Buzz: Or not Buzz, about Carlos Silva
So far today, I have been sent 13 e-mails saying SI.com is reporting that the Mets are trying to trade for Mariners RHP Carlos Silva.
In reality, SI.com is simply linking to a report about Silva, which speculates that the Mariners would love to unload his salary.
According to the referenced report in the Pioneer Press, citing ‘the word in baseball circles,’ ‘Silva has been lost without pal Johan Santana,’ leading the reporter to write:
“Don’t think the Mariners wouldn’t love to unload the right-hander, who has a $48 million, four-year guaranteed contract, on the Mets so he could rejoin Santana.”
What’s worse, SI.com titled their blog post, “Potential Mariners-Mets deal,” and so I can understand why some people would deduce that, well, there is a potential deal with the Mets.
The thing is, there is nothing in the Pioneer Press that would suggest any such deal is likely to happen, or is even being talked about. The writer is simply speculating that the M’s would ‘love to’ dump Silva’s salary, and that the Mets would be a good fit because Santana and Silva were once friends – as if that is how the Mets determine who is and isn’t a good fit for their staff.
Oh, by the way, Silva is on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis.
