Several sources are now confirming that the New York Mets are on the verge of landing this year's top free agent closer, Francisco Rodriguez.
Joel Sherman of the NY Post, first broke the story when he reported first hand comments from Rodriguez's agent, Paul Kinzer.
"I am more optimistic than I have ever been" about finalizing a deal between the single-season save leader and the Mets."
Kinzer would not divulge terms of the deal, except to indicate that it would be longer than the two-year with a vesting option that the Mets used as an opening salvo in negotiations. However, it is going to be well south of the five-year, $75 million mark that Kinzer was shooting for initially in this offseason. That would have been a record for a closer. But those dreams came before the nation's economy tanked and began to seriously impact baseball, as well.
Kinzer indicated that a deal could get done before these Winter Meetings end Thursday. He said, "we will know ...
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