To Start Top Prospect List

Starting today I am going to be doing a New York Mets top 40 (or 50) prospect list.  I am going to put out the lists in segments of prospects at a time with a grading system similar to the one John Sickel’s uses and that I will have to explain when I post the [...]

Mets Seek Relievers

The Mets are currently being linked to a couple relivers including Fernando Rodney, Matt Capps, and Japanese import Ryota Igarashi. The one thing all of these relievers have in common is that they all bring the cheese. Rodney averages 95 mph on his fastball, Capps 94 mph, and its been said Igarashi sits 93-96 mph with a hard splitter in the high 80′s and has hit 90 mph (not sure if that is accurate though).

As it stands now the Mets probably have no shit with Capps as he is coveted by pretty much the whole MLB and he will probably be able to find a role closing. The Mets seem like the most likely suitor to get Rodney as of now, but the Mets official site is reporting that the Mets are on the verge of signing Igarashi to a two year deal. The deal is supposed to be worth about $2.5 million dollars. Igarashi should be able to take over the spot of J.J. Putz and serve as the Mets set-up man.

Phillies Acquire Halliday; Lackey a Sawk

There was a crazy three team deal between the Phillies, Mariners, and Blue Jays involving two Cy Young winners and a bunch of prospects. As of right now the deal shapes up as:

Phillies Get:
Roy Halladay (TOR)
Tyson Gillies (SEA)
Phillipe Aumont (SEA)
Juan Ramirez (SEA)

Mariners Get:

Mets Make Offers for Bay and Molina

Despite previous reports that the Mets were not interested in signing Jason Bay it has been reported by Jon Heyman that the Mets have offered him a 4 year $65 million dollar contract. If this is an accurate offer it is only $5 million dollars more than the contract Bay rejected from the BoSox a while ago. Since he has stated he loves it is Boston and would like to return I do not really see $5 million moe changing his mind. With his annual salary of at least $17 million for Bay I do not think there would be enough money left for the Mets to also sign John Lackey.

Yankees Acquire Granderson, Holliday Market Gets Smaller

The deal is now officially done and will be reported shortly. Looking at this deal the Yankees got a steal, while the D’Backs got robbed.
Yankees get:
Curtis Granderson
Tigers get:
Max Scherzer
Daniel Schlereth
Austin Jackson
Phil Coke
Diamondbacks get:
Edwin Jackson
Ian Kennedy
On the deal:
Austin Jackson is a nice prospect, but nothing amazing or that the Yankees will miss especially now with Curtis [...]