Rauch to sign with Mets

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Douchey mulleted giant with tattoos on neck. Doesn't really have closer stuff.

Deal pending physical, according to the Internets

[Frayed Knot]

Actually dumped the long hair a year ow two ago - back when Keith was calling him a 'Wookie' (or however you spell that).

I was hoping to avoid idiots with neck tattoos but that's just a silly personal preference.

[nymr83]

...Watch your head on the doorway please!

I wanted the Mets to get this guy 5 or 6 years ago... Is he still any good?

[metirish]

Up there as tallest Met ever?

[metirish]

Jon Heyman
#mets working to acquire another reliever in addition to rauch. Also have multi-player trade in works

[Centerfield]

So we lose Beltran, Rodriguez and Reyes and now have Jon Rauch.

I love this new philosophy where we get rid of good players and replace them with guys who suck.

[metirish]

This is how Expos fans must have felt with this sort of wheeling and dealing in the bargain basement.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Now we have to sign Chris Young so we can stand Young and Rauch back to back to see who's the tallest Met ever. I'd pose Young and Rauch with Herrera's head poking out from behind the two of them. And the midgets' heads poking out from behind Herrera.

[metirish]

Heyman saying mets Mets are talking about the Giants about Pagan.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd take Bumgartner off their hands for His Immaculate Beardness.

[Edgy MD]

In a pinch, he can also throw lefty.

[Edgy MD]

Centerfield wrote: So we lose Beltran, Rodriguez and Reyes and now have Jon Rauch. I love this new philosophy where we get rid of good players and replace them with guys who suck.

centerfield needs a piece of pie or a teddy bear or something.

[Vic Sage]

or just a hug, maybe.

[Valadius]

Well, we finally got Jon Rauch - about 5 years too late.

[smg58]

Unfortunately I agree with Valadius. But having seven guys in the pen who are at least capable, even if none of them are exceptional, will be a significant improvement over the last two months of this past season.

[Edgy MD]

I assumio this is a major league dealio.

Any relation to Bob Rauch?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I can't remember how to pronounce his name. I'm thinking it's "Rowsh" but I'm not sure. (With the "row" rhyming with "cow" and not with "low")

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can't remember how to pronounce his name. I'm thinking it's "Rowsh" but I'm not sure. (With the "row" rhyming with "cow" and not with "low")

Correctamundo.

[willpie]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can't remember how to pronounce his name. I'm thinking it's "Rowsh" but I'm not sure. (With the "row" rhyming with "cow" and not with "low")

I always prefer to rhyme it with crotch, but I'm a little juvenile that way. You're probably right.

[Guest attgig]

I think this has to be the weakest move of the day. a closer for 6.5 mil a year is fine. i can understand WHY you would trade pagan for torres & ramirez. But a middle reliever (I'd think Ramirez is a better setup option than Rausch) at 3.5 mil seems a little steep. sure he has closing experience, but he wasn't really good at it.

[Edgy MD]

We'll see what the market says his peers are going for. At least there's some redundancy.

[Edgy MD]

Hererra at 5'6" and Rauch at 6'11" would give the Mets the shortest and tallest active major-leaguers, and presumably the all-time greatest height difference between two teammates.

[smg58]

attgig wrote: I think this has to be the weakest move of the day. a closer for 6.5 mil a year is fine. i can understand WHY you would trade pagan for torres & ramirez. But a middle reliever (I'd think Ramirez is a better setup option than Rausch) at 3.5 mil seems a little steep. sure he has closing experience, but he wasn't really good at it.

I think Dotel or even Saito would be better for the price.

[dgwphotography]

That obviously doesn't include Eddie Gaedel and any of his teammates..

[seawolf17]

smg58 wrote: attgig wrote: I think this has to be the weakest move of the day. a closer for 6.5 mil a year is fine. i can understand WHY you would trade pagan for torres & ramirez. But a middle reliever (I'd think Ramirez is a better setup option than Rausch) at 3.5 mil seems a little steep. sure he has closing experience, but he wasn't really good at it. I think Dotel or even Saito would be better for the price.

Saito's gone; signed with someone the other day.

[Edgy MD]

And Dotel became a Tiger a week or so back for $3 million plus an option.

[smg58]

That was my point. They're both better pitchers who signed for less. (Or the same, more or less, in Dotel's case.)

[Guest attgig]

exactly. I would've dug either of those two, especially Dotel.

[MFS62]

According to the snooze today, Rauch finally passed his physical exam and is a member of the Mets.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Although Saito does turn 42 before the season starts and is coming off an injury-marred season with all of 27 innings pitched.

At worst I think we're probably splitting hairs here.