- According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Mets offered Carlos Gomez, Mike Pelfrey and others for Johan Santana. However, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com writes that the Mets did not talk to the Twins about Santana.
- The A’s are interested in Barry Bonds. Friday, Bonds pleaded not guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
- The Yankees need a reliever and rumor has it that they’re willing to part with outfielder Hideki Matsui to land one. The Giants have an abundance of young pitching, but zero position players, so Jonathan Sanchez, Brad Hennessey and Kevin Correia’s names have been thrown out as possible trade bait for Matsui. Starter Noah Lowry’s name has also been linked to the Giants obtaining Matsui.
- The Cubs are shopping Mark Prior and are also interested in Japanse outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. The Padres and White Sox are also interested in Fukudome.
Have the A’s been paying attention the last 5 years or do they just want to fill the seats via the “hate” factor?
The Yankees have seen the best of Matsui so this is probably a smart move. One of the few they’ve made this off-season.
I wouldn’t deal for Prior unless he came in a package deal with a trainer.
Is it me or do the Mets seem to have taken a step or 3 backward?
Good call T-Bone – I think the Mets have been taken a step backwards since August.
Knowing that Matsui has a no trade agreement why he would ok a trade to San Fransisco. He has a spot in NY.Damon is a freak show and won’t last….
I do agree with the Mets statements…they seem to be spinning in circles right now and I think they are having a hard time rallying from last years debacle. Their break down is still being felt from the top down.
Joe Torre should have gone there instead of La La Land where he will ride off into the sunset. He has no business being out there. He made a mistake.
Hmmm so the Giants are interested in an Oriental player in San Francisco ? Hmmm – OK.
I think Joe Torre will like the Palm trees in Pasedena better than the – ahh -aahhh Coffee in Da Bronx ? Pigeons ? OH well – Good luck to The Father in Dodger Blue.
Andru Jones
As Bay24 put it, San Francisco has a huge Oriental population, so Matsui would probably fit in quite well.
Cool blog, Mike.
It sounds like the Matsui-to-the-Giants is all but dead. It’s too bad, because he would be such an upgrade over Dave Roberts it’s not even funny.