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Apparently Bedard's people have told the Orioles that he will not resign with them when his contract is up, Mets are talking to Garcia and Colon.

Nats outfield. Austin Kearns Ryan Langerhans Nook Logan Justin Maxwell Lastings Milledge Wily Mo Pena Dukes.

Valadius wrote: Rays trade Elijah Dukes to Nats for player to be named later. So that gives them two young outfielders with attitude problems. Who's the other one?, oh wait never mind, their outfield is getting crowded.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This was supposed to be about catchers. How could you not get that. My fault I think that it went the Church route, sorry bub. I'll be very interested to see who'll be raving about Schneider's defense( is it that good?) come July and he's hitting .210 or a bit more.

I like the winter meetings, something big usually happens for someone.

It's all about balance and the great defense now behind the plate. I think these are two guys Minaya knows very well and when the chance to get them came to jumped at it, he's big on guys he knows and they probably won't embarrass the club and they can play a bit too.

I can't believe that Church will be the starting right fielder, honestly I can't.

Surely Estrada will be cut, no need for him to be offered anything, did you hear different? No idea what Minaya is at, I think Church will be part of a package to get a starting pitcher, probably along with Humber, Heilman etc. Apparently the Pirates are wanting to move Nady, I'd not mind trying to work something to get him back.

It might not look huge by the numbers today but when the Rockies signed Denny Neagle along with Hampton in 2000 for five years at just over $50 million it had a lot of people asking why. His career and life derailed over the next several seasons.

So I suppose Jesus Flores who the Mets didn't protect in last years draft will be the Nats starting catcher, something seems wrong here,we trade Milledge to get the guy Flores will likely replace.

Gotta say I was stunned to see who he was traded for.

I like it, pretty simple.

I think this is a great move by Omar, Andy Freed is coming with Stokes so it fills a few spots in the organization.

Brilliant.

Officer Joe Blanton can do that and more for you.

From the same rag, believe this all to be true because Jim has seen it with his own eyes. ] Trading Reyes for Santana still makes sense Jim Baumbach In the days after the Mets' historic collapse I advocated trading Jose Reyes for Johan Santana - and I still stand by that move, even though the Mets clearly don't agree. But if I'm the Yankees, I wouldn't give up Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes for Santana. They're untouchables, to me. Is it a double standard to trade Reyes, but not Chamberlain and Hughes? Not when you consider the different situations the Mets and Yankees are in, and what Santana represents. Santana is more valuable to the Mets because of their enormous need for a top-of-the-rotation starter, and just imagine how dominant he'd be in the National League with half his starts at Shea Stadium (albeit, for one more season). Yes, the Yankees need him, too. The Red Sox have complete control of the rivalry because of their pitching staff, and the Yankees need to start matching that soon to catch up. That is why I wouldn't trade Chamberlain or Hughes, not even for a two-time Cy Young award winner who is only 28 years old. Chamberlain is 22. Hughes is 21. There is no guarantee they will ever post the spectacular seasons that Santana had from 2004 through last year. But there's also no guarantee Santana will be just as dominant going forward. He was great last season, but not as great as the previous three years. Yet this past season we saw some serious glimpses from Chamberlain and Hughes that they have the ability and guts to both become big-time pitchers for many years to come. As good as Santana is, the Yankees can't give these guys up. Even if it means letting Santana go - gasp! - to Boston. That's probably the scariest proposition of this strategy for the Yankees, the idea of Santana joining Josh Beckett in the Red Sox rotation for years to come. But the Yankees have to trust their belief that what they saw from Chamberlain and Hughes this past season was not a fluke. Going forward these are the guys that will anchor their staff, and there is no doubt they can be as good as any pitcher in the majors. In the interest of full disclosure, I feel it's important for me to state that I've always been somebody who doesn't put as much stock in prospects as others. I've always been a big believer in trading prospects for known quantities, because it's rare when prospects meet the hype they receive. (Look up the Mets' Generation K on Wikipedia for proof of that. ) But I don't consider Chamberlain and Hughes can't-miss prospects anymore. They're major league pitchers now. We're not going by how scouts describe them, or trying to take their minor league stats and project how that translates to the majors. We've seen they have the ability to do it here. So if I'm the Yankees, trade away Alan Horne, Jose Tabata and Austin Jackson for Santana. And don't let Melky Cabrera stand in the way, either. I think I would even be willing to trade Ian Kennedy, if only because the Yankees can afford to with Chamberlain and Hughes ready to stay in the rotation. As for the Mets, I keep going back to this question: If they were starting a team today, who would they rather have, Reyes or Santana. If your answer is Reyes, fine. But I'm going with Santana. more in /sports Copyright � 2007, Newsday Inc.

Also WTF Sosa?, you can't have a big birthday bash the night Gomez is getting married, will he invite Alou to go and perhaps force the best man to leave his mates wedding.

Rubin is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for news, curious to me that Alou is the best man for Gomez, he's like twenty years older than him.

How good can a guy doing D-Ray games be, jeez.Also from the Rubin article, some good reasons to go back to Philly. ]McCarthy, who got a five-year contract and a sizeable raise, did the pregame and postgame shows and radio play-by-play in Philly before joining the Mets. His new role includes three innings per game on TV, subbing for Kalas. McCarthy, a New Jersey native, also calls St. Joseph's basketball games in Philly. McCarthy was approached two weeks ago by Phillies CEO Dave Montgomery. "I've always wanted the opportunity to do television, and now I know I have it. That was too much to pass up," McCarthy said.

It's one thing a sports journalist complaining about Randolph's bullpen management but now Wagner does it again, is he that bad and does he have to change his style of management ?

I think he's overstating the Glavine loss, I suppose the only thing that might surprise me amongst the cliched driven drivel about his team mates is him talking about Milledge in that way. Billy might be upset with losing his friends from the team, probably be begging Omar to keep Heilman.

I rearly heard McCarthy and only did when I might tune into the post game on the radio, so I won't miss him.

I'd not be upset at all if Santana signed with the Twins, good for them I'd say, read the Snooze article, seems like Hank has a big mouth and no doubt soon he'll be issuing the Twins a take it or leave it ultimatum .

That's hardly nitpicking Greg, that's a big difference in celebration right there .I like the patch.