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Heyman: Free-agent Market & Who’s Who

by Matthew Cerrone on November 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

Jon Heyman of SI.com says people at the MLB Owners Meetings in Chicago are saying the Mets will not be big players for either Blue Jays RHP Roy Halladay or RHP John Lackey.

well, that’s nice, but i am far more concerned with whether the Mets owners think they’ll be big players for halladay or lackey…

In a recent report for SI.com, Heyman previews the free-agent market, offering predictions on where, and for how much, players will end up signing this winter, from Jason Bay to Chone Figgins to Miguel Tejada to Mike Gonzalez, and others.

Despite what he wrote on Twitter, Heyman lists the Mets as possible suitors for free-agents Matt Holliday and Lackey, as well as Orlando Hudson and Joel Pineiro.

According to Heyman, some baseball executives believe Holliday be end up signing a deal worth half of what Mark Teixeira signed last winter.

so, half of texiera would be, say, a four– or five-year deal, worth around $90 million or so