Heyman says the Mets are looking at relievers; figured I'd start a catch-all thread for the other major hole on the team (after the outfield).

# mets are scouring relief market. plenty of good options left, including ones who can close. (i.e. valverde, krod, capps)

this projects to be an awfully thin bullpen right now. Especially the lack of lefty relievers. Time for alderson to call his buddy billy beane they have a full and overloaded bullpen

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righties:
balfour
cook
neshek
scribner
resop

lefties:
doolittle
blevins
norberto

AAA reinforcements:

figueroa
leon
simmons

I'd guess four spots are set:
Francisco
Parnell
Edgin
and either Hefner or Laffey as the long reliever

That leaves 3 spots open, probably two righties and a lefty.
One of the righties figures to make the minimum, i.e one of Burke, Familia or E. Ramirez.
I expect on righty veteran Free Agent like Rauch to be signed - maybe Jason Frasor, formerly with TOR.
And a veteran lefty to take some of Edgin's workload like JP Howell or even Pedro Feliciano again.

With the plethora of young arms rising through the minors, I don't see the bullpen remaining a structural problem longterm...

I'd like to have Frasor. He and FF would be pretty volatile it I prefer guys who miss bats coming out of the pen versus RP who pitch to contact.

I haven't heard much about Brian Wilson. If healthy he would be an upgrade over FF.

DrGuru wrote: I haven't heard much about Brian Wilson. If healthy he would be an upgrade over FF.

Too many teams seem "in" on Wilson, so I doubt he comes here or fits under what they want to pay a "bridge" closer in a non-contending year...

DrDooby wrote:

DrGuru wrote: I haven't heard much about Brian Wilson. If healthy he would be an upgrade over FF.

Too many teams seem "in" on Wilson, so I doubt he comes here or fits under what they want to pay a "bridge" closer in a non-contending year...

This is too bad.....I think he would make a lot of sense.  

Sadly......the Mets will prob have to live with Francisco as a closer since any player with a pulse sees how horrible this squad will be in 2013.   The only guys the Mets will be able to drag over here are guys looking to redeem themselves.....or a guy that wants to keep his role but isn't good enough to do it for an 'A' team   (AKA.....Matt Capps).   

Still......there are a lot of pretty decent arms they can stock up the bullpen with for not too much $$$.    I continue to say that at a minimum, they should try and fortify this part of the team so at least you can hope to keep those 3-1 leads in the 8th (since this lineup will only score more than 4 runs once every 30 games or so).

"The only guys the Mets will be able to drag over here are guys looking to redeem themselves" Shouldn't that apply to Wilson?

2007-2010 146 ERA+ 3.4 BB9 10.1 SO9
2011..... 113 ERA+ 5.1 BB9 8.8 SO9
2012..... Missed the whole season

JeffHostetlerFan wrote:

DrDooby wrote:

DrGuru wrote: I haven't heard much about Brian Wilson. If healthy he would be an upgrade over FF.

Too many teams seem "in" on Wilson, so I doubt he comes here or fits under what they want to pay a "bridge" closer in a non-contending year...

This is too bad.....I think he would make a lot of sense.  

If he bounced back, that would be a nice asset to have on the trading block.  Almost every contending team finds itself needing relief help by the deadline.

acesfull86 wrote:
If he bounced back, that would be a nice asset to have... .  Almost every contending team finds itself needing relief help by the deadline.

I agree, signing him now means the Mets won't have to go out looking for a reliever during the 2013 pennant race. They'll be able to concentrate on filling other needs for the stretch run.

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