Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Duaner Sanchez not guaranteed a spot

Joel Sherman over at the NY Post says that Duaner Sanchez must prove himself in spring training or he might be released or traded.

Sherman toys with a couple of trade ideas. I could see the Mets using Sanchez to make a salary flip-flop type deal for someone such as Texas' Marlon Byrd ($3.06 million) or Detroit's Marcus Thames ($2.275 million).

If the Mets release him by April 1st they will owe him ¼ of his salary. The Mets have to hold on to Brian Stokes since he is out of options. The Mets have a couple of reliever spots open and that could shrink if the Mets ink a lefty. Also it depends on how many pitchers they carry into the season.

Duaner was not the pitcher in 08 that he was before the accident. If he could not contain the bleeding last year he would just fall apart. No confidence in his pitches.

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