D-Backs have incentive to move Snyder...

If the Mets decide to trade for a catcher, a name that has been bantered around a lot this off-season is Chris Snyder. The D-Backs almost traded Snyder to the Jays for Lyle Overbay before Toronto backed out over health concerns. Snyder is coming off back surgery and is expected to be 100% by spring training but it's hard to take a risk on a catcher with a bad back.

I've said all along that I'd rather sign a catcher and save the chips for a bigger trade but if the Mets aren't making a bigger trade and Snyder is available at next to nothing then you have to consider him an option depending on what his medical records look like.

The D-Backs may have added incentive to move Snyder and it has nothing to do with his back, Arizona may need to move him for financial reasons.

Not only do the Mets need a starting catcher but they have Blanco and Coste in case Snyder's back acts up.

The 28 y/o right hander is a lifetime .233 hitter, OBP .333 and Slg. .398. In 2006 he hit .277 in 61gms. and 2007 he hit .252 in 110gms...

Even though signing Johnson would put them at their budget, the D-backs could wind up with some wiggle room if they were able to trade Chris Snyder and the $4.75 million he is owed next season. The D-backs had agreed to trade Snyder to Toronto earlier during the offseason in exchange for first baseman Lyle Overbay, but the Blue Jays backed out of the deal due to concerns about Snyder's surgically repaired back. source Inside the D-Backs