Heyman's Latest: Manny, K-Rod, Cashman

they wont break up the core. no way.

I laugh at these teams like the mets. I love em to death but i laugh at them. they drop 150 million on Johan and then they are like "WELL OK! THATS ENOUGH!" If thats all they are going to do they just pissed away 150 million dollars.

But who's saying they're only going to do that? All we have right now are opinions from writers who if we've learned anything, are wrong a lot. Teams and more specifically GMs don't like to give their hands away.

Also, it's kind of illegal to go out and say yeah we're going to make a run at this guy or that guy! It's tampering.

Anyways, I doubt they'll go after Manny namely because of his age, his defense, his price, and his volatile personality. He may get 4 guaranteed at 20MM and then decide to go into a rut. As a Sox fan, I saw it with my own eyes.

I am honestly expecting a trade of Carlos Beltran. As was said above, their (lack of) success proves that they aren't doing everything right. Moving Beltran for some prospects and signing a guy like Pat Burrell, Raul Ibanez, or maybe Adam Dunn would be great for this team. Just my opinion.

Final round, Tim. And that round, as well as the entire match, does to Deke.

Ryan Theriot: .307 BA, .387 OBP, 85 runs scored, 22 stolen bases (13 CS, however).

Rich Hill: Nada, nada, and nada. Minor league DL and hasn't pitched in well over a month.

Perhaps Theriot is still just a 'wonder-bench' player. But my point has been made: Bill James, PECOTA, Sabermetrics, and all the other bean counters can eat crap. I'd like to toss out that Theriot had an even better season than Fukudome. Whether you count Fuku's real stats or his projected stats, it's still the same.

I'm curious, do Mets fans want K-Rod? I really don't follow either New York team closely. Do you think the kind of money it would take to sign him would be worth it?

Tru -- get your fact straight. I believe that it was this website that ended up reporting that the Twins ended up coming back to NY with Kennedy, Melky and another one of the younger guys (Marquez, Horne, etc) and the Yanks said no... Cashman and Hal were against it the whole time. they didn't want to give up the talent + the money.. Only Hank did, which is why he is a Met... The ONLY reason.

Same thing with Sabathia.. the Yanks had a deal in place, but insisted on a negotiating window... Cleveland didn't want to give them that window, so he's a brewer...

What good does trading Beltran do? He did nothing but hit and play stellar defense down the stretch. He's easily one of the top 5 (maybe top 3) center fielders in baseball. His only shortcoming is that he's not a fiery, leadership-minded guy. The team needs to add a David Eckstein/Jason Varitek/Paul O'Neil type of guy. They don't need to subtract Wright, Reyes, or Beltran.

I agree, TruDru, that they need more personality. O-Cab would be most welcome!

I really think the only guys who are "untouchable" are Johan, Wright, and Reyes. If I were the Mets, I would try and trade Beltran with another player to the Rockies for Matt Holliday provided we can sign him to an extension. That would give them a player who plays to win and would definately take the pressure off of Wright. Wright is struggling because he feels he has to carry this team and if struggling under the pressure. They really need a BIG name player that Wright can count on to handle some of the media attention. They should also trade for Orlando Hudson. Maybe we can throw in Castillo to the Rockies as part of the deal.

I think it's strange how many Mets fans want to get rid of Beltran. Maybe he's too laid back for NY, but I have a feeling that if he's dealt then and only then will they figure out what they had and they'll miss him. Beltran may not be a legitimately great HOF type player but he is a legitimately good All-Star type player who is productive and plays a good all around game. So yeah, that's really not the type of guy teams should be willing to get rid of.