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Dec 07

If money were no object ….

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If the Mets didn’t have to worry about the cost factor, then all right, go for Matt Holliday and John Lackey, get Jason Marquis, too. It doesn’t work that way. The Mets, which contrary to popular opinion, aren’t a cheap organization.

You don’t build stadiums and have the one of the highest payrolls in the game if you’re cheap. But, the Mets are proceeding with caution on the dollar front. None of the big three – Holliday, Bay and Lackey – will be at Citi this summer in the home whites.

Not happening.

Nov 28

Of course he would ….

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Roy Halladay said he would waive his no-trade clause to pitch for the Yankees. He’d probably to the same to pitch for the Red Sox. Either way, that’s not encouraging news to the Mets if they were banking on the Blue Jays being reluctant to deal within the division.

The Blue Jays, it seems, are willing to deal with the Yankees and Red Sox. Throw in the Phillies, Dodgers and Angels, and there are five teams better than the Mets with the resources to make a trade. I was never banking on Halladay to begin with, but this should end that kind of talk.

If the Mets are going to add a pitcher, it will be a middle-tier arm, and FA is the way to go so they don’t have to give up prospects.

Halladay isn’t coming here, and neither is Lackey. The Mets will be lucky to get a guy like Jason Marquis.

Nov 18

Marquis wants to be a Met ….

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At 31, he has mileage left. He was an All-Star last season, so we know there is talent. He’s 94-83 during his ten-year career, which is the definition of a middle-tier pitcher the Mets reportedly will pursue this winter.

MARQUIS: Wants to be a Met.

MARQUIS: Wants to be a Met.

And, Jason Marquis, who grew up in Staten Island, told Bart Hubbuch of the Post he wants to play with the Mets.

“There’s definitely interest there,’’ Marquis said. “We’ll see what direction they want to go. … It would always be nice to come back home and represent your hometown.’’

Marquis went as far as to call it an “honor’’ to pitch for the Mets.

But will he?
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Nov 10

Minaya faces rough road ahead ….

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Mets general manager Omar Minaya faces a daunting task in rebuilding the Mets, and let’s face it, tweaking will not get it done.

MINAYA: Looks perplexed.

MINAYA: Looks perplexed.


“Some years are better than others. I think we have to find a way to slug more,” said Minaya in defining the market and one of his team’s needs.

Signing a guy like Matt Holliday or John Lackey won’t get it done. Signing both won’t get it done, either.

For the Mets to become the team they have promised they will be, there’s tweaking in some areas, hoping in a few more, and throwing money at several others in what has been described as a less-than-stellar free-agent market.
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Oct 14

Mining the Rockies for gold ….

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According to published reports in Denver, the Colorado Rockies aren’t expected to bring back pitcher Jason Marquis (won 15 games and averaged 6 2/3 innings per start) or outfielder Brad Hawpe (who is scheduled to make $7.5 million next year).

MARQUIS: Would upgrade rotation.

MARQUIS: Would upgrade rotation.

Some consider Marquis a No. 3 starter, which would be true depending on the rotation. However, because there’s no other reliable arm outside of Johan Santana, Marquis would have to be a No. 2 candidate with the Mets.

Hawpe, who hit .285 with 23 homers and 86 RBI, would be more than a capable replacement in left field for Angel Pagan/Fernando Tatis. A definite upgrade. Hawpe is a productive player who doesn’t make considerable money, but I’m not so sure the Mets will want to deal for him if they can sign somebody else.