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…i just hung up the phone with Troy E. Renck, who does an amazing job covering baseball and the Rockies for the Denver Post…i reached out to him in an effort to learn a bit more about free-agent C Yorvit Torrealba, who, according to Newsday, is close to agreeing on a deal with the Mets…
Renck, on Torrealba’s overall game…
“He had an opportunity to be the opening-day catcher in 2006, but he struggled. He got in to a problem where he lifted too much in Venezuela in the off-season and he regretted it. In the process, he lost his arm slot, and had arm problems during his first year with the Rockies, which was disappointing, but he did reveal that he’s a clutch hitter and pitchers like the way he received and called the game…During the season it became obvious that the pitching staff had an unbelievable comfort level with him…
“Torrealba’s main value is that he has passion, he has leadership qualities and he worked wonders with their pitchers. He knew when to give them a pat on the back or a kick in the butt…
“There were some whispers that the Rockies were not totally happy with his play-calling in 2006, but not only was that not a concern in 2007, but it was considered his strength. The team’s manager, Clint Hurdle, went out of his way on repeated occasions to talk about how he thought what a terrific job Torrealba was doing calling games.”
Renck, on Torrealba’s ability to deal with media, since, in New York, the catcher is often asked to address reporters regarding that day’s starting pitcher…
“He was very accessible to me, I had a great relationship with him and I found him to be very open, very candid and very insightful. He didn’t try to butter everything up. When a guy pitched poorly he explained to me why he pitched poorly without ripping him. If he felt like he called the wrong pitches he took credit for that…
“In the playoffs he loved the attention, he gravitated towards the spotlight. He held court at his locker at several times…Now, how he’ll deal with 10 or 15 reporters, during like what the Mets went through last year, that I don’t know. I mean, he can be a little moody, but, to me, it’s a by-product of his passion…
“He cares deeply about winning. So, sometimes when he gets upset, it’s not to be a jerk, it’s because he is genuinely upset and he doesn’t want to say the wrong thing, because he cares so much about winning – and I think that’s what his teammates respond so much to.”
…thanks, troy…i will post the complete audio from this discussion, along with a second chat with a Rockies blogger, tomorrow on The MetsBlog Podcast…
By the way, Renck and other writers from the Denver Post will soon release A Magical Season, a book about the 2007 Rockies, who put together one of the most amazing hot streaks in baseball history to reach their first World Series ever.
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first class example of why I love metsblog… thanks Matt!
touche~!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6vbKRQsq1k
Not for nothing, but didn’t Colorado offer him a 3 year, $9 million contract? Why should we have to overpay by $2 million per year? Players should want to come here. At this rate, we will be paying $8 million per year on a catcher with a bad back, and another catcher that hasn’t really shown anything. Heck, bring back Piazza and let him platoon with Castro! Piazza can still hit, and he can’t be much worse at throwing runners out than Yorvit.
They should want to come here, as opposed to the team that just made the World Series last year? I think you’re overestimating how desireable a place New York is to play in.
Do you honestly think the Rockies have a better shot to make the playoffs next year than the Mets do? If it weren’t for a ridiculous winning streak by Colorado, and a historic collapse by the Mets, we’re not even having this conversation.
NOT FOR 15 MILLION FOR 3 YEARS.
I RATHER HAVE DiFelice.
Torrealba AND HIM BOTH HAVE NUMBERS THAT ARE THE SAME.
USE THAT MONEY FOR A-ROD~!!
plummetdown is a spot on name isn’t it?
Is that what you want the Mets to do?
I don’t like Loduca but Torrealba is horrible.
He has a 710 on base/slugging and he played 1/2 his games in colorado!! He hit 212 on the road.he threw out
20% of base stealers last year.On top of all that,I’ve read he might have a sore arm. This would be maybe the worst move omar has made with the mets,or very close.
Here here! Way to bring it Matt. Best post over the last two days (from one of the few people who prefer fewer posts, because I think all these Ken Rosenthal sightings which often contradict each other is about as bad as the Marty Noble mailbag).
my thoughts exactly.
Great job, Matt. I feel a bit better about him. I am still leary about his offense. And his arm slot and shoulder problems are over???? I am sure they are saying they are, but his % stunk last year.
Well, this makes the move look better, and would certainly shed some light on what the Front Office is thinking here. I’m still going to miss Paulie Walnuts
Matt, thanks for getting that interview and staying so much on top of things. You rock!
