Let’s Play GM (Mets); Crazy Trade Scenario(s)

Well I think it’s time to shake up the Mets, no? I don’t think Ryan Church, Alex Cora, and even Jose Reyes coming back will throw the Mets into a winning mindset. So let’s play GM and see what we can do with the Mets farm system and available players (not named Wright, Santana, K-rod, Maine, or Pelfrey). I have two proposals to be performed in succession:

Mets Receive:	Indians Receive:
victor martinez/c	fernando martinez/of
mark derosa/if-of	jon niese/sp
cliff lee/sp	brad holt/sp
	joe kunz/rp
	jefry marte/3b
	francisco pena/c

Mets Receive:	Red Sox Receive:
clay buchholz/sp	jose reyes/ss or victor martinez/c
michael bowden/sp	oliver perez/sp & $
takashi saito/rp	jj putz/rp
nick green/ss
jed lowrie/ss
Yielding the following Lineup & Rotation:
Lineup	Rotation
Luis Castillo/2b	Johan Santana
Mark Derosa/ss	Cliff Lee
Victor Martinez/c	John Maine
Carlos Beltran/cf	Mike Pelfrey
David Wright/3b	Clay Buchholz
Carlos Delgado/1b	Michael Bowden
Gary Sheffield/rf	Livan Hernandez
Daniel Murphy/lf

The Indians need to realize there’s no way to compete this year and get what they can for Cliff Lee if they don’t plan on extending him. Mark Derosa isn’t worth keeping for them, and a healthy Victor Martinez can help them acquire a sundry of talent.

We all know how much the Red Sox want a stellar short stop and catcher. The Mets would now have Victor Martinez or Jose Reyes to provide them so long as they provide the Mets with both Clay Buchholz and Michael Bowden. We can still give them a SS prospect (Reese Havens/Wilmer Flores/Ruben Tejada) if they choose Victor Martinez over Jose Reyes and I think that would be a no brainer for them. I think Derosa at SS with Victor at C is a little better for the Mets than Reyes at SS and Omir Santos and or Brian Schneider at C, but if the Red Sox would rather Victor Martinez at C over Jose Reyes at SS then I guess it’s moot. I know I’m in fantasy GM land, but why not?

You're a MLB Pro..Thanks For Coming Back!