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I dunno. Bay seems to still be considering it, which is a good sign. I also get the sense that the Mets would be willing to add in a 5th year if absolutely necessary, or a 5th year option.
The main thing I'm intrigued about is that the Mets' offer is backloaded so that they can still try and land Lackey, and then pay Bay the majority of his money in the latter two (or if it's a five-year deal, three) years...by which point Perez, Castillo, and Beltran will all be off the books. So they seem willing to pay...but their biggest problem is selling the free agents that coming to the Mets is a good idea.
Several notable writers (Gammons and Rosenthal come to mind immediately with a ton of backhanded comments from each) have been hinting that a lot of players don't view the Mets as contenders...which I think is pretty ridiculous and, if true, suggests that they merely looked at their W-L record last year, and not at the injury reports.
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