Omar Minaya's angles have chance to be on the money

It was already looming as a winter of intrigue for both the Mets and the Yankees, each prepared to spend big money to fix their broken ballclubs. But if the Mets truly intend to do battle with their cross-town rivals on CC Sabathia, as they have indicated, then nothing short of a civil war is at hand.

Officially the two teams might have been in competition last winter for Johan Santana, but we know how that went. The Mets made the trade with the Twins for Santana only because the Yankees essentially said no thanks, refusing to deal their young pitchers. Continue