Well the Marlins are at it again. WTF is wrong with these guys? Why doesnt the owner just sell the shit?
This just in....
The wheeling-and-dealing
New York Mets crossed another need off their 2006 wish list, acquiring All-Star catcher
Paul Lo Duca from the
Florida Marlins in exchange for two minor league pitchers, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site.
It would be the second deal between the Mets and Marlins this offseason -- although The Associated Press reported the Lo Duca deal was not finished -- with Florida sending slugging first baseman
Carlos Delgado to New York last month. The Mets also signed free-agent closer Billy Wagner, giving Mets general manager Omar Minaya a player at every postition he said was a priority.
Lo Duca, 33, was an All-Star in each of the past three seasons. He will be taking the place of Mike Piazza, a sure Hall of Fame player and, like Lo Duca, a former Dodger. Lo Duca hit .283 with six homers and 57 RBI for the Marlins in 2005.
The Mets will send 19-year-old right-hander Gabriel Hernandez and another minor league pitcher to be named, the Daily News reported.
Hernandez was 6-1 with a 2.43 ERA for Class-A Hagerstown of the South Atlantic League, then went 2-5 with a 5.74 ERA for Class-A St. Lucie of the Florida State League. He had a combined 131 strikeouts in 135 innings.