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New York Notes: Lowe, Reyes, Mets Ownership

By Luke Adams | May 1, 2011 at 8:58am CDT

The Yankees will send Ivan Nova to the hill today in the rubber match against the Blue Jays, while the Mets will need to beat Cliff Lee tonight to avoid a sweep in Philadelphia. Before those games get underway, let's check out the latest on New York's two teams….

  • The Braves could look to trade Derek Lowe even if they're still in the playoff hunt, according to a scout who follows the team. Ken Davidoff of Newsday says the Yankees, who "negotiated seriously" with Lowe when he was a free agent, would be an obvious candidate to kick the tires on the right-hander if he's available.
  • Another scout told Davidoff that it's been years since he's seen Jose Reyes, who can be a free agent at season's end, play as hard as he's playing now.
  • Through the season's first month, both the Yankees and Mets are receiving production from unlikely sources, writes Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
  • Discussing the Yankees' unexpected production from veteran players, GM Brian Cashman told Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News, "When I fix things on the run I have a lot more success than doing the obvious slam-dunk things."
  • Vitaminwater co-founder Mike Repole likely isn't interested in investing in the Mets unless 100% of the team is for sale, he tells Dylan Butler of the New York Post.
  • According to Newsday's Steven Marcus, the Mets' future minority partner would be in position to take over the team if the Wilpons eventually decided to give up control of the franchise.
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  1. Stephen Wright

    10 years ago

    hi

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  2. Guest

    10 years ago

    Thanks. I’ll pass on Lowe. Yank’s have better internal options. But I could see a reunion with the Red Sox, which at this point, could make a lot of sense. The Dice-K two 1 hit outings where too good to be true and probably an aberration. Expect to see him on the DL shortly. Wakefield is not the answer for a #5.

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    • tomymogo

      10 years ago

      Lowe is better than Millwood and Garcia at least.

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      • Guest

        10 years ago

        Disagree considering the cost ($ and prospect/player return) and it’s a moot point as I expect Millwood to either opt out or be released today.

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        • YanksFanSince78

          10 years ago

          Very good point. Lowe is better than Milwood and maybe Garcia (won’t throw him under the bus because of one bad start) but in addition to his salary, what would the costs be to acquire him? If you can squeeze 10-15 wins from some collective of Milwood and Garcia and do so for less than zero prospects and less than $5 mil for 2011 and no commitments beyond this year then he two, along with offensive support, seem like a better option.

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          • notsureifsrs

            10 years ago

            of course it would be better if you could do that. but you don’t know that you can; that’s the entire issue

            especially with the unforeseen and potentially serious problems with hughes, counting on burnett garcia colon nova millwood et al for the 2011 season is just as risky as ever. solid april returns from a couple of them do not change that at all

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    • notsureifsrs

      10 years ago

      “The Dice-K two 1 hit outings where too good to be true and probably an aberration.”

      but colon is for real so let’s pass on improving the rotation

      you are the stephen colbert of yankee fans

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      • Guest

        10 years ago

        I made no mention of Colon in my comment and you missed my point. If Lowe were to be made available, I could see a reunion with the Red Sox. I’d rather see the Yankees look elsewhere within or to another team come the trade deadline. I sense a little sour grapes in your comment. No? Not like anything I said was false..

        Plus. This is classic Dice K. Pitch a few games and then on and off the DL for months and then ineffective.

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  3. Guest

    10 years ago

    and word up to Cashman..

    For around $8mm he got Colon, Garcia, Chavez, Jones, and Martin. Really really really happy Cashman didn’t pursue other free agents this offseason. cough cough craw cough..

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  4. caseyB

    10 years ago

    “Another scout told Davidoff that it’s been years since he’s seen Jose Reyes, who can be a free agent at season’s end, play as hard as he’s playing now.”

    Yeah, it’s amazing what prolonged leg injuries in a player who depends on his legs can do to his level of effort!

    As a lifelong Mets fan who watches the team every day, I think I’ve seen Jose play more often than this scout. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a healthy Reyes not play hard.

    While it wasn’t clear from the limited context what Davidoff & the scout was saying, the implication that Reyes doesn’t always play hard is there. It’s just not true. Shame on Davidoff for leaving the false impression.

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    • Blue387

      10 years ago

      The anonymous – always anonymous, never on the record – scout is probably trying to put Reyes down.

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      • caseyB

        10 years ago

        Maybe it’s a scout for a team hoping to pick up Reyes on the cheap if he becomes a free agent this winter. Won’t work. Reyes’ price is likely to be high no natter who signs him.

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    • Slopeboy

      10 years ago

      Agree. I have never been a Reyes fan, but one thing that cannot be said about him is that he doesn’t hustle. The guy plays at full speed all the time everyday. To imply otherwise is just untrue and a very cheap shot.

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      • SRT

        10 years ago

        Couldn’t agree more.
        Knowledgeable baseball folks knew if Reyes was healthy this year, he’d likely put up numbers pre ’09, you know before the health and injuries surfaced which plagued him the past 2 years.
        I think sometimes some forget he’s only 27, not 32.

