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Update, 7:35 pm:
“The Mets are not considering Tom Glavine, a source just told me,” writes Newsday’s David Lennon on Twitter.
Original Post:
The Braves released LHP Tom Glavine, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, who cites major league sources.
Glavine had surgery on his elbow and shoulder during the offseason.
He pitched six scoreless innings in a rehab start for Single-A Rome on Tuesday, while throwing 64 pitches, 44 of which were strikes.
According to Rosenthal, “Glavine was to be paid $1 million for his first day on the active roster, $1.25 million for 30 days on the roster and another $1.25 million for 90 days on the roster, bringing the total possible value of the deal to $4.5 million.”
“I feel physically good,” Glavine is quoted as saying on MLB.com. “I feel good about the amount of pitches I’ve thrown. I feel like I’m ready.”
… i shutter to say this, but, the Mets need a starting pitcher, and he always had a strong relationship with Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon…
…i know his time with the Mets ended badly, but i can’t help but wonder if his name will be dicussed in the offices in Citi Field…
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If he can help, I don’t care who it is. It would be nice for him to come back and erase the lasting memory he left Mets fans with. I remember him for the positives…..certainly not the foolish arguing over the vocabulary he used.
He would never get the chance. He’d be booed from the start. And if had a bad game, forget it.
As a cheap fifth starter, I would consider it.
who would be cheaper Pedro or Glavine?
Agreed! For an extremely low contract, I would give him a shot. One start doesn’t prove that he is healthy enough to pitch though.
The question is: Does Tom want to get paid or is he doing it for pride?
Absolutely! We need another starter for the DL. He’d fit right in.
I would consider it if he signed a minor league deal with no guarantee and then I would plug him in the 5th starter role for 2-3 games and see how he does and keep him or release him
Agreed with the above. I feel that this would be a tougher pill to swallow for the fans than the ownership. When ever I see him or hear his name, all I can think about is 1/3IP, 7ER…..Of course his departure led to the Mets acquiring Johan, as well as Brad Holt (thru a supplemental draft pick)…He can’t be worse than Redding, right?
Nobody could be worse than Redding. 50 year old Mel Rojas could roll off his couch and drive to CitiField and pitch to an 8.50 ERA. That would be a full run better than Tim Redding.
you have to at least discuss it right? all options are on the table…even dare say Pedro..
Tommy would be cheap, he knows our guys, he’s a standup guy who was always great with the fans (despite his one comment at the end of 2007), and his stuff would fit in well at Citi Field. He’s better than redding in a starting role for sure. And if he still has something it would take enormous pressure off the team and especially off Omar to rush a panic trade.
you need to consider it. problem is that he won’t stay healthy, which is weird to type when speaking of tom glavine.
it should be explored but I doubt it will amount to anything. I don’t see him going to a new city at this point so atlanta is out, the mets would be a choice he’d consider and he always wanted to play for boston, but they have too many starting pitchers at the moment.
personally, I think he will just retire a brave, which is what he wanted to do.
Anyone know what Pedro has been doing? I know he hasn’t been picked up, but how does a team realistically evaluate his physical condition?
A few innings against the Netherlands shows nothing.
If Steve Phillips were still GM, he would fly down to the Dominican Republic with Jerry and watch Pedro throw a few pitches during batting practice. Then he would deem him healthy and give him a 3 year, 42 million dollar deal.
Yeah… why wouldn’t the Mets just bring back Pedro instead of Glavine. Pedro demonstrated more recently (in the WBC) and ability to miss bats. Why wouldn’t Pedro be a smarter choice than Glavine?
A resounding, no.
I don’t think it’s good for the Mets to revisit Tom. I actually value his time as a Met, and from what I saw from him while he was on the team, I thought he was always a great professional and acted like a hall of famer. That time is past though. Why would the Mets prefer him over Pedro?
I can’t believe the Braves acted this way. Further taint on his legacy in Atlanta. Not a classy move by them.
