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In Newsday, Ken Davidoff explains why free-agent Tom Glavine is most likely to either sign with the Braves or Nationals, or just retire.
Davidoff also tackles the team’s potential options at second base, such as 
free-agent David Eckstein and Geoff Blum, while writing of free-agent Luis Castillo: “They want him back, and he seemed happy during his brief stay.”
Earlier this week in the Daily News, Adam Rubin reported that Castillo underwent knee surgery and will be 100 percent by spring training.
Rubin added: “The Mets are expected to make a strong push to re-sign him.”
…as i said earlier in the week, lord knows he needed to have his knee cleaned out…his ability to run hard, slide, get up, look to be in total, unbearable pain, then seconds later sprint to third as though nothing was wrong, which was followed by more wincing and hobbling around, only to dash home without missing a beat was amazing to me…he’s a perfect solution for second base, in that he plays great defense, he works well with Jose Reyes and can bat second…i just worry about those knees…
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Last year we heard all this crap about Glavine really wanting to play with the braves and when they didnt offer he came back to the mets. Now its going to happen again? I would rather see him stay, but, not as a second choice. He is NOT a ace, but, would make a good 3 or 4 guy. It seems to me as a fan, that he didnt really want to be a met in the first place. He was very inconsistant and after that last game, Im not sure. I say sign him or drop him, dont let him go to other teams and come back when nobody offers him anything. That leaves a bad taste in my mouth as a fan. I wanted to see him win a WS as a met. There is not much out there and I think we should keep him, only if, he wants to stay and play here. NOT as a second chance offer or last resort. Then his heart is not really in it. Dont give me that “hes a professional” crap either. He either wnats to be a met or he dont.
Castillo is a sub-par second baseman at this point in his career. This is what all defensive metrics indicate, despite what the official P.R. Arm of the New York Mets wants you to believe. The draft pick we would get instead of Castillo would be a far wiser investment,