K-Rod's Agent Speaks

4/50 is my guess. Angels or Mets.

i want a new agent who knows what the hell he wants for me get me what im worth or else.

04, I believe Billy Wagner will be out for the year with an elbow injury and his contract expires after '09.

"Obviously, Kinzer considers the Mets a good fit for his client (especially given that no other big-market team is looking for a closer)."

Well, the Angels are a big market team that is looking for a closer ;-)

His contract doesn't expire after '09, the team holds an $8 million option for 2010 with a $1 million buyout...I wouldn't be surprised to see them sign/trade him next year. Because Wagner for 7M a year is DIRT CHEAP.

I believe K-Rod will end up signing with the NY Mets for 5yrs./ $70 mil.
I'm an angels fan and would rather not sign him back and focus on Tex and possibly CC. Maybe go after Fuentes or Cordero for the closer position.

"I wouldn't really call any contract for a premeir closer a good deal as theyre still being paid starter money to pitch 1 inning in 50 or so games a year. Just my opinion."

I agree with this opinion, although adding the small addendum that its not that big of a deal if the team doesn't adhere to a strict budget. Like for as undeniably awesome as Lidge was in 2008, he'll get 10-13% of the Philadelphia payroll to pitch 5% of their innings. Leverage or not, that's weird finance.

dpncharge, why would the Mets pay him that money when apparently besides the Angels (who don't seem that interested), the Mets are the ONLY suitor for K-Rod. According to some Angel fans, they have a 4/50ish deal on the table. Why would the Mets add another year and another 20 million to that? How about Trevor Hoffman, he is a free agent. Go sign him for a 1/6 deal, and start developing some internal options for 2009/2010.

nice to see WFAN still pimping themselves for agents.

That little man's delivery is so violent, his arm is going to land in the stands one day! I wouldn't go more than a couple years with his offer, his velocity is already down.

I believe the Mets after all the shows of no interest will sign K-Rod for 4/52. If the Mets would be able to acquire Jenks and another reliever (either cordero,putz,bj ryan, cruz etc.) that will lead to like an automatic 7th,8th,9th about 42 out of 50 tries. If the Mets true intent is pitching (resign perez/burnett and have neise as 5th starter) then they should acquire at least jenks and krod. Another reliever and you could say hello to at least the NLCS.

Will Carroll, from about a month ago ...

"Three miles per hour. When a pitcher, especially a power pitcher who features fastball-slider mix, loses something like three miles an hour, everyone starts thinking shoulder problems. That's likely the case for Francisco Rodriguez, a guy whose mechanics are, shall we say, questionable."

"Fatigue and usage patterns are also of interest here. Rodriguez has never been used heavily, which surely goes to explain how he's survived such violent mechanics ..."

"Overall, Rodriguez still has a lot of energy in his motion, but the upshot is that the injury to his ankle may have been a blessing in disguise. By attempting to protect the ankle, Rodriguez was able to find a more efficient motion while maintaining his effectiveness. The worry with changing anyone's mechanics is that there may be a loss of effectiveness, or worse, a chain of unintended consequences as muscles, tendons, and ligaments are taxed in new ways due to the new motion. Rodriguez's slingshot, cross-body motion is still far from ideal, but his timing and energy dissipation make him much less risky now."

That doesn't say "excellent" to me.

Also, just purely out of curiousity, what team could offer the mets the most from the mets trading f-mart,eddie kunz,parnell,evans,murphy. LOL

the mets getting biemel,krod,affeldt and putz is whats truly insane. lets not start dreaming up ideas cuz its a waste of time to discuss. the mets gettin krod for sure though.

"That doesn't say "excellent" to me."

He compares well with Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, who pitched well for years without injury.

Loser much tomahawk?