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" Diversify : How I lost a bundle but still stayed filthy rich"...Jeff Wilpon

"The NY Mets Medical Journal" -

Here they are in all their glory. The best of the best for the noughties. 1B- Carlos Delgado Todd Zeile backup 2B Edgardo Alfonzo Jose Valentin backup SS Jose Reyes Rey Ordonez backup 3B David Wright Robin Ventura backup LF Cliff Floyd Endy Chavez as backup CF Carlos Beltran Mike Cameron as backup RF Jeromy Burnitz Shawn Green as backup C Mike Piazza Paul LoDuca as abckup Pitching Rotation 1Santana 2 Leiter 3 Martinez 4 Trachsel Setup Pitchers L Feliciano R Wendell Closer Wagner Manager Bobby Valentine General Manager Omar Minaya

Tobi Stoner would be my Takahashi , I have zero memory of him.

Nick Johnson back to the MFY's at effectively the same money as Matsui went to the Angels for...$1 million less to get Johnson. If the primary role for Johnson is going to be DH then wouldn't you be better going with Matsui? Johnson can of course play 1b but unless Texeria gets injured he figures to play just about every game there....

Several ex Mets signing with the Dodgers. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Dodgers have reached preliminary agreement with free agent Jamey Carroll on a $3.85 million, two-year contract. Carroll's agent, Jonathan Maurer, confirmed the deal Thursday, with the second baseman expected to undergo a physical in the next few days. Maurer said the deal includes incentives up to $525,000 a year based on at least 275 plate appearances. Carroll played the last two seasons in Cleveland, which offered him a two-year deal, along with Oakland and the Dodgers, Maurer said. The Indians were eliminated first. Although Oakland offered more money and playing time, Maurer said Carroll wanted to play for Dodgers manager Joe Torre and coach Don Mattingly, who is from Carroll's hometown of Evansville, Ind. The Dodgers have penciled in Blake DeWitt as the starting second baseman. "Jamey has said he looks to partner with Blake DeWitt and form a tremendous 1-2 punch at second base to help this team get back to the playoffs," Maurer said. Carroll could also spell Rafael Furcal at shortstop and Casey Blake at third base. Infielders Doug Mientkiewicz and Angel Berroa, and pitcher Josh Towers were among nine players who agreed to minor league contracts. The 36-year-old Mientkiewicz dislocated his right shoulder while sliding into second base for a double on April 16, went on the disabled list and wasn't activated by the Dodgers until Sept. 2. He was just 6 for 18 with three RBIs last season. Berroa, who turns 32 next month, hit .148 with two RBIs in 27 at-bats for the New York Mets last season. If added to the 40-man roster, he would get a split contract calling for salaries of $600,000 in the majors and $81,000 in the minors. Towers, a 32-year-old right-hander, had no record and a 3.38 ERA in two relief appearances for the Yankees this year. He would get $700,000 in the majors and $100,000 in minors if added to the 40-man roster. Los Angeles also agreed to minor league contracts with right-handers Luis Ayala, Francisco Felix, Justin Miller and Juan Perez; first baseman John Lindsey; and outfielder Prentice Redman.

Moreon the guy doing the good thing http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-francoeur-wants-to-do-more-for-war-veterans-1.1657937

Done deal Igarashi gets $1.25 million next season and $1.75 million in 2011. He can earn an additional $500,000 in performance bonuses over two years

Right now I would give Bay 10 years and $252 million......and all the tents he wants.....

