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Buzz: Mets Remain Aggressive on Livan

by Matthew Cerrone on November 30th, 2007 at 10:33 am

At FOXSports.com, Ken Rosenthal writes that the Mets ‘remain aggressive’ on free-agent RHP Livan Hernandez.

If you recall, earlier in the off-season, instead of trading for Johan Santana or Dan Haren, the majority of more than 3,200 voters at MetsBlog said they would instead sign free-agent RHP Carlos Silva to a four-year deal, while also trading for A’s RHP Joe Blanton.

…which is funny, because, as i wrote the other day, thanks to blogs like mine, newspapers and vague quotes by the team, my big concern is that fans will be painfully disappointed if the Mets only end up acquiring, say, blanton and livan or silvawhich, though probably enough to help for next season, is not enough from a public relations perspective given the hype around santana and haren…in short, it’s like our collective expectations have been raised so high, that anything short of acquiring the best pitcher in baseball will be viewed as a colossal disappointment, which is crazy, yet totally understandable