This morning I was a guest of Kim Jones and Adam Gerstenhaber on WFAN, during which we talked about blogging, the Mets, and the up-coming trade deadline.

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Kim Jones: How much does yesterday’s game (from Mike Pelfrey) change the outlook… Do fans feel better about the team today?

Matthew Cerrone: You know, I interact with hundreds sometimes thousands of fans every day, whether it’s through the comments section, or on e-mail, or on Twitter, and it’s roller coaster.  It’s been that way for years now.  I’m a Jets fan also, so I’m used to it.  But, that’s the way it is…

Yesterday was awesome, since the day before, obviously, was really rough, but who knows what today will bring, and that’s just the way it goes.  At the end of the day, though, I think we’re all still kind of shell-shocked from the end of the last couple of seasons that it’s hard to buy in to any kind of winning streak or excitement or hope.  I mean, even when things were going well this season in May, we were wondering, ‘Yeah, but, will it continue, and what’s gonna happen on that last day of the season.’  That’s always in the backs of our minds.  So, as great as yesterday was, there’s still that concern…

Adam Gerstenhaber: Do you think we’re gonna see a deal this season before the trade deadline at the end of the month?

Matthew Cerrone: Everyone is demanding that magic-bullet deal, but it’s obviously not out there.  It’s not like Omar Minaya is just sitting behind his desk, reading the newspaper and killing time.  Obviously, they’re looking and if the deal was out there they’d do it.  My hunch is they’re looking for the kind of player they got in Xavier Nady back in 2006, you know, somebody who is under contract, who can be with them beyond this season, probably arbitration eligible so the small market team doesn’t want to continue to pay them.  The names that keep popping up, be it from Ken Rosenthal, Jon Heyman, these guys, are names like Mark Teahen, Ryan Spilborghs, players like that.

Actually, I wanted to ask Kim about Alex Rios.  The Globe & Mail wrote a report saying Rios could be had for a bag of balls, as the Jays try to save money to work to sign Roy Halladay.  I don’t much about Rios.  But, I know it would be like signing him to a five-year, $60 million deal.  Kim, what do you make of him, because I know you’re seen him a lot?

Kim Jones: He is a guy who is supremely talented as they come, but who has never really put it all together… He’d be an intriguing guy to go get, but I guess I’d ask you, Matthew, what do the Mets have in the minor league system that they’d be willing to give up and how intrigued would other teams be – because, what you hear is the Mets don’t have a lot to offer that what other teams want?

Matthew Cerrone: Well, it always matters how they match up with the team that’s interested.  So, for instance, a team like the Indians, Bobby Parnell made perfect sense, they were clearly looking for a closer and Perez is who they were seeking, but they were interested in Parnell.  So, the Mets have those players… They draw a lot of interest in guys like Wilmer Flores, Brad Holt, Jennry Mejia… These guys get rave reviews, but they’re really young and it’s hard to build deals around them… This is why I keep going back to those players like Teahen, Spilborghs, these guys who are under contract, who the other team probably wants to get out from under, yet a team like the Mets can take them on without giving a whole lot to get them.  They’re not great hitters, they’re not game changers, but they’re bodies, they fill in and they factor in to the future.  My hunch is we’re looking at players like that, so they can protect the farm system.

Adam Gerstenhaber: Sure, but would they trade the big-time prospect to get the big-time player, if they could get him?

Matthew Cerrone: From what I hear, no… To me, it comes down to other teams who are interested, like the Red Sox.  Let’s just say for the sake of argument the Mets are looking for Adam Dunn or Matt Holliday, a team like the Cardinals have a richer farm system, if they’re equally interested then they’re gonna get him, the Red Sox will get him.  So, even if the Mets were willing, I think these other teams may have better packages to put together.