Any Other Boras Clients of Interest

Scott Boras met with the Mets upper management today, including Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya to have lunch and tour Citi Field. Hopefully, there were several baseball players on the menu that were of interest to the Mets. Of course the conversation had to be centered around Derek Lowe and to a lesser extent, Oliver Perez. I tend to agree with Joel Sherman that some horse trading is going on and a deal in the $39-42 mil with a 4th year option is on the horizon. Boras squeezes every dollar he can but he is also a realist who will suddenly make a deal. If we make a huge leap and assume that Lowe or Perez is going to finally agree on a deal with the Mets, who else would be on the menu.

A list of Boras clients reveals some of the usual supsects but also some intriguing names as well. Manny is at the top of many Mets fans wish list, so his name had to be discussed. There is a small chance that if the Mets wait long enough, he might fall to them at a price that the Wilpons will accept. Alex Cora seems to be on the Mets wish list as a utility player and he could surface as an addition to the bench. How about Garret Anderson? He bats lefty, but puts up good numbers and might make a nice caretaker in left to help complete the outfield equation. Then we have the catchers most prominently thrown around in Mets rumors, Jason Varitek and Pudge Rodriguez. I find it hard to believe that the Mets would sign Varitek as a Type A free agent. How about an NBA style sign and trade with the Red Sox? They sign him and send him to the Mets for Schneider. Pudge is a type B, but of course that would also mean shipping Schneinder out to parts unknown. Brad Wilkerson is one of those old Minaya hands with the Expos that he loves to claim off the scrap heap and revitalize.

Finally, look who is a Boras client, Xavier Nady. He is back in the news as a potential trade target and the Mets are always linked with him. Boras is an accomplished trade facilitator. He just attended a news conference at Yankee Stadium where his bank breaking client made the X man available. Why not try to bridge that difficult trade distance from Citi to Yankee Stadium with Nady? He only has one year left, can play either corner outfield plus 1B, hits with pop, and is a huge fan favorite. A Mets - Yankees trade would have to be intriguing for Mr. Boras to try to pull off. I would be very satisfied if this lunch today served Lowe as the entry and Nady as the dessert.