Update (7:00pm): Steve Popper is now reporting that Sheffield has not been released, according to a “highly-placed source.”
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Update (6:42pm) : According to David Lennon‘s twitter page, Sheffield asked for an extension today, the Mets refused, and they’re at a standoff. No further word on a “releasing.”
Joel Sherman, from the NYPost chimes in. He says that after the Mets rejected Sheffield’s extension plea, Gary “threatened to leave the team and go home.” Sherman also says one of his sources claimed that there’s a “possibility that the Mets could release Sheffield.”
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According to Steve Popper on his twitter, one Mets player claims that “Sheffield has been released.”
This is only a rumor right now, but any further confirmation will be updated promptly.
The Mets won’t save much by releasing Gary – only a small fraction of $400,000. If the rumor is true, it’s likely because Gary requested to be released and the Mets obliged. (more speculation)
Or rather Wright?!? } – 
16 comments
CaseStreet
8/20/2009-6:34pm at 6:34 pm (UTC -4)
I hope we get a prospect back.
fongy2
8/20/2009-6:43pm at 6:43 pm (UTC -4)
Err, released means…
aah,,,released.
You don’t eh..get anything.
But hey, 400k here,400k there
and before you know it…
Omar can cover the 2.5million
he gave to Redding.
Ya know that former Ace of
the Nats staff who arrived
with a multitude of injuries.
Yet another bang up job
by Omar! Wow do I feel secure
with him running things!
prismo
8/20/2009-6:45pm at 6:45 pm (UTC -4)
Well it would probably only be around $100-200k. I guess that’s better than nothing…
ceetar
8/20/2009-6:48pm at 6:48 pm (UTC -4)
Good riddance! We don’t need old, aged, DH’s standing around in LF that can’t hit home runs and only occasionally get a couple of doubles and would be a disaster on the 2010 Mets. Leaving him here serves no purpose.
fongy2
8/20/2009-7:00pm at 7:00 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks Ceetar!
My feelings exactly!
There are very few guys I
promised I could never root
for if in a Met uniform
AND hes one of them.
However, I too convinced myself that since he wanted
to be here and if given 200/
250 ABs maybe he could help
us especially given the lack
of quality/power with our
corner OFers starting the season.So,okay I rooted for
him b/c of the name on the
front of the uni.
On a bad team,which we are,
he brings nothing to the table. So,whats the loss?
Someone will pick him up
and maybe he gets a big hit
or two in September BUT…
so what! I know alot of former
teammates may like him BUT…
so what! Bad guy and again
real difficult to root for.
Mr North Jersey
8/20/2009-6:54pm at 6:54 pm (UTC -4)
So the cleanup begins hey?
Is it me or could we have gotten at the least 2 tickets for dinner and a movie at any participating AMC cinema for these guys?
metsfan4decades
8/20/2009-7:02pm at 7:02 pm (UTC -4)
HAHAHA – good one.
I, for one, am glad to see the cleanup begin.
fongy2
8/20/2009-7:03pm at 7:03 pm (UTC -4)
Or even a $25 gift certificate
for Walmart!
fongy2
8/20/2009-7:12pm at 7:12 pm (UTC -4)
Just read the added info posted
above about Sheff asking for an
extention and his reactions after
being turned down….
Pretty much what we would have expected. Cant teach an old dog…
well you know.
Like I said above and 4 months ago
and for years…Bad guy,dont want
him on my team.
whataputz
8/20/2009-7:17pm at 7:17 pm (UTC -4)
The guy actually seems to fit in here, but you can’t give him an extension, but no complaints bout Shef as a met.
prismo
8/20/2009-7:30pm at 7:30 pm (UTC -4)
It doesn’t make sense for him to want an extension to stay on the Mets. He’s MUCH more valuable in the AL as a DH/PH. He’s probably worth $1-2mil in the NL and $5+mil in the AL.
trs86
8/20/2009-10:07pm at 10:07 pm (UTC -4)
Agreed, and he may not even be worth the 1-2M in the NL unless he can actually play OF and not get injured. I can imagine a team like TB picking him up if we release him.
trs86
8/20/2009-10:09pm at 10:09 pm (UTC -4)
Also, the Mets would only save money on these guys IF another team signs them. If nobody signs Livan then we don’t save anything. If they do pick him up then we will bet back the MLB minimum prorated to how long he plays with them, so in baseball dollars .34 cents.
GravediggerHebner
8/20/2009-11:32pm at 11:32 pm (UTC -4)
I hadn’t heard the team before, but according to Heyman on MLB Network tonight it was the SF Giants that claimed Sheff at which point for some reason the Mets pulled him back.
To me it made no sense that they pulled him back, so they deserve the distraction he’s causing now. He could’ve helped the Giants and if nothing else the Mets could’ve afforded a new ink cartridge for the front office printer and maybe a box of pens too with the salary saved.
Oh and most importantly they would’ve been able to simultaneously evaluate Sullivan and Pagan for the 2010 4th OF role instead of evaluating them one at a time.
trs86
8/20/2009-11:40pm at 11:40 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, it would have saved them a little money but I guess their point was why give something up for free? The only thing they would have gotten out of it was salary relief, I am guessing that many Mets fans would not have the understanding that TRDMB fans do and would see it as the Wilpons saving 100,000 and panic because we must be really broke.
GravediggerHebner
8/20/2009-11:45pm at 11:45 pm (UTC -4)
Sadly, it’s easy to imagine someone in the Met hierarchy having that exact thought. “We can’t release him Omar, the fans’ll think we’re broke!” Ugh.