Love your work but you are on crack. The Mets will not trade 30 hrs and 110 rbi away with an unproven RF, a 42 yr old LF, a prospect, a bench player and NO ONE ELSE. That have as much depth in the outfield at as a kiddie pool…after its been drained!!!

Dont let the pink elephants get to you. They go away eventually!!! Oh, and let’s be real..the only way we get Santana is if he makes it to free agency and even then its a roll of the dice.

Hope rehab helps!

If mets get Santana, I think it will be Carlos Gomez, Fernando Martinez, Aaron Heilman and Phil Humber.

I was reading that the Tigers will decline the option on Pudge(mlbtraderumors.com has the source), if that is indeed the case, Omar loves Pudge, strong chance he could be the Mets C.

If Beltran is to get traded for young pitching, in my the 3 possible destinations are the Angels, Giants or O’s. I don’t think Beltran would waive his no trade for the O’s, or at least it’s a long shot, Eric Bedard and something else would be the thought there, but they don’t have something else O’s would deal. Giants, well Cain is a long shot, Lincecum-no shot, but is Beltran for Zito so far fetched? My best best the Angels, because they have the depth in there rotation to trade a pitcher, I think the guy they could trade is Ervin Santana. I find it hard for Angels to be willing to trade Lackey, Weaver and Escobar(coming off this year). Don’t forget, we could get some combo of Ervin Santana, Chone Figgins(Castillo no lock to come back with the knee, figs could play 2b)RP Scott Shields, CF Gary Matthews Jr.

Also, in the gossip column of the NY Post(strange to find this but true) Cindy Adams says that Barry Bonds has already talked to a NY team about playing with them for next year, I find it hard to believe that it would be the Yankees he was talking to. It’s got to be the Mets. If it is, the only way that remote possibility could take place is of a Santana trade is made, with Gomez and Martinez going in the deal. In a Bonds secernaro Bonds would play LF, Alou in right. Don’t think it is that far fetched, he made 16 mil last year, people say he is going to take 50% cut, I think will be more then that, question is how much further would the price come down for people to be willing to take a shot? If Glavine does go back to ATL or retires and either beltran is not traded or Santana thing does not work out, could see the Mets talking to FA Curt Schilling as well as far as 1 year deal goes.

(1) Jaret Wright released by Baltimore today. So it looks like Ynaks got Britton for nothing.

(2) Randy Johnson may have a comeback, just like the subprime mortgage market is going to recover tomorrow. Gonzalez and Ohlendorf make good trade bait, and Ohlendorf may be of use in this year’s playoffs. Too bad they couldn’t have grabbed Micah Owings from the Baby Backs.

(3) Sheffield is presently warming his golf clubs. Meanwhile, Humberto Sanchez at 24 continues to recover in preparation for next season.

Great job, Cashman. Great job. I’m curious to see how the postseason shakes out, hopefully after November 1 for the Yankees.

With Posada, I don’t disagree we’d be overpaying, I just don’t think we have a choice. His value to this team and lack of an equal replacement (or even close to it) will make him as close to worth that money as we’re gonna get. I also think if we can sign Molina and give Jorge more days off than usual, that can help stretch out his effectiveness as a catcher over the 2 or 3 years of that new contract.