Quick note on Estrada

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Nov 30, 2007 8:51 PM CST

According to metsblog.com, the Mets offered Johnny along with Lastings Milledge in today's trade with the Nats. The Nats DECLINED. It sounds like the Metropolitans are just going to release Estrada.

Ahahahahahahahahahahah!

According to metsblog.com, the Mets offered Johnny along with Lastings Milledge in today's trade with the Nats. The Nats DECLINED. It sounds like the Metropolitans are just going to release Estrada.

Ahahahahahahahahahahah!

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Yes, I know I cheated the diary format,

but this needed to be put out in the BCB-dom

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Nov 30, 2007 8:54 PM CST reply actions

hmmm

So, is the joke on them...or us? I mean, are we laughing at them for trading us Mota for a guy that they are going to non-tender, or are they laughing at us for trading them a guy that they can just non-tender while we take on Mota and his salary?

Now, I think that Mota for one year is a decent gamble, but I'm just sayin' there's two sides to this coin.

by sheeter on Nov 30, 2007 8:59 PM CST reply actions

agreed

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by Michael M on Nov 30, 2007 9:06 PM CST up reply actions

well,

thanks for shooting me down on my first effort guys.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Nov 30, 2007 9:15 PM CST up reply actions

I don't know about shooting down,

I was just suggesting that the Mets may be fairly pleased with themselves over this too.

The really interesting thing, to me, will be to see where Estrada goes if the Mets do give him the 'ol heave-ho (and how much he gets in years and dollars).

by sheeter on Nov 30, 2007 9:21 PM CST up reply actions

I'm really interested in Mota.

At least he can throw semi-hard

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Nov 30, 2007 9:01 PM CST reply actions

semi-hard, huh?

i cant wait to see his abs! :)

Jamie is a Softball Champion!

by Jamie in LA on Nov 30, 2007 10:26 PM CST up reply actions

lmao

Jamie, you are always a source of good entertainment for me :)

on second thought, that sounds kinda...riske

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by Michael M on Nov 30, 2007 10:27 PM CST up reply actions

I knew that joke was coming.

I just decided not to protect myself against it.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 1, 2007 12:05 AM CST up reply actions

They should teach kids

about unprotected punning in health class.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Dec 1, 2007 8:49 AM CST up reply actions

I got your back, G!

Mota has had some success in the not-too-distant past. (It looks like after the trade from Cleveland to the Mets in 2006, he was lights-out, though that wasn't the case in 2007.) We owe him $3.2 million in 2008, which seems kind of reasonable given today's reliever market.

Worse case scenario, we traded someone we don't want for someone who may just be a mop up reliever. More likely, though, we traded for a guy who, though perhaps not dominant, will be a useful addition to our pen, one that most teams would like to have. I imagine New York fans are slow to forgive, but I think they'll regret giving Mota up for so little.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Nov 30, 2007 10:30 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed

Plus it's only a one-year commitment. If he's only as good as, say, Chris Spurling, then he's overpaid and easily let go in the offseason, but if he ends up about the same as Scott Linebrink was last year, he's underpaid in this market and we got a steal.

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by TheJay on Nov 30, 2007 10:50 PM CST up reply actions

better still

...and Mota signs a big contract after 2008 with some other team --- like the Mets (!) --- and we get a first round pick for him. :)

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Dec 1, 2007 12:14 AM CST up reply actions

Oh hellsgnaw

Mota has got to be better than Spurling. I can't imagine him being equal to or worse than him.

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 1, 2007 12:03 AM CST up reply actions

BTW

This was intended as a slap in the face of Johnny the monkey as opposed to a pat on the back for the Crew

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by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 1, 2007 12:07 AM CST reply actions

let's sign him.

psyche!

"Cover your flesh." - Bill Haverchuck

by baumann on Dec 1, 2007 2:30 AM CST reply actions

Nationals catcher situation

Signed the following free agents to Minor League contracts with invitations to Spring Training: RHP Dennis Tankersley, C Humberto Cota, INF William Bergolla, INF Yurendell de Caster, INF Antonio Perez, LHP Mike Bacsik, RHP Bobby Brownlie, RHP Tristan Crawford, LHP Michael Hinckley, LHP Arnie Munoz, LHP Jason Stanford, RHP Jim Ed Warden, C Chad Moeller, 1B Luis Antonio Jimenez, SS Ed Rogers, OF Jason Dubois, OF Tommy Murphy and OF Jorge Padilla

He lives!

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by TheJay on Dec 1, 2007 7:21 PM CST reply actions

and

red fans embrace

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by Michael M on Dec 1, 2007 8:59 PM CST up reply actions

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