Per Adam Rubin and New York Daily News
“After the Braves routed the Mets, 11-0, Friday night, a source told the Daily News that the organization was prepared to release Tim Redding as soon as today and eat his $2.25 million guaranteed contract.”
“Meanwhile, an AL source revealed that Julio Lugo has been working out at the Mets’ complex in the Dominican Republic. The official predicted that once Lugo clears waivers – he was designated for assignment by the Red Sox Friday – the Mets could sign him.”
Read the rest here.
98 comments
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:12am at 9:12 am (UTC -4)
Really hate to be one of those guys
BUT, Man!, was I right on about THIS
one! Bad, bad MLB Pitcher AND a waste
of both time AND money.
So long Redding! Thanks for nothing!
metfreak
7/18/2009-9:14am at 9:14 am (UTC -4)
Why?? Really I rather bring up a kid from one of the lower levels then Logo lets stop picking up other teams trash
Joe R
7/18/2009-9:23am at 9:23 am (UTC -4)
Lugo is a nice player.
dirtysanchez
7/18/2009-9:25am at 9:25 am (UTC -4)
lol..what kid? arjenis reyes
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:26am at 9:26 am (UTC -4)
oh jeez is Omar and jeff to new version of ” dumb and dumber” ?
Joe R
7/18/2009-9:27am at 9:27 am (UTC -4)
Lugo is at least a major leauger lol. Sox just really like the other guy…
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:31am at 9:31 am (UTC -4)
i liked him when i saw him play against us – that green kid can field
metfreak
7/18/2009-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
Any kid I rather at this point why are we always going after other teams trash Lugo is not a nice player otherwise a team lie the Sox’s would not let go but some of you guys like this move thats fine I guess we are just use to these kinds of useless moves
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:36am at 9:36 am (UTC -4)
yup kinda like the jeff conine deal in ’07
Joe R
7/18/2009-9:21am at 9:21 am (UTC -4)
We will need Lugo as right on schedule Reyes points to his hamstring and refuses to run at Pt. Saint Lucie yesterday…Not a setback according to the Mets….um yeah right….see u next year Jose
dirtysanchez
7/18/2009-9:23am at 9:23 am (UTC -4)
Adam also saying this is one of many moves the mets are going to make..
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:30am at 9:30 am (UTC -4)
Lets hope so!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:31am at 9:31 am (UTC -4)
dont hold yer breath unless u want tony clark
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:41am at 9:41 am (UTC -4)
Atleast it would be dif faces!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:55am at 9:55 am (UTC -4)
tony clark hits as well as baerga did when he came -here i.e not good
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:57am at 9:57 am (UTC -4)
yeah Baerga
was an
alltime
mystery.
Like Alomar,
got here and couldnt
play AT
ALL anymore.
Atleast w/Alomar
though we may now have the
answer.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
baerga was at the end – well at least before his padre comeback lol
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:16am at 10:16 am (UTC -4)
Understood BUT he was very young the be at the end of the road,no?
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
baerga was in his mid 30′s like alomar
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
Ididn’t think so Rust AND just checked…Baerga was 28 when he got here! No ‘roids I guess!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:28am at 9:28 am (UTC -4)
last one in closes the coffin door guys – i hate to say that but after last nights lack luster performance it is evident that this team has no fire or desire – and I have a feeling Jerry quits before the seasons end or right after the season – gut feeling
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:29am at 9:29 am (UTC -4)
hey el duque is available also shall we sign him?
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:32am at 9:32 am (UTC -4)
Think Redding actually was
Duque! Quick Omar sign,comes
complete with a bad toe and
sore arm! But wait! Theres more! Yada, yada, yada.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
will you love his nuts?
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:40am at 9:40 am (UTC -4)
Slap chop!
to you buddy!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
you know we can’t wait along all day
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:00am at 10:00 am (UTC -4)
Call in the next 20mins.