It’s encouraging to know that Torrealba at least has this passion and he cares. I doubt he will get “bored” anytime during the season.
now i feel better about this signing. It’s one thing to look at numbers and say “what the!??!” and it’s another thing to get a perspective from people that watch him play every day. Kinda like Luis Castillo, who I feel did a lot more than what is printed in the box score on any given night. You don’t appreciate someone like that until they are on your team.
If I wake up tomorrow and Yorvit is a Met, allow me to be the first to say “welcome aboard kid, good luck to ya, and let’s win some ball games”
If Torrealba and Castro can combine for 20 HR, 65-70 RBI, and .255-.265 while hitting in the 8 spot - I’ll be fine with it, especially if Torrealba actually handles pitchers as well as the reporter indicates.
Seems like the exact kind of guy the Mets need. We all said we didn’t think the Mets played like they cared last year. A guy who wants to win so bad that it affects his attitude is exactly what this team needs. Someone to get angry at other guys. Sounds like he won’t be afraid to get up in his teamate’s faces.
Great job Matt, just the kind of info we needed.
Still don’t get how they’re gonna pay him more than Castro…
You just described Paul Loduca. The same reason many people on this blog are saying good-riddance and that his act is getting old.
So what we are doing basically is bringing in a player who has the same qualities as Paul, but a much lower batting average. I don’t get it, I don’t like it, and think the Mets are making a mistake…
Nice write up. If he really is being brought in to be a platoon guy of some kind, why not? With these 2, especially Castro, either one could get the bulk of the starts anyway.
Still think the LT plan should include trying to get a ML ready (or close to) catching prosepct back. Someone to work into the mix, and maybe take over in a few years when both these guys could be gone. Or Castro breaks down, whicherver comes first!
Someone like Flores?
Didn’t they just sign some minor league catcher from an independent league a few days ago?
Oh yeay, forgot about him.
He is right now the gem of the system.
LOL … doesn’t say much for the system, huh?
http://www.sandgnats.com/sandgnats/roster/index.html?player_id=14
ReyesRocks … thanks for the link, I wasn’t referring to Pena though. I’m talking about some catcher from an independent league that the Mets signed recently. Matt made a post on it not too long ago, only I can’t remember the guys name.
The Aussie Bloke
Patrick Maat
http://mets.scout.com/2/348046.html
Thanks BiggieSmalls … I totally forgot about that Aussie kid. He’s also not the one I’m talking about … I finally found it though … his hame is Luis Alen and the Mets signed him like 2 weeks ago:
http://metsminors.metsblog.com/blog/_archives/2007/11/2/3329106.html
I think Castro won’t command nearly as much $$ because his back is shot. I guess time will tell though.
Sounds like he has the same exact characteristics that made us like Paulie, but just a bit younger/cheaper…That should quiet some critics
I hope he is more tactful and a little more composed than Paulie.
I noticed that too. If the article hasn’t said Torrealba, I’d think they’re talking about Lo Duca. However, it still doesn’t make me feel any better! The front office clearly didn’t like Lo Duca’s attitude down the stretch and now we’re gonna get a Lo Duca double…without any bat?
i don’t see the problem with signing yorvit and silva. omar is shoring up 2 positions without giving up much money. then omar would have the prospects an money to get a deal with some stellar players
thats all fine and good but ill wait until after we trade for that stellar player b4 im happy with the offseason or start praising omar.
I still say we need to make a bigger splash this off season..while signing hoim sounds a lot better then it did 2 hours ago….he alone will not help us get to the playoffs or win the division…. So sign the friggin kid already and Castro!! So we can start filling our real need ..PITCHING!!!
Junk. Clutch hitter my anus. Career SLG .391. Talk all you want about “passion” and “leadership” and “accessibility”. He’s a hole in the line-up.
And Lo Duca wasn’t? And Hernandez, Laird, Paulino, whoever you want to realistically propose us getting wouldn’t be? There weren’t any good hitting catchers available, nothing you can do about that. Just get the best of what is available, without morgaging the farm to do so. Plus, I like the idea of offering Arbitration to Duke, and getting a Sandwich pick.
