You know I was pondering that Luis Castillio for Kevin Millwood trade rumor all day yesterday and I came to a conclusion, I feel that it is a no brainer to pull the trigger on this trade but – and I stress but , only if the Mets go out and get a front-line starter whether it be John Lackey or Randy Wolf via free agency, or a Roy Oswaldt type via trade. I say this because Millwood in my opinion is more of a four or five type of starter. Yes he is a innings eater and yes he should do well in Citi Field, but his addition alone will not make this rotation that much stronger. But lets play hypotheticals here, lets say we make the trade and send “Slappy” to the land of deep dish pizza and Millwood joins our rotation, I say try to woo Lackey or Wolf and either attempt to trade Ollie Perez for someone Else’s salary dump ( Carlos Lee perhaps?) or if that doesn’t pan out make him the highest paid set up man in Mets history. Is this feasible? Perhaps , perhaps not only Omar and the Wilpons know for sure but at the very least I think this could be a solid game plan.
                                                    
                                         “Slappy and deep dish pizza – perfect together!”
And now for the INFAMY !!!
Happy Birthday to Mets hitting coach from ’92 – 97 -Tom McCraw (1941) Tom’s tenure lasted under three Mets managers – Jeff Torborg, Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine wish I could say good things about his instructional skills but the Mets bats weren’t that fierce in those days.
Second baseman for the ’92 team – Dick Schofield is 47(1962) He was a All Star caliber fielder and a decent hitter in his days with the Angels but he was well past his prime when he came to the Mets.
Pitcher Dan ” No Relation to Dale ” Murray is 36 (1973) He pitched one game for the Mets in ’99, and was later traded for Glendon Rusch – nuff said!
New York Mets signed free agent pitcher Tom Hausman of the Milwaukee Brewers on November 21, 1977. Funny thing is while the Yankees went out to sign such big free agents such as Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson as their first free agents , while Hausman was the Mets first foray into free agency -( DAMN YOU M. DONALD GRANT !!)
Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mets starting pitcher – Andy Hassler as a free agent on November 21, 1979.
New York Mets signed free agent reserve player – Steve Bieser of the Montreal Expos on November 21, 1996.
And remember – There are only 135 more mind numbing days until the Mets open the 2010 season against Florida at Citi Field
14 comments
fongy2
11/21/2009-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
Rust, ya stole one of my most used
lines of the past 30yrs, while the yankees signed the likes of Reggie and Catfish, we’d lock up the likes
of Tom Hausman and Elliot Maddox.
But you’re an old timer like me so,
we’re cool
I should have know back then I would be a bumpy ride being a Met fan
…and yankee fans hate us???
Kingman 26
11/21/2009-11:19am at 11:19 am (UTC -4)
Ah Elliott Maddox–what a delightful memory with which to start the day!
Perhaps Elliott’s most impressive stat: in his three years as a Met he stole 6 bases–and was caught stealing 22 times!!
Every fan who complains about 2006-2008 should be strapped to a chair and forced to watch hours of film of the 77-79 teams.
fongy2
11/21/2009-11:31am at 11:31 am (UTC -4)
A-friggin’-men!
fongy2
11/21/2009-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
And what number Thirdbaseman was he upon THAT brilliant
move?
Jeez, Ellit Maddox….
The poor man’s
Chico Walker!
rustyjr
11/21/2009-1:53pm at 1:53 pm (UTC -4)
nahh that was lenny randle
DNDJohan aka kistics
11/21/2009-11:15am at 11:15 am (UTC -4)
Louis is a lucky man lately. Lots of 3-way involving him.
Kingman 26
11/21/2009-11:19am at 11:19 am (UTC -4)
Louis??
DNDJohan aka kistics
11/21/2009-11:30am at 11:30 am (UTC -4)
Luis…
fongy2
11/21/2009-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
Slappy-a/k/a-
LuisAches&Pains
a/k/a Mush….
trs86
11/21/2009-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
Couple of interesting names released by an organization ran worse than even the Mets. Jeff Karstens and Robinzon Diaz were released by the Pirates. Both would be good depth in AAA and Diaz could be the backup to Santos we are looking for.
fongy2
11/21/2009-11:42am at 11:42 am (UTC -4)
Agreed!
metsfan4decades
11/21/2009-12:03pm at 12:03 pm (UTC -4)
Dang – what happened to the MLBTR widget/tag on the right hand side these past few days? I loved that, would click on it several times a day. Now I have to do it the hard way.
And yes, I know…..lazy.
Love the graphics, Rusty.
I’m thinking the odds that Castillo really gets traded is less than 50%….
trs86
11/21/2009-12:48pm at 12:48 pm (UTC -4)
Hmmm, 4D, it’s still there for me. Did you switch browsers? It works on flash.
whataputz
11/21/2009-12:23pm at 12:23 pm (UTC -4)
If the Astros would trade us a deal involving Ollie and Carlos Lee…I will personally pick both players up and drive them to their new destinations.