While Sandy Alderson showed his sense of humor in response to the Nationals signing Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126 million deal – “It makes some of our contracts look pretty good. That's a long time and a lot of money. I thought they were trying to reduce the deficit in Washington.” – he now [...]
With the Winter Meetings about to commence this week, the Mets are about to begin the process of tweaking the current roster. Although GM Sandy Alderson has promised to come back with new players, don’t expect a major overhaul since the Mets are working with a limited budget. On Friday, the club, as expected, officially [...]
"We spent a lot of time analyzing Lastings Milledge as compared with the potential alternatives for the expected role and determined it was worth further exploration of the alternatives," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said. "We remain open to continuing dialogue with Lastings." Hey, the Mets could use some outfield depth, maybe they could bring [...]
Early in November, reports started to surface about a potential Zack Greinke to the Mets deal. Thursday evening those rumors took on a more substantial form when Matt Cerrone reported, “Mets will most likely have to part with 19-year-old SS Wilmer Flores and either Jon Niese or Ike Davis in a deal for Royals RHP [...]
As a diehard Yankees fan, I have watched with keen interest the dance of free agency currently taking place between the team and its two highest profile free agents, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. While the Rivera negotiations have been low key and quiet, the Jeter talks have been contentious and splashed all over the [...]
Let’s pretend that before the 2010 season started, I told you that I had a projection system and my system predicted that the Blue Jays, Reds, A’s and White Sox were sleeper teams. You trusted me and went out and placed wagers in Las Vegas for these four teams to exceed their Over/Under win projections. [...]
Right now the only starting pitcher not on the New York Mets’ holiday wish list is Cliff Lee. Chris Young is not only on the list, but he for a short while this weekend, rumors had him already a member of the team. Facts have since prevailed and the righty remains one many hurlers still [...]
It is no secret that the Mets are looking to add a starting pitcher or two in free agency this year and they likely will be shopping in the discount rack rather than at the designer boutiques. The names most prominently mentioned are Erik Bedard or Brandon Webb or Chris Young. One name that flies [...]