Veteran Outfielder Byrd Finds New Home With The Mets
The Mets have signed former PED user Marlon Byrd to a minor league deal.
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The Mets have signed former PED user Marlon Byrd to a minor league deal.
Marcum officially signed with the Mets on Wednesday and is healthy and ready to go. Mets special assistant J.P. Ricciardi drafted Marcum when he was Toronto's GM back in 2003, and Marcum saw the Mets as a good fit for himself some 10 years later.
The Mets hope 40-year-old LaTroy Hawkins can add some depth to their bullpen.
Despite the possible pressure of being seen as Dickey's replacement, Marcum felt comfortable coming to New York thanks to a couple of familiar faces.
The Amazin's have three players on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospect List, each ranking in the top 30. Most notably are catcher Travis d'Arnaud (ranked sixth) -- who was snatched up in the R.A. Dickey deal -- and Zack Wheeler (ranked eighth).
Second baseman Daniel Murphy and the Mets have agreed to a one-year contract worth $2,925,000, avoiding salary arbitration.
Mr. Jacob Carpenter is another student presently taking a course on sabermetrics. In this installment of By The Numbers, he doesn't mince words as he looks at some "controversial" numbers.
Carl Pavano's spleen was removed last week after the pitcher was injured when he fell in the snow. The 37-year-old right-hander was hurt in mid-January at his home in Vermont and has been in a Connecticut hospital for nearly two weeks.
"We continue to look, but I think, realistically at this point, there's not a lot left on the shelf," Alderson said Sunday.
According to a report, Sandy Alderson intends to go watch Wilson for a second time.
According to a report the New York Mets have shown interest in P Roy Oswalt.
Newly acquired catcher for the New York Mets, Landon Powell has lost one of his twin five-month old daughters.
Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire his number, and he left open the possibility of running for president of the Dominican Republic.
Former Boston manager Terry Francona gave Pedro Martinez a big hug along with some advice to help him in his new job as a special assistant to the Red Sox general manager.
Don't look now, the Mets are thought to be in play for a free-agent outfielder.
