Newsday: Mets might make a move at trade deadline

With the July 31 trade deadline 10 days away, Mets manager Jerry Manuel said yesterday he expects the team will be able to make a move.

“I think because of the position we’re in, I think it’s going to be entertained very strongly,” he said. “I think any team that is where we are or feels like they have a shot at this point in the season, with the deadline and the way we’ve played, I think that’d be strongly entertained.”

Manuel has made it no secret he’d like to see general manager Omar Minaya pick up a big bat for the outfield. Matt Holliday, Jason Bay and even Xavier Nady are probably out of the Mets’ reach, so he might have to “settle” for Seattle’s Raul Ibañez or Cleveland’s Casey Blake.

If the Mets traded for Casey Blake, I wonder how well that would go over… which could lead to an amusing thread.