Woot, woot, woot. During this time of the year I pretty much camp on to the major league baseball rumors web site to catch up on the latest news. Much to my chagrin the Mets aren’t mentioned are that much and when they are mentioned it is usually more of a negative or loss rumor. Should the Mets trade Wright.. Or more often lately, Why the Mets Should Trade Wright. Who will Jose Reyes sign with since he’s obviously not coming back to the Mets. To say that so far has been a less than inspiring off season for the Mets would be an understatement.
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I see a new Muppet movie is coming out which is kind of cool. It got me thinking about Kermit’s old song, It’s not easy being green and how that relates to being a Mets fan. I’ll tell you right now it’s probably harder being a Mets fan than it is to be green.
We are in almost mid November. The hot stove time the time part of me loves as a baseball fan. This is the time when teams start rebuilding and retooling themselves for the coming season. You can go to mlbtraderumors.com and see talk of all the juiciest rumors: potential trades or free agent signings. Their pages of filled with stories about the Yankees. Will they be in on Cuban defector and brief youtube star Yoenis Cespedes. How the Yankees are also in on Jorge Soler and Armando Rivero to more Cuban stars. The Yankees are talking to Mark Buehrle. The Yankees are interested in Darvish if he is posted by his Japanese team. Other teams are interested in trading with the Yankees due to their glut of catching prospects.
According to some sources that I read on the web the New York Mets are considering trading David Wright. Yes David Wright the face of the franchise for the last seven years, well the co-face with Jose Reyes. The logic being, the Mets are most likely going to lose Reyes. The Mets are according to some five years away from being able to compete, so why not totally go into rebuilding mode. Especially if when push comes to shove the Mets realize they never won anything with Wright and Reyes. They made the playoffs once and were close twice but had epic chokes. So maybe it is time to scrape this team and start over.
By all accounts the free agent class of 2011-12 is on of the weakest in recent years. Lots of players, with only a few high impact players and a lot of players with question marks. The lack of depth was not helped that one of the big names originally on the list, CC Sabathia has signed a new deal with the Yankees.
Here is my top five free agents:
1. Albert Pujols 1B:
Undoubtedly the best player available this offseason and the best player of his generation. Pujols is lookng for A-Rod type money, but will the Cardinals go that high to keep the face of their franchise? I think he is a great signing for 5 years, for any longer and his value diminishes in those later years. Still I expect someone to offer him seven years at around $30m a year, so a $210m deal. Is Pujols worth that?
It’s never easy being a Mets fan. (Okay it was easy in 1986 but that was a long time ago. And thinking about it, it wasn’t that easy then. Sure we cruised into the playoffs and World Series but wow that game six, what a game. It was a heart stopper.) Okay but getting back to the point. The Mets let Jose Reyes become a free agent as of today.
For the first time in three seasons, more fans attended a Major League Baseball compared to the previous season; albeit it was only a 0.5$ increase.
Before the season began, baseball officials were looking for a 5-7% increase in attendance. But the combination of a tough economy and a historically soggy season in which 51 games were rained out, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was left happy to see the downward streak end.
“It’s not just one thing. These numbers are a direct manifestation of everything we’ve been doing, because everything feeds into it,” Selig said. “Having the wild card and these great races down the stretch, how aggressive the clubs have been, [MLB Advanced Media], the [MLB] Network. All of our outreach. They’re all factors, and the end result is that the sport continues to be more popular than ever.”
In an announcement that had to come as a surprise to Major League Baseball, the New York Mets have announced that the deal to sell a minority stake in the team to hedge fund manager David Einhorn for $200 million is off.
The sides were unable to reach an agreement after months of negotiations, the team said in a statement Thursday.
“We are very confident in the team’s plans—both off and on the field,” Fred Wilpon said. “We will engage with other individuals, some who have been previously vetted by Major League Baseball, along with other interested parties, regarding a potential minority investment into the franchise. My partners and I thank David for his interest in considering this opportunity and wish him well in the future.”
Due to Hurricane Irene ripping through the eastern coast of the United States, several MLB games had to be postponed over the weekend:
- New York Yankees/Baltimore Orioles doubleheader – The afternoon game will be held on Sept. 8, previously an off day for both teams. The time of that game will be announced at a later time. The game originally scheduled for Saturday night will become part of a split doubleheader on Sunday.
- New York Mets/Atlanta Braves games – The games will be made up as a single-admission doubleheader Sept. 8.
- Florida Marlins/Philadelphia Phillies game – Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it moved Sunday’s game between the Marlins and Phillies to 1:05 p.m. ET Saturday. However, because of Irene, the game has been postponed and will be made up Sept. 15 at an undetermined time.
The Mets were able to sign their 1st round 13 overall pick Brandon Nimmo with just about a minute to spare. Nimmo, a Wyoming American Legion baseball player, signed a contract with the Mets that included a 2.1 million dollar signing bonus. The deal will be finalized later today.
I had the opportunity to see Nimmo play a few times last week when his Cheyenne Post 6 American Legion baseball team was here in town for the Northwest Regionals. Three things stood out to me as I saw him for the first time. One, he had good size. Tall but not too thin. Second, he was fast on the bases. Really fast. Third, it didn’t look like he had to shave every day – in other words he looks very, very young. But then, he is very, very young. Nimmo just graduated from high school after all.
Apparently, the San Francisco Giants’ front office is heeding the advice of the team’s closer Brian Wilson.
Prior to the start of 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix, Wilson (as only Wilson can) read the National League’s starting lineup on live television, chiming in that he wanted Carlos Beltran on his team.
It would seem that “The Machine” has more pull that he knows.
Reports are now indicating that the Giants are getting closer to acquiring the All-Star outfielder from the Mets. One source even said he was “95 percent sure” that a deal would get done before the July 31 trading deadline.
Immediately after leaving the All-Star Game, Beltran was asked where he expected to play in a few weeks’ time.
