I couldn't resist this hot lead from Buster Olney.
Andruw Jones, coming off a disastrous first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has been the subject of trade talks between L.A. and the New York Mets, according to sources.
[Awesome. (Unless you are a Met fan.)]
Jones, who turns 32 next spring, hit .158 with 76 strikeouts in 209 at-bats for the Dodgers in 2008 -- just two years after he mashed 41 homers and drove in 129 runs for the Braves.
[That was *only* two years ago?]
There is a perception within the industry that Jones, who played the first 12 years of his career in Atlanta, was just never comfortable with the Dodgers.
[A "perception?" What gave it away? I bet it was the 76 Ks in 209 ABs. Oh, and also, within this context, "comfortable" = "good at baseball."]
The Mets' intention, if they were to conclude a deal for Jones, would be to play the 10-time Gold Glove center fielder in right field, flanking Carlos Beltran.
[Shouldn't the Mets' intention be to run away from this proposed deal? Like, as far away as possible?]
New York also has been trying to move a player who has fallen out of favor -- second baseman Luis Castillo, who is coming off a poor season and is owed $18 million over the next three seasons. But it's unlikely that the Dodgers would have interest in Castillo, because they have a young second baseman in Blake DeWitt, and Castillo does not play a lot of different positions.
[Great scoop. I smell a blockbuster brewing....]
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