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In his latest report for SI.com, which is full of Hot Stove information, Jon Heyman writes, “The Mets are trying to swing a deal for White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks before doling out free-agent riches to Brian Fuentes or Francisco Rodriguez.”
Jenks, 27, completed 30 of 34 saves in 2008, with a 2.63 ERA in 61 innings pitched, during which opponents hit .230 against him while striking out just 38 times.
…jenks has been a pretty good pitcher since joining the league in 2005, to say the least…what’s more, he is under contract for the next three seasons…so, he’s going to cost a decent number of prospects, should the Mets work to acquire him…
Earlier in the off-season, in Newsday, Ken Davidoff wrote, “The Mets believe they have enough minor-league talent to trade for a closer, such as M’s RHP J.J. Putz, O’s LHP George Sherrill, Royals RHP Joakim Soria and Marlins RHP Kevin Gregg.”
…the thing is, if a team like the Indians and other teams are going to trade for a closer, as reports continue to suggest they will, i still feel the Mets best chance to get a closer will be through the free-agent market…
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So many options…this is painful!
There’s only one option ,and it starts with 62 saves !
I’ll take Jenks,Dye and Vasquez. It would fill alot of holes.
What are you offering?
the trade talks for jenks starts with fmart so not really sure if its worth it..this guy has been an elite closer 2 yrs running..we dont have the prospects to get this deal done
It depends who we have to give up. I’d say no to Fmart, Niese or Murphy.
Jason Vargas is pitching very well in the AFL (a major hitters league)- maybe someone’s interested in him…
I would trade Fmart, I like Jenks, then u can use the money on a LF and a 2B, and bullpen help.
Fmart probably won’t be a superstar but even if he’s average I think a lot of you guys underestimate how valuable he’ll be (cheap and undercontrol). We can get a closer without trading him.
I don’t know have you seen his numbers over the winter in the Venezuelan league. He’s in the same league as Tatis and he’s hitting 40 points higher and has an OPS of 1.014 which is nearly 200 points higher then Tatis. Tatis is a professional Pro hitter, that’s why I chose him.
This kid has battled injuries early in his career. I know another MLB superstar on the Mets roster who people were going to give up on that did the same.
Jenks always boggles my mind how he is so effective, i mean a .230 BAA and 38k’s in 61 innings isn’t impressive. But he doesn’t walk anyone so that’s always good.
It depends who the prospects are. Also, don’t forget that signing one of the FAs will cost draft picks.
Only prospect who i believe should be untouchable is Murphy.
so you would rather keep Murphy over F-mart and Niese?
Yes, Murphy to me is more valuable that Fmart and Niese. Murphy’s bat is priceless.
Murphy has proven he can be a star in the short time he has been here. Remember we held on to Lastings Milledge because he was our next star. Fmart, like you said probbaly will not be a superstar player, I do think Murphy will be a superstar though. I would center a package around niese, and evans
Don’t get me wrong, I like what I have seen of Murphy so far, but the sample size is way too small…he does not have a position, which is a big problem for an NL team…Martinez is 20 years old and projects not only to be a better hitter than Murphy but heads and shoulders above him defensively…that being said, if Murphy or Martinez are not dealt, Martinez stands to be the LF for the Mets in 2010, which leaves Murphy without a position again
1B? No Delgado after 2009…
I like Murph too, but let him prove that he can handle lefties over a full season before we attach the S-word to him.
Now that he has the league’s attention, scouts and pitchers will be working any weakness he shows at the plate. It will be the adjustment he makes to this which will determine his ML future.
why trade talent for a closer when we can just buy a closer and keep our talent :(
Two reasons, Amount of money and length of contract.
see: Luis Castillo.
touche…
On guard!
To compare Castillo with K-Rod is ludicrous…
I like jenks but I wouldnt trade f-mart,holt or murphy for him. everyone else is available in my eyes.
evans,parnell,kunz and niese for jenks? I dont think they will take this deal, but I wouldnt give up more than that.
