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Quote: Mets Never Tried for Lo Duca

by Matthew Cerrone on November 17th, 2007 at 10:50 am

The agent for Paul Lo Duca has told the Daily News that the Mets never once made an attempt to re-sign his client.

Lo Duca’s agent, Andrew Mongelluzzi, among other comments, as quoted by the Daily News…

“There was not a lot of effort put into offering Paul a job, whether it was one year, two years, three years, four years.  I don’t think Paul was the first choice when he got here, and I don’t think he was the first choice this year.”

…he wasn’t the first choice, i think that’s become quite clear…during the last week, i have heard over and over again the idea that the Mets wanted to sign Ramon Hernandez, but after acquiring Carlos Delgado and Billy Wagner, the wallet was empty, so they traded for a less-expensive alternative, in lo duca