Rosenthal On Mets & Phillies

• Amaro expects pitchers Brett Myers, Joe Blanton and Chan Ho Park to improve. If not, Amaro says "we'll be open to other options."
• Rosenthal expects the Phillies to look internally for rotation help before making any deal. J.A. Happ, Carlos Carrasco, Rodrigo Lopez or Kyle Kendrick could could be asked to start.
• Rosenthal adds that the Phillies' greatest need will be a reliever if Brad Lidge remains sidelined.  

Mets GM Omar Minaya took stock of his team, which is now 9-12.

• Asked if the Mets are pursuing Pedro Martinez, Minaya said "not right now."    
• Minaya suggested the Mets will dabble in any big name that surfaces on the trade market.  
• Payroll could become an issue for the Mets, who have already committed $149MM to the team.  
• Rosenthal writes that the Mets "look like they blew it" when they decided to sign Oliver Perez instead of offering Derek Lowe a fourth year.  
• Minaya said Gary Sheffield and Alex Cora bring an "edge" to the team that Jose Reyes and David Wright lack.