Beltran to Giants

[Willets Point]

Has any player traded mid-season ever signed with the team that traded them after the season? Seems unlikely.

[Gwreck]

Mike Bordick

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not for nothing but I'd be more excited to get a hitter than a pitcher for Belty, even if this Wheeler dude is the shitzzz

yeah , i was excited there about Brown.

[Willets Point]

Gwreck wrote: Mike Bordick

Has any good player traded mid-season ever signed with the team that traded them after the season?

[Gwreck]

Rickey Henderson

[TransMonk]

Yeah, I'd rather have Brown...but this Wheeler kid is supposed to be decent.

Either way, it's more than I thought we would get for Beltran at the start of the season.

[bmfc1]

From Toby Hyde: I�m very skeptical on Zack Wheeler. The 21-year old has fanned 10 batters/9 in the Cal League but walked 4.8 batters per nine. I saw him for five innings in 2010, and the velocity was plus. His breaking ball was crude and he was very wild. The numbers say, he�s still wild. He has a long way to go.

http://www.metsminorleagueblog.com/meet-your-trading-partner-san-francisco-giants/

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/736680-san-francisco-giants-zach-wheeler-and-10-best-prospects-in-the-farm-system/page/10

[metirish]

Brown twitter feed


https://twitter.com/#!/garybrown909

nothing today

Brown and Wheeler both trending

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Brown twitter feed https://twitter.com/#!/garybrown909 nothing today Brown and Wheeler both trending

well, presumably him or Wheeler would be the last to know.

[seawolf17]

http://twitter.com/#!/Wheelerpro45

[Farmer Ted]

NYPOST. Last sentence cracks me up.

The Mets traded Carlos Beltran and cash to the Giants for one of the best pitching prospects in the majors, Zach Wheeler, multiple sources confirmed to The Post.

Because there is a no-trade clause involved with Beltran, there is a 24-hour grace period that most be observed. So it is conceivable that an issue could crop up that would kill the deal. But officials involved in the process felt that only minor details needed to be finalized and that all the heavy lifting was done.

The Mets picture Wheeler, who is pitching at High-A San Jose for the Giants, as a top-of-the-rotation pitcher. This deal shows that GM Sandy Alderson favored quality over quantity when it came to dealing Beltran. Outfield prospect Gary Brown and lefty Jonathan Sanchez were other names involved in the talks, but the teams eventually settled on Wheeler.

Wheeler was the No. 6 pick in the 2009 draft and ranked the 35th best prospect by Baseball America. In 13 starts this year, Wheeler was 7-5 with a 3.99 ERA.

Beltran invited Mets teammates and staffers to a going-away party in Cincinnati on Tuesday night after the team�s 8-6 win over the Reds.

[metirish]

Im Zack Wheeler I play in the San Francisco Giants organization. Im Blessed to be playing professional baseball. It has always been my dream. I'm a chilled guy

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: Im Zack Wheeler I play in the San Francisco Giants organization. Im Blessed to be playing professional baseball. It has always been my dream. I'm a chilled guy

Jeez

[Frayed Knot]

Farmer Ted wrote: NYPOST. -- The Mets traded Carlos Beltran and cash to the Giants for one of the best pitching prospects in the majors, Zach Wheeler, multiple sources confirmed to The Post.

Keep in mind this is the same Post that told us a few days ago (Sherman, I think) citing several factors which said that there was no way the Mets were going to get even a medium-good prospect for Beltran - even if they paid his freight.

And, yeah, I realize that this is two different stories and one's a source and the other an opinion ... but still.

[metirish]

Frayed Knot wrote: Farmer Ted wrote: NYPOST. -- The Mets traded Carlos Beltran and cash to the Giants for one of the best pitching prospects in the majors, Zach Wheeler, multiple sources confirmed to The Post. Keep in mind this is the same Post that told us a few days ago (Sherman, I think) citing several factors which said that there was no way the Mets were going to get even a medium-good prospect for Beltran - even if they paid his freight. And, yeah, I realize that this is two different stories and one's a source and the other an opinion ... but still.

this exactly , and on top of that the same writers on twitter were quick to tell us how Sabean in no way will ever trade top prospects...."he hates doing that"...

[bmfc1]

What happened to the theory that the Mets would only get mid-level prospects? They got the 55th best prospect in the country. I would have preferred a hitter but this is a good return.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Farmer Ted wrote: NYPOST. -- The Mets traded Carlos Beltran and cash to the Giants for one of the best pitching prospects in the majors, Zach Wheeler, multiple sources confirmed to The Post. Keep in mind this is the same Post that told us a few days ago (Sherman, I think) citing several factors which said that there was no way the Mets were going to get even a medium-good prospect for Beltran - even if they paid his freight. And, yeah, I realize that this is two different stories and one's a source and the other an opinion ... but still.

multiple sources? How many legitimate sources could there really be? Do you ask Alderson and then DePodesta? I gues by now it's probably sent to Boras and out and stuff, but these reporters make it sound like Alderson has a phone list and he calls every paper in America when the terms change.

I don't think we have any official confon on Wheeler either. I mean, they say it's official, but I'm pretty sure they said that about Brown too.

[TransMonk]

I'd rather Carlos had gone to Pittsburgh. I can't bring myself to root for any team that has Brian Wilson on it.

[metirish]

giving hope to optimists everywhere


@AdamRubinESPN
Adam Rubin
Carlos Beltran jersey still hanging in locker.

[metirish]

hold the hope


Buster Olney
Confirming what @joelsherman1 is reporting: the Mets are eating $4 million of the $6 million owed to Beltran for rest of the season.

[Farmer Ted]

24 hours to approve. Boras is prolly working out an extension. Ass.

[metsmarathon]

sigh. unlike mike cameron, i'm gonna miss carlos beltran.

[ashie62]

Olney, and yes it is Wheeler..

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/07/27/carlos-beltran-to-the-san-francisco-giants/

[Guest attgig]

Is Duda our RF for the rest of the year?
and who gets called up now?

[ashie62]

Zach Wheeler 2009 6th overall pick..

Throws hard, somehat wild.

[Ceetar]

attgig wrote: Is Duda our RF for the rest of the year? and who gets called up now?

no one until tomorrow. I wonder who it'll be. Can't be Evans. Pascucci?

[TransMonk]

attgig wrote: Is Duda our RF for the rest of the year? and who gets called up now?

Terry has said that Duda will play RF.

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: attgig wrote: Is Duda our RF for the rest of the year? and who gets called up now? Terry has said that Duda will play RF.

of course, he's been reluctant to play him against lefties so far. So we'll see how much time he actually gets.

[metirish]

Encouraging, yikes

AdamRubinESPN Lucas Duda, and other OFs, have been working with Mookie in RF recently. Duda ranked most comfortable position as 1B then LF then RF.

[metsmarathon]

can bay play right?