Gomez not traded/Flores cries/Alderson angry/Haudricourt confused/Melvin nonplussed/Gomez=Not Injured/Scott Boras MAD/Mets are lying liars

[craigharmann]

Well, that was fun.

[SRB]

Melvin demanded Wheeler and the Mets said no, so Melvin just leaked it to the media as happening. #Hardball

[narwhalattack]

I think the PR [expletive deleted by moderator] will be worse on the Mets' end. The fans wanted a big bat, they heard they were getting a big bat, now they don't have a big bat. At least the Brewers aren't competing this year.

[SRB]

lol:

 

Martin Maldonado ‏@Machete1224 24s25 seconds ago

Gómez still a Brewers nice, good friend and teammate @88_gparra @WilyPeralta38 @C_Gomez27

[phnxcrew]

This just adds to the future conversation of how bad we were from 2015-2020. "we couldn't even trade our good players"

[jwill535]

Pulling Flores at the point they did made sense regardless of the trade or not. He was a mess at that point and would only be putting him in harms way having him bat. But the Brewers did inform Gomez of the trade, pending physicals, so they were pretty far down the rabbit hole. SA looks pretty silly here. Insert Frank Drebin "nothing to see here" GIF.

[brewmann04]

if their something wrong with Wheeler then glad they did not do the deal. We are not a orgazation that can make risky deals.

[danzig6767]

Fascinating that we will now be able to look over the next 5 years and see which combination of Wheeler/Flores vs whoever Gomez gets traded for turns out to be the better deal. As an Armchair GM I love it

Yes that could be interesting. Even worse if somehow Gomez never gets traded at the deadline or in the offseason.

[markedman5]

@AmericasPregame: Oh my god. This was up on the Brewers official website earlier.

 

(picture via & many thanks to @Dakota_Schmidt) http://t.co/FXX3NqAQ5E

[RockCoCougars]

Melvin demanded Wheeler and the Mets said no, so Melvin just leaked it to the media as happening. #Hardball

 

Exactly who did the Mets think they were going to get Gomez for? They can pound sand.

[homer]

@AmericasPregame: Oh my god. This was up on the Brewers official website earlier.

 

(picture via & many thanks to @Dakota_Schmidt) http://t.co/FXX3NqAQ5E

 

 

http://m.mets.mlb.com/news/article/139574188/mets-acquire-carlos-gomez-from-brewers

 

 

Crap. they edited it. Like 5 minutes ago they had the same story on the Mets page.

[MNBrew]

At least the egg is on the NY writers' faces re: leaking the story that apparently never fully was.

[DHonks]

weirdest trade that never was since.....Jeromy Burnitz for Phil Nevin?

[RobDeer 45]

What a disaster. I was looking forward to wheeler.

[SRB]

Matt Ehalt ‏@MattEhalt 1m1 minute ago

Not sure if this is out there but The Record hears it was on the Brewers end that this deal fell through, not the Mets.

 

Seems strange that they would be able to review a complex medical record that quickly though.

[MrTPlush]

@AmericasPregame: Oh my god. This was up on the Brewers official website earlier.

 

(picture via & many thanks to @Dakota_Schmidt) http://t.co/FXX3NqAQ5E

 

Not a big deal. Teams aren't in control of the articles posted on there for the most part. Even MLB accounts will announce these trades before official. MLB Facebook and Twitter both announced the Gomez deal.

[rickh150]

Let's make it for Matz instead and throw in K-Rod and Cotts, with cash.

[MrTPlush]

Matt Ehalt ‏@MattEhalt 1m1 minute ago

Not sure if this is out there but The Record hears it was on the Brewers end that this deal fell through, not the Mets.

 

Seems strange that they would be able to review a complex medical record that quickly though.

 

Not if there was something extremely off. May have been something major.

[craigharmann]

weirdest trade that never was since.....Jeromy Burnitz for Phil Nevin?

 

Oh yeah!! I forgot that one!

[jerichoholicninja]

Is it possible Doug got a better offer before everything was official and then made up an excuse to call it off?

[Eye Black]

I have a feeling Wheeler still gets traded for a "bat" and I won't be the least bit surprised if he ends up becoming a very good front of the rotation pitcher. If the Brewers called off the trade hopefully they had a good reason to balk at it.

[SRB]

Is it possible Doug got a better offer before everything was official and then made up an excuse to call it off?

 

Now this is an interesting thought! I'm never going to get any sleep though

[SRB]

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 3m3 minutes ago

Sources: Alderson beside himself. Driving around downtown Milwaukee begging (thru texts) Gomez's family 4 address to Carlos' home.

[narwhalattack]

Is it possible Doug got a better offer before everything was official and then made up an excuse to call it off?

 

There was the rumor that the Indians were very interested in Gomez. Perhaps they gave DM a last-minute call and one-upped the Mets?

[homer]