MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Tim Bontemps of the New York Post says that Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman is considering both the Yankees and Mets as possible landing spots. Chapman’s agent, Edwin Mejia told Bontemps that his client has met with both organizations, and that the dialogue will continue, but says his client likes New York. On October 25, Bart Hubbuch of [...]
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Bart Hubbuch, in a post to Twitter, is reporting that the Mets have informed JJ Putz that they will not pick up his option for 2010. …as i said before, it was just too much of a financial commitment to give a setup man coming off ofelbow surgery… The option would have called for $9.1 million, and [...]
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... ruled out returning to the Mets with a cheaper, incentive-laden deal," according to Bart Hubbuch of The NY Post. Earlier today we learned that the Mets informed Putz that they...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
According to Bart Hubbuch of The NY Post, the Mets have informed reliever J.J. Putz that they will not pick up his $9.1MM option for 2010, instead paying him a $1MM buyout. Hubbuch says the club cited health concerns when breaking the news to Putz. The 32-year-old righthander appeared in just 29 games for the Mets before going down with an elbow injury that eventually required...
