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WFAN’s Mike Francesa says he talked with Mets GM Omar Minaya earlier today.
According to Minaya, per Francesa, the Mets intend to use all of their money on pitching, pitching and more pitching this off-season.
The Mets are interested in Francisco Rodriguez, but not for five years, as well as Brian Fuentes and Kerry Wood, and they like White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks, M’s 
RHP J.J. Putz, and Rockies RHP Huston Street, Minaya told Francesa.
The Mets have interest in free-agent pitchers Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett, but not Ben Sheets, according to Francesa.
Additionally, Minaya told Francesa he intends to make a contract offer, ‘of some sort,’ to Oliver Perez and Pedro Martinez.
…francesa essentially said minaya expects perez to seek a contract similar to the four-year deal given to Carlos Silva, which, according to minaya, had a major impact on the market for starting pitchers…
The Mets do not intend on pursuing any big-time offensive players, including Manny Ramirez or Orlando Hudson.
Instead, Minaya intends to start the season with Luis Castillo at second, Carlos Delgado at first, Ryan Church in right, and a platoon of Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis in left, according to Francesa.
…sure, omar, i’ll believe that when i see 
it…i think they have to say that right now, because the focus is pitching…however, once they settle on a pitching staff, i am 100 percent certain they will revisit the offense…but, what i am hearing above is, if they are unable to improve on offense, they’ll deal with it, because pitching is that important…
Francesa says Minaya believes Murphy can eventually blossom to be his team’s version of Kevin Youklis, or Dustin Pedroia, i.e., a gritty, hard-nosed player, who other players emulate.
Lastly, the Mets are 100 percent satisfied with Brian Schneider and Ramon Castro, Minaya told Francesa, who added, ‘All of this talk about upgrading at catcher is untrue.’
…nice, NICE work by francesa here, i think…
…i mean, i am little confused why minaya essentially just handed over his entire off-season playbook to a radio talk show on the record…i’d like to think omar is more savvy than that, in fact i know he is, so my suggestion would be to take all of the above with a grain of salt, and understand he is talking in the present…
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in a word.. ugh
Why bother with Pedro? he’s done…
The mets need offensive help.. yes we need pitching, but the offense needs a boost.
I really won’t listen to what mike Fransceca has to say!!!!
lmfao. I agree.
I wonder if this conversation even took place or it was like the Church convo…
I agree. He loves to bait Met fans all the time. Did you ever notice how he always calls the yankee players by their first names and the Mets players by their last names? He is so pompous I can’t stand him.
Omar can’t quit Pedro.
Swisher to the Yanks
Damn I just read that. I was hoping we could trade for him.
I would love predro back he gives the team energy on and off the field with his comical ways and he still could pitch but not as a starter,but castillo in 2nd? i hope he changes his mind thats having the same team as last year,i just want castillo gone is that too much to ask for !!?
pedro*
Pedro and Vargas or Niese as the 5th starter wouldnt be bad. But they need to get a Lowe or better as the other guy if they arent going to have a proven 5th starter.
I agree. Sign a #2 starter and see if Pedro would take a low salary 1 year deal. Low risk high upside.
if we dont upgrade the offense, we better sign CC,lowe,burnett,k-ro,cruz ,etc…
Do we really have to upgrade the offense? I mean the mets were 2nd in the NL in runs, 4th in OBP, 3rd in RBIs,4th in BA, 4th in Hits, I think our offense is fine
They need to upgrade the defense, not the offense.
Delgado, Castillo, and Murphy would all be well below average defensively and right now they all look to be everyday players.
I would agree. The Rays upgraded their defense last off-season and it was a big part of their turn around.
He cant say he wants to dump Castillo and he is going to play it cool by not saying they are going after a LF because that gives other teams way to much leverage, we all no the Mets are trying to dump Castillo and we all no they are looking into LF options.
When are fans going to stop listening to what Omar says in interviews because he is not going give anything away nor should he.
There are 3 things that by now all Met fans should know
1. The Mets are going to rebuild there bullpen.
2. The Mets are trying to dump Castillo
3. The Mets are going to get someone else to play LF either free agency or trade and not go with a platoon.
I really don’t see how that gives away leverage. I think it’s safe to say every team in the league knows we want to dump Castillo and find a left fielder. Omar saying or not saying explicitly really doesn’t make a difference.
I dunno I kinda think Pray’dro has a nice ring to it.
like everyone is saying. Omar can’t come out and say well we want to trade castillo, we want to trade delagado we want this guy and this guy, cause then it’s out there and it will be harder to move some of them.
