http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/...t_id=1623233&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym With cash considerations, for a yet unnamed minor leaguer. (This is all unofficial as of yet, as it must be approved by the Commish).
Pitching seems to have held up pretty damn well so far, not to mention the fact that Glavine will only miss one start.
huge pickup for the Mets IMO... and about these pitching holes...the mets starting pitching hasnt been all that bad lately...get pedro 100% and with glavines arm with the ability to improve on its own and i think we'll be ok
Well, I guess we lost Mel Gibson as a fan. But I love this trade. Great name, for starters. Another lefty bat. A guy who can play the outfield and 1st base. In the words of Michael Douglas: "Green is good. Green works." Or was that greed? Either way, it can only help. Can't hurt. I'll take that trade everyday of the week. One thing that does concern me. There aren't any Jewish holidays scheduled for playoff time, are there?
Why exactly did everyone seem to think the Mets needed another lefty bat? I mean, they already murder RHP and struggle against lefties, what is adding another lefty going to solve?
Green's numbers against lefties are better than they are against righties this year - .810 versus .764 OPS. He's not the hitter he was from 1999-2002, but he is a major league outfielder, something I doubt can be said about Milledge right now. Edit: LTS beat me to it, but I provided the stats!
Not really. His increased power numbers this year are an abberation and a result of a small sample size. Plus the fact that he has been awful against RHP this year as well. Look at his splits from the last 3 years, .721 OPS against lefties, .861 against righties. Now, if we could expect that kind of production out of him against righties I wouldn't mind so much, even if it would overload the lineup a bit. But he's pretty crappy against any pitcher this year. The one thing I will say is he may be an upgrade over Milledge.
Meanwhile, at SI.com, Jon Heyman writes the following… “The Mets have engaged in serious trade discussions to acquire outfielder Moises Alou from the Giants, SI.com has learned. “It appears now that Alou is actually the Mets' top outfield target, not Shawn Green, as previously thought.”… The SI.com column by Heyman was published at 5:42 PM EDT, while the MLB.com report regarding the acquisition of Green was posted at 5:49 PM EDT… …sounds to me like the alou idea was put in place to motivate the d’backs…or, the mlb.com report is premature, talks with arizona have fallen apart and heyman is correct, alou is now the mark… In 247 at-bats for the Giants, Alou is batting .291 with 14 HR and 52 RBI in 69 games… Alou was on the disabled list with a lower back strain in late June. He left Sunday’s game early with pain in his leg, which has been recurring all year long, according to the Associated Press…
If there was even a remote chance that Alou would be healthy enough to play for any significant amount of time the rest of the year that rumor might've made some sense. Unless they wanted to give Floyd some company on the DL.
In addition to the MLB.com report mentioned in the previous post, the Associated Press and Buster Olney at ESPN.com are now also reporting that OF Shawn Green and cash have been traded to the Mets… D’Backs OF Luis Gonzalez, as quoted by ESPN.com… “I think for Shawn and everybody it's a relief that it's over. It's a good opportunity for him. He has a chance to be in the playoffs. I'm happy for him. I called him right after I got here and found out.”…
This is crazy. I don't remember another time when so many waiver wire trades happened as they have this year.
MLB.com reports that the Commissioner's office has given approval of Shawn Green's move to the Mets... Also according to the report, the Mets have dealt southpaw Evan MacLane to the Diamondbacks to acquire him... MacLane was 9-8 with a 3.68 ERA for Norfolk this season. Just last night, MacLane threw a five-hit shutout...