My guess is that the Braves discussed with Glavine about retiring a Brave and Glavine felt he could still pitch (and still wanted to pitch). I doubt this was done without Glavine’s knowledge.
As far as bringing him back, if Redding throws another clunker, and Glavine is okay for coming back for an incentive laden contract at the league minimum, I would definitely consider it.
Hell no on Glavine. I’d much rather see Pedro than him…
While we need help at the back end of the rotation, I don’t know if another aging person who is past his prime and won’t go past the 6th inning is the right answer. We need to get younger.
I feel horrible, if this report is true. Glavine has always been a consumate professional and I have always liked him, even when he was originally with the Braves. I sitll don’t think that he is the answer for the Mets.
I’m sorry but I don’t care if he can help this team or not. I can never bring myself to root for Glavine again. If it has come to that I would rather sign Paul Byrd or Odalis Perez. Anyone but Glavine.
i’d rather have pedro on the mound for us then tommy g. i believe pedro has more gas left in the tank, and he is a character for our clubhouse. with him and jose, the clubhouse will be a lot more relaxed
I don’t know why people just remember Glavine’s last game instead of all the other wins he got the team. He’s a class act and would only make the other pitchers on the team better.
People felt the same about that old guy Sheffield earlier this season. And like Sheffield getting him keeps him off the Phillies.
Fair or not, it was the last thing he did in a Met uniform. And then he made those strange remarks afterwards. Funny, when you think about it, his first start for the Mets was that 15-2 disaster, and his last start was the .1 7ER disaster. He went out how he came in.
there was nothing “strange” about those remarks, have something devastating happen to you and then suddenly you can put the silliness of professional sports in perspective. Devastated is a stupid word to use in any instance when one set of millionaires defeats another set of millionaires.
Maybe so, but it wasn’t the right thing to say at the time he said it. Glavine himself even admitted that it was a poor choice of words on his part.
actually that is not what he said at all, he said he understood how people might have misunderstood his emotions, but he was not devastated, and it was not a poor choice of words, it is baseball a game at the end of the day, if you are ever devastated by it, you have far too much invested in it.
Like I said, he felt it was not the right thing to say at that particular time:
“Was it the right time to make that point?” he asked rhetorically. “Probably not. I was trying to find comfort in what was an otherwise miserable day.”
“Believe me, I understand what it feels like when your favorite team loses,” he said. “I’m sorry about that. It was not my intent.”
When the Atlanta Braves give up on a pitcher, it’s a pretty sure bet that he’s finished, he stinks, or both. Conversely, if the Atlanta Braves want to trade for one of your pitchers, run and hide.
It’s actually a sign that Tommy Hanson will be coming up soon. This kid is sooo ready. 19 hits allowed in 40 innings?? Don’t dismiss Atlanta. They could have a very solid 1-4 with Lowe, Jurrjens, Vazquez, Hanson.
As for Glavine coming back to the Mets, I’ll pass too. Time to retire Tommy.
Exactly…this move has a lot to with how good Tommy Hanson is. Tom Glavine may feel like he is not done b/c they would probably have let him retire instead…but he prolly wanted to play and tommy hanson is far and away a better option…so, glavine had to go.
Point is, watch out for Hanson.
Despite him breaking my heart in ‘07, i have to say he’s a better option in my opinion than tim redding. Glavine was asked to do so much for us while he was here, but if we sign him now he has no expectations, and can only go up in our eyes. I think it would be a smart move to scoop him up with a low risk contract
I badly would like to take a flyer on Tom Glavine. Especially given the possible long term probelms with Oliver Perez. That said, I really don’t know why, but I just can’t bring myself to do it. The age, the injuries, the surgeries. They are all starting to drive me away, but man if he could do half of what he could how nice would that be right now?
