What's the deal with Paul Byrd (SP-Cle)?

The Metropolitans trading for Cleveland's Paul Byrd is the fifth of Dayn Perry's "Five trades that must happen."

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5811572

Is there any chance of this happening? Is this a good idea for the Mets? Who would the Mets have to give up?

I have no idea.

Some stats and stuff below...

Byrd started out on the Mets in 1995.

This year: 1.35 WHIP, 4.8 K/9, 1.0 HR/9, 7 Wins, 6 Losses, 4.28 ERA.

GameLog

Gamescores: 39, 23, 65, 17, 52, 53, 43, 47, 61, 67, 42, 56, 64, 49, 76, 57, 17, 46, 41

He's gotten flogged a couple times.

The focus, then, should be doling out rest to taxed and injury-prone contributors such as Pedro Martinez, Paul Lo Duca, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes. That said, the back of the rotation could use some help, if, for no other reason, than to hedge against an injury to Martinez heading into the playoffs. Livan Hernandez's name is most often bandied about, but he's been woefully ineffective this season (5.80 ERA in 125.2 innings). A better option -- and perhaps one that would cost less in terms of young talent -- is Paul Byrd of the Indians. In 113.2 innings this year, Byrd has posted a 4.28 ERA (in a season in which the AL ERA is 4.55) and shown good control. Also, in his previous three seasons, Byrd has logged a sub-4.00 ERA.

He's of no value to Cleveland this year, and -- in the absence of marquee talents such as John Smoltz, Jason Schmidt and Barry Zito -- he's as good a starting pitcher as you'll find on the deadline market in 2006. As insurance policies go, Byrd is a great fit for the Mets.