Buzz: Buzz about Buzz about Boras and Omar
This morning, I swapped e-mails with ESPN’s Andrew Marchand, who said he did not report Omar Minaya and Scott Boras would be meeting in New York today 
to discuss Oliver Perez and Manny Ramirez, despite what has been attributed to him on a variety of message boards and blogs.
I was sent e-mail making a similar claim about ESPN’s Buster Olney, and WFAN’s Tony Paige.
In short, Marchand said, “It’s not true,” and Olney wrote, “Totally false.” I could not reach Paige, though I am working on it.
Meanwhile, I see other blogs and message boards pushing this rumor, while either not providing a source or simply citing non-existent reports by Olney and Marchand.
Like I said last week, I still do not believe the Ramirez issue is dead for the Mets. It’s really just a hunch. I mean, nobody will flatly tell me, “No,” and the most clear response I get is, “The numbers would have to make sense.”
To me, this leaves room for discussion, though other media outlets have 
quoted other sources with more definitive and negative statements.
From what I can gather, Perez is getting closer to locking in to the Mets, at which point Boras will likely tweak the deal before making it official, unless, of course, he can wrangle in a second team.
During those discussions, I don’t understand how Minaya would not at least speak with Boras about Ramirez and what it would take, ‘in terms of numbers,’ to bring him to Queens. Sure, the conversation may end up being very quick and ending fast, but how does it not at least happen.
In other words, I’m not at all surprised by the amount of rumors that are running around the Internet. Because, until the Mets say, ‘No, we’re not signing Manny,’ or, ‘We’re done for the off-season,’ etc., then speculation and theories will continue to be created.
By the way, Pitchers and Catchers is in less than two weeks, and it cannot get here quick enough.
