metsfever.blogspot.com - 25 days ago
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I know baseball is a business and money talks but are the Mets really good enough to schmooze things over with Yorvit Torrealba. Just early this month when discussing his pending grievance the catcher made it sound personal, that he felt he had a deal in place and that he was up set over ...
Mr. Rocktober Was Almost a Met
nybaseballdigest.com 10/13/2009 — Yorvit Torrealba would have been the story today if Huston Street didn’t do his best Brad Lidge impression. According to Jayson Stark that double made Torrealba 20 for his last 33 with runners in scoring position the last two months. In 2007 he hit over .500 against the Phillies and, ...
Three catchers on Mets radar...
metsfever.blogspot.com 28 days ago — Marty Noble responds to questions in regards to the Mets off-season plans. The Mets are going to be looking for a catcher and according to Noble there are three on their wish list. Bengie Molina is a 35 y/o right handed catcher who is one of the top hitters at the position along with being ...
Analysis: Mets Bullpen
metsfansforever.com 21 days ago — Author: Will Hernandez Last
October, Mets GM Omar Minaya was trying to figure out how he was going
to revamp his bullpen after another dreadful performance down the
stretch. In the last two weeks of the 2008 collapse, the bullpen had a
5.63 ERA. The Mets went 5-8 over that span . ...
Rockies Decline Options For Torrealba,Embree
mlbtraderumors.com 15 days ago — Troy Renck of The Denver Post reports that the Rockies have declined the 2010 options for catcher Yorvit Torrealba and reliever Alan Embree . Torrealba's option was worth $4MM, Embree's $3MM. Instead, the players will receive buyouts worth $500K and ...
My Zen Moment
nleastchatter.com 26 days ago —
"Every exit is an entry somewhere else" - Tom Stoppard
Like most Mets fans, I picked a chosen hated team to “root for” in the World Series, but have still been left with a disappointed and depressed feeling in the pit of my stomach. All you need to do is take a ...
Rockies decline options on Torrealba, Embree
blogs.denverpost.com 18 days ago — DENVER — What was suspected for weeks became a reality Friday. The Rockies declined the $4 million option on Yorvit Torrealba’s contract, making him a free agent. They also exercised a buyout with reliever Alan Embree.
Torrealba’s ...
Mets Preparing For Big Changes?
mostlymets.golddave.com 26 days ago — Lost in all the hoopla of game 1 of the World series was some news out of Mets camp. These are only rumors at this point but are expected to be announced as fact right after the series.
The juicier story was reported by Jon Heyman of si.com. Heyman reports that the Mets have talked [...]
What The Mets Need For 2010
longislandmetfan.blogspot.com 21 days ago — Mets Needs 2010: LF. There is help out there. Are the Mets willing to do what it takes?
MMO Mailbag: What About Catchers? Mets Non-Tenders?
metsmerizedonline.com 20 days ago — As we’ve done for the last two off seasons, we’ll try to get to your mailbag questions and comments at least once a week. Unfortunately, Christian has moved on, so until someone new decides they want to respond to site mail, you’ll have to contend with me. I may not get as ...
Heyman : Mets Re-Introducing Candidate To Breathe Down Omar’s Neck
cantstopthebleeding.com 26 days ago —
NY Baseball Digest’s Mike Silva has it on good (albeit anonymous) authority Mets GM Omar Minaya is a lousy listener . This winter, Minaya might want to feign fascination with what others in the organization have to say, if not learn to work by committee, as SI.com’s Jon Heyman ...
This time, Bombers —
NY Post: Sports 27 days ago
Jimmy Rollins is entitled to his voice, and to his swagger, and to his braggadocio. As the Mets have discovered relentlessly across the last three years, the talk he talks is outpaced only by the walk he walks. When he says the Phillies are the team ...
Hale now on third for Mets —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 27 days ago
Chip Hale is expected to be named the Mets' new third base coach after the World Series. Hale, 44, spent the past three seasons in that role with the Diamondbacks after six years in that organization as a minor-league manager.
Howard scores without touching plate —
Major League Baseball News 23 days ago
Ryan Howard brought back visions of Matt Holliday's infamous non-touch of home in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the World Series between the Phillies and Yankees. And like Holliday did with Colorado in game No. 163 in 2007, Howard got away with it.
