So the Mets – and their fans – have had enough of Luis Castillo playing second base. One alternative that has been mentioned is a platoon involving Danny Murphy and Ruben Tejada at second base. A report out of the Arizona Fall League gives Murphy the inside track. I like both Murphy, who has given [...]

The amazing part of this offseason is that, as slow as the transactions have come, it has flown by quickly. Pitchers and catchers are right around the corner, and baseball is very near. I suspect many of the lingering free agents will start signing quickly, as was evidence yesterday with Doug Davis and Joel Pineiro [...]

I will reserve judgment on the Mets until we hear more about the events that led to Carlos Beltran having knee surgery. Filing a public grievance may be the Mets right, but it won’t help with their credibility in the locker room. My guess is both Beltran and the team should have elected for surgery [...]

NYBD has been saying all winter that Omar Minaya goal is to trade Luis Castillo. Earlier in the offseason names such as Kevin Millwood, Pat Burrell, and Gary Matthews Jr. were connected to Castillo. Those all came with some sort of risk- health, bad attitude, lousy contract, and porous defense. If the Mets and Red [...]

It’s apparent the Mets main priority next week in Indianapolis is to trade Luis Castillo with the hope of replacing him at second with Orlando Hudson. Bringing in an offensive player of Hudson’s caliber, and gold glove to boot, is fine with me. I value up the middle defense and, despite what advanced statistics state, [...]

The Mets are extremely interested in Matt Holliday, it’s their clear-cut #1 target this off-season. They are willing to pursue him very aggressively, and will go to 6 years for him. Not sure as of yet what their financial limitations are specifically. The Cardinals are deemed to be the toughest foe for the Mets on [...]

Ken Rosenthal is reporting the framework for a potential three way deal between the Mets, Cubs, and Blue Jays with Milton Bradley going to the Blue Jays, Luis Castillo to the Cubs, and Lyle Overbay to the Mets. Overbay would be the perfect one year stopgap at first base. He only has one year left [...]

This is going to be one of the most important off seasons in Mets History. The Wilpon’s need to show that they are serious about winning a title and Omar needs to convince the fans he’s the man for the job. Luckily, this team does not need a complete overhaul, but rather a few pieces [...]

So the battle is on for Derek Lowe. According to a league source with knowledge of the situation, it is clearly a Mets vs Braves competition for the services of the 35-year-old sinkerballer. And as of today the Mets organization appears to be confident in their chances to land Lowe. If the Braves offer a [...]

Reports have the Los Angeles Dodgers restructuring the contract of outfielder Andruw Jones, deferring many millions of dollars. This move comes literally hours after word leaked that their rival, the San Francisco Giants made a three year offer to free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. The Dodgers are desperate to re-sign Ramirez to help bolster an [...]

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 [...]

There’s pretty much nothing to the Andruw Jones to the Mets rumors. It would be a “complete shock” if anything happened there. Despite it appearing to be as perfect a fit there is to have Manny Ramirez roaming left field, a source with knowledge of the Mets thinking still says the Wilpon’s will not go [...]

- As NYBD has been reporting, the Mets still prefer Francisco Rodriguez to be the closer, with Brian Fuentes viewed more as option “1a”. Kerry Wood falls behind both of them on the list. It’s hard to believe the Mets won’t just simply get who they want of the bunch. As long as K-Rod accepts [...]

Yes, it’s that time again. The holiday season; the time for making out lists of what you want, and hoping that one day soon, you get it.  Fans all over the Tri-State area have in their minds what they want. Here is a generic list of what I am hoping the New York Mets will [...]

Who offered what to Rafael Furcal? Where is the interest in Orlando Hudson? Are the Mets gonna roll the dice with Luis Castillo? Second base has become a more controversial topic then I could have imagined this off season. Assuming that Daniel Murphy is not being looked at as the everyday 2b, where do the [...]