Mets To Fuentes and K-Rod - "First Come, First Served"

Buster Olney of ESPN lays out the current environment as it pertains to the Mets and their strategy for acquiring a closer. "It is not known exactly what the Mets intend to offer to the top-flight closers, but let's say they proposed a three-year, $36 million deal to Francisco Rodriguez; a three-year, $30 million offer to Brian Fuentes; and a two-year, $18 million offer to Kerry Wood. And then they could tell all three that the first to bite gets the contract. The Cardinals, Brewers, Indians and other teams are looking for closers, but probably won't spend at the same level as the Mets." This is actually a brilliant strategy for Omar and the Mets to take, given the current environment in the closers market, and the age old principles of supply and demand. In a way, it clearly gives the Mets a leverage that they may have not had otherwise, and allows them the ability to control the ceiling of any exorbitant contract demands. Surely, the Mets will not endear thems...