He has all the intangibles people tag on players that are not good. Could you just imagine if we picked up Yorvit and Eckstein. It would be an explosion of intangible clutch grit hustle courage blah blah blah………
maybe its just me but i do not like this potential signing. i dont think he has what it takes to handle the pressure of NY. before this past year the most games he was in was 66 in 2003 with SF. hes a career .250 hitter with no pop. i think signing paulie even though he is older would be better. put paulie back into the #2 slot and he will be fine. in 06 when he was in the 2 slot he was great at moving people up and going the other way. he was getting pitches to hit because who would want to face delgado/beltran/wright. this past year he gets dropped to the bottom of the order where pitchers will pitch around him. i love the fire that is in him. he is not afraid to say what he has to say and get in peoples faces. who on this team can take over what he would do for his teamates. we cant say wright because he is too much of a nice guy, you need someone on this team willing to get in the ump’s faces when they are not right! OMAR SIGN LODUCA
Yankees just got ARod back- deal is all but done. On the same day they sign ARod, we sign Yorvit Torrealba- that piece of garbage. What a mickey mouse franchise, I hate this team and this garbage, cheap owner and incompetent GM and clueless, gutless manager.
Good point. We should definitely wait a couple of days to sign Yorvit. Thanks for the input.
So can you please leave then?
Your hatred of the Mets is not shared by anyone else who comes to this site; I guess we should be proud of your unique qualities?
Your hatred of the Mets is not shared by anyone else who comes to post on this site (minus the trolls); I guess we should be proud of your unique qualities?
Next time you’re at Grand Central, make sure you hop on the 4 train uptown instead of the 7 express. It will raise the collective IQ of both fan bases.
lol
im gonna stick up for mistermet even though he probably doesnt need me to but come on guys everyone said no to eckstein for the exact reasons that we’re now saying yes to torrealba (passion, grit, etc). i dont know whats going on behind closed doors, none of us do, but honestly all of you against getting arod and saying “focus on pitching” are you actually confident the pitching will be addressed sufficiently?
I’m not against getting A-Rod at the right price - something like 6-8 years at $180-$225M and provided he’s willing to move to either 1B or 2B, but that’s not the point.
I just hate it when certain nattering nabobs of negativism jump all over the Mets in general and Omar in particular when NOTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED YET - with either A-Rod or Torrealba. Give them a break for cryin’ out loud! We’re less than a week into the free agent process.
Plus, are you really gonna stick up for comments like “What a mickey mouse franchise, I hate this team and this garbage, cheap owner and incompetent GM and clueless, gutless manager.”?
well im not sticking up for everything hes saying but i do hate the wilpons and the way they run the franchise though.
I guess that makes the siging of Yorvit more pleasant.
At this point I think I’d take either Yorvit or Lo Duca, and maybe Yorvit if Ramon Castro is at stake.
Now, if the Astros make a 3 year proposal to Castillo, then I must believe that the Mets are out of the question. I don’t want to give Castillo those kind of years, especially comnig off surgery.
Bedard and Roberts is making more sense to me for each day.
I think that a package consisting of Gotay, Pelfrey, Milledge, Humber and Heilman could give us an opportunity to be one of the best possible deals available to Baltimore.
They aren’t trading them to the AL East.
The Dodgers and Angels have what it takes to get him, but the Dodgers may sign A-rod, and may not have the payroll to add 2 all stars this off season. If they don’t sign A-rod, they’ll use their trade assets for Cabrera. The Angels don’t have a problem with their staff, and their primary focus is a big bat a la A-rod or Cabrera.
The Giants are trading pitching, so it would make no sense for them to get Bedard.
Nevermind that both LA teams lack one important thing for a Roberts trade, need.
LAD has Kent and Furcal manning the middle, and it sounds like Kent is going to play next year.
LAA has Kendrick and Cabrera.
Everyone always talks about the Angels and Dodgers Farm systems, and how they have so many better chips to trade than us, however, no one has ever assumed that those teams with the better trading chips, may not want to trade their super prospects.
I think, just maybe, if the Mets offer Milledge plus, (basically the best package they can muster) it just might be more than other teams will offer, and THAT might make a deal for the likes of Bedard and Roberts ( or something like that) happen.
They would trade Wood, Rodriguez and someone else for Cabrera. They want a big bat for 2008.
The Dodgers also need a big bat for 2008, and will either sign A-rod or top the Angels’ offer for Cabrera.
