The deal was as good as done, news outlets everywhere were reporting that the Mets had signed free agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba. And then suddenly, everything fell apart.

The two sides already had agreed on a three-year contract worth $14.4-million and it appeared that the only remaining holdup to an official announcement was a physical.

Mets spokesperson Jay Horowitz spoke about the situation, stating that the Mets had not reached a deal with Torrealba, and there are no current negotiations.

I don't get it, this deal was as good as done, I have a feeling that in the coming days we will know more about why the deal fell through; but at the moment, both the Mets and Torrealba's agent are mum on the issue.

Paging Omar... Now might be a good time to bring LoDuca back, which everyone knows was the right move from the beginning.
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After a few weeks of a layoff, I'm back with some Thursday Thoughts. There's been a few interesting tidbits to come out of Major League baseball over the last few days. Those topics include Arod, Torrealba, and our good friend Mr. Barry Bonds.

Torrealba:

First, the Mets have come to an agreement with Yorvit Torrealba, formerly of the Colorado Rockies, on a 3 year 15 million dollar deal. Being a Paul Lo Duca supporter, it hurts me to see the Mets not re-sign him. He was a vocal leader on this Mets club. It’s a shame the Mets didn’t want to bring him back but they had to do what they felt was necessary.

Torrealba is about equal in the amount of production that Paul Lo Duca would have brought to the table. Last year he hit .250 with 8 homeruns and 47 rbis. What does scare me though, is that he played in a career best 113 games last year, when normal catchers usually play 130-140 games. However, Ramon Castro has just signed a contract so that he and Torrealba will work as a platoon at the catcher position. I think the platoon will work out great, but I will still miss Lo Duca.

Arod:

Why the hell did he opt out? Jeez. I really thought he was going to leave the Yankees, but apparently they are going to work out a monster contract. Here is to more drama from him and hearing how he and Jeter don’t have sleepovers and whining about how he can’t hit in October.

Mr Barry Bonds

Finally indicted. Its about time. That guy has to be challenged on all his homeruns over the past 10 years. I really hope he goes into the hall of fame with that asterisk. It’s a shame what he’s done to baseball. I am not going to comment more, because I think we are all sick of talking about him.

Til next time..

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The Mets and Ramon Castro have agreed to a 2 year deal worth just over $4 million. Castro is expected to backup/spit time with soon to be acquired Yorvit Torrealba.

I've always been a big fan of Castro, especially this past season, when he quietly hit .285 with 11 Home Runs, 31 RBIs and 24 runs scored in only 144 at bats.

To get a feel for how good that actually is, I ran some statistics through excel, and found that, among players with 100 or more at bats, Castro had the 10th best AB/HR ratio in baseball at 1 home run every 13.091 at bats, and the 15th best AB/RBI ratio in baseball at 1 RBI every 4.645 at bats.

Of course it's unfair to assume that he would maintain such a ridiculous pace, especially considering Castro has never been a starting catcher for an entire season, and is injury prone. Read More...