The Mets took a shot at finishing off their rotation last night by offering Lowe a 3 year 36 million dollar contract (a far, far cry from the 5 years 80 to 90 million which was Lowe's original asking price). The Mets play the game the way it is supposed to be played. They offer low, the agent offers high, and then they meet somewhere in the middle (or in the case of Krod, the low worked out). In this case, I think the low is going to work as well because there has been very little activity made by other teams regarding Lowe. The whole low and high conversation I just stated was a jab at the Yankees. The Yankees literally just go straight to the top with their offer so they can't be outbid.
If this goes through, then the Mets have spent 37 million on Krod, 36 on Lowe, and 12 on Delgado, plus players for Putz vs the Yankees 420+ million on CC, AJ, Tex. While those are huge, impact players, the Mets did very well for only spending, potential 85 million on three players plus another impact player via trade. (The Mets also signed Tatis this offseason for a miminal price). The only other piece it feels that the Mets might try to acquire is Orlando Hudson).
With Hudson, it is not just a question of spending money to aquire him, its also dumping Luis, and his big contract, to another team. After the potenial Lowe or Perez or Wolf signing, it will be more clear what the Mets will do about second base. Hudson is important not just for playing second base, but his bat would fit really nice in the Mets lineup, and he would be an all around good fit in New York.
