Read: Hot Stove Daily – New York Mets
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…
