Relief Pitcher: Wary of K-Rod, liking Jenks
Davidoff cites an AL executive who agrees with the approach, essentially saying the Mets would be better trading a high-level prospect for Jenks, ‘than throwing big dollars at K-Rod.’
The AL executive continues on to give a scouting report of Jenks, and explain why his decrease in strike outs could be a good thing, as compared to Rodriguez.
Meanwhile, in the New York Post, citing an ‘AL official regularly in touch with the Mets executives,’ “The Mets will wait to see if supply-and-demand take holds and the price falls.”
According to Sherman, as he has written previously on his blog, Hardball, Minaya’s main targets are Fuentes and Derek Lowe.
Nevertheless, if the Mets do go for Jenks, he will almost certainly cost OF Fernando Martinez, writes Sherman, who quotes a Mets official as saying, “Unless something changes, I would say the chances of us getting Jenks are close to zero. The price is too high and he isn’t close to the top of our list.”
Sherman also writes of how the M’s intend to handle J.J. Putz, and whether the Astros will trade Jose Valverde, and whether the Mets would have interest.
