Mets Reach "Trading Top Relievers For Prospects" Stage Of Hopelessness
by Chris Thompson from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3VC10)
In the most definitive sign yet that the Mets have closed the books on any chance of developing their current core back into a championship contender, Saturday they traded closer Jeurys Familia, who has been with the organization since he was 17 years old, to the Oakland Athletics, for a pair of prospects: