Burrell traded to Mets?

edit: lennon tweets that the Mets don't want Burrell at all, even for Castillo.

Phillyburbs.com ...so probably not. h/t Vazzano

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This wouldn't be a bad buy low trade if it's true

assuming we actually sent players that would make it a buy low deal.

by Gina on Dec 7, 2009 11:30 AM EST reply actions

Castillo?

by Sam Page on Dec 7, 2009 11:32 AM EST up reply actions

It would be pretty surprising if it wasn’t. And its fine if its the same thing as Willingham would have been and Swisher was to the Yankees, an early market gamble on a guy who’s perceived value was at an all time low. If he can be moved to 1B, who knows, but his projection is about as good as any 1B the Mets could get, and much better than anyone they have. Better than any LF they have, too, but not better than a lot of the LF on the market. It if means Hudson and Molina, yuck. If it means Hudson and Holliday is at least still possible, that would be excellent.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Dec 7, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

Agree

Burrell wouldn’t be a bad pick up if he’s given a shot at first or, failing success at that position, is used as a fourth outfielder. Unless Burrell can regain his power, I’d rather see Pagan or future acquisition starting in LF.

by englishgrey on Dec 7, 2009 11:48 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah that would be my concern

That rather than seeing Burrel as a 4th outfielder/possibly solution for 1b, they’d stick him in lf and we’d see 150+ games with Frenchy and Burrel manning the corners.

by Gina on Dec 7, 2009 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

Please be false.

by The 'Ropolitans on Dec 7, 2009 11:32 AM EST reply actions

If its Castillo for Burrell

I really don’t mind the trade too much. It would be an interesting sell high, buy low move. Having said that if they are getting burrell for LF as to save money to sign Lackey to a huge contract I hate the move.

by Balagast on Dec 7, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions

I smell bullshit!

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Dec 7, 2009 11:39 AM EST reply actions

It's popping up everywhere, but it's all the same report.

by The 'Ropolitans on Dec 7, 2009 11:41 AM EST reply actions

i heard another rumor about this being a possibilty a few days ago

i don’t necessarily mind it as long as they dont consider this LF problem solved. If we do dump castillo though, i don’t want to see a long term contract to Hudson. It wouldnt really surprise me if this trade were true though since its been discussed before.

by KeithsMoustache on Dec 7, 2009 11:46 AM EST reply actions

i can't tell these two guys apart sometimes

(guy on left)

is it me?

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Dec 7, 2009 11:47 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

That's Patrick Warburton

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911320/

by JayWise on Dec 7, 2009 12:44 PM EST up reply actions

so that's NOT cole hamels in the white suit?

please confirm.

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Dec 7, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

You stole my Jesus fish, didn't you!?

by deadspy3 on Dec 7, 2009 1:33 PM EST up reply actions

i see Omar's thinking on this one...

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Dec 7, 2009 11:58 AM EST reply actions

This

will basically be the look on my face if we’re starting Pat Burrell and Jeff Francoeur in the corners on Opening Day 2010.

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 7, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

Castillo for Pat and then a long-term deal to O Dog puts them in a worse position than they’re already in. Wastes money on average players. I doubt they’d bring Burrell in to play 1B, and him in left would be a disaster. The only spot to make an offensive addition would then be first base (if it was Burrell in left, O Dog at second), and they’ve shown a complete unwillingness to do anything with first.

by True Blue4 on Dec 7, 2009 12:01 PM EST reply actions

PhillyBurbs.com (the original source of this)...

is now reporting the info came from WIP (610 AM) in Philly.

I’m listening and…nothing yet.

by The 'Ropolitans on Dec 7, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions

It seems unlikely

Lots of other people are still writing about Bradley and Burrell as if they’re still being shopped.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Dec 7, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions

And this is god awful radio.

by The 'Ropolitans on Dec 7, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions

WIP is the worst

it’s a bad rip-off of WFAN. And WFAN isn’t exactly good

"[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 Dec 7, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

They're pushing AI like he's crack.

by The 'Ropolitans on Dec 7, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

For the love of god, NO

I handled Francoeur being on the Mets. Heck, I could handle Molina on the Mets.

But it will be a cold day in hell before I ever accept that filthy rat on this team.

NO, NO, and NO to Burrell.

by Syler on Dec 7, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions

I wonder what the all-mets fans hate team looks like

add yadier and we’ve got something going.

by JayWise on Dec 7, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions

Chipper at 3rd

John Rocker closing out games

by cjmulrain on Dec 7, 2009 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

Jeter playing SS

DO WHAT JOSE REYES DO!!!

by Jadden Hopkins on Dec 7, 2009 1:33 PM EST up reply actions

no way

Rollins has to take it over Jeter.

by JayWise on Dec 7, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions

Jeter to second?

Since it’s not like he should be playing ss anyway, though I do have quite a bit of pent of hate for Kelly Johnson relative to the number of times we’ve actually seen him.

by Gina on Dec 7, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

We know Jeter won't switch positions

despite being the best leader of all time. See Rodriguez, Alex.

by Mount17 on Dec 7, 2009 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Oliver Perez is starting that game

my team would look like something like this:

Perez
Glavine
Smoltz
Clemens
Wainwright

Brian Bruney?
Rocker

Molina
Jeter
Larry
Cody Ross
Burrell
Dictorino…

Rollins on the bench…
GM Omar Minaya

help me out here

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Dec 7, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

I hate Jeter much more than Rollins

"I see the job in bigger terms. Paperwork, that’s false hustle... Know what I’m sayin’?"

by Evan_S on Dec 7, 2009 8:41 PM EST up reply actions

Why?

At least Rollins has earned it. How is that Phillies in 5 prediction looking?

by JayWise on Dec 7, 2009 8:58 PM EST up reply actions

Hey, maybe this deal makes sense.

I mean, Burrell seems like he’s really comfortable hitting at Shea. . .

Wait, uh, nevermind.

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

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Dec 7, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions

Probably not happening, ever

This from David Lennon’s Twitter feed:

Oh, and forget Burrell to #Mets – period. Source just said team not interested in him. Not in 3-way, not in any way.

Fine by me.

by englishgrey on Dec 7, 2009 12:49 PM EST reply actions

BTW

The new Mets-centric Twitter tab on the Metsblog homepage is actually useful. Kudos to Cerrone on creating something somewhat innovative. The homepage still looks a bit awkward to me, but it’s definitely a cleaner, crisper design.

by englishgrey on Dec 7, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions

It looks oddly similar to the SBNation re-design

by James Kannengieser on Dec 7, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions

hehe

Not in 3-way, not in any way

That’s what she said.

If there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Dec 7, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

I didn't get that until I read your post

I usually exclusively see the dirty meaning of writing.

by Delgado on Dec 7, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Made me chuckle when I saw that.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 7, 2009 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

Good!

A Carter/Tatis and even a Murphy/Evans platoon projects (acc to BJames) as better than Burrell in 2010.

It occurred to me too late in my AAOP but Polanco was the perfect pickup for the Mets, even if they had to go to 3/19. Castillo is the backup, Adam Kennedy is the cheap glove for depth, Polanco is a GG or nearly so at three or the four shakiest positions on the team: 3b, ss, 2b. And there would have been no reason to resign Alex Cora!

by SeanSchirmer on Dec 7, 2009 8:43 PM EST reply actions