Buzz: Lots of Work for Lo Duca
In the New York Post, Mark Hale pens a fascinating and detailed column about how the Mets may approach this off season.
According to Hale, the agent for Paul Lo Duca has said that while he and 
the Mets continue to talk, “I think there’s a lot of work to do to get a deal done.”
Hale suggests that the Rangers could look to trade 27–year-old C Gerald Laird, who could be expendable since Texas acquired C Jarrod Saltalamacchia last season.
…laird is interesting, but, from what i can gather, he’d likely cost Lastings Milledge or Carlos Gomez, which is a lot to ask for a guy who hit just .224 with nine homers in 407 at-bats last season…
…nevertheless, as i have said before, i still think the Mets will first look in to acquiring a catcher via trade, such as laird or Ramon Hernandez, all while stalling on lo duca and monitoring the availability and interest level of Jorge Posada and Yorvit Toreallba…by the way, i sense the Mets are not nearly as interested in torrealba as most reports lead on…my money is on either lo duca or a guy like hernandez…
