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In a deal that took only a few hours, at least that we know, the Mets have laded their set up man for 2008.The Mets have traded a handful of players, landing J.J. Putz for the 8th inning in front of Francisco Rodriguez.The three team deal breaks down a...

The Mets solved their closer issues and the eighth inning as well. They got K-Rod for a very reasonable $37 million (less than Wagner's deal 4 years ago) and traded a couple scrubs for J.J. Putz. Also, in the Putz...

Orgasmic Celebrations, Coming to Shea Soon! First off, business travel blows. Just thought I'd get that out of the way. In other news, my Mets apparently went out and signed the best closer on the market to a three-year deal. I should be exuberant. Instead, I am completely...whatever. The pain of the last two seasons' nose dives still cuts deep and my Met fan cynicism, a...

Thursday is the final day of the Winter Meetings and Kevin Towers told the San Diego Union-Tribune that he "should know Thursday whether the much-discussed terms are finally set" in the Jake Peavy discussions. Towers and Jim Hendry met for an hour and a half on Wednesday night according to Bruce ...

Holy crap it's been a little while since I've posted, hasn't it?Well, when you're spending eight hours a day in the library researching medieval Nottingham...yeah, yeah...anyway...According to multiple sources--Peter Abraham, ESPN.Com, SI.com and the NY Post, C.C. Sabathia is all but set to sign ...

As if one All Star closer wasn't good enough, the Mets are apparently working on a deal for J.J. Putz.Ken Rosenthal reports:The Mets are working to acquire a setup man for new closer Francisco Rodriguez a?" and that setup man would be another closer fr...

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This morning, the Yankees bitch slapped the Mets by throwing out an insane figure to reel in the whale. CC Sabathia, perhaps last years most dominant pitcher, has agreed to a 7 year, $161 million dollar contract with New York (A), one day after New York (B) signed K-Rod, the most dominant closer last year in baseball, to a 3 year, $37 million dollar deal to help out the hapless bullpen...

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Kerry Wood should sign with the Cleveland Indians sometime today.

Tomorrow night is the non-tender deadline, just as Sunday was the deadline for players to accept arbitration ( Weathers and Oliver were the only ones to accept) tomorrow night at midnight is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to players still in their control years. The only Met at risk ...

Marx Teixeira is the big game everyone is hunting for, but Sox officials say "nothing is imminent" on a deal for him... but rumblings are gathering that a deal is getting closer.The Sox selected RHP prospect Miguel Gonzalez from the Angels during today's Rule 5 draft.Julio Lugo may be on ...

It seems almost like a slap in the face, but the Mets intend to lower their payroll in 2009. The New York Times writes, As of Tuesday, even the idea of signing Raul IbaA?ez sounded like a longshot as word coming out of the Met camp is that the Wilpons are determined not to raise their payroll from last season, and ideally would even like to lower it from last year's $143 million...

The Chicago Tribune reports that Kerry Wood agrees to an offer from the Cleveland Indians. With two teams to pick from in the American League Central, Kerry Wood appears to have rejected overtures from Detroit to take a deal with Cleveland. Wood's decision to sign with the Indians followed closely Francisco Rodriguez's agreement with the New York Mets. Rodriguez'...

We are trying something new this evening as Joe Demayo will host our first live chat starting at 7pm. It will last an hour and all our readers and listeners are welcome to participate. Topics include- Rule 5 Draft- Yankees acquisition of Mike Cameron and CC Sabathia- The starting pitching market ...