(even if its 3am.”cause at 3:21am
the offers off the table!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:03am at 10:03 am (UTC -4)
and ill throw in the whore for free !!
njstuckintx
7/18/2009-9:31am at 9:31 am (UTC -4)
My feelings on this… eh.
Lugo is sadly better than most options we have.
As for Redding, thanks for the big goat-T. And the poor ERA. Large WHIP. Oh, and the loses. Don’t forget the loses.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:33am at 9:33 am (UTC -4)
I scratched my head when we signed him – i rather of had wolf to be brutally honest
njstuckintx
7/18/2009-9:38am at 9:38 am (UTC -4)
When Redding was signed, I thought, You know, that was a pretty good, low risk move, could have potential… I guess that is what I get for thinking.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
note to self – don’t let njstuckintx think
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:33am at 9:33 am (UTC -4)
We won’t!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
yeah tim redding ranks up there with Mike Bomback Rich Rodriguez, aaron sele skip lockwood and pete falcone
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:39am at 9:39 am (UTC -4)
Rusty my friend
you’re off with
Skip Lockwood.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:57am at 9:57 am (UTC -4)
ok got me there he was servicable as a reliever – can we say – ANDY HASSLER !!
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
Agreed! OR Tom Hausman!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:03am at 10:03 am (UTC -4)
hey i liked hausman – rick ownby – different story lol
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:14am at 10:14 am (UTC -4)
Sorry! Kevin Kobel then?
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:16am at 10:16 am (UTC -4)
he has red hair like me – so no he stays – mel rojas?
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:23am at 10:23 am (UTC -4)
I’ll see that and raise ya a drunk neil
alle!n
Kingman 26
7/18/2009-10:40am at 10:40 am (UTC -4)
Allen and Onwbey brought a pretty good return in a trade if I remember correctly!
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:45am at 10:45 am (UTC -4)
Yes indeed Brock!
The 2nd most important player in our history!
Again,why is his #17 not up on the OF wall?
Maybe if he’d had been a Dodger first instead of a Card?
Right Freddy??Oh!,WE know you’re out there!
Kingman 26
7/18/2009-11:03am at 11:03 am (UTC -4)
Could not agree more…the unquestioned leader of the best team and era in our history, and second greatest Met after Seaver…Piazza was great but was no leader like Keith.
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:38am at 9:38 am (UTC -4)
I know some of you get bent over
my praising of the phils BUT I really
wish all Met fans had been subjected
to having to watch their game last
night.Rain delay and all. An old time
baseball fan(like myself) can see why
that is a championship type team.
You should have seen the interviews
of Ibanez and Stairs.It would made
y’all understand what I’m talkin”bout. Baseball,especially on
this level is a whole lot more than
Sabermetric stats. Its a million
small things which my Mets almost
completely lack.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
WHEN U R RIGHT FONG U R RIGHT – AND WHAT ABOUT THE BRAVES RETIRING mADDOX NUMBER LAST NIGHT? – class move !!! i wonder if the mets will slap one togather to try to put a good face on the season
Joe R
7/18/2009-10:07am at 10:07 am (UTC -4)
I agree with u. Thats why getting Ibanez and Hudson wasnt all about the numbers…i constantly argued the chemistry, professionalism,leadership, etc they would have brought in would have gone a long way into changing the culture in our dugout!!!!!
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
Thank You!!
my words almost exactly!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:17am at 10:17 am (UTC -4)
i havent heard any one suggest jeff torborg – im kidding lol – maybe maz ? or pena or bowa?
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:21am at 10:21 am (UTC -4)
If Omars
running things,
Bowa would be interesting!Thats for sure!
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:43am at 9:43 am (UTC -4)
Guess this is Omars way of admitting
we won’t to Jose Reyes until next
spring? You Go! Ray Ramirez and the
rest of our esteemed training staff!
