Met Needs

At MLB Trade Rumors they write about the Mets and their needs going into the off season:

A starting pitcher is a must, as no one in the '08 rotation pitched 200 innings. Glavine is OK, but he already declined a $13MM option to stay. He's probably not worth much more than $10MM. I think the goal is a big, grand starting pitcher acquisition like Johan Santana. I imagine Milledge, Maine, or Gomez would have to be part of such a deal, and the Mets would require a window for an extension.

A solid alternative would be to sign Curt Schilling, though that is a fairly brittle rotation. I'm recommending Schilling for a lot of teams, because he's still effective and comes on a one-year deal. Not too many guys fit that description (Clemens might be the other, but I don't like him for the Mets). Otherwise, it's the usual suspects from the free agent market. And we've discussed the trade candidates many times before: Garland, Blanton, Lowry, Willis, Burnett, Igawa, Robertson. Can't see the Astros making Oswalt available.

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