Having seen them all the last 2 yrs, I’d alot more hesitent to
move Niese or Parnell then Martinez.
Get Jenks. Get Dye. Sign Sabathia. Sign Cordero(AS SETUP FOR JENKS). Sign Cruz.
Yessir…anyone else? Trade Castillo for Pujols maybe?
They should throw in Yadier too…
Totally Agree, With the money you save from signing a closer, 13-15 mill per season, had about 5 million and you got yourself CC.
add ab 80 million
Think about it this scenorio is possible
We need K-Rod !
so we have enough minor league talent to trade for Jenks or Soria? hmmm, pa-ss that stufff over here.
Why wouldnt we? We had enough to get the best Pitcher in baseball 10 months ago.
It was a different situation. Johan had to be dealt. I also think that the Redsox and Yanks didn’t go after him very hard. I also think that the Twins did not want to send them to the Yanks or Redsox without getting the moon because they are in the same league. But that is not substantiated.
I do feel that the White Sox don’t need to trade him and they have him under control for three years.
We have talent in the minors, but we can’t part with them in exchange for a closer.
Holt, Flores, F-Mart are not going anywhere.
I am not sure the rest of the league is crazy about Niese and Murphy as we are for them.
We have very good (untouchables for me) prospects in Brad Holt,Dan Murphy,F-Mart,Wilmer Flores and Jeffrey Marte.
I’m pretty sure you can’t trade players drafted less than a year ago so Holt can’t be traded anyway. Players as far down as Flores and Marte are never traded either.
The only players to really talk about are the ones that have completed at least a year of A+ (and even thats low).
Im sorry but i was preeeety scared when the other day Omar said that teams are interested in our farm “all the way down to Rookie ball”. SCARY HA !
mets should consider taking a look at Manny Corpas of the rockies.
another thing the mets should do is to change the bench core. trade Castro and Endy to the Reds along with Eddie Kunz for Homer Bailey and another prospect.
then sign Javier Valentin to a one year 1.2 million dollar contract as the back up catcher who can come off the bench. he is much more flexible in terms of hitting, he is a switch hitter with some power off the bench. also he is a little more faster than castro on the base path.
what on earth makes you think the Reds would do that?
they already have Micah Owings, arroyo, cueto, volquez, and harang ( hope i spelled it right).
well, it would certainly take something better than a bunch of backups to get Bailey
Did Cincinnati hire Steve Phillips?
Now why would the Reds give-up their best homegrown
Pitching prospect for a couple of average back-ups and
a young questionmark of a closer when they already have
one? C’mon man! think!
ARE YOU ON DRUGS!!??? LOL… homer baily for endy, castro and kunz!!!!???? lol…. wow..
here is an idea both NY teams should consider:
Kei Igawa to the mets for Luis Castillo to the yankees. the yankees can now move Robinson cano in trades, also they have a player that can now bunt and fit giradi’s approach.
Not bad ,BUT we dont trade between each other !
I think we can get someone slightly more useful than Igawa. How many years does he have left anyway?
he signed a 4 year contract of $20 million in 2007. so two more yeas left i believe.
I firmly believe you don’t trade for what’s available in free agency! We need to save our farm.. That means.. We can’t trade Niese (which we’ll need next year), FM (which we’ll need in LF or RF in a year or two). Murphy which we’ll need at 1B in a year. What do we have left after that? Nothing. If we trade these guys now, we’ll need to fill those holes in the future. We’ll end up having to sign 3 FA instead of the one that we could have signed now. What sense does that make?
Agreed. But being a long time METS fan and knowing Omar i am almost 100% sure that F-Mart will be this year in the big show ! BTW i dont think that Murph will play 1b anytime soon !
am I the only one who can’t read the posts you have because of the nickname? You may be the smartest man on this site, but i can’t take the nickname seriously
maybe it is actually willie randolph