Category Archive: Player Moves

Jul 24

Forget the Maine

'Wanting to' and 'being able to' are two different things

According to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, Mets pitcher John Maine had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder yesterday and is out for the season.

Jul 20

Unexciting Westbook Acquisition Becomes More Unlikely

Nice work by your agent

Fans hoping for the New York Mets to acquire Cleveland Indians hurler Jake Westbrook (both of you) have been dealt a savage blow by FOX Sports reporter Ken Rosenthal who notes that Westbrook has a stipulation in his contract that requires he receive a $2,000,000 bonus if traded.  His uniform # 37 is a not …

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Jul 09

Evans Up, Igarashi Down

According to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork IF/OF Nick Evans has been added to the Mets 25 man roster and RP Ryota Igarashi has been demoted to advanced A St. Lucie (due to AAA Buffalo being in All-Star break).

Jun 21

Grave Notions: Paying For The Past

Read my lips:  No trading for expensive aces!

With the New York Mets 9 games over .500, in 2nd place 2 1/2 games out of 1st place, there is much talk about them venturing into the trade market and coming out of it with a viable starting pitcher. Except for the most optimistic among us not a lot of people felt the 2010 …

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Jun 15

Dollars to Donuts?

"Hmm, $66 mil donut or $107 mil donut?

WFAN gave me a wonderful gift this morning.  I dared to turn the dial to 660-AM and what to my wondering ears did appear but not Craig Carton.  The Sophomoric Sandpaper was not working today so I could actually listen.  While I was actually listening I heard an interesting sports-related fact, something that doesn’t often …

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Jun 07

Diamondbacks Dismantling?

Leads us into temptation & makes handy purse!

As my fellow TRDMB Fantasy League players surely know, yahoo sports provides daily “notes” about happenings related to players on our fantasy teams.  Well I was checking my player notes this morning and found a rather long note attached to Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Dan Haren.  It began:  “RHP Dan Haren, CF Chris Young, both …

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Mar 24

Hopefully, this could happen every month

The true Met Faithfull were rewarded yesterday when the news trickled out of Florida that Reyes has been cleared to play ball again.  Yea, Opening Day is a long shot, but playing in April sure sounds a hell of a lot better than May.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed here, just in case.  But kinda …

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Mar 16

A lesson from across town

It’s time for the Mets to learn “what not to do”  from their cross-town rivals.  Jenrry Mejia is showing Met Fans and all of baseball that he could be a force to be reckon with.  This is a very delicate situation and one that the Mets have not had in a long time.  This 20 …

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Feb 14

The Sunday Question

Now that Mike Jacobs is a Met, will Dan Murphy lose his job as the everyday First Baseman?

Feb 08

Trading Stars For (Mostly) Prospects: Does It Work? Part 3, 2000-2004

David Justice

This is Part 3 of a series, the trades are chronological and are numbered from the start of Part 1 and continue through Part 2 20.  June 29, 2000 – The Cleveland Indians traded OF David Justice to the New York Yankees for P Zach Day, OF Ricky Ledee and P Jake Westbrook.  At the …

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