According to George A King III of the NY Post, the injured wonder Carl Pavano has been placed on waivers. 

Pavano signed with the Yankees following the 2004 season for a 4 year $40 million deal.  His tenure with the Yankees has been characterized by injuries and disappointment.  Over these past four years, Pavano has made a total of 20 starts for the Yankees, and is most recently returning after Tommy John Surgery. 

King suggests that the Mets might be potential suitors of Pavano because of John Maine’s recent injury. 

In 2004, Pavano won 18 games with a 3.00 ERA.

Personally, I think it would be strange to see the two New York Teams pull off a deal. 

That being said, if the Mets just had to eat his contract, I think he’d be worth a gamble.  Pavano is somebody that has seen success pitching in the National League, and frankly it’s not his fault that there were absurdly high expectations and a bunch of injuries that have held him back. 

And it’s funny how things have changed, because when Pavano signed that deal in 2004 it looked like an enormous deal, but given the fact that the Gil Meche’s of this world are signing 5 year deals worth $55 million, Pavano’s deal doesn’t seem too bad.  This year, if Pavano won 18 games with a 3.00 ERA, he’d be in for a lot more than 4 years $40 million, that’s for sure. 

It’s important to keep in mind here that we are very possibly creating speculation out of nothing here.  In the article, King doesn’t say, “The Mets are interested in Pavano” it is only his own personal conjecture that the Mets MIGHT be interested due to John Maine’s injury. 

But given the opportunity and assuming it would just be eating his contract, I would take the risk on Pavano.