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Buzz: Sheets will be ready for Spring Training

by Michael Baron on November 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

Jerry Cransick of ESPN.com says that Ben Sheets will be 100 percent by Spring Training.

According to Cransick, Casey Close, the agent for Sheets, says that he is doing very well and has “already heard from a number of teams inquiring about Ben’s health and availability for 2010.”

Sheets is very tempting…he is coming off of flexor tendon surgery in his arm but when healthy, he is a big asset…i’m not sure if the Mets are interested in taking a chance on him given his injury-plagued career and what the team just went through this past season, but he is worth watching if his arm is in good shape…

Sheets missed the entire 2009 season after almost signing with the Rangers last winter, but was 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA in 198 1/3 innings in 2008, helping the Brewers to their first postseason since 1982.

For more on Sheets, check out Cransick’s article here.