Sign Rivera. Only way to upstage the Yankees now. Plus the Mets need him for their garbage bullpen. Would add instant credibility. this would be the smart thing- but the Mets never do the smart thing. They do the least expensive thing.
Would you actually give a declining 38 year old reliever for 3 years $45 million at least, just to setup?
No upstaging, Omar is too timid for that….We are doomed….it is sickening how Lo Duca does not get re-signed…sorry but Torrealba is a weak signing….The mets will always be the #2 town in NY as long as the wilpons own this club and let morons like omar and willie run the team….
Why the need to upstage the Yankees? We’ll upstage them when we beat them in October.
nicely put
that sounds like a move to los mets to me.
mistermet you disappoint me.
consistency has never been your strong suit though I guess
;)
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071114&content_id=2300099&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp
says the mets will offer 2 yr for 10 million. that makes me feel better
Scr*w that, let choking Wagner set up. Rivera will be the closer. Double sandmen.
Great. That Rivera. His 3 ERA is all star worthy.
38 years old with his worst career season. Ditch him
Hahaha…this is completely irrelevant, but anyone see the message Arod put up on his website “Arod.com?” I could be wrong, but I think he’s coming to this realization a little late.
Man how I wish the Yankees would flat out say no. I know they won’t, because they’re a classless organization, but how great would it be for Arod to be totally shut down.
Interesting article from Rosenthal about A-Rod not being able to negotiate without Boras due to union rules.
Yea..don’t really understand the implications of that, but who cares. No Arod to the Mets! Hooray!
Mets sign Torrealba, Yankees sign ARod. I am truly embarrassed more than I ever thought I could be.
Really? I am sooooo happy. The Mets aren’t signing Arod! It’s time to celebrate!
not that I want Arod .. but it looks like he’s not even talking to anyone but the yanks right now.
“Prior to entering into serious negotiations with other clubs, I wanted the opportunity to share my thoughts directly with Yankees’ ownership. We know there are other opportunities for us, but Cynthia and I have a foundation with the club that has brought us comfort, stability and happiness.”
(from mlb.com)
Sorry, you cannot spin this into a failure by the Mets.
Disingenous slug. My 5 year old lies more convincingly that ARod.
is there anything to the fact matt isn’t posting the mlb.com article that quotes the potential contract at 2yrs/10mil. overall? Are there conflicting reports?
I know its just the first move of the off-season and there is no other alternatives, but I feel like the Mets have reverted back to their pre-Omar 2004 philosophy.
We can’t take a risk on an aging Catcher in LoDuca or Posada so let’s get a couple of marginal players and platoon them and see how that works.
Doesn’t that sound a lot like - we can’t take a risk on Vladimir Guererro’s bad back, so instead let’s sign Shane Spencer and Karim Garcia. They will fill the slot.
Yeah, except you can’t compare Vladimir Guerrerro to aging catchers Lo Duca and posada. (According to Hardball Times, Guerrero was worth 31 wins, Lo Duca was worth 8.) There was no Guerrerro quality cather to take a risk on this offseason, so I don’t see how your point is relevant.
I’m just wondering who the “impact player” catcher is that you had in mind, and what we’d have to give up to acquire him.
Torrealba is probably a better all-around player now than Lo Duca, and Posada was never going to leave the Yankees.
The real question is this. Lo Duca was never going to accept splitting time with Castro down the middle without squawking. Will Torrealaba? Seems like he’d be better able to handle it, seeing as he hadn’t played 100 games in a season before this year.
LoDuca’s worst year is better than Torrealba’s best year.
lol EXCELLENT reference…but we’re NOT the yankees, we dont sign an ALL STAR at every position, and as the yankees have proven over the last 6 years, that DOESNT win u championships. And, as the Red Sox and WHite Sox and Cardinals have proven, a few stars (which we have) some youth (which we have) and players who know their role, DOES WIN YOU CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I feel that omar will trade for/sign the pitcher/relief we need and that will trump any of these smaller moves
Pitching wins championships, and the Mets are not exactly stocked with great arms.
he hasn’t so far, has he?
What number is Yorvit going to wear?
But, by signing Torrealbe, the Mets still have ALL their trade bait, and thus can put THAT toward at least TRYING to aquire one (or two) of those arms.
