According to Matt Cerrone of MetsBlog, the Mets and Blue Jays had “fairly substantive talks” at the Winter Meetings for a deal that would send left-hander Jon Niese to Toronto for catching prospect Travis D?Arnaud and a young, back-end starter.
Sounds far-fetched. Niese is under team control through 2015 and obviously has trade value, but D?Arnaud Toronto’s best prospect. The Mets would need to throw in more for Jays’ GM Alex Anthopoulos to even consider pulling the trigger.
http://baseballmoves.com/2011/12/14/jon-niese-mets-8/
Niese stats on fangraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?pl ... position=P