msn.foxsports.com - 12/11/2008
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The Mets have acquired a setup man for new closer Francisco Rodriguez — and that setup man is another closer from the American League West. J.J. Putz is headed New York in a three-team trade with the Mariners and Indians, according to major-league sources.
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mlb.mlb.com - 12/11/2008
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mlb.mlb.com —
LAS VEGAS -- The Seattle Mariners have agreed
to a deal to send right-handed closer J.J. Putz...
to the New York Mets on Wednesday night as part of a three-team, nine-player trade. The blockbuster deal, which is the first for Mariners general manager ...
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Mariners deal Putz in three-team trade | mets.com: News
ussmariner.com - 12/11/2008
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ussmariner.com —
Rosenthal says it’s a done deal . From
the M’s perspective, this is what’s being reported: M’s...
trade RHP J.J. Putz, RHP Sean Green, OF Jeremy Reed, and 2B Luis Valbuena for OF Franklin Gutierrez, RHP Aaron Heilman, OF Endy ...
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Goodbye JJ, Hello Defense
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Mariners Acquire Ex-Dodger Prospect Franklin Gutierrez As Putz Goes To Metz In 12-Player, 3-Team Deal
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
... and Ken Rosenthal report that Seattle has traded for Cleveland reserve center fielder Franklin Gutierrez, sending closer J.J. Putz to the Mets in a wacky, three-team, 12-player extravaganza. The whole deal looks like this: ...
Quality Start: The Mets Pulled Their Putz
Major League Jerk —
... GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!! I am in a very chipper mood. As of my sleepy time, the Mets were getting physicals in a huge trade involving the Mariners and the Indians that would put Franklin Gutierrez in Seattle, Joe Smith in Cleveland and Aaron Heilman out of my life. Spencer you will like Joe Smith. Good reliever coming into his own. Don’t pitch him against lefties. For all the Omar doubters out there, Fuck and You. He fixed the pen. He did it. He got K-Rod and J.J. Putz. That is sick. Putz is under Met control through 2010. I love this move. He he had a rough year last ...
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thebluejayhunter.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — I think the new name for the Mets’ bullpen team should be “K-Putz”. Think of K-Rod and Putz as a 70’s cop duo enlisted to shut down offense in late-innings - the show premieres in early April.
J.J. Putz Joins K-Rod in New York —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/11/2008
The Mets are on the verge of acquiring a setup man for Francisco Rodriguez, and it took some creativity and some assistance from a couple other teams to make it happen.
The Mets, Mariners, and Indians have agreed to a 12-player swap, the crux of ...
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