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It is believed that the Mets have made free agent starting pitcher Tim Redding a 1 year offer to secure the 5th spot in the teams rotation.  The soon to be 31 year old right hander had one of his best seasons last year with the Washington Nationals, where he went 10-11 with a 4.95 ERA, although he was 3-1 with a 3.41 ERA against the Phillies.  Redding came up with Houston in 2001, and was rumored to be a phenom who never really developed (think Kyle Loshe).  The Mets are hoping that they can have the same type of success that the Cardnials had with Loshe, or the Mets had with Oliver Perez.  Redding is believed to be seeking a 2 year deal, while the Mets have currently only offered him 1 year.

 In other news, the Mets set up a face to face meeting with Super Agent Scott Boras on Wednesday, who was in town for the Mark Teixeira conference.  The team talked with Boras about both Oliver Perez and Derek Lowe.  With the offer made to Redding, and 3 rotation spots secured by John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, and Johan Santana, there is only 1 rotation spot left to be filled (should Redding sign).  That spot could be filled by either Lowe, Perez or Jonathan Niese.

In my opinion, the best situation would result in them signing Lowe and Redding, and leaving Niese in AAA until an injury or poor performance should occur.  The worst case scenario would result in them signing only Randy Wolf, handing Niese the 5th slot in the rotation, Wolf gets hurt, misses time, Niese under performs, and the Mets don’t make the post season.

That’s my 2 cents…. I’d love to hear yours!

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