Minaya, Are You There?

This proposed deal probably isn't legit but has anyone seen the rumored deal that Jon Heyman mentioned for Halladay that Minaya rejected?

In return for Halladay, the Mets trade Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Bobby Parnell, and Ruben Tejada to Toronto.

It may not make sense for the Mets to try to win this year but the Mets aren't a rebuilding team. Certainly the Mets are going to try to win the division next year and a trade for Roy Halladay would clearly increase their chances of accomplishing that goal (for the first time in 3 years mind you). That's one hell of a deal for Roy Halladay. If this trade rumor is legitimate the Mets could have fleeced the top 2 pitchers in baseball not named Tim Lincecum.

Let's quickly take a look at the rumored players involved:

Bobby Parnell: Classic case of the failed starter turned into reliever. He has a great arm and he's showed some ability this year but his whip is still 1.83, and as a reliever that just ain't too good.

Ruben Tejada: He's a young SS prospect for the Mets, but they have Jose Reyes there for the next few years unless they have plans on breaking up the core that we haven't heard about. Maybe he can/will play 2b though, but is a future 2b batting .278 with no power and not much speed in AA really a guy you can't trade for Roy Halladay?

Jon Niese: He's a pretty nice pitching prospect but he doesn't project to be anything more than a 3-4 starter. He was bad last year at the major league level, struggled mightily in AAA to start the year but has been very good of late. But still, Tim Redding, Fernando Nieve, and Livan Hernandez all got extended looks at the majors this year over Niese, so I'm struggling to believe the Mets hold this kid that highly.

Fernando Martinez: Here is the prized prospect, but in a trade for Roy Halladay you have to give that up. He could be a great player, but he's not enough to hold up a trade for Roy Halladay.

The Phillies rumors involve them givin up starting pitcher prospect Kyle Drabek who arguably rates higher than even Fernando Martinez, plus another 2 top 50 prospects. This rumored Mets offer involves Fernando Martinez and really just some glorified roster filler, which really should be an auto accept for the Mets. I don't think Minaya is a good GM, but if he actually rejected this deal he would be considered one of the worst GMs in my mind. For the sake of Mets fans I hope this rumor is true, so Minaya is fired and the Mets can move on because what he's been doing with the Mets just hasn't worked. Minaya/Pedro get credit for changing the "culture" around the Mets, but what culture did they change? Minaya has made the playoffs once, wasted millions of dollars on Pedro, and couldn't build a team around the best core in all of baseball (Johan Santana, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran). This isn't Steve Phillips, but it isn't much better.