News: Omar Minaya is the House
Mets GM Omar Minaya arrived at the Winter Meetings less than an hour ago, and talked to reporters before heading up to the team’s suite, and said:
“The free-agent stuff, that seems to be going a little slower this year than in past years… There have been some trade potentials out there. I know I talked to a couple of GMs and hopefully we’re going to get together and further along the discussions. It’s almost a domino effect. Once a free agent or two gets signed, then it becomes a domino effect—both for the trades and the signings… We have potential trades that in conversation with the other GMs could happen here… I think this year, because of the market, there are teams that are willing to at least make an attempt to fill their needs via trade if possible. More so than in past years.”
…like i said the other day, the Mets have options in the trade market… and, from what i can gather, there are deals to be made that could get them an impactful player or two, which would allow them to not overspend in what is an otherwise weak free-agent market…
To read additional quotes from Minaya, including his take on the free-agent market and his team’s priorities, go to Adam Rubin’s blog for the Daily News, here.
Jeff Wilpon is not scheduled to be at the Meetings.
…unless, of course, the Mets are about to finalize the acquisition of a big-time free-agent, like last year with Francisco Rodriguez…
