Relief Pitcher: K-Rod will be Flexible
…as i have been writing, the early buzz in baseball seems to be that free-agent RHP Francisco Rodriguez will likely seek a five-year deal worth around $15 million per season…
Nevertheless, last week, in a report for Newsday, Ken Davidoff wrote, “The Mets have convinced themselves that Rodriguez just isn’t worth the money.”
However, at his blog for 1050 ESPN Radio, Andrew Marchand reports that the Mets met with Rodriguez’s agent for 45 minutes yesterday, adding, “The Mets are not interested in offering K-Rod a five-year, $75 million contract, but this may not be a deal breaker because (the agent) says K-Rod will be flexible.”
…hmmm, sounds like some one does not want the Mets to be disinterested, either because he wants to be in Citi Field, or it’s bad for demand…
Earlier today, according to the Rocky Mountain News, free-agent LHP Brian Fuentes put a four-year, $44 million proposal on the table to the Mets.
…as i said, from what i can gather, the Mets, Indians, Cardinals, Brewers, Rangers, Rockies, Tigers and Angels are all looking for a closer…however, only the Mets, Rangers, Tigers and Angels have been linked to rodriguez in rumor…which means, being a team from New York City, most likely with the most money, the Mets may be wise to let fuentes and k-rod come to them, while poking around the trade market, and maybe spooking them in to dropping their price…