If Castillo is our 2B next year I’m gonna puke!
last year minaya told smugcesa that the only way they could get santana was to trade reyes.
in other words, it’s 100% untrue what smug just reported.
That’s unfortunate that Omar is not interested in upgrading at catcher. Personally, I’d prefer to give Dave Racaniello a shot over Brian Schneider.
Furcal vs. Hudson @ 2nd base?
Furcal is a much better hitter than Hudson. Hudson is much better 2nd baseman defensively / clubhouse presence. There will not be many big market teams capable of paying Furcal to play SS next year. He might have to consider playing 2nd base
LAA – i think Brendan Wood is ready to take over full-time.
LA Dodgers – maybe
Red Sox – Still have Lugo and Lowrie
Yankees – no, unless they trade Cano in a deal for Peavy
Mets – need a 2nd baseman once we hopefully trade away Scrubby
White Sox – have a huge hole at 2nd
Cubs – maybe at either ss/2nd also depending on what they possibly give up for Peavy
Seatle – maybe
If the contracts were similar, who would you prefer to have as your Opening Day 2nd baseman?
tried to make it easy to read, but messed up a little.
I would take Furcal hands down.
Hudson IMO, The defense is GREAT, and his Bat is not far off from Furcal.
Hudson’s defense is no longer great. By the end of whatever contract we sign Hudson to, we’re going to regret it.
Also, maybe it’s a misprint, but why move Church to Left and Platoon Murphy and tatis in right?
i would hope it’s a misprint…Church was incredible in RF last year. Murphy and Tatis are downright scary (in a bad way) in the OF.
thought about this for awhile and its probably not a misprint, it is probably exactly what Francesa reported. Notice the according to Francesa at the end; Matt is subtle like that.
castillo is obviously here next year, at least to start. Seems he has zero value to other clubs, and we don’t have another 2B (I’ll believe murph at the keystone when I see it). maybe not the worst thing…maybe he’s itching to prove himself, maybe he’ll be in the best possible shape, and maybe he kicks a$$ for a couple of months…long enough to make him tradable again.
trying to be positve here.
why would he be, he’s in the 2nd year of a terrible 4 year contract….. if he was a free agent next year i might agree with you…. 3 years left at 12 million…. i don’t think you’ll see him in any type of shape except fluffy.
I’m hoping his pride is wounded, and that his competitive spirit isn’t dead.
I’d rather he just stay dogged and go on the DL all year.
His bad influence in St. Lucie rather than NY
It is only Nov 13 have some faith. If Castillo is still on the team say by the end of hte year then start to worry lol
I cant stand the thought of him at second next year for even a month or two … that idea just makes me sick.
Oh man, imagine. Opening day, Castillo approaches the plate and with a strong solid swing, hits the ball out of the infield. That would be enough to make me drop my $8 beer.
The only way its getting out of the infield is if it goes under the glove of an infielder. Or a throwing error by the opposition
I really don’t think we should be listening to that fool.
I take everything this jacka$$ says with a grain of salt. Why would Minaya tell the biggest sportstalk blowhard in the country his off-season plans with specific players and pitchers. Just like Ryan Church “not liking NY or his team” I think Fatty simply dreamt this up.
Mr. Fartsesa forgot to mention that Omar will fire Jerry and its gonna bring me back !!!!
yea, it wouldnt take much thought for anyone of us to think up the same exact thing.
Im going to be disapointed if there isnt anything change on offense and pitching next yr. We dont need pedro because i see him as a cancer, if you saw him last year it seem after every start he wanted to cry because he relaize he’s not the same picther, i dont feel we need a sensitive pedro all next yr. And if we dont get manny to make a statment next yr then no team wil fear us and i feel we need some fear factor going into next season.
I don’t know… is there some sort of scoop that Francessa has been given? I don’t think anything new was added to what Omar has already said in public.
I am not sure he had said he wasn’t interested in Hudson, which is, to me, great news.
A starter, a closer, a couple more bullpen parts, and we will not care if Slappy is batting 8th and playing 2nd….
The Mets will have to play the Williams shift at all times to keep the Delgado-Castillo gap from seeing 10 squib grounders a week.
funny thing is, Castillo would have 10-20 more hits a year if he could hit against the Mets defense. ;)
cliff lee win cy young easily.
future met k-rod finished 3rd
You would think after the wilpons said that money isnt a issue this offseason that omar would sign whatever he can to improve our team next season, instead it sounds like the same group of guys next yr with a couple of new pieces maybe a pitcher and a closer. Wow good job Omar.
