Read: Extreme Makeover, Mets Edition
According to Dan Graziano in the Star-Ledger, citing officials 
with three major-league teams, ‘Mets GM Omar Minaya has been calling around this week to gauge the availability of players he thinks could help the Mets improve,’ such as O’s 1B Kevin Millar, and Pirates OF Jason Bay and Xavier Nady.
Graziano compares the Mets to the position Boston found themselves in while stumbling around in 2004, after which a ‘radical July makeover’ propelled them to a World Championship.
To see a list of other potential outfielders who could be available on the trade market, check out MLB Trade Rumors.
Speaking of the trade market, in his video blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney explains how the bounty of quality, young pitching around MLB could result in a team trading a pitcher like Ben Sheets or C.C. Sabathia in exchange for two Grade-B prospects.
Speaking of acquisitions, though the Mets have ‘some interest’ in 1B Scott Hatteberg, as Newsday recently wrote, the Mariners appear to be his biggest suitor, according to the Seattle Times.
