Mets need pitching, and there just aren't a lot of options.If I were King, my priorities would be, in order:Oliver Perez: 4 years at $52MDerek Lowe: 3 years at $42MJon Garland: 3 years at $25M (incentives to $30M)Braden Looper: 2 years at $14MThat's my rack and stack and what I think would get the deals done. Unfortunately, there just aren't many quality FA starting pitchers out there this year.You know why I only like those 4?Innings--all four of these starters go out and put up at or near 200 innings year after year.The rest of the FA list is all over the place--very up and down, with injury histories throughout.The
Mets should spend money smartly on someone who will be able to take the
mound every 5th day...we were burned by Pedro, sadly, and it just puts
a huge amount of pressure on a team when you have starters go down for
any length of time. We see this all over baseball--Mark Prior, Carl Pavano
and on and on and on. Losing a starting pitcher is one of the most
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I agree the Mets need pitching I just dont feel Derek Lowe is the answer. Jon Garland Or Ben Sheets would be great.
