It's been a rough stretch for Omar. First, the Carlos Beltran Debacle. Then, Bengie Molina opts to go back to the Giants after being "in serious talks" with the Mets for about 6 weeks. After dodging that bullet, I was really convinced the Mets were going to focus on starters, which it appears they were doing... but now it's being reported that Joel Pineiro is going to sign with the Angels.
Earlier this week, Matthew Cerrone over at Metsblog reported that the Mets were looking to sign some combination of the following: John Smoltz, Joel Pineiro, and Ben Sheets. Sheets threw for some teams on Tuesday and, based on the limited video I saw, looked very good. However, he is such a high risk/high reward pitcher that I really can't see him being the only attempt to upgrade the starting rotation. And as much as I still hate facing John Smoltz, he's not a starter anymore. With Pineiro out of the mix, that group seems much less attractive
Maybe there is some truth to the rumors that the Mets have been in discussions with the Reds regarding Bronson Arroyo and Brandon Phillips - but that scenario seems WAY too good to be true. With a little less than a month left until pitchers and catchers, I'm curious to see how this off season ends.
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