The Mets Report

I respect Rosenthal's inside stuff more than Olney's any day of the week. I still am not at all excited about Derek Lowe becoming a Met. I will say this though..I think Manny is nutty and selfish, but he would put the Mets in the playoffs. Maybe Fred should open his wallet , after all if he can deal with Bernard Madoff, than Manny is a saint next to him :P

I think the Jones trade is just a rumor. Unfortunately the Mets are stuck with Castillo. Time to treat him like the Knicks treated Malbury..."Pay not to Play".

It sounds like the talk was about the Mets trying to dump Castillo on the Dodgers and the reverse for Andruw Jones. The money owed is about even, but Jones is getting all of his money next season. Castillo's money is spread over three years. Manny may very well end up here. The problem is that if he doesn't like it, he'll make a complete ass of himself like he did in Boston. He won't be motivated by the contract year like he was for LA. LA had already promised that they wouldn't exercise his option.