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News: Duaner Sanchez to Plan Winter Ball
By Matthew Cerrone - Nov 15, 2007 7:09 am

During a conference call with reporters yesterday, Mets GM Omar Minaya said that Duaner Sanchez will begin pitching during winter ball in the Dominican Republic next month.

Last week, in a poll of more than 3,200 people at MetsBlog.com, when faced with a variety of options on how best to fix the team’s bullpen, the majority of fans agreed the best approach is to simply ‘pray for the health of Juan Padilla and Duaner Sanchez.”

13 Responses to “News: Duaner Sanchez to Plan Winter Ball”

  1. mikey_FF says:

    Nice … I hope he comes back healthy … we really missed this guy. We really need him to be the pitcher he was.

    • dk70 says:

      Duque, Feliciano, Padilla, Sanchez and Wagner. That is a good start. This is going under the assumption that Heilman gets traded in a package deal for a top line starter. Maybe!!!! That leaves only two spots. I believe that Mota and The Show are still under contract. I could deal with Show, but I think that Mota is washed up. Maybe we could put together a package to either the Orioles or A’s for either Bedard/Bradford or Blanton or Haren???? Sign a FA catcher, Castro, Castillo and call it a day……The only remaining quesiton is: Do we roll with Pelfrey in the #5 spot or sign Livan/Silva????

  2. Danny says:

    You can’t overstate how important it would be to get 2006 Duaner Sanchez back for 2008. He’s a lot better than any middle relief option on the market, and cheaper too.

    It’s just really hard to count on him after all he has been through. It sucks, the guy had a rubber arm and didn’t even hurt it pitching.

  3. gowrightgo says:

    i agree. The biggest addition to our pen would be a healthy Duaner pitching to his 2006 level of dominance. He was a closer in waiting til that damn cab ride

  4. pezao says:

    A nice ray of sunshine on a rainy day :)

  5. gowrightgo says:

    Dirty Sanchez healthy and near his form of 2006 would be the biggest addition we could make this offseason to the pen. Short of stealing Mariano Riviera or signing Cordero from the Brewers

  6. keithc says:

    Great. Now, Duaner:

    DO.
    NOT.
    GET.
    INTO.
    ANY.
    CABS.

    • dk70 says:

      THe team has requested Dominican Food to be delivered to him after every game. No need for Sanchez to venture into a cab. I think that Glavine’s dentist is a little upset that he won’t be taking anymore cab rides in NYC.

  7. PereztoHeilmantoWagner says:

    Let’s hope he is ready to go! Man, that would be a HUGE upgrade!