Good thing there was NO CHANCE that
the WBC would have ANY negative effect
on our 2009 season!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
isnt there the world dodgeball tournement? in 2010?
darknova306
7/18/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
Go balls deep!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:04am at 10:04 am (UTC -4)
dodge
duck
dip
down
and dodge
darknova306
7/18/2009-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
Well, one way to make a morning better is to find out that the career scrub pitcher that I wanted nowhere near my team in the winter is getting cut. Finally. Obviously picking up Lugo isn’t a big deal, but he’s better offensively than Cora (especially with Alex fighting that torn thumb ligament) and allows us to use Cora as the backup MI like we signed him for. In the end it’s just another ‘meh’ move for a team that’s gone belly up.
So what are we doing for 2010?
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:52am at 9:52 am (UTC -4)
I pride myself on being pretty
well informed about my greatest sports passion BUT
to answer you..
What are we doin’for 2010…
Your guess is as good as mine!
I know if I was Mr.Wilpon 1st
thing I’d do is fire Omar,his
staff, Jerry and his staff
AND Sign Showalter to Run things in whatever capacity
he wishes.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
i say whitey herzog as gm – he was part of the scouting braintrust behind the teams from 67 – 70 and he left because of m donald grant
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:12am at 10:12 am (UTC -4)
I agree Rust
BUT don’t think
the White Rat is coming out of retirement
to try and fix this mess!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:15am at 10:15 am (UTC -4)
i know i know – it would be nice though – but u know wally aint gonna manage here neither will bobby v – we had a shot with jocketty last year when he worked for us until the end of the season but i guess he didnt like what he saw either
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
Sign Kenny Powers!!!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:21am at 10:21 am (UTC -4)
jose cardinal jerry morales??
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:35am at 10:35 am (UTC -4)
Ken Henderson and one of my AllTime favs…Leo Foster!
darknova306
7/18/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
Oh I wasn’t really looking for an answer, my question was more rhetorical. It was more of a “this season is dreadful and I can’t wait for next year” statement. I would have fired Omar when Willie was fired, which is what I REALLY wanted to see. I wouldn’t mind Showalter running the team on the field. Also, something really badly needs to happen with how we condition our players and assess/manage their injuries. This has become one of the funniest and saddest jokes I’ve ever seen.
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:05am at 10:05 am (UTC -4)
countdown to david letterman making jokes at our expenses again?
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:11am at 10:11 am (UTC -4)
Letterman should 1st look in the mirror
then 2nd
should retire.
Dude you haven’t
been funny since the 80s!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
yup before the cbs years
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:18am at 10:18 am (UTC -4)
Agreed!
fongy2
7/18/2009-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
I could feel it more than a month
ago.This season had much more the
feeling of an early 90s team than
one of our last 80s team. Trying to
plug holes with players that don’t fit
and still trying to convince ourselves
we were still within the same era of
our recently (fairly) successful teams
BUT pull a couple threads and it all
falls apart!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
at least the early ’90′s team had a swagger to it – albeit they were doing perwalks out of police precints lol
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:09am at 10:09 am (UTC -4)
Agreed! And for all us who kill Jerrys managing(and rightfully
so) xtra inns lastnight
Phils/Fish…Utley on 2B,phils now up one,two
out,Paul Bako up against Marlins Righty..Gonzalez walks
Bako to pitch to Jason
Werth b/c its Right/Righty.Werth promply gets a hit to
drive in the 2nd run..
putting the Phils up 2.
Lidge struggles throughout the bottom of the inning,giving up
a run but gets out of
it,Phils win by One.
Hey! Gonzalez, its
Paul friggin’ Bako!
whos that Lefty you’re
walking NOT Babe Ruth!
You don’t walk Paul Bako to face Jason Werth when yo need to
get an out! Hello!
Talk about over/poor
Managing!
Joe R
7/18/2009-10:14am at 10:14 am (UTC -4)
Does anyone want to talk about how bad Pelf is?? Considering his college coach last week said he has gotten worse since colleg….he is up and down and im starting to believe he maybe as mentally screwed up and wacked out as Ollie only Pelf can hide it better….well at least until his yips come out. Yes yips…we must not forgot about YIPS when talking about 2009!!!!
