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For those who still think the Mets should acquire an outfielder, know that, according to the Baltimore Sun, OF Aubrey Huff has cleared revocable ‘trade’ waivers, meaning he can be traded to any team at any time.
Huff is hitting .300 with 25 HR in 117 games for the Orioles this season.
Huff will earn $8 million next season, after which he is eligible to be a free agent.
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wow.
Holy crap . . . he could be a nice addition.
Only if Church is done for the year. Otherwise, why do we need him?
Only thing I could see is using him to replace Delgado, as Huff did play some 1B in Tampa.
Why do need him? He’s a proven hitter… why don’t we need him?
He can spell Delgado, and is great insurance for when Murphy comes back down to earth, and given Church has played in only 57 games this season.. this is a friggen blessing.
Go get this guy!
well, if church doesn’t make it back…
Doesn’t this mean that the Mets already passed up picking him up if he has cleared waivers?
Wow.. he would be great….still going to take a good player to get him though
andy mcphail is not going to let this guy go for anything less than prospects who can replace him next year. look how he fleeced the mariners on bedard and how he gave the cubs the hand for brian roberts in the offseason.
doubtful huff is a met.
hmm ya never know…I’m sure they would mind clearing the payroll either…
*wouldn’t mind
that didn’t stop him from holding out for top dollar on brian roberts or eric bedard. not saying it’s impossible but just looking at how he handled chicago should be a strong indicator of how he will handle the potential trade of aubrey huff
Don’t you think that those guys are a little different than an aging veteran with an expensive contract for this season and next? The would save over 10 million. The only reason they would keep him is for the picks so if they can get them now AND save money they would do it. Besides they are going to need all the money they can get to go after Tex like it has been rumored.
i don’t think it’s different at all. he knew he would need to unload roberts but wouldn’t take junk back from chicago. he didn’t like who they were offering so he figured he’ll keep roberts for a better deal or take the picks.
same with bedard all while knowing how much bedard wanted to leave and already stated he would leave as a free agent. he found a sucker in bill bavasi and gave him a bounty for an overrated bum.
what gives any indication he’s going to act different with aubrey huff? what’s to stop him from simply going for the picks if he doesn’t get HIS deal?
The 10 million dollars needed for Tex. Bedard and Roberts are CHEAP. They would net more players because they are under team control and young(er). Do you honestly think that he can get more than what the value of 2 draft picks would be for him? His value is more right now with another year on his contract in a pennant race than it will be in the offseason.
I think right now he could get a top pitching prospect, in the fall he may not get anything more than the 2 net of 2 picks/
Depends on the asking price. He would be a very nice addition to the lineup, especially if Church comes back. Could you imagine a lineup in September of: Reyes, Beltran, Wright, Delgado, Church, Huff, Castro/Easley, Schneider/Castillo?
Would be pretty darn good.
can you change your username already???
I doubt he will become a met either. on the one hand he’d be a great addition and would make for a great OF with Beltran and a healthy Church/Tatis. on the other i want to continue seeing Evans and Murphy do their thing out there.
tough call to make if the opportunity presented itself
Isn’t he defensively challenged?
I *really* wish we knew if Church is coming back or not. It makes all the difference in the world.
Agreed. Now off topic but…why do you put ** around some words? Why not just bold or italicize them?
some people have trouble with HTML tags in comment sections like this so they use ** instead of bold and italics
I suppose…there is a list of HTML tags right above the “Add comment” button…
Because typing * much easier than typing . I’m more fluent with it, and I type very fast, so I like to keep things moving.
Oops, in my explanation I accidentaly bolded half my statement! Awesome.
Lol…that was an excellent demonstration of why you use the *…=)
I would like to clarify, I am not exactly advocating adding him, I am shocked that he cleared waivers, I could see Tampa Bay considering adding him.
McPhail would want David Price and then some, since they reside in the same division, and the Rays know this, so why would they bother even making a claim on Huff?
They make claims to block other teams from getting them even if they don’t want them.. Say the Yanks or the Sox..
Obviously, and as other have said, he would be a nice addition to the lineup, but at what cost? McPhail is tough to deal with.
Don’t expect this to happen.
would the phillies or the fish take a stab at him?
Fish maybe…It we don’t have the goods to trade for him, then Philly definitely doesn’t.
Yea, they spent all of their chips on Joe Blanton :)
ahhh yes thats a good call!
LMFAO!
I’m so happy the Phils went out and got Joe Blanton!
They spent all of their chips on him and he ate the remaining chips. Haha. :)
I’ll be here all week.
Outstanding. lol
I highly doubt it. The Marlins wouldn’t take on the salary, and the Phils have a full outfield.
Well they didn’t through waivers.
It looks like he played most of his games at first. Would Carp get it done?
No. Carp is highly regarded. it seems, only among posters at Metsblog and nowhere else.
That may be true, but I can see his value escalating. He’s had a great year. .295 BA, 17HR, 24 2B, 69RBI, .393 OBP, 68 BB, 81 K’s.
Yes, that’s true. He was also hitting .360 about a month ago.
Like Murphy and Evans.
Fact is Huff is not a fit here.
Trade Evans, Heilman, Castillo, Schoenweiss, Muniz, Cancel, etc. and get him.
Have you talked to anyone about your crack problem? You really should.
The entire 1986 New York Mets takes offense to that comment.
Let’s give them Mo Vaugn’s and Bobby Bonilla’s remaining contract salaries too. Maybe we could also trade them some swampland in Florida.
I certainly hope you are joking
I hope you are joking.
lol
Mets Magic number down to 39!
Now don’t jinx it!
