Daily Archives: January 5, 2008
According to The Associated Press, the Mets reacquired OF Angel Pagan from the Cubs on Saturday in exchange for two minor leaguers: OF Corey Coles and RHP Ryan Meyers.
Pagan, 26, has a .255 batting average and nine home runs in 318 career major league at-bats.
He was originally drafted by the Mets in 1999 and spent his first six professional seasons in the Mets organization before being sold to the Cubs in January 2006.
…bringing pagan back adds some outfield depth at an inexpensive price, but needless to say, it’s not an earth-shattering move…
…for those Cyclones fans out there, you may remember pagan as the star player on the inaugural 2001 team…
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According to a report by Peter Botte in the Daily News, citing ‘a person with knowledge of the situation,’ the Mets 
remain interested in acquiring A’s RHP Joe Blanton and have recently asked Billy Beane to ‘keep them in mind,’ ‘just as it was with Dan Haren.’
‘The A’s almost certainly would expect at least three more young players in return for Blanton,’ writes Botte.
According to a recent report from Jerry Crasnick at ESPN.com, trade talks between the Mets and A’s regarding Blanton had ‘hit a lull.’ The Mets are still interested in Blanton, writes Crasnick, but not at the expense of Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey and Aaron Heilman.
Last season for the A’s, Blanton was 14–10 with a 3.95 ERA through 34 starts, during which he allowed an average of just one walk per start.
He made at least 32 starts in each of the last three seasons.
He is eligible for salary arbitration this off-season, and the two after that, and is eligible for free agency after 2010.
Botte also reports on Johan Santana, the Mets, and their interest in Kyle Lohse, Livan Hernandez, Jon Lieber and Freddy Garcia.
In the New York Post, Mike Puma quotes Yankees GM Brian Cashman as saying…
“This is what the rotation is, and this is what we’re going [to spring training] with.”
However, according to the Associated Press, Yankees VP Hank Steinbrenner said the following about his team’s pursuit of Johan Santana while talking with reporters in Florida yesterday…
“Nothing is really decided at this point. I’m still leaning towards doing it. There’s others leaning not to do it. There are some others that are leaning to do it also. Disagreements within the organization. Nothing major, but just different opinions. I’ve changed my opinion a couple
times…I’m going to make the final decisions because when you’re the owner you should.”
According to Puma, citing ‘sources,’ the Yankees do not have an official standing offer to Minnesota for Santana.
Meanwhile, at his blog for the Journal News, Peter Abraham writes…
“The Twins must be loving this. Cashman is like a poker player who’s buddy is standing behind him saying, ‘Wow, you have two kings.’”
…from what i understand, while hank would like to acquire santana, cashman and Hal Steinbrenner do not, because cashman has ‘a plan,’ and it includes Phil Hughes, and hal has a budget, and it doesn’t include santana…
