sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 12/9/2008
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LAS VEGAS -- The Mets appeared to be closing in late Monday night on a deal to bring star free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez to New York.
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nypost.com - 12/9/2008
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nypost.com —
LAS VEGAS Mets officials and representatives for
Francisco Rodriguez were huddled this morning in attempts to...
put the last items in place for a contract that will bring the elite closer to New York on a contract in three-year, $37 million range...
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METS, K-ROD CONTINUE TALKS
sports.yahoo.com - 12/9/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
LAS VEGAS Francisco Rodriguez walked through the lobby
at the Bellagio hotel after meeting with the New...
York Mets on Monday and didn’t give the impression that he’d been bowled over by an offer. Asked if he was meeting with anyone else, he responded ...
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Mets belatedly come around to K-Rod - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
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Prospectus Hit and Run: K-Rod to the Rescue by Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus —
... agreeing to a three-year, $37 million deal with free-agent closer Franscisco Rodriguez. The signing addresses the most glaring weakness of a club that came up short of the playoffs on the final day of the season for the second year in a row. The former ...
Mets close in on K-Rod
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... The New York Mets apparently are close to solving — or hoping they solve — their closer issues. SI.com, among others, is reporting the free-agent, record-setting righty is nearing a deal with the Amazin’ Metsies. The price will be around $37 million for three years. "It’s going to get done,'’ a person familiar with the talks told Jon Heyman. ...
Massive Mets Move: K-Rod Signs for Lucrative Three Year Deal
Walkoff Walk —
... As per Jon Heyman at SI.com, the New York Mets and Frankie Rodriguez have agreed in principle to a three-year, $37 million deal that includes a vesting option for the fourth year. That additional year will come to fruition as long as K-Rod pitches the normal number of innings that his job of 'closer' entails, something around 50 a year, because modern-day closers are fancy boys. ...
Mets Make First Splash, Agree to Deal with Closer Francisco Rodriguez
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
SI.com's Jon Heyman reports the cash money deal: The deal, which is expected to be consummated very soon, is said to be
for about $37 million over three years. The Mets may not announce the
deal for a day or two. There goes the ability to always count on the Mets bullpen blowing every game. For serious though, this is a huge move for the Mets and adds one of the games best stoppers to our hated rival. No like.
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One Chip Falls
YFSF —
... He won't affect the market for CC, Tex, etc., but it seems that K-Rod is bringing his over-rated self to Queens.
The Daily Double
The Futility Infielder —
... In the first big move of the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas, the Mets on Tuesday reached agreement with free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez on a three-year, $37 million deal. ...
Tuesday Evening Rangers Notes: Winter Meetings Wrap-Up: Day 2
Baseball Time in Arlington —
... ● Closer Francisco Rodriguez, a purported free-agent target of the Rangers earlier in the off-season, has reached an agreement with the Mets on a three-year, $37 million deal (Heyman) ...
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com 12/9/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- The Mets appeared to be closing in late Monday night on a deal to bring star free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez to New York.
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hotfootblog.com 12/9/2008 — Done deal. Ken Rosenthal is confirming the Francisco Rodriguez deal to the Mets but is adding that the deal will include a $14 million vesting option for a fourth year that would raise the total value of the contract to $51 million.
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metsblog.com 12/9/2008 — The Mets are close to finalizing a three-year deal for free-agent closer Francisco Rodriguez , according to people close to the team.
Yesterday, I wrote how the Mets have been confident a deal would get done this week. In fact, I ...
METS: Case now closed with K-Rod
newsday.com 12/10/2008 — Reliever's 3-year, $37M deal a relative bargain that fills void
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LAS VEGAS - In Francisco Rodriguez, the Mets have found
the perfect solution to their ...
Mets, K-Rod close to deal
theropolitans.com 12/9/2008 — The Mets and free agent closer Francisco Rodriguez are reportedly "close" to agreeing on a deal, supposedly for three years and worth $37 mil.
Mets offer K-Rod two-year deal —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 12/9/2008
The Mets played hardball with Francisco Rodriguez during a face-to-face meeting Sunday. Or lowball. The News has learned that the Mets' initial offer to K-Rod during a Sunday night meeting was for two years at less than $24 million.
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Mets within 'striking distance' in Vegas —
Major League Baseball News 12/9/2008
The Mets have the power, or more aptly, the luxury, to outspend all competitors for Francisco Rodriguez, Brian Fuentes or Trevor Hoffman. Mets general manager Omar Minaya knows it. Yet still, he refrained from confidence on Day 1 of the Winter Meetings.