I say go out and get him
I believe he plays first as well, so he could start there next year while giving Carp or someone else more time to develop
Does anyone remember the O’s don’t wanna deal with us because they feel they got fleeced with the Maine trade?
Well, they did.
What are you talking about? Kris Benson is awesome.
Awesome has a positive connotation. I think you confused it with “Awful”.
His wife is awesome too
True, so we can pretty much forget landing any O’s player unless they feel we’ll be the ones getting fleeced.
That is just a rumor and has never been proven.
He’s a very productive hitter, that I cannot argue, but for this post to call him “OF Aubrey Huff” is kind of funny, it should really read “DH/1B Aubrey Huff.”
Eh, he can play a little OF. Did in 06 and was a RF, not a left. He can also play a little 3B. He would be a LH version of Tatis. Remember if you get him now we can still have Evans and Murphy up Setember 1. Then you can spend all of September figuring out your playoff roster.
Delgado Castillo Reyes Wright Schnider Huff Beltran Tatis
Easley Murphy Castro Endy
Wagner, Sanchez, Feliciano, Ayala, Show, Heilman, Stokes
Johan, Maine, Perez, Pedro, Pelfrey
He’s mediocre at 3B and rotten in the OF though, he has a .953 fielding percentage at 3B this season which would place him 18th in the majors if he qualified, and his last season in the OF, 2006, had the exact same percentage in RF.
Who cares about his overall stats at 3B? Can he give Wright a day off? As for his numbers in RF, would he be worse than Tatis?
I stand by and feel that I have appropriately backed up my original point that calling him “OF Aubrey Huff” is laughable.
Can he give Wright a day off? Sure. Is that a reason to acquire someone?
Would Huff be worse than Tatis in RF, or worse than Murphy in left, because that is really who he’d be replacing, not Tatis? Possibly. Is that a reason to acquire someone?
Fair enough but I think there is room for Huff and Murphy on the team. Who is our LHPH on the bench? Endy Chavez? Having Tatis, Murphy, Huff and Easley being on the team gives it a lot of options on offense for sure.
Your ability to list simply amazes.
Thanks, I thought you might like it. I really care what you think and took time from my job to accomodate you.
I appreciate it. But please, don’t get behind at work on my account.
Uh, hello. Did you just say:
“Then you can spend all of September figuring out your playoff roster.’
Can we have more than a, oh say, 2 game lead w/ about 40 to play before we start thinking like this?
God forbid they lose a lead to the Pirates in a few hours because the bullpen chokes again, and you’ll be screaming like the world is ending.
Go with your young guys, forget Huff. I agree that he’s a good hitter, but lets try to win it with our pitching, and see what you have in Murphy and Evans. We will need a corner OF next year. If they show they’re worth anything, added to F-Mart, suddenly you have depth, and maybe even a trade chip. We still have “ultra 4th OF Endy Chavez” as well…
Yes you can figure that out in a pennant race because these guys are still going to need breaks. Also, you need to figure out who is good in PH situations, etc. So yes you can do both.
Other teams may not be willing to take on Huff’s contract. And the Orioles, if really in rebuilding mode, may be just looking to shed money.
I’m sure we can come up with a decent package, but you guys would have to reconsider your collective infatuation with guys like Mike Carp or, dare I say it, Danny Murphy (who I love!). Fact is, is that you win with veterans.
I would strongly consider making deal for Huff.
It’s Daniel, not Danny.
Oh really????? Well, thank you so much for that correction. I wouldn’t want to pyss off Danny Boy.
It’s also “whom,” not who.
Blw me.
I would say you win with a majority of veterans yes, but the 2007 Red Sox with Pedroia, Ellsbury, Okajima, Lester, Delcarmen and Matsuzaka show that some young players can contribute too.
Oh, no doubt. And, as I said above, I love DANIEL Murphy. But who would you prefer to be staring in left field in the WS – Murphy or Huff. I’m not saying that DANIEL can’t help us, but if we can get Huff for a reasonable price, I say we do it.
That’s how I will be typing his name from now on as well…DANIEL, all caps, all the time!
I guess you better run it by rogasm and Tidewater or else you’ll run afoul of The Blog Nazis.
Not a Nazi, thank you.
I just appreciate the language we speak.
I am amazed no one would claim him, hes having a great year and would help every club.
I would love to see him here but don’t think we can make a trade with baltimore unless tey are apt to take back something along the lines of Evans, Carp, Heilman, and Muniz
It would most likely be Niese and others NOT on the 40 man. Most of those players you mentioned would not clear.
Even though Heilman has been shaky and flat out scary at times, I think he still is an essential part of the Mets bullpen. Unless the Mets get someone to replace him or someone step up and be reliable, he’s not going to be traded.
Besides he would never clear waivers.
Another lefty bat……remember the days when the Mets couldn’t find a lefty bat to save their lives (or season)??
Well really at this point with no Church what LH do we have? Especially on the bench? Endy?
None. And what happens if Church has a recurrence of symptoms and has to be shut down?
It looks like Duaner and Shoe cleared the waivers too
Yes they did last week. No one wanted Shows salary and evidently were affraid of Sanchez.
I’m not sure what this means for Mets’ trading activity, but at least they have some chips to work with.. maybe..
True but at this point could you afford to trade them for anything else but another bullpen arm? And would that new arm be any better than they are?
Definitely gotta go get Huff if the price is right (Carp + Evans, or maybe a pitcher like Collazo?).
eh i don’t think the mets need him
Umm…
He isn’t on his way to Shea yet why?
wow, oddly enuff i had a dream last week the mets got audbrey huff…hopefully i’m clairvoyant (in addition to being odd for having met dreams)