According to Buster Olney of ESPN.com, “Teams are being aggressive in pursuit of Randy Wolf.”
In a report for SI.com last week, Jon Heyman said the Mets are expected to make a play for Wolf.
…from what i can gather, just like Jason Marquis, Jon Garland and Doug Davis, teams are likely to offer wolf something around a two– year deal, worth roughly $8 million or so per season… i am sure one of these guys will be able squeak out a three-year deal, and i fear it could come from the Mets, who seem eager to get one pitcher off the market before the Winter Meetings begin…
Yesterday, FoxSports.com, the New York Post and the Daily News all reported that, while the Mets would like to sign free-agent RHP John Lackey, they will also pursue, and are more likely to sign, one or two starting pitchers from a group that includes Wolf, Pineiro, Ben Sheets and Marquis.
Speaking of starting pitchers…
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times believes the Dodgers are a long shot to acquire Roy Halladay from the Blue Jays.
Last week on WFAN, Heyman said Halladay wants to sign his next long-term contract with a team that trains in Florida and plays on the East Coast, noting, ‘The list I heard last summer, for him, did not include the two Los Angeles teams.’
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Wolf for 3 years is not a good move. Lots of injuries in the past and we would be overpaying for a pitcher that just had his best year in quite some time.
3 years for any of those guys probably isn’t a good idea, but you watch it’ll happen!
It’s going to happen.
Besides Wolf at 3 x $8 looks a lot better than what OP got last year.
The Mets pursuit of mid-tier starting pitchers is similiar to their strategy after not pursuing Alex Rodriguez many years ago. The Mets found the premier player on the market to be too expensive, so they decided to spread the wealth around several mid-tier players. The results were disastrous. Those players ended up being Jeromy Burnitz, Roger Cedeno and Mo Vaughn.
Why are the Mets pursuing Randy Wolf, Jason Marquis or Joel Piniero? Don’t they already have a starting rotation full of #4 starters?
The Mets needs to zero in on John Lackey and simply get a deal done.
Agree with above … Mets free agency philosophy of overpaying for mid-tier talent and expecting players to live up to paycheck has hurt team by depleting budget. OP is poster boy. Free Agent targets should be difference makers … complementary players should come from within.
Stick with Murphy instead of Nick Johnson. Stick with Maine or Pelfrey over Wolf or Piniero. Stick with Santos over any of those FA catchers. But when a Beltran or Texiera or Sabathia comes out, be ready to blow it out
to get them.
And if no big time difference maker is available, sit it out.
too logical…not a forte of omar, jeffy, etc…….
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