Mets Meet With Boras

3/42 with a fourth year vesting option?

If I'm the Mets, I'd probably make that deal.

Adding Lowe would probably make them the favorites in that division, considering their bullpen seems to be quite good now and the lineup still has three of the best all around players in all of baseball.

With a rotation of Santana, Lowe, Maine, Pelfrey and Niese/Redding/Whatever, the Mets could definitely take that division.

Especially when you consider that the Phillies have done little to nothing to actually improve themselves. Unless you want to call the Ibanez signing a legitimate improvement..

Bleh. Wake me up when they sign somebody. Or at least when there is another actual offer on the table from another team. The more time passes, the more I am starting to lean towards Ollie. Just sign one of them. This is getting tedious.

Get this done Omar. The Mets can't afford to have Rick Vaughn back in their rotation over D-Low...

"Ollie is also a Boras client. What makes you think he would sign any quicker?"

I never said he would sign quicker.... all I said is I am starting to lean towards him. And yes, I know who Oliver Perez's agent is, thank you.

Doesn't seem like Minyana really needs to be in a hurry. Lowe apparently wants to pitch in the NE, Boston has shown little interest, same with the Yanks and unless Philly all of a sudden comes up with a pile of cash to give him, it just seems like Boras is playing with a lousy hand this time and furthermore.. just why should Minyana give Lowe more cash/years than K-Rod? Are they that desperate for a starter?

Keep in mind 3/42 with an option year is simply Sherman guessing where it will fall out at the end. There is no report that this is something the Boras/Lowe camp are even amenable to. For all we know, Boras is still sticking to more guranteed years and money way above $14 million/year. I think that's probably where things are at now.

if the mets signed manny i wouldnt even mind them sticking with slappy at 2nd base.

There's no reason for the Mets to rush the market. Its made some movement, but its hardly thinning out, and a number of the benchmarks

A. Have not been set

and

B. Seem to be falling by the day

I'm worried that if anything, Omar played his hand a bit early with Lowe. Even though he's worth a lot more, if Omar had just waited, I doubt any other suitor would have made an initial bid higher than 3/36. The fact that Omar made it seemed to insult Lowe and Boras ever so slightly, and I feared Omar was in danger of pushing his luck to the point where Lowe signed a virtually identical contract with a different team. It doesn't look like that's the case, but it may take a bit longer now, and Omar may wind up paying a bit more than he would have if he'd shown some more patience and let someone else make the first move.

I also have to wonder if there's not a small voice in the heads of Fred and Jeff Wilpon that keeps reminding them that with Manny in 2008, the season likely ends differently. He may have been virtually free then and significantly more expensive now, but you don't fix a mistake by compounding it, you still have to make the best decisions you can.

GUARENTEED THAT PEREZ MAKES MORE THEN RAUL IBANEZ

"Nrmax, don't doubt Cerrone. Do you not remember last off-season, when he perfectly pegged the Santana dealings?"

Yeah, him and everybody else. It was brutally obvious to anybody who knew what was going on that the Mets were going to wind up with him. It became apparent relatively early during the whole Johan saga that the Yankees and the Redsox were playing keep away and that only left the Mets.

"10 Mil a yr for 3 yrs is way off atleast by 2 to 5 million a year especially since hes a lefty and has Boras as his Agent"

If this were the free agent market of 06, or 07 then you are probably right. But I don't see Perez getting much more then 10 or 11 in this market.

"10 Mil a yr for 3 yrs is way off atleast by 2 to 5 million a year especially since hes a lefty and has Boras as his Agent"

Not in this market.

Raul Ibanez was massive overpayment by this market's terms, btw.

Butch,
The Red Sox didnt have much interest on Lowe way before the Tex saga happened. Now its even worst. The Red Sox are not going to deal with Boras this offseason at all. I'm guessing that they are not going to work with him in a while. Watch out next year. The are not going to go after Holliday next year either. Anything else you hear is not true and its coming out from Boras people.

Re: Santana

That's just not true nrmax, most counted the Mets out on Santana for a good portion of the winter, while Cerrone was the only one harping about how ownership was "quietly confident". The guy has done a tremendous job keeping a finger on the team's pulse. Sure, towards the end, when it was clear the Twins had overplayed their hand, it started to look like an obvious fit, but not back in December 2007.