So the San Francisco Giants swooped in late and blew everyone out the water to land Barry Zito (who will henceforth be referred to as “Zits,” instead of Zeets which would have been his nick if he came to NY like a good pitcher). Not a whole lot anyone can complain about here though, in [...] more... 
In thinking about the potential addition of 28-year-old Barry Zito, it occurred to me the Mets have a clubhouse with an extremely polarized age dichotomy. Particularly with the position players, aside from Beltran (29) and Chavez (28) every other player is either 34 and over, or 25 and under. Add up the lifetime of knowledge [...] more... 
I was a little surprised at the 2-year $5M (2 for 5, 2 for 5) deal Guillermo Mota got. Especially the way it went down where everything was a forgone conclusion. I suspect there’s something a little more personal than usual between Minaya and Mota. I’m a Mota fan, and definitely remember his lights out [...] more... 
Ken Rosenthal at foxsports reports that the Rangers may offer Zito 100+ million over 6 years. In light of St. Louis giving World Series ace, and Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter $65M over five years, and the similar numbers for Roy Oswalt’s extension, I don’t see where Boras can legitimately expect $17M. Carpenter and Oswalt [...] more... 
The Mets suffered their first significant loss as RP Chad Bradford signed with the L’s, I mean the O’s. This is like breaking up with a girl with whom you have excellent chemistry. Good conversations, good sex, but unfortunately you have some differing priorities. In the end you can’t make the major commitment to them, [...] more... 
Some rumors circulating about a potential deal for John Patterson. With Acta signing with the Nationals, it’s possible he might be a little eager to try and buy low on Lastings, but after hearing Milledge’s name associated only with big A-list names in terms of rade value there’s no way Minaya could settle for Patterson. [...] more... 
It seems like Minaya really just lives for the offseason. I’d like to see some sort of huge trade tracker that charts the activities of each GM, because Minaya has to be a league leader in several trade/transaction categories. On the day Alou officially became a Met, Minaya pulled off an interesting inter-divisional move, sending [...] more... 
So the first big changeover for the Mets has happened in left-field where all reports indicate Moises Alou will be manning the position in 2007. If the reports on the deal being a one year $8M with an option are true, then this is another less-sensational-but-still-genius move by Minaya. First off, contrary to what the [...] more... 
Mets fans still shudder at the mention of his name, Jim Duquette, the man who was in the big chair when the organization decided to trade diamonds for coal in the Kazmir for Zambrano deal. But I always pulled more hair out over the bone-headed dealing of Ty Wigginton, Matt Peterson and Justin Huber/Jose Bautista [...] more... 
Endy’s catch is up on youtube now: And if you were feeling ambivalent about those scrappy Redbirds, metsblog has some audio of them singing the now patented Jose Reyes chant. Yes, I’m suitably sour now. Kill them all. more...