Buzz: The Mets are Thin, but still like Bedard
In a recap of Day Two of the Winter Meetings for MLB.com, Marty Noble quotes a National League GM as saying…
“The Mets probably didn’t have enough to compete for any of the big names out there before they traded Milledge. Now it’s almost like they’re grasping at straws. They’re just too thin. Give Omar credit for trying, but it doesn’t look like they can be taken seriously.”
Meanwhile, during his spot with WFAN, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said the Mets had told the O’s they will do whatever is necessary to acquire Bedard, short of trading David Wright and Jose Reyes.
However, while the Mets may look to ‘re-shape’ their offer to the Orioles, such as including Pelfrey or Mulvey instead of Humber, Noble writes that Minaya is still reluctant to deal Pelfrey and Mulvey in the same package - or Gomez and Martinez in the same package, as well.
…amazing, because that doesn’t sound like, ‘whatever is necessary,’ like heyman suggests…look, if giving the O’s all four will net bedard, let alone splitting them up, personally, i would do it…yes, baltimore, take them all…leave me Ryan Church to play right, and leave me Phil Humber, to join Erik Bedard, Pedro Martinez, John Maine and Oliver Perez, and i’ll be more than satisfied, and you can have the rest, including gomez and martinez, who i expect to be solid players one day…
The thins is, in a post to his blog for the Cincinnati Enquirer, citing ‘several people he has talked to,’ John Fay writes that the Reds are serious about ‘going after’ Bedard, as well, and could offer Homer Bailey and Joey Votto, among others.
According to Fay, the O’s will certainly want Reds OF Jay Bruce, who was recently named the game’s top prospect by MiLB.com.
…so far today, the Reds, Mets, Blue Jays and Dodgers seemed to appear in the most rumors involving bedard, with ESPN noting a deal with los angeles may have been close, with names such as Matt Kemp and Jonathan Broxton being mentioned…
However, and fortunately for the Mets, Los Angeles beat-reporter Tony Jackson wrote to his blog, for the Daily News, that he finds it ‘hard to believe’ that the Dodgers will part with Broxton.
Additionally, at his blog for MLB.com, Jim Molony recently said, “Though the Dodgers are interested in Bedard, it is unlikely they would create holes at two important slots - starting right fielder (Kemp) and setup man (Broxton) – to get him.”
…there had been talk during that the day that the Blue Jays could look to move Alex Rios for a top-flight starting pitcher, like bedard…however…
According to Ken Rosenthal, at FoxSports.com, the chances of the Jays trading for Bedard are ‘extremely remote,’ since the O’s are unlikely to trade him within the division, ‘and the Jays cannot offer a strong enough package of prospects for the pitcher.’
…and this is where i have hope, because if the Blue Jays are out of the mix, with logic that will eliminate the Red Sox and Yankees, as well, all while the Reds have supposedly told teams that bruce is ‘untouchable,’ while the above reports, as well as most buzz, suggests that the Dodgers do not want to part with their top-tier of prospects, preferring instead to deal from James Loney and others, then i don’t understand why the Mets are out of the running, despite ‘being so thin.’…