I doubt they said that meaning Omar can go out and spend as much as he wants.
Actually the did on a radio interview. Jeff wilpon siad is cleary whatever omar whats we’ll, also siad if omar wanted manny then we’ll get manny.
They Wilpons are not going to spend 200 million like the Yanks…no chance….sure Omar can have Manny, but that would likely mean no KRod….based on the Wilpons’ history, it seems very likely that Omar will be able to sign ONE big money free agent, and I humbly hope it is KRod….or CC if not KRod….
anything that comes out of francessa’s mouth is just garbage.
what would make me smile is if the Angels, Dodgers or Red Sox got CC and the O’s or Nats got Tex. this would shut francessa’s mouth about the Yanks and their big wallet.
There is a possibility that the O’s, Red Sox, Angels, or Dodgers might sign Oliver Perez.
I doubt the Red Sox or O’s would. Hopefully the Dodgers do.
Off Topic, I doubt any1 cares, but the yankees just got nick swisher
Now, Kenny Williams just gave up a decent player to the Yankees for NOTHING!!!, Lets see what he wants from the Mets for the guys that were mentioned before
I saw that too. With all the $$$ that the Yankees said they were going to spend, interesting that they traded for Swisher. I would think it would take them out of the Teixiera sweepstakes.
I would agree with you, they already have an overloaded OF, unless they have some trades in line.
Swisher is only making 5 million per. That’s like a bench player for them.
But thats 5 million that could of went somewhere else. that could have been used towards another SP after CC. I know there the yankees, but at some point they have to have limits?!?!?! Or do they?!?!?
The Hot Stove is always good for a few laughs…
“Instead, Minaya intends to start the season with Luis Castillo at second, Carlos Delgado at first, Ryan Church in left, and a platoon of Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis in right, according to Francesa.”
More like Omar “Epic” Failyaya!
I guess Minaya intends to start the season on the HOT SEAT as well!!!!!!
And CG, if this is all true, and it also includes a bullpen with KRod, a starting rotation of Johan, Lowe, Pelfrey, Maine, and another new guy, and a bullpen with other new parts, this would be a failure how exactly?
In my opinion, when you take the players outlined within our respective posts, position and pitcher, and add them to the core of Reyes, Wright and Beltran, the result is another year of failure.
Beyond Total (failure).
Beyond Epic (failure).
Something so destined to fail, you must invoke a new expression.
Failyaya.
Let’s hope I’m wrong.
One small thing here – I don’t think Omar has said anything that we haven’t figured out already. Search for closer? OOOH stop the presses, tell us something we haven’t known since like August. As for starters, yes, this offseason there is a surplus of it. With the prospect of losing one of our top 3 starters (Oh Pea aint coming back and Pedro, well, let’s just say I’d rather him NOT come back for CitiField’s inaugural year) OF COURSE we are looking for starters. DLowe, AJ and others are out there for the taking. and it’s too soon to rush Niese up just yet, so we’ll have to rely on our Big Three meaning: Johan, Pelf and Maine. Omar could turn around and make a blockbuster trade that went completely under the radar and we’d be like – wow, the press had it all wrong. Enjoy the rollercoaster offseason. Wee!
the only thing i can take from that is Pedro will be given a chance to be the 5th starter and the Mets plan on keeping Fernando Tatis.
unless the Mets feel Murphy cannot play 2B there is no reason (other than Dye not waiving his no-trade clause ) Jermaine Dye should not be on this team.
Considering what they got for Swisher, Kunz, Evans and a pitcher that should be enough to bring in Dye and noone with any baseball knowledge could argue against the Mets making that move.
Minaya’s not very bright but i can’t imagine him giving his offseason plan away to the Big Man. I imagine some of this has to be disinformation.
minaya told Francesa what he wants us (and other teams) to know.
nothing more, nothing less
“…nice, NICE work by francesa here, i think…”
So i guess the Francesa/Cerone fued is over. maybe a duet is in order.
Didn’t really learn anything from Francessa’s (alleged) summary of Omar’s plans. What was reinforced for me was Francessa’s total disregard for Mets fans. Prior to going over the Met information, Francessa stated that he had spoken with Omar and would go over it on the air “at 3:00pm.” Then he unloaded it all after the 2:40pm update. Luckily I hadn’t turned the station with plans to come back at 3:00pm, or I would’ve missed it all and instead heard an interview with Ian Eagle.
look omar is telling us what he wants us to here. francesa is just the messenger
Omar’s playing it close to the vest. Fatceser is an anal wart!