Buzz: Mets are Out of Money
In a report for Fox Sports.com, Ken Rosenthal and John Morosi write, “The Mets are out of money,” according to major-league sources, which is keeping them from signing free-agent C Rob Barajas.
…i can’t say whether this is true or not; but, it is peculiar that the team had earmarked $12 million for Joel Pineiro and Bengie Molina, yet, since the two players signed elsewhere, there has been talk of the team being unable to spend on players like Ben Sheets or even Yorvit Torrealba or barajas, who would cost only a million bucks or so…
…that said, i do not think money is reason for not signing John Lackey or pineiro, or molina, all of whom i think they had a set value on, and refused to go beyond… i understand how this could be viewed as being cheap, but i think it’s actually a matter of not overvaluing mediocre talent…
…in regards to lackey, the Mets, and most every other team, had concerns about his elbow, and refused to exceed a certain amount of years… also, because his contract was impossible to insure, most every team wanted guarantees in the deal, to protect against injury, and the Red Sox were the only team willing to take the risk…
In the Daily News, Adam Rubin quotes a team official as saying, “We are pretty much done.”
