The Pedro Feliciano Project

Mets need pitching, and there just aren't a lot of options.If I were King, my priorities would be, in order:Oliver Perez: 4 years at $52MDerek Lowe: 3 years at $42MJon Garland: 3 years at $25M (incentives to $30M)Braden Looper: 2 years at $14MThat's my rack and stack and what I think would get the deals done. Unfortunately, there just aren't many quality FA starting...

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...

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 [...]

Last week, J.J. Putz had some interesting things to say about his new role with the New York Mets. Obviously, his first choice would have been to close, but he has completely embraced his future role as the setup man for the Mets. "It wasn't the ideal situation. I really loved closing. But I'm just going to take it an inning earlier, so it's not going to be that...

The additions of J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez, along with the subtractions of Scott Schoeneweis and Aaron Heilman completely reconstructed the shape of the 2009 Mets bullpen. The 1-2 punch of Putz and K-Rod should be a major strength in late innings, but one weakness that has been largely ignored is the lack of lefties in the bullpen. Reading articles on Mets.com (Mlb.com writer...

Just a reminder to anyone, who watches the MLB Network that Omar Minaya will be appearing on MLB Network's Hot Stove program at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time).On a side note if you haven't had the opportunity to check out the MLB Network I highly recommend doing so.It has a little something for everyone, as they show footage ranging from the 1930s to the 2008 World Series.For Mets...

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 ...

I've come full circle on Pedro Martinez, when the season ended I wanted the Mets to move on from Pedro and either give the spot to Jon Niese or bring in a veteran for the spot. But now as time has past I think Pedro would be our best option as the fifth starter and when he goes on the disabled ...

Tim Brown of Yahoo sports has an update about the starting pitching market. Talking with Mets officials, Brown says they aren't all that interested in Jon Garland and have yet to make an offer to Perez or Wolf.As for Derek Lowe despite all the reports that Lowe will shop for a better offer and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Gil Hodges was a World Champion, not only as a player with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 and the L.A. Dodgers in 1959, but as a manager of the “Miracle Mets” in 1969.? He hit 370 homers in 18 total seasons spent mostly with the Dodgers.? Hodges had a stellar year in 1954 when he [...] ...

Call it heresy or hypocrisy on my part, but could Andruw Jones be an attractive option for the Mets with a restructured contract? Hearing reports that his new salary for 2009 will be around $5 million dollars, it might make sense to revisit the Castillo-Jones swap reported earlier in the week. This swap on the [...]