Watching The Clock For Curtis Granderson

Movement! We Met fans are seeing some movement for really the first time since the last out against the Brewers on September 29. No, Chris Young doesn’t count. It looks like some of the “money-coming-off-the-books” we’ve heard so much about will at long last be freed up. Word is swirling that the Mets are this [...]

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Does Aoki deal prove that Ike Davis has no trade value?

News came down today that the Brewers traded potential Mets-target Norichika Aoki to the Royals for Will Smith, who apparently gave up a career in the movies in order to be a solid lefty reliever in Kansas City last year. This move prompted reader Jerry Grote to make a detailed post about how the Mets [...]

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A history of the Mets and the multi-team trade

With rumors about the Mets signing Curtis Granderson swirling around and trades between other teams occurring left, right and center, the other needs of the team at shortstop and pitcher, have yet to be met. Considering Chris Young’s one-year, $7.25 million contract and the perspective Granderson contract (would have to be at least 15 million [...]

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