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In a post to his amazing Hot Stove blog for SI.com, Jon Heyman reports that the Mets have been gauging interest in RHP Aaron Heilman, Scott Schoeneweis and 2B Luis Castillo.
According to Heyman, “In preparation to 
trade Castillo, all Mets executives familiarized themselves with the list of bad contracts on other teams. Needless to say, it is long.”
If the Mets are able to trade Castillo, Heyman writes, they would like to pursue free-agent 2B Orlando Hudson,’ who is seeking a five-year, $50 million deal.
For a list of ‘bad contracts,’ check out this post from the Boston Globe, where Nick Cafardo broke down each team’s bad contract, while asking, “I never really understood why there aren’t more “swap meet” type deals in baseball. As in, ‘You take what I can’t use and I’ll take what you can’t use.’”
Castillo is due $18 million over the next three seasons.
So, if you have time to kill, go to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, do a little work, and see if you can find a similar contract to Castillo’s, on a team that needs a second baseman, from the list of Cafardo’s players, and find a match for the Mets.
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Thanks for bringing Johan, Luis!
Bye!!
Haha, great post, although Johan was coming here with or without The Mush.
Before people get uppity about Hudson’s demands, he will very likely get less than the 5/50 he wants
5 at 50 is crazy. 3/30 is as high as i would go on him IF we move castillo and have extra money not needed to fix pitching.
Can I drive Luis Castillo to the airport? HAHAHA!
If another team needs a 2nd baseman, why would they want Castillo? bah-dum-bum.
Take my send-baseman, please.
bah-dum-bum.
I’ll be here all off-season folks.
How about Freddy Sanchez for Aaron Heilman
how does that really help us?
…or Pittsburgh. They’ll get only one year of Heilman in all liklihood. Wonder where he goes as a FA after this year.
heilman has TWO more years of arbitration left.
Aaron Heilman rhp
1 year/$1.2M (2008)
* re-signed 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration)
* 1 year/$0.453M (2007), renewed 3/07
* 1 year/$0.359M (2006), re-signed 3/06
* 1 year (2005), re-signed 3/05
* drafted 2002 (1-18), $1,508,705 signing bonus
* agent: Mark Rodgers
* ML service: 3.123
we trade a white guy for a latno-name!! HI-yooo
2nd baseman and number two hitter who hit 340 before a series of injuries..
sounds good to me.
Well, here’s the thing… despite their claims to the contrary, the Mets have re-inked Delgado, have been linked to a number of FA outfielders, and have every intention of trading Castillo. This, to me, points to one of two things - sign Orlando Hudson for 2B and play Murphy in the OF, or use Murphy at 2B and sign an OF. Freddy Sanchez fits neither of those and I think the Mets would have very little interest in him, not to mention the fact that the Bucs have no need for Heilman.
or trade Delgado and play Murph at First and Fill Left field with an FA. trade Castillo for fodder and then Sanchez slides into 2B in the Heilman trade
No to Murphy at 2B. Forgetaboutit. Won’t never happen.
I’ve been following Heyman’s blog and amazing would be a good word to describe…Numerous posts throughout the day…more MLB-related news, but a lot of it could affect the Mets…very informative.
That said, In a market where money isn’t that big of a deal, why not trade a guy we dont want for a guy they dont want…changes in scenery really do apply and usually spur that player with added motivation to return to form. Millions or no millions, players have egos and pride and don’t like being called “busts” or “over-rated” or “washed-up”.
That’s why i’d really love to get Eric Byrnes in here… I know the D-Backs don’t want Castillo, and I don’t blame them, but if we could pair him with something worthwhile, we should revisit that “deal.”
Amen to that. I’ve always liked Byrnes and I think he’s a great back to back counter part to church. One bat 6, one 7. One bat left, one bat right. One play left, one play right. And with him we’d have no doubtibly the best defensive outfeild in the national leage not to mention a solid lineup. I think snieder is plently when it comes from great defensively and sub-par but yet acceptible offensively. So no, I don’t think catcher is a problem.
I truely believe Murphy can and will be our starting second basemen next year. I don’t see why people are so sceptical of that. He’s a natural infeilder so it’s not all that new to him. Just pessimistic people believe he isn’t based of what they see of him in the majors. Don’t say he doesn’t have range b/c he is fairly deceptivly fast. And I just don’t think he can produce powerfully enough to be a 1st basemen or everyday left feilder. But considering you have a fairly good hitter I just feel its a waste to put him anywhere else but second.
Where as I do not think he just should be handed the job but compete or share the job while learning from a vetern presence such as Eckstien or Easly. If matured fully by the break the counter part could be held as bait at the deadline. Usually somebody’ll be looking for a vetern infeilder.
heilman,castillo,evans and another prospect for vasquez and swisher?
lol apparently i took to long to post
would they even want heilman- i feel like he makes our part less valuable.
believe or not other teams are interested in heilman, he has good stuff, 96MPH fastball, great change-up and an avg slider, but for a reason we all know he is not a fit in this team.
