They traded him for Cash

http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mlb-rule-5-draft-is-today-at-10-am/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+metsblogfeed+(MetsBlog.com)

Meh move, of course unless it was the Phillies we scr-wed over, then I would love the move.

from Metsblog post:

"Jonathan Mayo said on MLB.com it’s not uncommon for teams to draft players for other teams in process. In the case of the Mets and Tigers, Mayo tweeted the Tigers were concerned Lobstein wouldn’t fall to their slot in the Major League portion draft, and so they asked another team to take him for them."




Makes me think Alderson's not just doing Tigers GM a favor. Makes me think there's something cookin' there.

Back pocket money.

Maybe.

Or a deal's in the works for Mets & Tigers. And maybe 3rd team.

Sandy was told to do it by Jeffie so he can make the $600 the Mets paid for him to sleep through the Winter Meetings!

Cash probably covered Mets officials dinners for the week.