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In a post to Mets Merized Online, Joe D conducts a Q&A with Steve Popper from the Bergen Record.
Joe and Popper discuss the recent steroid reports; the Lastings Milledge trade; and the off-season’s lack of activity.
During the exchange, Popper says a Mets official recently scoffed at reports about his team having offered a 
four-year, $40 million deal to free-agent RHP Kyle Lohse.
For what it’s worth, last month the New York Post wrote…
“It’s believed the Mets have made an offer…but it’s not known if it is for the $10 million per he is seeking.”
During his recent appearance on SNY’s Mets Hot Stove, FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal had the following to say about the Mets and Lohse…
“I think Lohse is certainly a player they’re interested in - and while he hasn’t done much in his career, the Mets like his stuff. They like his durability, his age and they like the fact that he competed down the stretch for Philadelphia…He, essentially, is this year’s Gil Meche: a guy with a world of ability, who hasn’t put it together yet…My problem with him would be giving him three or four years at big money.”
…by the way, steve should really have a ring tone that raps, “I love it when you call me Steve Popper,” if he doesn’t already…i mean, come on, it’s a natural fit…
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I wouldn’t even give loshe a 4 year 4 million dollar contract
Granted, that was a reporter summarizing his take on thinking coming from somewhere within the Mets’ organization, but that sounded a lot like a filtered version of “I can fix him in ten minutes.”
Thanks Biggie, maybe Milledge will make a cameo?
““I love it when you call me Steve Popper,””
Hmm…perhaps I will skip the Metsblog gathering in the PSL if this is the kind of comedy I will have to endure.
eh, screw it, i’ll go anyway…
LOL @ Matts Biggie reference….last thing I expected to read on Metsblog…
Bob Papa (the NY Giants radio announcer) has already stolen Steve’s thunder.
signing lohse to that contract would be nothing less than moronic. let pelfrey/humber/mulvey take a rotation spot at 1/10th the price for the same results.
If I’m the Mets, I’d realize its about time to move forward. Pelfrey has the stuff but hasn’t proven himself yet. This is a lack of confidence. The Mets should just say to him- You have the 5-spot. He wasn’t worse than Chan Ho last year and quite frankly he has the stuff to be a top of the order guy. Go with it. If he pans out then you save your entire system by not giving it all for Santana. If he doesn’t pan out, you have the best players ready to trade for Santana and remember he doesn’t want to go to any team.
I think it’s pretty obvious that if the Mets were offering Lohse 4/40 that he would have signed by now. But nobody is in his ballpark, hence why he just had to recently lower his demands to 3 years and an option. It wouldn’t suprise me to see an offer for Lohse of say 3/15, but nowheres near that kind of money.
I will throw up if we sign this scrub