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The Yankees are done. The Red Sox appear done. The cubs have traded for Aaron Heilman today and barring a Jake Peavy trade are done. The Angels appear done except for maybe Manny. The Dodgers are focused on spending and bidding against themselves on Manny. Where does that leave us? It leaves us with the Mets in a great position to grab some bargains now that all the big markets appear set to open spring training. Manny is not coming to New York. We know that. However, there are several players available only three weeks from pitchers and catchers reporting that could significantly help the roster. Let's take a look at the top names available that would help the Mets:

Oliver Perez- odds are he ends up back with the Mets. No one seems to be in on him except for the Mets. Young, healthy, and sometimes spectacular, Perez needs to mature &and add consistency to join the top tier of pitchers in the league.
Ben Sheets- When healthy, he is simply an ace. Coming off a strong year, with an injury at the wrong time, the end of the season. Sheets has had his share of injuries, however none seem chronic as he has had a variety. Also worth noting, Sheets has had more 30 start years that AJ Burnett (just got an $80 million contract).
Bobby Abreu- the veteran is nothing special on defense, but pencil him in for 100 RBI, 100 runs, 60-80 extra base hits, and a strong obp (.405 career).
Adam Dunn- think of Dunn as a younger, more powerful version of Abreu. Solid for 40 homers, 100 RBI, 100 Runs, 100ish BB's, and he is only 29 years old.
Chad Cordero- coming back from arm injury, this former elite closer was a former prodigy of Omar Minaya's in Montreal. On the cheap, he could end up a valuable setup guy if healthy.

There are a number of others available as well that could help any team. Randy Wolf and Orlando Hudson are two of those possibilities, however, I do not like them for their fit with the Mets right now. Hudson is likely to command a decent salary and we have no place to put him. Wolf has never showed me much and I am not impressed. We already have Tim Redding and Freddy Garcia thanks.

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