Mets turn down offer for Halladay.

[inthebrain]

Which was probably the best non move Minaya has made in his tenure. Halladay is a Free Agent after the 2010 season and the price tag is too high. Niesse right now is one of the top pitching prospects in baseball right now. Given his last performance in his call up not worth shipping out for a 33 year old superstar pitcher soon to be Free Agent.


New York Mets Reject Possible Trade For Roy Halladay

Earlier this evening, a story broke out that Fred and Jeff Wilpon had made plans to retain general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel for the 2010 season.

However, after Monday night's late breaking news, maybe the Wilpon's should have some second thoughts.

Following the Mets 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals, SNY and WFAN baseball insider Jon Heyman, on live television, announced that the Mets had rejected a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays for the services of the best pitcher in baseball: Roy Halladay.

What did the Mets have to give up for Halladay? Jose Reyes? No.

Carlos Beltran? No. David Wright? No. A package of John Maine, Oliver Perez and Mike Pelfrey? No.

All the Blue Jays wanted was...(drum roll please)...Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Ruben Tejada, and Bobby Parnell. That's it!

Granted, you can't blame any general manager for not wanting to mortgage the future on a pitcher who will be 33-years-old next year. Not to mention he will be a free agent after the 2010 season. However, the Mets would have made out like John Dillinger robbing a bank if they only gave up these four prospects for the best pitcher in baseball.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221165-new-york-mets-reject-possible-trade-for-roy-halladay

[Forkboy]

1. Good. Means the Sox are still in.

:)

[MrSlayer]

2. It's strategy. They want to drive up the price the Phillies will have to pay.

A smart move really.

[inthebrain]

3. Fmart is a few years out but has superstar billing attatched to him

He was really bad at the plate in his callup. He hit .190 but showed flashes of brilliant D playing center when Beltran was out. He needs more time to develop as really looked overmatched in a lot of at bats.

Niese is just mowing guys down in AAA right now;

For anyone following how Jon Niese is pitching for Class AAA Buffalo, this may count as some disheartening news. In his last eight starts, Niese, a 22-year-old left-hander, is 5-1 with a 0.96 earned run average. That’s six earned runs in 56 1/3 innings. Over that span, he has struck out 46 and walked 13.

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/when-is-it-time-to-promote-jon-niese/