WHO WILL BE THE NEXT MR. MET?
After K-rod and Omar Minaya met last night, it appears as though the Mets have offered K-rod a 3 year deal - likely in the $39 million range. K-rod wants a longer deal and the Mets may go to a 4th year.
It is possible that if K-rod wants more than the Mets are willing to offer, and the Mets have many other options to go to - Wood, Fuentes among others.
The great thing for the Mets is that there is no one else very interested in K-rod - one of the reasons there is no K-rod mania!
There are also other reasons why there is no K-rod mania - click here if interested!
It is also possible for the Mets to trade for a closer like Houston Street or BJ Ryan - the only issue there is that the Mets lack good minor leagues other than Fernando Martinez who the Mets will not trade. The rest of the minor league system plays in Minnesota.
There are 3 ways of this issue working out: 1) Met fans are elated when the team signs K-rod and Wood/Fuentes/Hoffman (1 of 3). If this happens my ears may fall off when Evan Roberts and Joe Benigno don't shut up about the deal for 3 months! Option 2 is that the Mets sign 2 of the other 3 guys - Met fans will be okay with that, but will still have some doubt about the bullpen (which is good because cocky Met fans are terribly annoying!). The third option is that the Mets sign 1 guy - even if it is K-rod, the Met fans (rightly so) will complain ad infinitum about how this will be a repeat of last year ... and the year before!
Yaros
If the mets could get K-rod for 3 for 39, I say go for it. Its the 5 for 75 that doesnt interest me!!!
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