NY Post: METS ON BRINK OF BAEZ TRADE By JOEL SHERMAN December 30, 2005 -- In a move that could give the Mets perhaps the finest 1-2 closing punch in the National League, GM Omar Minaya is working to finalize a trade that would bring Danys Baez from Tampa Bay to serve as the primary set-up man for Billy Wagner, The Post has learned. The Mets have spoken regularly to the Devil Rays for weeks about both Baez and shortstop Julio Lugo, who the Mets would play at second base. But over the last few days, the Mets have narrowed their focus to Baez, who had more saves for Tampa last season (41) than Wagner did for Philadelphia (38). The Devil Rays would receive a package in return that would be headed by either Jae Seo or Aaron Heilman. The Mets prioritized fixing their late-inning bullpen this offseason. That process began by securing Wagner, the best reliever on the free-agent market. If the Mets had not obtained Wagner, Baez was near the top of their list to acquire to become their closer. So the Mets would consider it a coup to have Baez pitching in the eighth inning. If they did not include Heilman in the trade ?and they have been very resistant all offseason to move the young righty ?the Mets would have a late-game trio of Heilman, Baez and Wagner that combined for a 2.17 ERA in 2005, allowing just 161 hits in 216 innings. Baez, 28, has 96 saves over the past three seasons, the sixth most in the majors. Though he throws hard (in the 93-95 mph) and has a strong split, Baez is not an overpowering strikeout pitcher and he does fight wildness at times. On the other hand, the Yankees will attest to Baez's quality. Baez was 7-for-7 in save chances against the Yanks last year and in 11 games covering 12 innings he did not permit an earned run. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mets可能要用徐在应或Heilman来交易Baez,自从有了Billy後,关门的就放心了,现在找 Baez来做set up看起来也是个不错的选择,但无论是要丢徐在应或Heilman都很让人舍不得 这两个今年杰出的表现实在是很难让人愿意交易他们,不过如果舍到其中一人可以换来 Baez......那就换吧!XDDD 如果真的要换,拿徐在应换是较好的选择,徐在应是个不错的投手,但他比Heilman年纪大 重点是Heilman可当牛棚又可当先发...如果ROTATION有人挂点,他还可以补上去 徐在应交易出去後,ROTATION应为: Pedro Glavine Benson Trachsel Zambrano(or Heilman) BTW 先看看这个交易是否真的能成真,有的话利大於弊 就算没换成,Mets其实也没损失什麽 -- My MVP pitching rotation RHP Pedro Martinez LHP Andy Pettitte RHP Jake Peavy LHP Johan Santana RHP Zack Greinke --

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