Who knew Omar Minaya was a fan of Gossip Girl ? Reports say (and get ready to hear all kinds of bullshit moves bandied about from the MSM as they justify why they are sitting in a hotel airport in Chicago for the next few days ) that the Mets will move Luis Castillo to the Cubs, for Milton “Yahtzee” Bradley who the Mets would flip to Toronto for 1B Lyle Overbay.

 

Sure looks good here as Overbay has some pop and he can play 1B until the next great Mets Prospect, Ike Davis is ready to take over 1^st base for the next 15 yrs but the problem is it’s such a good trade for the Mets it won’t happen.  Yahtzee is owed $21 mil over the next two seasons while Castillo is owed $12 mil the only bargain here is Overbay at the one year price of $7mil, so either the Mets or Cubbies will have to stuff a lot of Dead President into one or both player’s pockets to make the deal. So is it worth it to have Overbay play over Daniel Murphy at 1B at the cost (with Overbay’s salary and at least half of Castillo contract) $13 mil? I think you know my answer.

 

But the Mets are on the right track here as they look like they’d love to move Castillo but instead of the O-Dog I’d set my sites on signing Placido Polanaco myself.