Mets Gonna (B)Lowe It

We all know the names: Lowe, Garland, Dunn, Manny, Abreu, Wolf, Perez, Redding.So who fits for the Mets, and who doesn't?Our friend Jon Heyman from Sports Illustrated just finished a piece handicapping the remaining free agents.Jon racks and stacks them as follows:1. Bobby Abreu, OF2. Milton Bradley, OF/DH3. Pat Burrell, OF/DH.4. Orlando Cabrera, SS.5. Joe Crede, 3B6. Adam Dunn...

Former Mets pitcher, Claudio Vargas, signed a one year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the LA Times reports.In 37 big league innings with the Mets last year, Vargas posted a 4.62 ERA and accumulated a mere 20 strike outs.The Mets had hoped last year that Vargas would possibly be an answer to their pitching woes, especially after the season ending injury to Orlando Hernandez, however...

When Andruw Jones was entering his final season in Atlanta, he was a sure fire megadeal superstar, a perennial Golden Glove winner and a guy who some analysts legitimately felt was the best center fielder in the game. Now? He?s having to defer $12 million of the final year of his contract just ...

With all the recent developments on the Derek Lowe front, I decided today was a good day to do a Derek Lowe edition of the rumor mill. I just got off the phone with a league source that has knowledge of the negotiations, and it is clear that Lowe was not content at all with [...]

Manny Ramirez is still on the free agent market, and the Dodgers still have a huge gap in left field. Given the sinking market for corner outfielders, the Dodgers seem to be in a great situation. So what are the options?Manny RamirezHe claims to be looking for 4 years and 100 million, but the ...

I've believed that Derek Lowe was the perfect fit for this team since he was pitching in the playoffs for the Dodgers. So for the Mets to be in actual contract discussions with Lowe, of course the neurotic Mets fan is going to come out and believe at any moment, just when everything appears to ...

I understand the concept of negotiation and trying to get the player you want at a reasonable price but if you play hard ball you run the risk of losing that player. Omar has done a tremendous job in certain negotiation; Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez and Carlos Beltran. But he has also miss-read ...

Happy New Year, everyone. Let's hope this is our year, Mets With the bullpen picture much clearer with Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz holding down the back end, it seems like we're within days of settling the rotation Apparently Derek Lowe has (not surprisingly) turned ...

The good Mets fans at NYFS have decided to start a petition to show how many Mets fans want Manny Ramirez. We need a left fielder and a right handed bat, so from a baseball point of view Manny makes sense. In fact Omar has been known to covet Ramirez and even this year his tepid responses can't ...

Olympics: A little Anti-American sentiment? Usain Bolt beat out Michael Phelps in a vote by the international media for best athlete of 2008. NFL: The Cardinals and Vikings are struggling to sell their playoff tickets, which would make their first playoff games in ages blacked out ...

The day started with people close to Derek Lowe saying the pitcher believed he would be a Met and by the end of the day there are reports out of Boston that he's disatissfied with the Mets offer and will cont. to shop for a better deal. Of course, you have to consider the source the Boston ...

Opening Night:I have to get tickets to MLB's Opening Night this year because the WFC Philadelphia Phillies will begin defending their title against the Atlanta Braves in Citizen's Bank Park Sunday April 5th at 8pm on ESPN2._____________________________________Fat 'Druw:I still remember Andruw ...

The Miami Herald is reporting that the Marlins and Scott Proctor have come to terms on a one year deal worth about 750,000 dollars. Proctor, 32, has to pass a physical before the deal is official, and he had elbow problems last season. Proctor was 2-0 with a 6.05 ERA in 41 games for the Dodgers last season, but finished his final eight games with a 2.57 ERA. Proctor had a 3.81 ERA...

Joel Sherman of the NY Post had some interesting points the other day on why the Mets should explore the possibility of acquiring Daisuke Matsuzaka from the Boston Red Sox. It's actually a good read and he brings up some fair points right until you get to the very end where he asks... Let me ask Met fans, Red Sox fans and anybody else interested if you would be willing to do...

Well, 2009 is here, and the Yankees still have a few questions they need to answer--even if they did the impossible and signed Sabathia, Teixiera and Burnett.The biggest question, perhaps, is what to do with Andy Pettitte.If the season were to start tomorrow the Yankees' starting rotation would be:CC ...