Odds And Ends: Strasburg, Guillen, Smoltz

No way will F.Mart bring the Mets back A.Gon, the Mets will get Penny, Saito and Reddick from the sox. Makes sense for both sides. The Awesome thing about this trade is that the sox still got Smoltz, Clay Buc, and F.Cab to call up, and add F.Mart; awesome. Reddick is a good player think M.Greenwell .300 15 70 10 not bad. The mets get a fourth starter 2x better than Redding and a pretty good reliever in Saito. This deal would make or break Jose M. The question is does he have the coconuts to do so.

Heathcott is not a pitcher. He is an outfielder.

Hey remember the Mets traded away S.Kasmir for V.Zambrano the trade I said isn't even half that bad

VICTOR MARTINEZ is the perfect fit for the mets..i know hes not available now but towards the deadline if the indians are out of it then omars gotta package up a deal 4 him. he can play 1st while delgados out and can catch as well..he also has an option for 2010

Theo is not stupid. He knows there is no guarantee that any of Smoltz, Penny, and Buchholz will perform consistently. Too much pitching is not a problem in baseball.

There is no way the Mets can net a star in return for anything they have in the minors. Fernando Martinez + some other decent prospects can yield a return of a Bedard type player.

Plus I think other GM's in baseball realize that FMart is not actually 20 and is probably around 22 or 23 which takes away from him being a super prospect.

Actually nobody knows what Smoltz can do since he hasn't thrown a pitch in the MLB in over a year. Plus it would have taken a good 8 mil to sign him...that money went towards Lowe which I think was a good decision.

Nothing new with the Jorge Says No plan, but I'm in agreement. The O's should put Huff, Scott, Sherrill, Baez, and I'll add Mora, on the block and see what they can pull back. Mora will be tough to move at his age and with a no-trade clause, but he's been a solid run-producer for years now and could bring a bit more than mere salary relief. The rest have a chance to net solid returns. Still, I wouldn't make any moves just to make them. Huff's a potential Type A FA, so there's no need to send him packing unless the return is comparable to the two premium picks they could net as compensation. Not sure if Baez could sneak into Type B status, but if it's even a possibility, it'd be worth hanging on to the guy through season's end- unless the return is right. The O's made a mistake last year when they held off on trading Sherrill at full value and shouldn't make the same mistake twice. He's throwing great right now, but it's just a matter of time before he's back to his high-wire act, blowing saves.

Orioles AREN'T doing a Fire Sale!?

I wouldn't call it a fire sale at all. All of their unwieldy contracts are coming off the books at the end of the season. That's 3 guys. Everyone else who's a vet is under control and signed at bargain prices and values. The Orioles are a bad team right now but they've got some excellent young talent on the current team in several slots and a ton of pitching in the minors.

Just because they'll be Sellers doesn't mean "Fire Sale." A Fire Sale is when a team sheds all players being paid north of the minimum.

The mets are not giving up fernando martinez for penny saito and Reddick. Thats ridiculous. Fernando Martinez would get the mets a whole lot more than that. And an Adrian Gonzalez type player is exactly what he could land us. F-mart with a few fillers could get us Adrian Gonzalez

That's a bit unreasonable of a trade for any 1 player. That would clean out the Mets' already mediocre overall farm system. No way that would ever happen.