Speaking of the Braves, they just traded for Nate McLouth. Wow, great pickup.
wow mclouth to the braves for 3 prospects…
Its interesting what they will do with the rotation this weekend. I assume they skip Redding with the rainout and its Pelfrey, then Maine and then Livian. Then do you skip Redding again and go with Johan Sunday and on Tuesday go back to Pelf again or start Redding Sunday and let Johan pitch game one vs. the Phils.
Either way Redding is going to start one of the Yankee games, but do you want Santana vs. Phils with an extra Redding start? Or Santana not pitching against the Phils but one less Redding start?
That’s a tough one. My gut tells me we should get Santana against the Phils no matter what, but the thought of running Tim Redding out there for an extra start makes me want to puke. I guess the best thing is to get Santana against the Phils, and when Redding starts his game, have Brian Stokes and Ken Takahashi warming up in the bullpen before Redding even takes the mound.
is this a joke, are you people on drugs. Tom Glavine was done 2 years ago what makes you think after an injury and surgery that he is going to get ANYONE out now. No tom glavine, no pedro martinez. This is what happens when Omar YET AGAIN can not have a COMPLETE offseason. Remember all the morons on here saying Dunn strikes out too much or he was a product of Cincy? Im sure thats what you were thinking when he hit the farthest HR in citifield’s short history. Omar screwed up he got Krod/Putz and patted himself on the back for 4 months he never got that extra bat or arm for the rotation and now here we are looking for that player we shouldve gotten in January.
Sorry, but a very loud NO! to signing Glavine. Sure, I know he got us some wins, and we shouldn’t judge him solely on his last start. But the truth is that Tom was always a Brave at heart. More importantly (for me) he was unbearable to warch, Even when he was pitching well, that nibbling BS was excruciating.
The commentators have always had a love affair with the phrase, “he refused to give in” to a batter. All that meant to me was he would walk the bases loaded trying to find a soft spot in the lineup.
I found him as hard to watch as Trachsel. Now that Padilla has become available, I hope that Omar will explore that option and leave senior citizen Glavine for some other desperate team.
I’m no big fan of Glavine either, but his refusal to give in as you mentioned was pitching smarts. He deserves credit for that. I remember a game when the Mets had a 4-1 lead against the Phils and it was based loaded with Ryan Howard at the plate. He gave Howard absolutely nothing to hit and Howard walked and it was 4-2. Citizens Bank Park was going crazy. Then, he gets the next guy out – inning over. 4-2 Mets. He sacrificed a run there instead of giving Howard a pitch he could drive which could have made it 6-4 Phils. That was smart pitching. Most other pitchers would have no choice but throw strikes to Howard because of their fear of walking a run in.
I’m suprised 70 percent of people said no. Perhaps some of that is tied to his last start as a Met. Or another logic could be that he’s not a headache or over-the-hill guy injury prone guy with an ego worth taking on, which is what’s already too prevalent on this roster. In any instance, as a cheap 5th starter, it’s good insurance, considering Redding’s looking awful in his last two starters. One more poor Redding outing, and Figueroa deserves a shot, since he didn’t actually do bad in his only, nor did he for over a month last season.
Tom’s worked hard this spring and the last couple months though. It’d kind of leave an empty feeling to just drop your glove and walk away like this. That’s not how Tom wants to walk away. It’s only been 1 1/2 years since Glavine was a Met. Joining another team, like the Yankees or Red Sox, would be different, because he’d be around a bunch of new guys. He knows most of the Mets, he’s got a good relationship with ownership, Omar and Jerry was his bench coach for three years. If it’s not retirement, who besides the Mets? It’s all he’s know outside of Atlanta. Honestly, I think the Braves would have wanted to use him in the bullpen, but he probably said no, which was why they released him.
I agree Glavine’s time as a Met is done for a couple of reasons: A) The Fans would never hear of it! B) Tom Glavine had all he could do to not hang up the spikes with his last setback while with his cherished Braves. I fully expect Tom Glavine to retire in short order, that is if he’s not arrested for attempting to throttle Frank Wren for making him go through all that rehab only to be released!