Festivus features the “Airing of Grievances,” and what better way for the Mets to stay in the “Seinfeld” holiday spirit than by pursuing a player with a pending grievance against them?
Now that Benjie Molina has signed with the Giants, some reports have the Mets turning their attention to free agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba. Two years ago, Torrealba signed a three-year deal with the Mets, but after he took his physical, the team backed out of the agreement.
Torrealba then filed his grievance, claiming that the Mets hurt his value by creating the impression that he was an injury risk, which Torrealba says is untrue. A hearing on the grievance was scheduled to be held last month.
It is understandable that Torrealba is upset – since when have the Mets been concerned about whether or not someone is an injury risk? (No, I haven’t gotten over J.J. Putz, Victor Zambrano and Mo Vaughn, just to name three.)
The Mets filed their own grievance of a sort last week when they sent a letter to Scott Boras complaining that they did not have a chance to get a third opinion before Carlos Beltran underwent knee surgery.
So signing Torrealba would mean that 25% of the Mets’ starting eight position players would be involved in the recent airing of grievances. Happy belated Festivus!
But the Wilpons would probably put a stop to a Mets midwinter Festivus before it reached the final tradition – the Feats of Strength – in which the head of the household must be pinned in a wrestling match. Then again, SNY does have a lot of hours to fill in the offseason.
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