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In both years, the late-season loss of their best reliever-their only full-inning strikeout guy-created a domino effect that could not be patched internally.

A club not offering salary arbitration to its free agents no longer loses negotiating rights to the players.

This year the Mets will be opening up their new ballpark, Citi/Taxpayer field. The Mets have released some of their Ticket Plans which I have posted for your viewing pleasure.

Mets general manager Omar Minaya reached out to the agents for Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes Tuesday to schedule "future meetings," a source told the Daily News.

Francisco Rodriguez's agent won't start detailed discussions with teams until the winter meetings open in Las Vegas on Dec.

Jose Reyes ' job with the Mets is to field his position well and be the catalyst of the offense, not decide which free agents to sign, as he stressed yesterday at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park ...

Three weeks after Pedro Martinez filed for free agency, his agent has repeated essentially what former Mets coach Guy Conti said about his friend last month -- that the veteran pitcher wants to extend his ...

Pedro Martinez all but lobbying for a new Mets contract is a slightly depressing proposition ; it's unlikely the talismanic pitcher will return to Flushing, his dominant performances in '05 and the first half ...

Concerned about his role for next season, Aaron Heilman called general manager Omar Minaya yesterday to talk about possibly moving back into the rotation for the start of spring training .

Talking today with somebody familiar with the Mets' off-season plans. This person agrees that the Mets want to and will sign one of the big free-agent closers , and that's a matter of time and seeing which one ...

I guess this is pretty blatantly obvious, but it should probably be pointed out again: the Mets got back into contention when they pieced together the money and prospects to land Carlos Beltran , Carlos Delgado ...

"In the past my heart strings were getting tugged because I always wanted to stay in San Diego," but now things are different, free agent Trevor Hoffman said.

Rod is looking to pitch in the same town as A-Rod. The Mets will have a new closer next season, and Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez wants to be the guy who fills their most pressing need when free agency starts at ...

With the New York Mets coming off consecutive September collapses, David Wright is ready for a few significant changes.

Francisco Rodriguez's agent seems to think his client would look awfully nice in a Mets uniform.

Mets General Manager Omar Minaya held a short meeting with reporters in the lobby of the hotel on Monday evening.

The agent for closer Francisco Rodriguez would love for his client to sign the richest contract ever given to a reliever, but at the end of the general managers' meetings he says that his goal is not ...

For openers, the Mets need a closer. To that end, the team already has reached out to representatives for free agent Brian Fuentes.

Brian Fuentes is expected to price himself out of Colorado this winter. Know something? Brian Fuentes just might be the best closer on the market.

The former Tazewell High School star has begun the painstaking process of rehabbing his left elbow that recently underwent surgery.