MLBTR thoughts on Mets....

At MLBTR Tim held a live chat in which he discuss a multitude of topics regarding baseball. To read the entire transcript go here.Here are the highlights of the questioned answered about the Mets....In a nut shell he sees the Mets signing K-Rod, a cheap starter and a mid-level left fielder.....Tim has warmed to the idea of signing K-Rod, basically saying he wont make the length of the contract but were a big market team that can afford to over pay for him...Gave the Mets a 25% chance of signing Orlando Hudson.Basically if they don't sign K-Rod then Manny could become a possibility.If the Mets dip into the Japanese market he believes it could be Hitoki Iwase. The 34 y/o left handed closer is a free agent this year and could be lured to MLB. Over the last three seasons he has at least 40 saves with an ERA of 1.80. While he's been a dominant closer in Japan he's only projected to be an average reliever here and if international play is a measure of foreign players qualit...