Sox Look To Move Fat Bastard

[Guest Rotblatt]

According to Newsday.

Wells has a meh 4.98 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 24 K, 8 BB in 47 innings this year but he seems to be turning it around.

August: 34 IP, 2.65 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 20 K, 5 BB.

And of course, he has a history of fine post-season performances--when he bothers to show up.

Postseason: 3.15 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 81 K, 25 BB, 120 IP

Rumor has it that he's looking to retire after his current contract is up in November, meaning this would be strictly a two-month rental. Realistically, I'd think the best the Sox could get for him would be a high-ceiling youngster, since they would need to pass through waivers. But I could be wrong.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Fat, Drunk and Stupid is no way to win a championship, Son.

[Willets Point]

I was looking for the "No, no, NO, HELL NO!" option but couldn't find it.

Two year contract for David Wells = big, fat mistake by Theo Epstein.

[MFS62]

Blatt, you had me going for a while.
Then I remembered that Roger Clemens is now pitching in the Lone Star (how appropriate) State and that his official (to me) nickname is "Fat Coward, bat tossing mother-fukker".
I still voted no.

Later

[metirish]

No thanks,and lets assume all the guys are in decent health who's spot in the post-season rotation would he take?

[metirish]

I'm reading that the Padres are looking to trade for Wells,and Oswalt signs a five-year extension for $73 million.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060829&content_id=1635013&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[soupcan]

No thank you.

If the pitching starved Red Sox don't want him then why should the Mets take him?

[Guest KC]

SK: >>>Fat, Drunk and Stupid is no way to win a championship<<<

That's how my softball team knocked off the NY State Police team in 1990.
Screw Wells ... and the lameassaugustfolderooin' Red Sox for that matter.

[Willets Point]

soupcan wrote: No thank you. If the pitching starved Red Sox don't want him then why should the Mets take him?

Well, I think the point is that they're giving up on the postseason and looking forward to next year. Still don't want him though.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I don't want him, but 16-1 opposed! Wow!

I'm an eternal optimist, and feel like Petey, Glavine, El Duque & Maine can take us pretty far in the post season. Having Wells around could conveivably help by, but I'd rather not thin out our farm system just so we can give Boomer three post-season starts.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, the one was a latecomer.

I assume "Sign him!" means "Trade for him!"

I think we have plenty of pitching, and he certainly isn't promising to be any sort of upgrade at this point.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Martinez
Glavine
Hernandez
Trachsel
Maine
Bannister
Williams
Pelfrey
Perez
Soler

That's ten more-or-less viable options, without having to invoke Jose Lima or Yusaku Iriki. I think, rather than pressure Omar Minaya to do anything, we owe him a standing O. Whether the Mets advance or not, he did his job in this department, building redundancy (and, in most cases, the right redundancy) into the rotation before the season and during the season.

[Guest silverdsl]

I'd go with the "hell, no!" option too. Incredibly, Wells can still sometimes come up with some good outings, but he's just as likely to suffer a reoccurance of his back/knee/gout problems too. Or say something stupid. Or do something stupid. I appreciated the ways that he helped the Yankees to win, and his Perfect Game was awesome, but he was always one of my least favorite Yankees.

[nymr83]

this team, as edgy has pointed out, has an abundance of medioxre starting pitching. Any trade for or signing of a pitcher that isn't a clear #2 or 3 on this staff is a waste of prospects and/or money.