Found November 21, 2008 on
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JJ Putz's name has been coming up in trade rumors with the New York Mets all offseason, and Tracy Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News is just the latest to stoke the hot stove, reporting that the Mets have made a Putz acquisition an offseason "priority."
All offseason the Mets have appeared ...
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