eMailbag: Where are the Mets Trade Rumors?
Joland sent in an e-mail asking:
“Are you surprised that you don’t hear any rumors of the Mets looking to make a trade to upgrade some weak areas? Do you think the nightmare that Omar has created for himself has distracted him from the job at hand?”
I talked to two people who know Omar well, and who spoke with recently, and, though he feels very badly about the way things went down at the press conference, he is 100 percent focused on improving the team.
From what I can tell, his scouts and assistants are working as usual, talking with other teams, building bridges and seeing what is available.
The thing is, that’s the problem, there isn’t much available to the Mets, because, while teams like their prospects, especially Ike Davis, Brad Holt and Jennry Mejia, it appears they are inexperienced to build a deal around. The way I understand it, right now, because of where the economy is at, teams would rather trade a player like Victor Martinez for one or two major-league ready prospects, making little money but able to contribute today, like a Clay Buchholz, as opposed 
to accepting a basket of young, Double-A guys, who have yet to has any sustained success and are potentially years away.
From talking to prospectors around the game, I sense the Mets may have a top rated farm system two or three years from now, because of Davis, Wilmer Flores, Mejia, Holt and other pitchers getting attention; but, for now, they may be a tab short.
As for tomorrow’s 4 pm Trade Deadline, I believe the Mets are talking, be it with the Rays, O’s or others, but I honestly have no idea what they’re trying to accomplish. In other words, stay tuned, as it would not shock me if they made a big trade, nor would it shock me if they get boxed out, despite Minaya’s best efforts.