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    • pageian

      10 years ago

      I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you but if I could play devils advocate for a bit. Maybe this professional scout who keeps logs and notes and records of what he sees in a player game to game, month to month, year to year, has spotted something that the casual, even die hard fan wouldn’t spot. It could be a conspiracy you know, maybe the scout hates Reyes and is bashing him, maybe some team is telling their scout to put him down in order to drive the price down. Occam’s razor suggests otherwise.

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      • caseyB

        10 years ago

        Given the spotty track record of many scouts these days, if anyone is making assumptions in this instance it is the scout who has no doubt watched Reyes less than avid Mets fans. And it’s not just Mets fans who can attest to Reyes’ all out style of play since he broke in. I am sure Mets coaches and beat reporters would say the same thing. In fact, up to and including Terry Collins, Mets coaches have been saying for years that Reyes needs to slow down his game. You don’t tell someone who doesn’t play hard that he needs to slow down his game. Also, I don’t believe anyone in the media has actually alleged Reyes doesn’t play hard.

        If the scout hasn’t seen Reyes play hard in years it’s because that scout hasn’t seen a fully healthy Reyes play in years. For Davidoff not to make that clear is irresponsible. But not unexpected seeing he is part of the NY media.

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  5. Guest

    10 years ago

    I can just see it…Revive night at Citifield, XXX night at citifield….

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  6. Jeff

    10 years ago

    Lowe for either Nunez or Gardner perhaps?

    Yanks need a starter, Braves need to get rid of a starter, and can use SS or OF help. They’re actually playing Joe Mather today.

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    • muskyfish

      10 years ago

      You a Yankee fan pal? I’m not trying to be mean, but it would be just like a Yankee fan to want to send ONE of those two for a grizzled veteran who will give them EXACTLY what the Bombers need to survive that crazy division…. and then state that one of the pros to the trade is because “Braves need to get rid of a starter.” Just don’t think that one comes into the conversation from the Yankees standpoint, even if they do believe it to be true.

      Not saying a deal between these two isn’t gonna happen, I think it’s pretty perfect match, but just not for those guys. That depth is too important to the Yanks, and for the Braves it’s not enough to warrant trading a dependable veteran having a good season. I don’t think it will cost the Yankees any of the Betances, Banuelos, Montero, Sanchez collection, but never underestimate a squirming Yankee front office. I would think that Warren, Golson, and a young player or two from deep down the ladder would be a decent trade.

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      • Vmmercan

        10 years ago

        Lowe is on the wrong end of his 30’s signed to a bloated contract for a team with a surplus and Nunez is 10th in the Yankees’ system on the prospect list. A system in the upper half in terms of talent in the majors. You really think that’s a huge rip off just because you’re not a Yankees fan?

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      • YanksFanSince78

        10 years ago

        Lowe is having a good season but a) I have no faith that he would perform as well in NYS or the AL East for that matterb) Warren is actually a pretty good pitching prospect who is simply overshadowed by the killer b’s.

        Nunez is a decent prospect at a position where offense is limited. Golson isn’t really a prospect. Not sure what’s approriate for Lowe but considering he’s 38 in June and would probably have over $20 mil left on his deal thru 2012 makes me less inclined to give the Braves much.

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    • WisBrave

      10 years ago

      Nunez would be a target I see the Braves going after. If Nate Mclouth falls apart I also see the Braves braves going after Mike Cameron from the Red Sox.

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  7. Infield Fly

    10 years ago

    Although there are no immediate signals that Fred Wilpon and his family are willing to sell a controlling interest, a person familiar with the process said: “…It’s logical to assume” that if the Wilpons’ Sterling Equities company “ever decided to sell, they’d certainly give their partner a shot at it.”

    That is also the expectation of Major League Baseball, a person knowledgeable about MLB said. A spokesman for Fred Wilpon declined to comment.

    Wilpon declines to comment, bla bla bla, shows ”no immediate signals” of willingness to sell, bla bla bla, dodge, duck, feint… I’m no expert but to me this is what it looks like when a man with a big ego finally admits to himself that his days as team owner are likely numbered…and that he probably shouldn’t’ have blustered on and on about how the Mets would be the plaything of Wilpon children & grandchildren for a long time to come.

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  8. notsureifsrs

    10 years ago

    does cashman accept every interview request he gets or what

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    • Vmmercan

      10 years ago

      I think it’s more as a Yankees GM he probably gets 100 times more requests than 27 other teams in the majors.

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      • notsureifsrs

        10 years ago

        very unlikely

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  9. pageian

    10 years ago

    Lowe isn’t going to like it in NY. Too much traffic clogging up the race track, and it’s tough to get cabbies to drag race you.

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  10. WisBrave

    10 years ago

    I think he meant as a starting point at least I hope so, as did I. There will be many variables going going into a trade such as if the Braves decide to eat some of his contract for a better return. Then you can expect the Braves to target a few prospects that we know little about as an addition to the main pieces.

    This is meant in reply to musky fish.

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  11. WisBrave

    10 years ago

    I think he meant as a starting point at least I hope so, as did I. There will be many variables going going into a trade such as if the Braves decide to eat some of his contract for a better return. Then you can expect the Braves to target a few prospects that we know little about as an addition to the main pieces.

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