In the earliest hours of this morning, MLB.com's Mike McCall brings us an update (via Jeff Fletcher's twitter) of the Cliff Lee trade saga. The most noteworthy commentary:
AOL Fanhouse's Jeff Fletcher reported Monday that the Twins have offered prospects Aaron Hicks and Wilson Ramos for Cliff Lee, who has a 2.34 ERA and boasts a strikeout-to-walk-ratio of almost 15-to-1. - MLB.com
This is certainly an intriguing package from the Twins, if it's true. The Mets certainly have more than one package they can offer that would exceed that one. However, it would require more than two prospects from the Mets, or a player like Pagan, as Hicks is currently rated as a better prospect than anyone in the Mets system. Not to mention most rate Ramos as a better prospect than Thole.
This whole situation is starting to make me a little bit nervous, as you've heard less and less about Lee to the Mets the past few days. At this point, I'd like to see the Mets get aggressive and do whatever it takes to get Lee. But, for all I know they could be attempting to do just that. During the whole Johan Santana trade ordeal, not much was said about the Mets being serious contenders or about what they might be offering. Next thing you know, Santana was a Met. So we'll see how this Lee ordeal shakes out. I just wish that something would come easily to the Mets. That's just not how it goes in Mets land. I believe somewhere there's a rule that Mets fans have to be on the verge of a heart attack before anything good can happen.