I know other teams have an interest in him- my question is are the whitesox one of them
fit with this team or with this city? I think he has reached Benitez proportions…sadly.
I want to say they were looking for a left reliever at the deadline. If you switch out Heilman with either Scho or Feliciano, or send both, they might be interested.
Castillo for Vasquez and Swisher. We’d be taking on a helluva lot of salary but get waaaay more talent back. Normally I’d say no chance but the ChiSox really really REALLY hate Vasquez. They’d also probably like to get rid of Swisher.
That’s because Swisher stinks. I like Vasquez, but I see no reason to take on Swisher.
B/C it would be necessary to get them to sign on.
Swisher has some potential- I don’t think he’d be a total disaster.
he does have potential…but he was not that good last year and was hyped big time before the season to have a breakout year.
He walks a lot…but he also gets out a lot.
I’m just saying if he helped bring us Vasquez without having to give up much in prospects AND get rid of Castillo then I think he’s worth it.
yea..i see your point. If he lessens our export…I’m all for it.
I think Swisher’s potential is overrated by a lot of people, I’m not saying you do because I don’t know what you consider his potential, but if nothing else he’d be a useful option off the bench. He walks a lot, he was hurt by bad luck this year so his avg is going to rebound, he can play lf & 1b and bat left or right. I definitely would love to add him.
how does swisher stink? he’s had one bad year. he’s got great plate discipline and had terrible luck this past year.
The deal that makes the most sense is Vasquez. The guy has pitched 200+ innings in all but one of his full seasons. That season he pitched 198 innings. He averages nearly a strikeout per inning and would benefit switching leagues and a change of scenery, I’m sure. Only two years left on his contract and he has pitched in New York before. He would be a nice fourth starter.
2 years left is the nice part…hes a good serviceable starter and has the potential to pitch great in games…but the 2 years is real nice cause its not that much risk long-term.
How are jeremy hermidia and josh willingham on his list?
More swap meet deals? They usually help neither team, and look like “Mets trade reliever Mel Rojas to Los Angeles for outfielder Bobby Bonilla.”
That said Castillo’s contract is not as bad as some others…and could be moved for someone useful.
His contract is not that bad, but you also have to consider how useful Castillo will be… and I’m not sure other teams are very high on him (nor should they be).
thats the idea….we’re not looking to take on someone to bog us down for 3-4 years…more like a 1-2 year average to potential above-average player that fills a hole…
Bonilla bogged us down for a decade with that contract…maybe even still, not sure.
I think we are paying Bonilla till like 2050.
I’m sure Omar will be aggresive aquiring a solid arm for the 3rd/4th spot in the rotation. A fifth starter will be aquired late January. Perhaps an Edwin Jackson type or one of the many guys coming off of injuries like Penny, Clement, Mulder, Jennings, Prior etc could be had for an incentives laden contract. Pitching, Pitching, Pitching!
How about Gary Matthews Jr for Castillo? I think the angels gave him a 5/50 deal 2 years ago, so he should have 3/30 left roughly. I believe is a right handed bat that can prob play left
yea i saw him listed in the globe article…He actually played well last year when he was healthy. He is coming off knee surgery (I think minor ) But he’s got pop and is a big doubles hitter not to mention very good in the field. very good.
I think Matthews jr is actually less useful offensively than Castillo.
I read the globe article after confirming what I thought he had left on his contract. I knew LAA had him on the bench for the end of the season, but that article said he finished the season strong and he was coming off surgery.
If LAA kicked in cash I’d do it. They might too because that have Kendrick at second now. I keep thinking about that sick catch GMJ made when he was playing center in Texas
Matthews has three years to go. That’s too much salary to take on. Castillo is not handcuffing us as much as people think. he’s making 6 million a year. In the scheme of things that’s not the biggest deal in the world. A pitcher makes the most sense to aquire if he can be moved.
Trade delgado for a closer (putz or ryan) get teixeira 7 or 8 years at 130 0r 150 get rid of castillo, get beilmen, sign oliver perez for 3 years (option for 4) get burnett and last but certainly GET RID OF CASTILLO!!!!!!!!!!
anything else??
Trade Delgado for a closer he says….my question to Alex is where do you get your PCP?
I know… trade Castillo for Pujols, then trade Delgado for Putz AND Bedard, make Daniel Muphy’s little arms grow, sign Tex and play Pujols as catcher, trade Schneider for Chase Utley….do it Omar, do it!!!!!! If Omar doesnt do those moves he should be fired!!!! haha, u guys crack me up, go be Yankee fans where fantasy is king.
So anyone suggesting trading Delgado for a closer is a fantasized fool??
No one’s playing fantasy, you’re just an idiot.