The story of Jorge Julio has been one that I have been following before the Mets, because before he was on the Mets, he was on the Orioles. When he was with the Orioles, he was bad…really bad.
So we know the story. The trade was Jorge Julio for Kris Benson. The Mets wanted a little more, so John Maine was the throw-away mid prospect in the trade.
And then the story evolved. Jorge Julio blew the second game of the season for the Mets. The rotation went south. They brought up Maine, and he ended up pitching in the postseason.
However, well before teh trade deadline, the Mets decided they needed more pitching for the rotation, so Jorge Julio went to Arizona for El Duque.
Well there are a few teams that are looking at Julio now. The Cardinals, the Giants, and the Marlins. The cardinals are actually having talks with the Dbacks about them.
Now what about the second met. Well once upon a time there was a highly held pitching prospect Y. Petit. In fact he was on the cover of the first issue of Gotham Baseball as the future of the Mets rotation.
I remeber being excited about this guy.
The Mets then sent him and Mike Jacobs to the Marlins for a hitter called Carlos Delgado. So, Petit has been on the Marlins now since that trade.
Why these two stories? Because there is a traderumor from mlbtraderumors.com that the Marlins are offering Petit for Julio. For the cards, no player named yet for Julio.
and yes I am back, i have an extra 100 MB of memory for the month, but im going to have to upgrade soon.
and please participate in the community projection in my previous post
thanks to all
