Right Wing Ramblin' (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I am not talking today about a plan for peace in the Middle East, or missile shields in Eurasia, or a way to fix the trade deficit. No, the plan I will be revealing over the next few days is much more expansive…much more improbable…but just as important! The plan I propose today is a roadmap for victory in the MLB. Today I take up the cause of my recently hapless New York Mets …the...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ted Lilly underwent surgery on his throwing shoulder, and will probably miss the first few weeks of the 2010 season. Not good for the Cubs, who have questions inside their rotation. Marty Noble of MLB.com believes the Mets don’t have roon for Carlos Delgado, and the only front office member who wants him back is Omar Minaya. [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Matthew Artus of Always Amazin explains why a good World Series tells a timeless tale. According to Matt Clemente, of the Bleacher Report, Omar Minaya should be talking with the Padres and Rockies. Ed Ryan of Mets Fever looks at the market for free-agent OF Matt Holliday. In a post to his blog, Mack’s [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In what is a must-read post for Amazin Avenue, Sam Page explains how Omar Minaya has failed as a GM, and what it means for the team’s future. … speaking of the SI Mix Master cover story about minaya, the Mets are essentially a .500 team in the 400 or so games since it was published [...]
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
On July 27, 2002, Omar Minaya, then General Manager of the Montreal Expos, traded Lee Steven, Brandon Phillips , Grady Sizemore , and Cliff Lee to Mark Shapiro's Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew . In 2002, Major League Baseball owned the Expos. The offseason before, the Expos had narrowly avoided contraction, because the Twins , the other team in line for contraction, had another year on their...
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
I know baseball is a business and money talks but are the Mets really good enough to schmooze things over with Yorvit Torrealba. Just early this month when discussing his pending grievance the catcher made it sound personal, that he felt he had a deal in place and that he was up set over Minaya speaking to his family raising their expectations only to pull the rug out from under them. Torrealba filed...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
In a report for Newsday, David Lennon talks with Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. about the Mets and Omar Minaya, and building a potential back-to-back World Champion. In the mid–to-late 90s, the Phillies lost 90 games in back-to-back seasons, after which Ed Wade took over as GM, hired Dallas Green as a top [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Phillies defeated the Yankees last night, tying the World Series at one game each. …i would love to know what is going through the minds of Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya when seeing these two teams on the same field, in October, and with, of all people, Pedro Martinez on the mound, while the Mets [...]
Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
I'm not really sure why the Wilpon's decided to keep Omar Minaya, is it really his contract extension which equates to little more then what Alex Cora would make in a season or do they want a figure head who could easily become a sacrificial lamb if things go bad. It makes sense from Omar prospective to return, he has nothing to lose since his reputation is at an all time low, returning regardless...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
From Larry Walker to John Wetteland to Pedro Martinez, Montreal Expos talent seemed to head south as quickly as the club could develop it. By 2002, it seemed possible that the Expos were playing their final season in Montreal and the threat of contraction put the organization's future in jeopardy. So they surprised some people when they acquired an All-Star caliber player mid-way through the 2002 season....
SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Let us set the stage... The Montreal Expos are in disarray, they are owned by Major League baseball and there have been ample talks about contracting both them and the Minnesota Twins. The Expos find themselves in the Wild Card race with the opportunity to add Bartolo Colon, one of the best pitchers in baseball, who also happens to be in the 2nd to last year of his contract. Colon with the Indians...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated : Mets' maneuvers bad news for Minaya — Sources say longtime scout Sandy Johnson has agreed to return to the Mets as VP of scouting to continue assisting embattled general manager Omar Minaya after suggesting for weeks he was likely to retire, and some Mets officials believe the unusual effort …
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Jon Heyman of SI.com says Sandy Johnson will not retire, but will remain on as Vice Pres. of Scouting and assistant to Omar Minaya. Johnson had been telling people he planned on retiring, according to a report last month in the Daily News. He is 69 years old. According to Heyman, “Some Mets officials believe the unusual effort made [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Mets reporter Marty Noble of MLB.com believes Bengie Molina, Rod Barajas and Yorvit Torrealba will be on Omar Minaya’s list, as he looks for a catcher. Barajas and Molina will be free agents at the end of this season. …the buzz from Colorado suggests the Rockies will buyout torrealba’s $3.5 million option, making him a free agent, as they finally [...]
Mets Today (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
There was a time that Brian Schneider was an agile receiver with a great glove, strong arm, and the added bonus of some pop in his bat. In fact I can remember when Omar Minaya was GM of the Expos, and he supposedly spent every winter turning down offers for his young and promising backstop. Those [...]
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