So Jorge Arangure’s Twitter, via Matt Cerrone, tells me that the Mets are interested in Fernando Rodney. And Cerrone says Rodney’s seeking a three-year, $30 million deal.
Remember yesterday when I said the Mets hadn’t actually screwed anything up yet and so we shouldn’t kill them just for their inaction? Yeah, if they’re actually interested in Fernando Rodney, and if they actually sign Fernando Rodney for any significant money, that’s screwing something up.
Fernando Rodney is eminently average. He throws very hard, which is nice, but he lacks control, and missed time in 2008 due to shoulder tendinitis, and is 32. He has a career 105 ERA+, just barely above league average, and a 1.424 WHIP, too high for a late-inning reliever.
Rodney is the prototypical example of a guy who will be overpaid because of the closer label. If you’ll recall, that’s precisely what I whined about the Mets doing all last offseason.
But I figured, with the way the J.J. Putz thing blew up in their faces, they learned from that mistake. And I hope they did.
If they go out and give a big contract to Fernando Rodney, who’s honestly probably not much better a bet than Bobby Parnell moving forward, it will show that they haven’t.
Tedquarters 
If this deal ever came to pass, I might just take next season off and wait until the Mets got some competent people in the front office.
Thankfully, it’s a Twitter report, so that assures me that it doesn’t really exist.
if they wish to take a flier on a putz replacement they should jump on capps.
Agreed.