In an appearance on the MLB Network today, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said the Mets would ‘love a do-over’ with free-agent LHP Randy Wolf, who they had a chance to sign to a one-year deal last off season, but instead they chose to re-sign Oliver Perez.
The 33–year-old Wolf was 11–7 with a 3.23 ERA in 34 [...]

Carlos Delgado, Brian Schneider, and Gary Sheffield have been categorized as Type B Free Agents by Elias.
…in other words, if the Mets offer salary arbitration to any of these three players, and if they decline it and sign with a new team, the Mets will be rewarded one additional draft pick for each player in the ‘Sandwich [...]

The Mets have added 24–year-old 3B Shawn Bowman to their 40–man roster.
…i assume this is to protect him from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft… for more of this, and how teams must add certain players to the 40 man, so to keep from losing them, click here…
Bowman hit .294 with 36 extra base [...]

The Angels have re-signed OF Bobby Abreu to a two-year deal, according to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse.
Jon Heyman, in a post to Twitter, is reporting the deal has a vesting option for a third year, but the financial parameters are not yet known.
…interesting how Abreu didn’t sign until the final hour of the off-season this [...]

Today marks the start of a 15-day period when eligible players, like Carlos Delgado and Brian Schneider, may elect to become a free agent, during which the team has exclusive rights to negotiate a new deal.
Once the 15-day window closes, which will be Friday, Nov. 20, the player is free to sign with another club.
In addition, the deadline for [...]

Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times says the Dodgers have declined the option on Jon Garland, thus making him a free agent.
Last off season, Garland signed a one-year, $7.25 million deal with Arizona, who later traded him to the Dodgers.
He was 8–11 with a 4.29 ERA in 27 starts for the D’Backs, but was [...]

According to the Daily News, the White Sox have agreed to send 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh Fields to the Royals for infielder Mark Teahen.
Teahen hit .271 in 144 games for the Royals in 2009, during which Getz started 100 games for the White Sox at second base, while batting .261.
…i think we’re going to see [...]

According to Stadium Journey, which toured 29 ballparks this summer, 21 other ballparks are better than Citi Field, including Camden Yards, Turner Field, the new Yankee Stadium and Citizen’s Bank Park.
Now that he won a World Series MVP, is 35 years old and a free agent who can’t play the field, Greg Pomes of Mets [...]

David Wright hit .307 with just 10 home runs, 72 RBI and a .390 OBP in 144 games for the Mets in 2009.
In the most recent edition of the Bill James Handbook 2010, using an intricate system of statistical analysis, Bill James projects Wright will hit 22 home runs next season, while batting .302, with [...]

Seriously, thank God that is over…
Yes, it was a well-played World Series between the two best teams in the league, and the better team won, and so that is nothing but good for the game.
Congratulations to the Yankees, and my Yankee-fan friends… specifically my wife, who will wear this jacket and this shirt to school [...]

Mets 1B prospect Ike Davis has been named to the Arizona Fall League’s 2009 Rising Stars Game, which matches up the best prospects from each MLB organization in an East Division against West Division format.
The game, which will take place on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m., will air on the MLB Network.
Davis is batting .340 with [...]

According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, Matt Holliday is at the top of Omar Minaya’s off-season wish list, “though Jason Bay will certainly suffice.”
“The Mets have no interest in taking on Milton Bradley’s problems,” Heyman writes, while adding Carl Crawford could be available in trade as well.
In a video for FoxSports.com during September, Ken Rosenthal mentioned the Mets [...]

In late September, Buster Olney of ESPN.com said the Padres are unlikely to trade 1B Adrian Gonzalez this off season.
However, former Padres GM Kevin Towers recently told Bill Madden of the Daily News, basically, it’s not a matter of will the Padres trade Gonzalez, it’s when will they trade Gonzalez.
…well, if any one knows their [...]

Yesterday, Jon Heyman of SI.com said he believes the Mets big-ticket target will likely end up playing left field.
…obviously, the two big free-agent left fielders are Matt Holliday and Jason Bay…
According to Bruce Jenkins of the San Francisco Chronicle, “You can forget about the Giants going after Holliday or Bay.”
Last week, Heyman said on SI.com that Holliday first [...]

Toby Hyde of Mets Minor League Blog answers a reader’s question about how Dillon Gee, Tobi Stoner, Mike Antonini and Dylan Owen factor in the Mets major-league plans for 2010.
In a post to Mets Merized Online, Phil Hoops asks, “Does Aubrey Huff Make Sense For The Mets?”
Wendy Adair, from Stadium Journey, offers up her review [...]