October 30, 200520 yr Basically, what it comes down to is if PK is resigned. If not, I see us going after Manny. I don't think the Manny thing will happen quick.
October 30, 200520 yr Mets in Manny chase New hope of landing Sox slugger BY ADAM RUBIN DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Manny Ramirez reportedly wants out of Boston, and that should come as welcome news to the Mets, who have pursued the slugger for at least a year. Ramirez's agent, Greg Genske, has said Ramirez would want no part of the Mets if he were traded. But that won't stop the Mets from pursuing Ramirez, according to someone familiar with the team's thinking. Given Ramirez's oft-changing stances, it seems plausible Ramirez could be convinced by Omar Minaya and Pedro Martinez to join the Mets if the teams could strike a deal. Ramirez, who has three years and $57 million left on his contract, has threatened not to report to spring training if he remains with the Red Sox. Gene Mato, a representative for Ramirez, informed the team on Friday, The Boston Globe reported. "Manny, his representatives and the Red Sox have open lines of communication and will throughout the offseason," Red Sox GM Theo Epstein told the newspaper. "I think we all want whatever is in the club's best interest and Manny's best interest. Those conversations are private and completely confidential. For anyone to reveal the nature of those talks would be ridiculous. We have no comment." Ramirez, with 10 years of major-league service and five as a Red Sox player, can veto any trade. The Mets and Red Sox worked on a three-team deal at the July 31 trading deadline that would have shipped Mike Cameron, Aaron Heilman and Aubrey Huff to the Red Sox, landed Ramirez, Danys Baez and Julio Lugo in Flushing and shipped both teams' top prospects to the Devil Rays. Before Game 4 of the World Series, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz told Boston reporters he did not know what Ramirez intended to do. But Ortiz said the Red Sox would have to add a comparable threat at the plate in order to make a trade work. "If you let a guy like that go, you've got to get a guy like this," Ortiz said, referring to Braves MVP candidate Andruw Jones, who also was in Houston last week. Originally published on October 30, 2005
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