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Rotblatt May 09 2006 11:37 AM

]One reason Kaz Matsui will keep playing is he's performing better. The other is he's being showcased for trade possibilities. If the Mets can trade Matsui (Devil Rays? Red Sox?), Anderson Hernandez will be back. This might just be speculation on [url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/printedition/ny-spflash074733129may07,0,806091.column?coll=ny-sports-print]Heyman's[/url] part or he might have a source--it's kind of hard to tell. Matsui's having another bad year at the plate, but Hernandez makes him look like Barry fucking Bonds. I just don't think we can carry Hernandez's bat all season--we need at least a replacement level 2B. If that ends up being someone other than Matsui, I'm fine with that, but Andy just doesn't fit the bill.

Yancy Street Gang May 09 2006 11:40 AM

Trading Matsui to make room for Hernandez wouldn't make sense. Well, it would from a financial standpoint but not from a baseball one. I would hope, if Matsui is dealt, that Keppinger would reenter the picture, or that another secondbaseman would come back in the deal. My guess would be that no trade of Matsui is likely this season. He'll finish his contract with the Mets and he'll look for a team in Japan for next year.

Elster88 May 09 2006 11:46 AM

I thought the rags tired of this in ST. A) No one wants Matsui, or will want him. B) The Mets don't have another second baseman. (Giving Keppinger an in-season tryout doesn't count, and probably wouldn't work, just like it didn't work for Andy or Cairo) Slow news day.

Edgy DC May 09 2006 11:57 AM

]Trading Matsui to make room for Hernandez wouldn't make sense. Depending on who we get back, of course. Maybe Zambrano's replacement.

abogdan May 09 2006 11:57 AM

9 out of every 10 Mets trade rumors involve either the Red Sox or Devil Rays.

Edgy DC May 09 2006 11:58 AM

Seeems like that. Add the Marlins in there also, I guess. I suspect it's because they play the Yankees a lot and broadcast on the east coast, so columnists know their rosters and their needs well, and have access to their management personnel when covering the Yankee games.

Bret Sabermetric May 09 2006 12:02 PM

I thought Johnny D. still wants him. Speaking of Kaz, I saw my younger daughter play a softball game yesterday. After the game, she was pissed at herself for making an error at 2B, virtually the same play that I called an error when Kaz made it the other day, and which the official scorer (and some Kaz fans here) called a hit; she ranged far to her right, nabbed a hard grounder wth 1Bman, runner, ump all in on the play, and bobbled it in the transfer, making the batter safe. She was very upset (her team is 2-9 so far) but even still she insisted that she'd committed an E-4. "No way was that a hit," she insisted. "If I would have made the throw, I'd have gotten the battter at first. I'm supposed to make that play." She's 15.

Centerfield May 09 2006 12:05 PM

The part that Bret is not mentioning is that she can hit better than both Kaz and Hernandez.

Elster88 May 09 2006 12:09 PM

Love the comparison between high school softball and MLB. Those are always valid.

Johnny Dickshot May 09 2006 12:27 PM

Kazoo is the best second baseman we have right now. That said if there's some situation (hard to imagine) where he could be part of a package for a better starter I could see it. My fear with him is that we'll get nice and satisfied with his contributions then he'll break his leg or something. Heyman appears to write about trades as if they're engineered to remove something from from the roster over and above bringing something to it.