THIS TRADE WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
ORIOLES TRADE BRIAN ROBERTS, CHAD BRADFORD,RAMON HERNANDEZ ANDPOSSIBLY ERIC BEDARD FOR GOMEZ, HUMBER, BOSTICK AND/OR A COUPLE LOW LEVEL PROSPECTS DOWN IN SINGLE A OR AA
THIS WOULD ADDRESS EVERY NEED THE METS NEED THIS OFFSEASON!!!!!! SOLID SECOND BASEMEN, ROBERTS IS BETTER AND YOUNGER THAN CASTILLO; RELIEF PITCHER, HALF OF BRADFORD IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT THE METS ARE PUTTING OUT THERE, HERNANDEZ IS A GREAT YOUNG CATCHER WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL, AND BEDARD A GO TO TOP OF THE LINE STARTER, WHO IS ALSO YOUNG
AM I RIGHT CERRONE
What color is the sky in your world? Humber Bostick and Gomez wouldn’t even get Bedard.
Agreed. I like the idea though if possible for whatever package of prospects it takes. It would allow us to let our FAs walk and restock with five picks in the draft before round 2 (2 first rounders and three supps.). It may not be possible though. Bedard and Roberts will be extremely pricey. I’d Hernandez and Bradford though as salary dumps in a heartbeat, those two really shouldn’t cost much for an O’s team that needs to decrease payroll by about $10 million and might have a hard time moving Tejeda once the Mitchell Report comes out.
I’d rather have Yorvit than Ramon Hernandez.
Bradford is good but would cost a bit to get back.
Roberts will cost Milledge and maybe a bit more.
Bedard is a full blown ace.
Milledge, Heilman, Pelfrey, Humber and Gotay could land Bedard and Roberts, with both Los Angeles teams having corner infield bats as their main focus.
Sign Bedard to a long term deal and Roberts to 4 years. Also sign Linebrink to a 3 year, $15 million deal and Silva & Fukudome to 4 year, $40 million contracts.
Should Silva and Fukudome impress, trade El Duque, Gomez and Delgado to a team for a quality young first baseman, may it be a prospect or a star.
I actually think Bradford will cost very little. One thing a rebuilding team does not need is a $7 million dollar commitment to a middle reliever. They’ll be lucky to get a significant return for him.
I agree that your five-for-two package isn’t impossble, but I also think the O’s could be more interested in Carlos Gomez, Deolis Guerra, or Kevin Mulvey. They have no need for MLB ready talent for 2008. Mulvey’s stock is at least as high as Humber’s right now, maybe Pelfrey’s too. And Gomez projects out better than Milledge in a lot of ways, but he’s not as far along. He could be a real star with his size, speed, and defensive abilities. He may just need to finish growing into his body. Its the higher risk, higher reward gamble. If a team would take either It’d be a tough decision, but I might have to hang onto Milledge due to the more immediate need and the fact that he’s probably a safer bet to be an above average player.
I could see the O’s considering the deal even better though if you add Bradford for with Mike Carp and maybe even a cheaper reliever like Eddie Kunz or Joe Smith. That would give the O’s a lot of incentive to take the deal. They get to basically shed some salary by adding a reasonable project at 1B and a projectable replacement reliever at a much cheaper price.
“they have no need for MLB ready talent right now”
By that I mean projectable MLB ready talent. They’ll be going on the cheap and low and build to compete in 2009 at the earliest.
One connection that no one’s mentioned (maybe someone has in comments but I don’t have time to sift through it all) is the Venezuelan one. Maybe Omar has some sort of sense that with a good catcher that works well with pitchers from Johan Santana’s hometown, it might all but seal the deal should he hit the open market. He’s already expressed interest in the Mets. Its a stretch but maybe Torrealba puts them over the top.
oops, home-country that is.
Nah, we can’t get Johan. That’d just fuel more Los Mets rants. ;-)
Yeah your probably right.
Strangely, I think if it was Miguel Cabrera we’d get more fat jokes than Los Mets rants though.
ESPN ’s baseball wire reports Omar as saying he has catcher Plan A, B, and C and that Paulie is still very much on his radar.
