Several times we've heard the organization say they may end up with a pitcher no one has discussed or linked to them. Jeff Francis has 4-5 teams interested in him, he's reportedly asking for a 4M one year deal, all while coming off a shoulder injury and posting a 5.00 ERA. Mets have been talking to Chris Young for a month and it's believed he's only looking for a 2M base salary, I'm starting to think Young is a back-up plan with the length they've been talking. Jeremy Bonderman is still only 27y/o, the once promising young righty hasn't been mentioned at all this winter. After breaking into the majors as a 20 y/o in 2003 he made 28 or more starts in his first five seasons and posted double digits wins in everyone of those seasons except his rookie year. In 2008 he only made 12 starts before losing the rest of the season to a blood clot in his pitching shoulder (source ESPN) an injury similar to what his then teammate Kenny Rodgers had, which took him ...
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