This guy has everything said about the Mets amd the Mets needs this past few weeks ticked off and added to his article. http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=19054 Four Years- Whatever- Mets Need to Get Bay Signed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jed Weisberger ~ December 17th, 2009. Filed under: Mike Silva. C�mon, Omar Minaya, close the deal with outfielder Jason Bay. Lock him up, add him to your roster and give Mets fans something to cheer about. You watched as the Phillies went and got what they needed, trading both prospects and pitcher Cliff Lee to land Roy Halladay. This is the team you are chasing in the National League East and, provided Cole Hamels gets straightened out, way ahead of you at this point. Will Bay close the gap? Certainly not by himself, but he�ll make a big dent. All the dancing about years and dollars is silly. This guy�s bat � his power is down the left-field line � is built for Citi Field. A former Pirate (it seems there are a lot of them making good money and playing well), he is tuned to the National League. He�s a good guy, projects a good image, hits for power and average and drives in runs. What more do you want? On top of it all, the teams you seemed to be allegedly competing with for his services are turning elsewhere. Sure Matt Holliday is another option, but your ballpark doesn�t really suit his power game. Some will tell you Bay is a horrendous outfielder. That is being much too harsh. He has his issues from time-to-time, but you will be paying him to drive in runs. What I can�t understand about the Mets, unlike the Yankees, Red Sox and now the Phillies, is why the club can�t just go out in the free-agent market and sign the players it needs. I can�t think the Mets are willing to play second or third fiddle to the Phillies on an annual basis. Interesting it is the Yankees and Phillies filled their needs through trade, as Boston has done several times � Josh Beckett came to Fenway Park in a swap with Florida. Those teams are able to accomplish goals like that because their farm systems are in good shape. In the Phillies� case, general manager Ruben Amaro managed to bring back three key prospects from the Mariners while signing Halladay to the extension he needed. There is also a credibility gap here. Halladay talked about going to the Phillies, Yankees or Red Sox. Did he ever mention the Mets? Minaya and Company should always be in the mix for these types of players. Get Bay signed and soon, so attention can be paid to bolstering the pitching staff. Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi is a start, but why not add former Pirates closer Matt Capps � a bargain at $3 million annually � for depth. In baseball today, he who dawdles loses.

The Orioles signed free-agent 1B-3B Garrett Atkins according to reports

There are so many douchebags in there that it's taking forever to load.....

Chapman per Metsblog quoting various scources Jorge Arangure of ESPN.com says 21�year-old Cuban free-agent RHP Aroldis Chapman threw roughly 50 pitches in front of 15 teams in Houston earlier this week and, concludes: Chapman is healthy and in good shape. He reached 97 mph, though he was mostly in the 92-93 mph range. He stands at about 6-foot-4, 200-210 pounds. More teams are interested than anyone had originally thought. He�s not a bad guy. But, �One team executive suggested that whichever team signs Chapman might need to hire a chaperone to make sure he doesn�t fall into bad habits.� Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus quotes an MLB insider who feels Chapman could earn a $30 million contract, up from previous reports suggesting his value had been dropping. According to Buster Olney, of ESPN.com, �Some evaluators view Chapman as a left-handed Stephen Strasburg,� who was the No. 1 pick in the MLB draft last year. There was a Mets rep there to watch

Olney says DeRosa is looking for a three year deal worth $18 milion - he's 33 and coming of surgery to repair a torn tendon sheath on his left wrist.....

I'm wondering what to make of that list , some good players obviously but as a group very average?

Nothing tingling in my pants looking at the lineup.

I wonder how the Mets "evaluators" measure Cust's defense specifically towards playing in CF.

Bill Daughtry , now there's a name I've not seen in a few years. I remember him form his MSG days , a very unremarkable man.

So , so true If I could transport you to the beginning of May, before all the injuries, before all the banana peels, when we barely had a whiff of what was to come, and I told you that you could select one pitcher from any team in baseball and all it would cost you is around $85 million, whom would you pick? Surely, depending on your taste, you would have thrown a batch of names at me. Roy Halladay. Cliff Lee, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, Josh Beckett, Tim Lincecum. Maybe you�d go young on me, choose Josh Johnson or Zack Greinke, Adam Wainwright or Felix Hernandez. There are others. How many of you would have chosen John Lackey? Similarly, if I gave you the same option and said you could have any hitter in the game, same rules, you just have to pay him around $15 million a year for five years, whom would you pick? I don�t think I�m exaggerating when I say it�s wise to simply save the newsprint from the two paragraphs of names that would fall in front of Jason Bay. (That includes Matt Holliday, by the way, but you�d get a good dozen or so names before you ever got around to Holliday, too, I guarantee it.) I might start buying the NY Post again if I start seeing more of this " fair & balanced" writing.

This seems a bit much Free agent reliever Mike Gonzalez has agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with the Orioles, SI.com has learned. Gonzalez can earn an additional $4 million in incentives based on Rolaids points.

As much as I like Wright I just don't have that same emotional attachment with him that I felt with Piazza. The sense that something big was going to happen when he came to bat...the way he swung the bat before hoisting it up to get ready for the pitch....he was a superstar and the first Mets player I really liked.

More on this According to Heyman the Mets have offered a fifth year to Bay (whom they offered a four-year, $65M deal to late last week) and are willing to go as high as five years, $75M. Bay, 32, is believed to be holding out for a sixth year option