Also says he expects to be a player in trading for high end pitching this winter…
Omar’s failings last offseason has the Mets in dire need of filling SP,2B, RF(if not Milledge), C, RP. He slept on the success of 2006 and now looks like he will have to overpay to fill those needs, in trade and money and years. Hopefully Siliva dosen’t get the money and years Omar said Lilly and Mench didn’t deserve, because he sure doesn’t. And while I am at it how much would Bannister have helped filling the spot Pelfrey butchered last season, and for a RP who did nothing but raise the Mets workers comp costs.
I have very little confidence in Omar right now and that doesn’t increase w/ the signing of Torrealba.
Lilly was pretty good last year
THEY SHOULD DO THE TRADE FOR ROBERTS, BEDARD, BRADFORD AND RAMON HERNANDEZ.
IT IS THE MOST LOGICAL SOLUTION
HERNANDEZ, BRADFORD, AND ROBERTS ALL HAD DOWN YEARS THIS YEAR LOWERING THEIR PRICE TO GET EM’
THE METS COULD TRADE A COUPLE OF THE CARRIBEAN TALENT THEY JUST GOT!!! PLUS ONE OR TWO OF THE FOLLOWING: HUMBER, BOSTICK, KUNZ, RUSTICH,COLLAZO,MUNIZ BUT NOT FERNANDO MARTINEZ. I THINK HE WILL BE THE STARTING OUTFIELDER FOR THE METS FOR YEARS TO COME. HE WILL BE BETTER THAN MILLEDGE ALTHOUGH MILLEDGE WILL BE DESCENT BUT NOT GREAT
THAT IS WHY AFTER THEY DO THE DEAL WITH THE ORIOLES I WOULD TRADE MILLEDGE AND/OR PELFREY TO THE A’S FOR BLANTON OR HAREN
I MEAN WE AREN’T A TEAM BUILT TO WIN IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD PEOPE ON OUR TEAM WE ARE BUILT TO WIN NOW. SO THERE IS NO POINT IN KEEPING THESE PROSPECTS THAT ARE PROBABLY AREN’T GOING TO DO ANYTHING IN THE MAJORS. THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THAT THEY CAN’T DO MUCH AKA PELFREY AND GOMEZ
MAYBE ALSO THROW IN A GOMEZ IN THE TALKS
AMI RIGHT OR AM I RIGHT CERRONE
Santana and Torrealba are not from the same home town- whoever bought that up is either lying or just not informed. They are both from Venezuela but Torrealba is from Caracas and Santana is from Tovar Merida. So yes that thing is a stretch. The only Santana the Mets would be able to get would be Rafael to be a coach or Carlos to sing the national anthem. They just don’t have the chips.
It was just a brain fart, sorry, I meant home country, I corrected myself in a reply. I said it was a stretch, but its not completely unrealistic. And I mean that being if he hits the open market. I know no one thinks he will, but that’s what everyone said about Barry Zito, Alfonso Soriano, and Tori Hunter.
BUT IF THE ORIOLES DEAL DOES NOT FALL THROUGH I WOULD FEEL FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH CASTRO BEHIND THE DISH BECAUSE HE PUT UP UNBELIEVABLE NUMBERS IN THE TIME HE PLAYED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT HE WAS WELL RESTED MOST OF THE TIME HE PLAYED BUT IF HE COULD PUT UP 15-25 HOME RUNS WITH 60-75 RBI’S AND .280-.300 AVERAGE I WULD BE FINE
u see that button under tab and above shift?
lol
Just my off season predictions and Mets hopes, comments welcome:
Alex Rodriguez back to Yankees for 10 years, $290 million.
Mike Lowell back to Red Sox for 4 years, $50 Million.
Miguel Cabrera to Dodgers for Andy LaRoche, Scott Elbert and Jon Meloan.
Johan Santana to Yankees for Philip Hughes, Robinson Cano and Humberto Sanchez.
Torii Hunter to White Sox for 4 years, $55 million.
Andruw Jones to Padres for 5 years, $70 million.
Mike Cameron to Braves for 3 years, $45 Million.
Carlos Silva to Mets for 4 years, $40 Million.
Yorvit Torrealba to Mets for 2 years, $10 Million.
Kosuke Fukudome to Mets for 4 years, $40 Million.
Erik Bedard and Brian Roberts to Mets for Lastings Milledge, Aaron Heilman, Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Ruben Gotay.
Miguel Tejada to Angels for Orlando Cabrera and Sean Rodriguez.
would hate to see johan go to the spankees, but if can get bedard and roberts it will take the sting away if it happens