Talk:Mets Preview/@comment-101807-20060310162239

Oakland will only trade Zito if they have a glaring need. Oakland has five pretty good starters, but who&quot;s going to replace Zito THIS year if he departs in a trade? Joe Kennedy or Kirk Saarloos? If Oakland contends as expected, it would be foolish to trade Zito just because they don&quot;t plan to resign him. And the closer to the deadline they get, the less return he&quot;ll bring. Also, they would only trade Zito to the Mets for Milledge or Pelfrey, whom any Mets fans have to hope Minaya wouldn&quot;t exchange for a subpar rental like Zito. The Mets have NO depth. If they stay healthy, they have no excuse not to win. But I think they&quot;re excuse for not winning this year will be that they couldn&quot;t stay healthy.