I usually don't do the rumor mill thing (Metsblog, Rubin's blog, they all cover the winter hotstove stuff so much more effectively) - but, the Mets are rumored to be involved in advanced talks to acquire JJ Putz from Seattle. Some combination of Aaron Heilman, Endy Chavez, MPH favorite Mike Carp (I'll shed a tear or two) OR Joe Smith are involved. There's also a third team, the Indians.
UPDATE - FINAL TRADE IS IN
Mets get: RP JJ Putz, RP Sean Green, OF Jeremy Reed
Indians get: IF Luis Valbuena (Mariners), RP Joe Smith
Martiners get: OF Franklin Gutierrez (Indians), RP Aaron Heilman, OF Endy Chavez, OF Ezequiel Carrera, 1B Mike Carp, RHP Maikel Cleto, LHP Jason Vargas
It's JJ Putz, so you absolutely had to do it, there probably isn't a more overqualified setup man in baseball. The only loss here (not counting Mike Carp) is Maikel Cleto, who was a raw raw arm, but a very powerful raw arm. Cleto hit upper 90s with regularity this season, and he once generated 17 groundball outs in a game. I'll have more analysis on this trade tomorrow, for now, I bid you all adieu.
Tej, signing off.
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great trade...didnt want cleto gone b/c he even though he was extremely raw he was extremely young. but for putz you would have to....kind of hoped they would have sent someone else like 2 of our junkballers in the higher levels haha but gm's aren't like our fans, they're going to go for all that potential
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