Mets' focus not limited to starters

 
After Mets general manager Omar Minaya was done rocking addressing the media on Monday, one of his lieutenants suggested that the Mets may have decided to make dramatic improvements to their bullpen because of the increasing unlikelihood of acquiring the Twins' Johan Santana, the A's Dan Haren or the Orioles' Erik Bedard. [link]

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