Buzz: The Mets and Phillies Can Add Payroll
In his most recent report for SI.com, Jon Heyman lists the Mets and Phillies among 10 teams that can add payroll in a mid-season acquisition.
Last week, in a post to his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney said the Mets can add roughly $5 million to their payroll.
Heyman says the Mets seek ‘a hitter who plays the outfield or first base (but preferably both) is the priority.’
In a post to the Daily Stache, Anthony Lafaman writes:
“This has to be an instance where Minaya earns that pay. He has to be creative, he can’t sleep until he makes a deal that plugs one of these holes. Even if that means parting with Niese or Fernando Martinez. I’m always against trading blue-chippers but this is a extreme set of circumstances.”
… i don’t know… i’m torn on this… i mean, at this point, as much as i think Adam Dunn is a perfect fit for the Mets, is he enough… is he, alone, able to make up for Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran… i am just not sure it makes sense to trade, say, Bobby Parnell and position prospect for one hitter, like dunn… or, say, parnell, Fernando Martinez, and who knows what else, to get Matt Holliday from the A’s… and so, right now, with so many injuries, is over-paying for one hitter the right move… i am not yet sure it is…
That said, according to MLB.com, the D’Backs are getting closer to moving players, such as Jon Garland, infielder Felipe Lopez and Chad Tracy.