Heis our number 2 and he stinks. We have alot of issues for next year.
Does anyone really think next year we will have a new legitimate power bat and some real new starting pitchers?
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:17am at 10:17 am (UTC -4)
I don’t! Not as long as Omar
is running things!
rustyjr
7/18/2009-10:18am at 10:18 am (UTC -4)
he doesnt stink – i think the losing and the pressure to win and break losing streaks is getting to him
Joe R
7/18/2009-10:27am at 10:27 am (UTC -4)
yes we all know pelf has the tools….but many mlb pitchers have the tools and are never able to put it together. He’25 now and pitched in college. We lived with his ups and downs but the second half of last year was suppose to be the turn around….I guess not
dentulous
7/18/2009-10:23am at 10:23 am (UTC -4)
“A source Friday relayed to the Daily News a recent conversation between two players. One player noticed swelling in the other’s knee and asked why he wasn’t getting it treated. “They don’t want to hear about it,†the injured player replied, according to a source.”
This is from Rubins article. If this is true, wtf kind of organization is this? WTH is wrong with these people?
darknova306
7/18/2009-10:26am at 10:26 am (UTC -4)
Wow. If that’s true I think the players association should start getting involved in this. This injury thing is ridiculous. If you’re willing ignoring player healthy issues, you need to be removed from the game. This is a serious travesty.
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:34am at 10:34 am (UTC -4)
Our staff is worse
then the Cleveland
Browns staff,if any
of you are familiar
with that situation.
Again, these are all
Omars hires! But ofcourse lets not blame
him. Right?!
Kingman 26
7/18/2009-10:49am at 10:49 am (UTC -4)
He had another piece recently which said the PA is going to look into the handling of Beltran’s injury.
The last two years, our medical and training staff have been the joke of MLB…since spring 2008,
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:42am at 10:42 am (UTC -4)
Just looked at the Daily News…
I think Lupicas headline..
“Watson channeling the spirit of ’77″
Could also apply to the Mets!
charlie_s
7/18/2009-10:45am at 10:45 am (UTC -4)
I’m getting very close to calling for a full scale boycott. How great would it be to see a completely empty Citi Field with 8 guys there each holding a letter “F-I-R-E O-M-A-R”.
It’s not the injuries but all the crap decisions that came before them and probably after them.
This organization is in a death spiral and needs a swift and harsh change on all levels.
dentulous
7/18/2009-10:53am at 10:53 am (UTC -4)
The training staff had better be gone come next season. They cannot be brought back, they stink. But we all know they will be back. They wont do what is necessary to get this team on the right track because everyone is a friend of Omar or the Wilpons. Its the fans and players that get shafted.
Better be a major shakeup come next season.
charlie_s
7/18/2009-11:01am at 11:01 am (UTC -4)
I’m thinking big:
- sell the team
- replace all organizational leaders including Omar, Jerry, all trainers, etc
Wholesale changes are needed.
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:05am at 11:05 am (UTC -4)
Wilpons not gonna sell the
team and I’d be
careful what I’d
wish for in that regard.
It could get/be worse.
I know,I’ve seen it before
here.
steveo
7/18/2009-10:48am at 10:48 am (UTC -4)
This org is a joke and
its being run by a joker.Omar is done.F Julio Lugo he sucks omar will extend this guy a 3 year contract and we will be where we started next year all over again this team is becoming hard to like because of omar
Mr North Jersey
7/18/2009-10:53am at 10:53 am (UTC -4)
So if the rumors are true Redding being released goes down as one of a number of moves Minaya dropped the ball on.
It is sad how accurate many fans predictions about this team is turning out to be.
