Type B Applesauce - Met free agents given B status, Putz option declined, Hermida to Boston

by Joe Budd on Nov 6, 2009 8:11 AM EST in Applesauce

Have a good weekend everyone. I'm taking a little off-season weekend break. Enjoy the links.

Meet the Mets

Metsblog reports that Carlos Delgado, Brian Schneider, and Gary Sheffield will be Type B free agents during this offseason.

That JJ Putz trade didn't work out so well long-term or short. He could still remain valuable to the Mets as a jersey designer though.

Metsradamus is already worried that Omar is slow out of the off-season gate.

Around the NL East

The Good Phight has an awesome take on who else is not Philly enough on the Phillies.

Florida has traded Jeremy Hermida to Boston.

Tim Hudson and the Braves are close to agreeing to a contract extension.

Around MLB

Lupica does it again. This time the championship is awesome because of the wait.

Joe Girardi had a pretty amazing Wednesday night.

Tim Lincecum was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphenalia.

The Angels have finally agreed to a contract with Bobby Abreu, this one for significantly more than his last.

And, finally, the Dodgers have cut ties with Jon Garland.

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Wait a minute. Just wait one one minute

I’m shocked…SHOCKED! Tim Lincecum smokes weed. You know I was alway under the impression that being high makes you a terrible athlete. If Tim Lincecum can put up Cy Young numbers while toking, then he deserves something more than the Cy Young.

by aparkermarshall on Nov 6, 2009 8:29 AM EST reply actions

Michael Phelps is certainly proof

that your life will go nowhere if you smoke weed.

by gogomets on Nov 6, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions

You are joking right??

by Balagast on Nov 6, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

sarcasm?

ain't had enough...

by BlackOps on Nov 6, 2009 6:25 PM EST up reply actions

Mike Lupica the next Jayson Stark?

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 6, 2009 9:16 AM EST reply actions

As much as Starl annoys me . . .

He’s got nothing on the suck that is Mike Lupica.

So, I’m beginning to wonder – has Lupica gotten that much worse, or was my opinion of his writing during the 80s skewed by the fact that I was like 10 years old? Some combination of the 2 perhaps? I was going to ask the same of McCarver, except that recent rebroadcasts of games from the late 80s and early 90s shows that McCarver has indeed gotten worse.

by dcmetsfan on Nov 6, 2009 9:25 AM EST up reply actions

OId age has to be the factor.

There’s no other way to explain it. It happens to the best of them.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 6, 2009 12:37 PM EST up reply actions

I can already see Jon Garland in a Mets uniform now that his option has been bought out by LA

its just the kind of thing the Mets would overpay for because he’s so “durable” after all our injury issues.

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 6, 2009 9:36 AM EST reply actions

He is serviceable, too

his shoulder and elbow have predrilled holes so Mets doctors have easier access when it’s time to change the oil, etc.

by fxcarden on Nov 6, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions

Are you trying to say the Mets are reactionary?

Like ridiculously overpaying for K-Rod and Putz to overcompensate for the bullpen failures of ‘09. Arg. Well, management hasn’t screwed up yet, so I’m opitimistic they can blunder into some good moves this offseason.

by DoghouseBlues on Nov 6, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

No.

I think he is saying the Mets are gangsta.

You know what I’m sayin’ ?

by fxcarden on Nov 6, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions

no reactionary would suggest they need a stimulus to do something stupid

by KeithsMoustache on Nov 6, 2009 11:40 AM EST up reply actions

ugh

the fucking Yankme parade is going to go right past my office in half an hour or so, and obviously it’s already a mob scene outside. congratulations, you won a rigged game, you must be soooo fucking proud.

I am wearing my Voltron t-shirt in silent protest.

by JoshNY on Nov 6, 2009 10:36 AM EST reply actions

I pulled out my Mets hat today for the first time since August

it feels good. Plus I don’t really wanna wear my Giants hat right now…

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Nov 6, 2009 12:31 PM EST up reply actions

I wore my Mets cap to the bar to watch

Game Six on Tuesday. Felt I should represent.

by deadspy3 on Nov 6, 2009 12:35 PM EST up reply actions

this past month has sucked.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Nov 6, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

It's all over now.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 6, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions

Mine, too.

That’s why I stayed home today. I knew if I went in, my Mets hat was getting stolen by some drunken cancer on society, and I’m not letting that happen. Also, during the Giants parade we were essentially trapped inside the building until after 3 pm. Couldn’t even go out for lunch. And this one’s going to be even bigger.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Nov 6, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

Did anyone else notice Chuck Knoblauch in the picture leading the Lupica article?

he looks like a flasher or a child molester. Creepy dude.

by cjmulrain on Nov 6, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions

So he looks like Chase Utley?

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Nov 6, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

he looks normal

until the helmet comes off and you see the epic hair slick.

by Pack Bringley on Nov 6, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

actually, a little bit

if Utley wore a full length trench-coat and had a strange grin on his face

by cjmulrain on Nov 6, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

From Cerrone

Delgado & Schneider have declared.

Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the street: wheredotheygo?!?!?

by CharlieH on Nov 6, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions

Stuff

Delgado…Since he’s a Type B FA now, maybe I’d be willing to take a gamble with him, with a one-year incentive contract. I mean, can taking a gamble with Delgado again really be worse than Danny Murphy as our starting firstbaseman, or a platoon of Murphy and Tatis (and Evans, if Jerry was every introduced to him).

JJ didn’t work out…What a putz. Here’s hoping the putz jokes last well into next season, and beyond.

Jimmy Rollins isn’t Philadelphia enough? He’s basically, in my mind, the personification of the team. He’s their metaphorical captain, regardless of his poor performance on the field, and his lack of ability in predicting the future. Shane Victorino not Philadelphia enough? Oh, wait…Okay, it’s a joke. I get it now.

Tim Hudson would have been a nice FA pitcher to grab, to put in the middle of the rotation, but oh well…

Tim Lincecum is a stoner. No, really? Look at the guy.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 6, 2009 3:27 PM EST reply actions