Mets, Jays and Cubs working on 3-way Deal

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Mets, Blue Jays and Cubs are discussing a three-way deal that would send Luis Castillo to Chicago, Milton Bradley to Toronto, and Lyle Overbay to the Mets.

According to major-league sources, Rosenthal writes, “The teams indeed have discussed the framework of such a deal,” however, it is a ‘longshot.’

The 32–year-old Overbay hit .265 with a .372 OBP, 16 HR and 35 doubles in 132 games for the Blue Jays in 2009.

Overbay will earn $7 million in 2010, after which he can be a free agent.

Castillo is due $6 million each of the next two seasons.

2006 mets

Offseason

* November 18, 2005: Xavier Nady was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Mike Cameron.
* November 24, 2005: Carlos Delgado was traded by the Florida Marlins with cash to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, and Grant Psomas (minors).
* November 29, 2005: Billy Wagner was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
* December 5, 2005: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Dante Brinkley (minors) and Gaby Hernandez (minors).
* December 12, 2005: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
* January 22, 2006: Kris Benson was traded by the New York Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine.



2006 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers

* 40 Brian Bannister
* 19 Heath Bell
* 53 Chad Bradford
* 25 Pedro Feliciano
* 43 Bartolomé Fortunato
* 47 Tom Glavine
* 32 Geremi González
* 48 Aaron Heilman
* 26 Orlando Hernández
* 39 Roberto Hernández
* 49 Philip Humber
* 34 Jorge Julio
* 17 José Lima
* 33 John Maine
* 45 Pedro Martínez
* 59 Guillermo Mota
* 27 Darren Oliver
* 36 Henry Owens
* 34 Mike Pelfrey
* 46 Óliver Pérez
* 50 Duaner Sánchez
* 59 Alay Soler
* 29 Steve Trachsel
* 13 Billy Wagner
* 32 Dave Williams
* 38 Victor Zambrano

Catchers

* 11 Ramón Castro
* 6 Mike DiFelice
* 16 Paul LoDuca
* 36 Kelly Stinnett

Infielders

* 21 Carlos Delgado
* 23 Julio Franco
* 1 Anderson Hernandez
* 25 Kazuo Matsui
* 7 José Reyes
* 18 José Valentín
* 4 Chris Woodward
* 5 David Wright

Outfielders

* 15 Carlos Beltrán
* 10 Endy Chávez
* 20 Víctor Díaz
* 30 Cliff Floyd
* 20 Shawn Green
* 9 Ricky Ledee
* 32 Eli Marrero
* 44 Lastings Milledge
* 22 Xavier Nady
* 22 Michael Tucker

Manager

* 12 Willie Randolph

Coaches

* 50 Manny Acta (third base)
* 2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench)
* 56 Guy Conti (bullpen)
* 54 Rick Down (hitting)
* 53 Jerry Manuel (first base)
* 51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

BY RONNIE MOSIMANN
STACHE WRITER

Don’t even get me started on last season. It was one of the most pain inflicting adventures I have ever experienced. Come mid-July, all hope was lost. Talks of next season were already starting to begin. Of course there was the typical trade deadline all-nighter, only to be zapped by Mr.Minaya once again. “I think we can solve the issues using the internal players we have in the organization.” Omar, you have already called everyone up. Unless you can turned rock into water, stop talking.

Hot Stove is heating up. Players options are being picked up, declined, etc. What’s next for the Mets? I know it’s easy to simply say “just spend huge dollars and get the best players out there,” but don’t forget- our GM is Omar Minaya. That won’t happen. I want to talk about two men who I believe have the ability to change the attitude and chemistry of this team into something we have not seen since 2006.

Bring back Cliff Floyd and Darren Oliver. Watching the 2009 ALCS killed me. Seeing Darren Oliver get huge outs for the Angels in the biggest of spots was heart-wrenching. All I could think about was him coming out of the bullpen for the Mets and knowing that the out would get made. Omar Minaya- trade for Darren Oliver. But-we’re not done. Cliff Floyd is possibly the Met that I loved the most since I have been a fan. I know he was/is injury prone- but I want him back for his attitude.

He kept guys like Reyes and Delgado loose. He especially kept Wright fresh and on his toes. Cliffy and David were great friends, and bringing back Floyd would not only change the morale in the clubhouse, but it would make our third basemen a very happy man. Floyd is loved by the fan base, and was cheered for very loudly on Opening Night at CitiField when he was introduced for the San Diego Padres. He was really happy in New York- and I would bet that he’d love to make a return for a year or two.

current and former Mets player of the day: marlon anderson

06/12/05

The Mets twice were within two outs of a fourth straight defeat, the second time thanks to an error by usually reliable first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz. But they were spared each occasion, first by a pinch-hit, inside-the-park home run by Marlon Anderson in the ninth inning and, then, after Mientkiewicz's error, by the third last-pitch home run of Floyd's career. If not for Anderson, the pinch-hitter extraordinaire, Mientkiewicz never would have had the chance to mess up. Anderson hit his first career inside-the-park homer and the seventh pinch-hit home run of his career off hard-throwing Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez.

With one out, Anderson hit a line drive into the right-center-field gap that center fielder Steve Finley misplayed. The ball caromed off Finley's leg and bounced along the warning track toward right field as Anderson rounded the bases.

Finley's relay to second baseman Kennedy was fine, and Kennedy's relay to the plate, though bounced and to the first-base side, beat Anderson.

But he slid in before backup catcher Jose Molina applied the tag, completing the Mets' first inside-the-park home run at Shea Sadium since 1989 and their first anywhere since 2000. In the play at the plate, Anderson mashed his face into Molina's mask -- he needed three stitches in his cheek -- and his knee into Molina's knee.

"It was well worth it," said Anderson who now has 13 hits in 28 pinch-hit at-bats.

questions for the GM

what players a are you interested in this offseason?
would you give holliday the years and the $ he wants?
are you gonna be a aggressive?
Are you going to sign top $ pitchers?

ALL of these questions have to be answered, they should of been answered last year but omar thought once he fixed the bullpen our team was amazing, WRONG!

mets need to be aggressive in signing free agents, if they are not, their rivals
(nl east teams) might pick up them.

Matt holliday or Jason Bay

in 2009 matt holliday(29) batted .313 with 24 hrs and 109 rbi's. while jason bay(31) had a batting average of .267, with 36 hrs and 119 rbi's. These guys are perfect for NY. The fans would love him, but can the mets pay 7yr/90 mil for them? I wanna hear what you fans think!

Putz’s Option Officially Declined, Pelfrey’s Option Exercised

Michael Baron of metsblog said....

Adam Rubin, in a post to his blog for the Daily News, is reporting that the Mets have now officially declined the option for reliever J.J. Putz.

In addition, the Mets announced that they have exercised the $500,000 option on Mike Pelfrey.

Cora and Martinez File for Free Agency

Cora played in 82 games with the Mets and hit .251 with one home run and 18 RBI, missing a significant portion of the season due to a torn ligament in his thumb.

Martinez injured his hand sliding into home plate in early June after initially replacing Cora at shortstop, and hit just .167 with four RBI in 12 games.

Catchers on the Market

The mets need a catcher. The last time they had a good one was back in 2006/2007, paul loduca.
since then it has been Brian Schneider, who only batted .218 in 2009.

who the mets are looking for:
-Ramon Hernandez
-Bengie Molina
-Rod Barajas
-Yorvit Torrealba