Daily Archives: November 23, 2007
On Monday, November 26, at 6:30pm, SNY’s Mets Hot Stove will feature Darryl Strawberry and Ron Darling.
Hosted by SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt, Mets Hot Stove discusses the rumors and trades surrounding the Mets and other MLB teams during the off-season.
The show will re-air at 11pm.
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Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, citing a ‘major-league source,’ reports Blue Jays LHP Joe Kennedy died Friday morning at his home in Florida.
According to Rosenthal, the cause of death has not been determined.
The 28-year old left-hander was 43-61 with a 4.79 ERA in his seven-year career.
…r.i.p. joe…
Tagged Mike Nichols |According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Twins LHP Johan Santana rejected a five-year, $93 million offer from the Twins, and, instead, asked 
for $126 million, which is the same total that Barry Zito signed for last winter.
…hmm, the thing is, is that $126 million over five years, or is that $126 million over seven years…the report does not state which…the difference is paying santana $25 million per season, which is something i would think minnesota is unwilling to do, or paying him $18 million per season, which they already offered to do
In a recent chat for ESPN,com, Baseball America’s Jim Callis was asked if the Mets can put together a package capable of acquiring Santana, to which Callis responded…
“I can’t see the Mets putting such a package together. You could start with Lastings Milledge but I don’t see much else that would entice the Twins…Those guys don’t blow me away. Pelfrey and Humber aren’t what they were out of college. The Mets don’t have any pitching to give back.”
Of course, in the Minnesota Pioneer Press, Phil Miller lists Carlos Gomez among seven outfielders who could replace Torii Hunter for the Twins, while writing…
“One of the top outfield prospects in baseball, the 21-year-old Met is believed to be a Twins target if Smith decides to trade Johan Santana.”
However, Callis writes that the Mets could acquire A’s RHP Dan Haren by offering Milledge, Aaron Heilman and Kevin Mulvey.
Last week, at Rotoworld.com, Matt Pouliot took a look at 10 off-season trade candidates, while offering up equitable scenarios, in his opinion, under which each player could be moved.
According to Pouliot, the Mets would need to offer Milledge, Fernando Martinez and Heilman to land Haren, or give up Milledge, Pelfrey and Carlos Gomez to get Santana.
…this exercise, and the opinion of callis, is all well and good, and certainly fun to read and play with, but, the fact is, it’s a market system - not too mention that santana has a no-trade clause, and can more or less dictate where he ends up…that being said, as i have written before, it’s not so much about whether the Mets can top each team’s best package, it’s about who, besides the Mets, is willing to overpay in a trade to get him, knowing they can, but may not, re-sign santana to an extension…
In his latest installment of “Hot Stove Daily“, Tim Brown at Yahoo! Sports takes a close look at the Mets offseason plans.
…aside from the pursuit of a front line starter, the most interesting piece of information dealt with OF Andruw Jones…
Brown writes…
“The Mets also, believe it or not, held broad discussions about Andruw Jones, presumably in case Lastings Milledge and/or Carlos Gomez must be included for a frontline starter. That seems like a longshot.”
…this confirms how serious the mets are about acquiring a front of the rotation starter via trade, as they’re already looking at potential replacements for players they think they’ll have to part with. i like that they’re looking at the big picture and don’t just have tunnel vision in attempting to acquire a starter, but i’m not ready to go crazy discussing andruw jones or other options until we see what it takes to upgrade the rotation…
