Daily Archives: June 30, 2009
In a report for the Globe and Mail in Toronto, Jeff Blair reports the Blue Jays will essentially give away Alex Rios or Vernon Wells, so long as it saves them money to help re-sign Roy Halladay, who is a free agent at the end of next season.
The 28–year-old Rios is batting .263 with 30 extra base hits, 13 stolen bases and a .321 OBP in 76 games for Toronto.
He ended the last two seasons hitting roughly .290, with around 15 stolen bases, 15 HR, 80 RBI and 40 doubles.
Rios will earn roughly $60 million through 2014, after which he is eligible to be a free agent for the first time in his five-year career.
…rios is interesting… he is reminiscent of a young Carlos Beltran… rios has played both center field and right field… essentially, i bet the Mets could send very little to toronto to get him, but would have to take on every dime of his deal… meaning, it’d be like signing rios to a five-year, $60 million deal, plus giving up some talent to get him, which seems steep… intriguing, though… the biggest concern, however, is, how will be handle new york, having played his entire career in the quiet confines of canada…
If he was a free agent…
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The Mets announced yesterday that Carlos Beltran is in Colorado getting a second opinion on his bruised knee.
Beltran is meeting with Dr. Steadman, who is best known for pioneering and performing microfracture surgery.
According to Ben Shpigel in the New York Times, “Microfracture surgery is commonly performed on the knees of professional athletes, usually basketball players, to regenerate damaged cartilage. If Steadman finds that cartilage has eroded in Beltran’s knee, it is possible he may recommend it.”
…the way i heard it, this visit does not necessarily mean beltran needs knee surgery, which, by the way, is like a one-year recovery, though this depends entirely on how much damage is done to the cartilage in the knee… hopefully, the doctor says carlos will be fine… or, it could be determined beltran needs surgery, but if the recovery time is too long, he could opt to rehab and play through the pain…
…nevertheless, the team is likely to talk to reporters before today’s game about beltran’s results, be it good or bad news…
In a loss to the Brewers last night, Mets RHP Fernando Nieve allowed three runs in three innings, while allowing 11 hits, including a home run, and striking out just one.
“His stuff was not as quality as it has been, and they put some good swings on it,” Jerry Manuel told reporters following last night’s loss. “Hopefully the next time around he can get it together. He definitely deserves another shot at it.”
…nieve just didn’t have the same zip on and command of his fastball, and so he was pitching soft, looked to be overthrowing, he was behind in the count a lot and got hit pretty hard and often… frankly, he could have easily let up more runs, but Daniel Murphy made a nice pick up on a hot ground ball to first, which he quickly turned for an inning-ending double play…
…by the way, last night i asked: “Why does everyone at SNY keep calling him, ‘a journeyman pitcher,’ when he was with the Astros organization for his entire career before coming to the Mets?”
WTF 2103 sent an e-mail pointing out:
“Journeyman does not literally mean: a man who goes on journeys. A journeyman is an athlete (or worker, but especially athlete) who is reliable but not outstanding. Hence, Nieve is a journeyman.”
…fascinating… i had no idea… i did think it meant to jump from team to team… like he’s on a journey… thanks for the e-mail…
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