A lot of people look at the New York Mets and the New York Yankees as rivals, but I don’t. Clearly my point-of-view doesn’t matter in the big picture, but to me, the New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox is a rivalry; the New York Mets vs. the Philadelphia Phillies is/was a rivalry. When the New York Mets and New York Yankees meet it’s more of a hype machine than anything. Anyway, that’s just my personal rant on that topic and it serves as a segue into what I want to discuss here. Even though the two teams rarely come together for trades because of the “rivalry”, I think the New York Mets should make a call at some point and ask about the availability of Joba Chamberlain.
It appears the Yankees have made up their mind in terms of Chamberlain’s role as a relief pitcher. However, one potential snag is that they already have Mariano Rivera, David Robertson and Rafael Soriano holding down the back end of the ‘pen. Now, that may not...
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