Adam Rubin of ESPN NY reports that Sandy Alderson said the gap from when a free agent reaches agreement on terms with the Mets until when that deal is announced is longer this offseason because the Mets are doing more enhanced pre-signing physicals.
Rather than just the orthopedic look, the Mets now are conducting all bloodwork and other internal-medicine tests on prospective signees before a deal is announced rather than wait until routine spring-training physicals.
Alderson said the motivation was last year's debacle with Ronny Paulino. Paulino passed an orthopedic physical, but his blood screening in spring training turned up anemia and he was unavailable for part of the early season beyond the remaining time on his performance-enhancing drug suspension. Now, conceivably, issues like that will be flagged before the team agrees to a deal.
"They're getting, essentially, a full physical, which requires a blood panel and so forth," Alderson said. "So...
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