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MORE ON STANTONJust updating our item from last Thursday on the Mets’ interest in Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton. Two pieces of news trickled out over the weekend that both confirmed the Mets’ end of the story and moved forward the Marlins’ end beyond what we wrote.
In the original column, I reported that Sandy Alderson and Marlins GM Larry Beinfest spoke at a minor league game in Jupiter, Fla. This was probably early March. One good Mets source told me that two discussed Stanton, and that “there was heat there.” He was not talking about the temperature in Florida, but his team’s strong interest in the young slugger.
But another Mets person, also reliable, said he wasn’t sure if Stanton came up in the conversation that day. Alderson did not return a phone call seeking clarification, so I wrote what I knew to be accurate: One source said they talked Stanton, one said they talked about something or other. Regardless, we know the Mets are eyeing Stanton in their search for a marquee outfielder.
This weekend in Minnesota, Matt Balasis of Mets Merized Online spoke to Alderson. The GM, in a backhanded way, acknowledged that the teams had talked during spring training (he also said there was nothing happening now. To be clear, I never reported, suggested or implied that the teams were talking now). Later in the weekend, Peter Gammons tweeted that the Mets were among the teams who asked, and were told that Miami said it wasn’t dealing Stanton.
Where does this leave the situation? Basically in the same place in was Thursday: The Mets really want Giancarlo Stanton on their team, and understand that it would take a huge haul of top prospects to get him. There is nothing imminent, because the Marlins aren’t moving him right now. But I’ll say it again, Mets fans: Keep your eye on this one.
MORE ON STANTONJust updating our item from last Thursday on the Mets’ interest in Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton. Two pieces of news trickled out over the weekend that both confirmed the Mets’ end of the story and moved forward the Marlins’ end beyond what we wrote.
In the original column, I reported that Sandy Alderson and Marlins GM Larry Beinfest spoke at a minor league game in Jupiter, Fla. This was probably early March. One good Mets source told me that two discussed Stanton, and that “there was heat there.” He was not talking about the temperature in Florida, but his team’s strong interest in the young slugger.
But another Mets person, also reliable, said he wasn’t sure if Stanton came up in the conversation that day. Alderson did not return a phone call seeking clarification, so I wrote what I knew to be accurate: One source said they talked Stanton, one said they talked about something or other. Regardless, we know the Mets are eyeing Stanton in their search for a marquee outfielder.
This weekend in Minnesota, Matt Balasis of Mets Merized Online spoke to Alderson. The GM, in a backhanded way, acknowledged that the teams had talked during spring training (he also said there was nothing happening now. To be clear, I never reported, suggested or implied that the teams were talking now). Later in the weekend, Peter Gammons tweeted that the Mets were among the teams who asked, and were told that Miami said it wasn’t dealing Stanton.
Where does this leave the situation? Basically in the same place in was Thursday: The Mets really want Giancarlo Stanton on their team, and understand that it would take a huge haul of top prospects to get him. There is nothing imminent, because the Marlins aren’t moving him right now. But I’ll say it again, Mets fans: Keep your eye on this one.
