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| 20th November, 2007 - 6:51 pm | Newsday - The Mets found a solution to their catching problem today, and they unloaded one of their least successful players from their 2007 club, as well. The Mets acquired Johnny Estrada from the Brewers in return for reliever Guillermo Mota.
Estrada, 31, played in 120 games for the Brewers in 2007. He hit 10 homers with a .296 on-base percentage and .403 slugging percentage. Throughout all of his stops -- from Philadelphia to Atlanta, to Arizona, to Milwukaee -- he has earned praise for his handling of pitchers. Estrada will share time behind the plate with Ramon Castro, whom the Mets brought back last week.
The Mets signed Mota, 34, to a two-year, $5-million contract last December, despite the fact that Mota failed a test for illegal performance-enhancing drugs and had to open the 2007 season with a 50-game suspension. The right-hander wound up compiling a 2-2 record and 5.76 ERA in 52 appearances and became the face of the Mets' late-season bullpen meltdown. [READ] |
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