Breaking News: Estrada to Mets

The Brewers and Mets have reached an agreement and will send Johnny Estrada to the Mets in exchange for Guillermo Mota. Johnny Estrada has hit over .300 three times in his career and hopefully will this year. He has been an All Star before and is a average hitting catcher. He has one major problem which is that it is very hard for him to throw runners out. He had the worst percentage of throwing of runners which was 7.6 of runners attempting to steal. Estrada just underwent surgery and will be ready for spring training. Hopefully he will hit over .300 this season and also throw more runners out.

Omar Minaya, on the acquisition of Estrada…

“Johnny adds depth to our catching situation. He’s a former All-Star who switch-hits and has hit over .300 three times in his career.”

...This is a good move for the Mets but as of now no one knows if he will even be the starting catcher. It was a great deal for the Mets considering Mota's horrific past season. First off, Mota was suspended 50 games for steroid use. After those 50 games, he came back and the first game he played, he had already given up a few runs. Since it is hard to come by great relievers, Omar will have a tough job considering the fact he just gave up one mediocre reliever...