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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…
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Laird for Milledge or Gomez??
Wow robbery…
I mean maybe we don’t know how good Milledge or Gomez could be but they’re both VERY young…
screw that
The biggest mistake the mets can make this offseason is letting castro walk away.
he should be our #1 with a young defensive catcher backing him up.
true dat
Castro’s back is iffy, but he’s a great backup.
I don’t want Vomit Torrealba or Hor-Hay “the Anteater” Posada.
Laird is not worth Stitch, maybe Gomez.
I don’t mind another year of LoDuca.
Where does A-Rod fit into this post?
Castro will walk. Another team is going to make him their starting catcher. I think Castro has earned an opportunity somewhere. He could give solid power production from the catcher position wherever he goes.
The work to do regarding LoDuca mostly has to do with exploring all the other options first. The Mets would like LoDuca back in as much as they dont want him to sign with someone else until they can find a better plan. Kinda slimey, but thats how it goes.