Published reports have the Met serious about pitching, and have contacted Ben Sheets. They also have interest in former Yankee Chien-Ming Wang, who is coming off shoulder surgery and won’t be available until May 1. The team is also reported to be interested in John Smoltz and Jon Garland.
The word is very encouraging about Wang, who has been throwing pain free for seven weeks. Because of the abundance of off-days in April, the Mets can afford to wait until Wang is ready.
Sheets, who missed all of last season following surgery, is also throwing without difficulty. Reports are he could go for $8 million for one year.
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Elsewhere, the Mets are considering adding the often-injured Chad Tracy as well as bringing back Fernando Tatis. The Mets are also looking at bringing back Carlos Delgado, who has played winter ball mostly as a DH, which doesn’t answer the basic question about his durability.
Posted under Mets News, Mets News & Features/2010
This post was written by John Delcos on January 22, 2010
Tags: Abundance, Bullpen, Buying Time, Carlos Delgado, Chien-Ming Wang, Dh, Difficulty Reports, Durability, Fernando Tatis, John Smoltz, Jon Garland, May 1, Mets, New Poll, Register, Seven Weeks, Shoulder Surgery, Top Choice, Winter Ball, Yankee
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