Loading ...Not much in the papers. Ken Davidoff in Newsday went over the options for the Mets again, including closer, starter and outfield.
Pretty much it’s K-Rod or Brian Fuentes for the ninth.
“The Mets expressed some interest in free agent Kerry Wood, and they asked in trade discussions about the White Sox’s Bobby Jenks, Seattle’s J.J. Putz and Colorado’s Huston Street. However, they are wary of Wood’s injury history, and they’d rather pay the money for the free agents than give up prospects in a trade.”
If anything else comes about I will post it.
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This post was written by Joe McDonald on November 19, 2008
We have heard tons of rumors about the pitching, but only a very little about an outfielder. It needs to be a righty and both Ibanez and Abreu don’t fit. Will it be Rivera? and is that a big help? Who else is a legit option?
JC - I think they are waiting to see with the outfield. I know they don’t want to pay up for a guy like Pat Burrell, so they want something rather inexpensive.
Unlike the Yankees, the Mets have a budget and want to spend all of their money pitching. Frankly I don’t blame them.