The Mets plan to non-tender Mike Pelfrey, Manny Acosta, and Andres Torres sometime this week. Unless they are traded from now until the point that they are officially non-tendered, they will become free agents. New York will think about the idea of bringing back Pelfrey for less than the $5.875 he earned in 2012, and Mike has reportedly said that he will be ready for Opening Day.
I would definitely consider bringing back Mike Pelfrey because pitching depth never hurts, and we know that he is capable of doing well. However, we also know about him being a head-base -- not being able to handle the New York media. A minor league deal would be an ideal situation for him, but since his agent is Scott Boras, he would be looking more along the lines of a one-year, incentive based deal.
The whole Torres experiment was a mess, and the Mets should not bring him back for the 2013 season, even if he made the roster as a fourth outfielder. His weak bat, bonehead plays in the outfield, and injuries were his weaknesses, and I do not want to go down that road again.
I am actually not surprised that they non-tendered Acosta because the guy was dreadful last season. He had a great finish to the year, but was a train-wreck when they really needed him. If they tendered him a contract, he would probably make something along the lines of $1.1 million (According to Mlbtraderumors.com).
Overall these moves were expected but is nice to see the Mets kind of cleaning house here. Losing Pelfrey wouldn't be over-ally depressing, and I'm glad that they didn't throw him $6+ million just because of his so-so track record. Torres was pretty much brought in to be a stop-gap center-fielder, and that is all he did. Acosta had a nice 2011 season, and looked like a key bullpen piece for 2012, but everything fell apart, and I'm sure a team will give him a chance.
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