G-Snarls

Most would have preferred a 1 year deal for either for sure

Fair point Pitchers are totally a crap shoot But none of us liked that Jimenez deal. Most of us liked the Colon signing I think.

^ CraftyBeane

Extra advantage of him coming to to AL, no one would have to watch him "bat" or "run" the bases anymore

Any package that doesn't include Pompey or Sanchez I don't think ANY team would give up an A-list prospect for Colon at this point

Once again though, we probably could have signed him ourselves as a free agent for maybe 10% more than the Mets gave him (numbers souce = my ass) Now we would have to trade something good to get him Free agency can work, Blue Jays FO. It really can.

^ Yuck and LOL all at the same time Classic Wilko

Another guy who doesn't walk 4-5 per 9 IP would be refreshing

His avatar might explode

^ Crafty Anthopoulos

Rule 5 Draft gives Blue Jays financial flexibility Toronto flips Moran to Halos for international cap space, cash considerations By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com | 12/12/2013 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Blue Jays used the fifth pick in the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday morning to gain a little bit more flexibility on the international market. Toronto selected left-hander Brian Moran from the Mariners, but the Blue Jays then traded him to the Angels for international cap space and cash considerations. Toronto will receive $240,000 in cap room from the Halos, which can be used on international free agents. The move was essentially a no-brainer for the Blue Jays, considering they didn't have much use for a Rule 5 Draft pick and have interest in at least one international player. "We knew we weren't necessarily going to be active in the Rule 5 [Draft]," general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "We have a bunch of out-of-option guys in the bullpen already that we're going to look to keep, plus [Moises] Sierra is out of options. "We weren't so compelled with what was out there. We didn't think it was an upgrade over what we had. [We] just tried to turn the asset of having a spot and convert it into something."

Could make sense as a rental BUT would he give up too many HR's at the RC...

By Mark Polishuk [July 4, 2014 at 10:20am CDT] The Mets will listen to offers for Bartolo Colon and could even start openly shopping the veteran right-hander, team sources tell Mike Puma of the New York Post. There is no indication a deal would happen soon, however, as the team could wait until after the July 31st deadline since GM Sandy Alderson “has no pressure” to trade Colon. (Puma points out that Alderson waited until late August 2013 to make the Marlon Byrd trade with the Pirates). Colon turned 41 years old in May and his late-career renaissance is still going strong. The veteran has posted a 3.88 ERA and a 5.27 K/BB over 106 2/3 IP as a Met, with 79 strikeouts and a league-low 1.3 walks per nine innings. Those numbers do carry some heavy ballpark splits, as Colon has a 2.11 ERA in six Citi Field starts and a 5.06 ERA in 10 road starts. Despite Colon’s age, the two-year, $20MM contract he signed with New York last winter is considered to be “relatively friendly,” an AL executive tells Puma. Colon is owed roughly $4.4MM for the remainder of this season and is owed $11MM for 2015. Moving Colon would line the Mets up for a full-scale pitching youth movement in 2015. Jon Niese and Dillon Gee would be the most experienced members of a projected rotation that would also include a returning Matt Harvey and the likes of Zack Wheeler, Jacob deGrom, while prospects Rafael Montero and Noah Syndergaard could also be candidates to win jobs. In this situation you could also expect the Mets to sign at least one veteran arm for depth purposes during the offseason, a la their addition of Daisuke Matsuzaka last winter. Also from Puma’s piece, he notes that the Mets are “reluctant” to trade Niese, which fits with Alderson’s recent statements about Niese’s availability (or lack thereof). Niese, for his part, tells Puma that he wants to remain with the Mets.

Glad we didn't trade for Peavey I guess though I was in favour at the time...

All right Need to win today ourselves

Reyes (3pts) - Melky (3pts) - Bautista (1pt) - G-Snarls Eddy (1pt) - Lind (2pts) - Rasmus (2pts) - Juan (1pt) - Navarro (4pts) - Gose (8pts) - Kawasaki (9pts!) - Bench (10pts) If Bautista doesn't play for some reason please change my pick to Edwin

Have to say, we are now at the point where we have had an least an average number of impactful injuries for a team this season Not devastating like Rangers or Yankees but bad enough that our infield problem is being exposed anyhow Really wish AA had nabbed a 2B this off season instead of waiting until now to (maybe) get it done

Fortunately, today is a new day and we have Stroman going If only we matched up better against the lefty

Those plus Tulo, Stanton, Posey off top of head plus several pitchers but that's not really fair I suppose

Aldridge likely PED suspect 180 wRC+ in AAA Mexican league and AA New Hampshire at age 35 Give him 3 weeks on the Jays before the juice wears off LOLOL

Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out on ______________________________ limb Corey Aldridge??

No Just no

So now the OF (other than Gose) will suck though Gose, Cabrera and who? Tolleson?

I can name at least 10 players that I would bet $100 on being better than Harper in 2 years

^ Where is this?