1. Not getting a RF because who knew what to expect from Church in 2009.
2. Eating Castillo contract and getting ODog instead because of his leadership and great team play.
3. Not signing Ollie and signing Lowe instead because Ollie is too inconsistent.
4. Not signing Manny and leaving Murphy in LF instead. (This was my favorite I remember VCarver telling me how much better Murphy was defensively than Manny and that Manny’s defense would hurt more than help us I am sure he is somewhere looking for stats to explain away what happened rather than just open his eyes.)
5. Signing Redding because he pitched well vs the Phillies rather than the lefty Wolf (Personally I could care less for either of them I was hoping for a trade instead).
6. Worrying about which Delgado we were going to get the 1st half one or 2nd half one (turns out neither).
7. SCHNEIDER…SCHNEIDER…SCHNEIDER… (I never thought SCHNEIDER would outlast Castro in the organization I guess I was wrong).
SO SO SAD, SO SO SAD INDEED, but hey we have a still I hear Lugo is the 1st of many moves to come
Cross your fingers maybe Dunn Pierre Halladay are just a trade away (I know yeah right).
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:59am at 10:59 am (UTC -4)
No thanks to Dunn!
Mr North Jersey
7/18/2009-11:07am at 11:07 am (UTC -4)
yeah right like he is worse than what we currently have i don’t wanna hear about his
BA HR RBI OBP SLG
.260 23 62 .395 .534
would make him the MVP in our team right now.
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
Oh, I agree w/
that AND like
the chicks…
I too dig the long ball BUT
Dunns not the answer. Need
ballplayers AND
he simply can field. If you can catch,throw
and run you’re
not gonna win a whole lot.
But on the (real)cheap,I’d
take him and
stich him at 1B.
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:15am at 11:15 am (UTC -4)
That should have read CAN’T field.
Mr North Jersey
7/18/2009-11:28am at 11:28 am (UTC -4)
1st base? you have a deal now make it so.
If it was only that easy.
Kingman 26
7/18/2009-10:54am at 10:54 am (UTC -4)
Getting rid of Redding should cheer us up…it shows they are ready to eat money to make changes.
Lugo is not Jeter, but come on folks-Cora is not an everyday guy and Argenis is not a MLB player…obviously Jose is gone and we need someone…Lugo improves the lineup a little and the bench a lot by sending Cora back there.
And my guess is that this is the beginning of a busy next two weeks.
fongy2
7/18/2009-10:58am at 10:58 am (UTC -4)
yeah a million dollars NOT
the 15 or so still owed
Slappy or the 30 or so still
owed Ollie! Too Bad though.
AND I sure hore you’re right
about the next 2 weeks!
I also hope that if by some chance Omars feeling a little
heat we dont see any Victor
Zambrano type moves!
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:03am at 11:03 am (UTC -4)
This has really become unwatchable
and I’m the type of baseball fan who
would stop and watch a beer league
game if passing a park while working
in the field anywhere.
Kingman 26
7/18/2009-11:07am at 11:07 am (UTC -4)
The last two nights have been as anemic and unwatchable as it gets….did you see the pregame where Maddux said “Let’s beat the Mets–like old times!”
(Insert vomiting noise here)
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:12am at 11:12 am (UTC -4)
Yeah! BUT atleast he’s
honest.Plus,I’ve always
been slow to anger toward Maddux ’cause
how he blew off the Yanks who had offered
more $ than the Bravos.
Plus,part 2, we did
have his brother
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:09am at 11:09 am (UTC -4)
Looks to me like some on the DailyNews
blog are stealing my material!
steveo
7/18/2009-11:11am at 11:11 am (UTC -4)
Barroa is a better ss than lugo . Lugo can hit better but at this point its a wasted move that would have ramifications into next year and beyond no lugo
fongy2
7/18/2009-11:17am at 11:17 am (UTC -4)
This isn’t even entertaining!
Can someone atleast shoot some
bleach at a fan? OR get caught
smoking weed outside the park?
Jeez!, talk about BAD & BORING!