Even smarter move...my Mets finally declined an option on someone...$9.1 mil on JJ Putz. :-) :-)
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Honestly best thing for Mets fans is the Yankees winning the series. The Wilpons will want to get those fence sitting NY baseball fans back in their court, so a decent spending spree could plug a few of the holes.
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Let's hope so! :-)
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Sox pick up Mark Teahen. Still don't know if Im happy or upset about getting him. His numbers were not great in the 2009 season. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseb...-sox07.article
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Honestly, I don't see them going anywhere as long as they keep Minaya as the GM. He sucks. And I wonder how much the Mets would be able to spend anyways as the Wilpons lost a significant amount of money in the Madoff scheme.
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The main thing the Mets need to plug some holes is to get a few guys off IR.
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Like damn near the whole starting line-up??? :-):-)
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Yep'per. Your guys were snake-bit for sure this year -- like mine were last year.
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Actually I think it was recently reported that they made money during that time and all the reports of them losing millions were false.
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The Twins picked up Michael Cuddyer's $10.5M option for 2011.
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Jeff Wilpon came right out and said they lost a a whole lot of money but said they wouldn't let that effect team operations. So I don't think it it was false. How they react this off season should show how true that statement is as i'm sure they want to make some of that money back.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/sp...ll/22mets.html

They made money in the scam but will most likely have those gains taken away in court.
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As long as they don't use any money to pick up some AGING free agents!!! :-)
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I hear Mickey Lolich is looking to make a comeback. :-)
(Boy does that give away my age that I remember that ridiculous signing by the Mets)

If not Lolich, I hear "say hey" is interested in a pinch hitter role.:-)
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Shhhhhh...Minaya , might hear you. While we're at it, why not give Manuel a 5 year extension (since he's done a bang up job...NOT). :-) :-)
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Some Red Sox moves:
Declined option's on Alex Gonzalez & Jason Varitek (he will probably use his $3M player option though).
Picked up option on Victor Martinez and signed Tim Wakefield for 2 more years.
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I still can't believe Boston took A-Gon off our hands (Reds). What did they see in him?
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He was still an improvement over Green for them.
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A-Gon brings with him a horrible offense and a spotty defense. He can make some stellar plays, but he's very error prone too.
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Not sure who the Red Sox are going to be looking at for SS in 2010. That is one of their big holes.
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