ultramet

Does anyone have another link suggesting that the Ryan Church deal was just to get the extra player to make a deal for Bedard possible (or even Haren for that Matter). Apparently, the Orioles message boards are stating that MacPhail rejected the Mets offer of Gomez, Heilman, and Pelfrey for Bedard. Adding Church to that mix would be a hell of a lot for Bedard IMHO. We would be left with many holes.

Here is one link that is suggesting just that (although their source is just today's Daily News story on the Milledge trade). Any other links.

MLB Rumors: Erik Bedard to Mets?

uphill struggle

try http://www.omarminaryaisreallyagenio...ngsforcrap.com

hope this helps

Gregory Gewirtz

I second that article's suggestion that the Mets should throw in Alay Soler to round out their package.

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Bay Ridge Dave

LOL

ultramet

I honestly didn't even know we still had Soler in the organization. Didn't we release him last Spring?? ? I thought he was with the Pirates????

uphill struggle

he was, and he may still be. that's why that article is, um, garbage

Gregory Gewirtz

You're right - Soler is gone. I was just making a little joke at the expense of whoever wrote that blog piece who thought Soler was still in the system.

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MrHat

The Mets dont have chips to get any ace...and if Church had any kind of trade value why were the Mets able to trade someone with "no trade value" for him and Schneider?

metman

And if he's such a ****ing upgrade why is he (or the $10m/2 year man himself, Schneider) not in hot demand by other teams?

gregjefferies09

I think Omar is just trying to make the team really bad. That must be it.

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Voodoo

He's re-enacting the plot of Major League. They have an offer to move the team to Miami! Wait, what? There's already a...****. Well it'll be a remake, things get altered in remakes, they'll have an offer to move the team to Las Vegas.

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1994

Well that clears up the move for Stokes.

RainMan

You're really hung up on the 4.9m per year. So what's a fair price for a good catcher? Keep in mind a catcher is paid to handle the pitching staff not hit .300 and smack 30 HR's. Those guys cost twice as much.

Lo Duca was paid 6.5m last season. His and Schneider's offensive stats weren't all that dissimilar.

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Voodoo

If you look at Lo Duca's games played each season, it resembles a hill that peaked back in 2002. To be fair to Pauly though, he's always had a much better slugging percentage than Schneider, even outside of the seasons where his stats spiked higher than usual. Of course the question is, will Schneider hit a shitty .230 or a mediocre ~.260 like he mostly had been able to do prior to 2007. I can't believe Schneider managed a better OBP in '07, the announcers weren't kidding when they always said that while it's hard to strike Paul out, it's also hard to walk him lol.

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metman

Schneider is basically all but toast. It's like signing him to a 2 year $10m deal. Why do it? Nobody wants that bum. He's such a good catcher with such a 'low' salary that not one team sought to steal him. Ok.