Forgot which forum you were on for a second? It must be difficult to have to pretend you're not a Yankees fan on here and be a Yankees fan everywhere else.
Sounds like the Mets are trying to get high payroll teams involved to get other teams to cover more of Beltran's salary now that the Yankees are rumored to be out.
Chiang is up to .329/.386/.646 with 16 home runs, 32 doubles and 68 RBI in 76 games at AA. Still very raw defensively though and I'm not sure he'll ever improve.
Why is it necessary to get someone to platoon with Reddick and face lefties? Reddick's hit over .400 against lefties in his brief major league career and has shown an ability to hit both lefties and righties equally well over the last four years in the minors.
It's funny how many people there are criticizing Epstein for signing Jenks and Wheeler to their contracts and how few people there are praising him for getting Aceves, Albers and Morales for practically nothing.