JJ Putz apparently headed to...

[metsguy234]

the New York Mets

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...2008&fext=.jsp

LAS VEGAS -- The Mets, Mariners and Indians appear to be on the verge of a three-team deal in which J.J. Putz would go to New York as the setup man to the newly acquired Francisco Rodriguez.

The particulars of the deal were still being worked out Wednesday night at the Bellagio, but MLB.com learned that if the deal goes through, the Mariners would receive Indians outfielder Franklin Gutierrez and the Indians would receive Mets right-handed reliever Joe Smith and Mariners infielder Luis Valbuena.

Mets right-hander Aaron Heilman and Mariners outfielder Jeremy Reed are also believed to be involved, though it was unclear who would be headed where.

[Moot]

Omg

[BrewCrewFan255]

It's offical now

10:17pm: MLB.com's Jim Street confirmed the deal. The Mariners give up Putz, Green, and Reed and get Heilman, Chavez, Carp, and Gutierrez. The Indians give up Gutierrez and get Valbuena and Smith. The Mets give up Heilman, Chavez, Carp, and Smith to get Putz, Green, and Reed.

[metsguy234]

DUDE! Endy's leaving!

[asianinvasion]

Boo. This sucks. I guess the outfield will be Chavez, Ichiro and Gutierrez. I'll bet Heilman will start and I'm not that familiar with Carp. All I know is that he is a 1B. Is he highly regarded? Not sure why they gave up Valbuena. I thought he was better than Lopez.

Is Beltre next?

[Moot]

wow....just....wow

[ragecage]

This might be bigger for the Mets than acquiring K-Rod. If Putz can be dominating like he was 2 years ago for Seattle, the 8th and 9th inning can be automatic.

[HoustonGM]

Yeah. This is HUGE for the Mets. The only thing of consequence that they lost was Carp, really. Excellent, excellent trade.

So:
Mets get J.J. Putz, Jeremy Reed, and Sean Green
Indians get Joe Smith and Luis Valbuena
Seatle gets Aaron Heilman, Mike Carp, Endy Chavez, Jason Vargas, Ezequiel Carrera, Maikel Cleto, and Franklin Gutierrez

Haven't heard anything about the two prospects the Mets gave up.

[asianinvasion]

How good is Carp?

[HoustonGM]

How good is Carp?

Pretty solid first base prospect. Not a star, but a good player.

[asianinvasion]

Is he Major League ready right now? Could he be the starter come opening day?

[HoustonGM]

Is he Major League ready right now? Could he be the starter come opening day?

Maybe. He likely needs some AAA seasoning. He hit .299/.403/.471 in AA last year as a 22 year old.

[200tang]

Not sure what to think about this trade being a Mariners fan. I did want them to get rid of Putz but I'm not sure about anyone they got.

The mariners OF looks a bit jammed at this point to me though. Wladimier Balentien, Ichiro, Endy Chavez, Franklin Gutierrez and possibly Ibanez? Although at this point I'm not 100% sure they're gonna get Ibanez and if they do I guess they're moving him to DH?

I would guess next year, whether or not Ibanez comes back, the OF will most likely be

LF: Balentien
CF: Ichiro
RF: Gutierrez

my guess anyways.


Looks like the defense got better and apparently Mike Carp was the Mets 5th best prospect (According to Keith Law at least). Not so sure about the others though.

[asianinvasion]

Balentien and Chavez can platoon at LF like how Balentien and Reed did. But I liked Green. Hmmm, now we have a logjam in the rotation.
Felix, Washburn, Batista, Silva, Morrow, Rowland-Smith, Heilman, Bedard. Washburn and Batista may be traded/cut before the season starts though

[200tang]

Hmmm, now we have a logjam in the rotation.
Felix, Washburn, Batista, Silva, Morrow, Rowland-Smith, Heilman, Bedard. Washburn and Batista may be traded/cut before the season starts though

I would expect them to obviously have Bedard, Felix and Washburn in their unless like you say they trade Washburn (Which they should). If it were me I would probably have

Felix
Bedard
Silva
Heilman
Morrow