose Reyes leaves the team, but, this is a cost conscious team now that needs to be creative [...]
McCullough: Mets had a scout at Cespedes’ workout last week
UPDATED 11/8 @ 10:17 p.m. ORIGINAL POST 11/7 @ 3:09 p.m. I Read Three Articles, And Now I Want Him to Play CF in the Citi Who is he? He is Yoenis Cespedes. Why do I want him playing CF in CitiField next year after ONLY reading three articles about him, and basically hearing about [...]
One More Year of Pagan, I Can Deal With That
Most of the news you will read about the New York Mets this off-season will center around the clubs home grown, all-star shortstop Jose Reyes. However, there are other issues — and players — the club has to deal with. Most notable, should the team tender Mike Pelfrey and/or Angel Pagan contracts. While I gave [...]
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