…this is always true… however, from what i can gather, while the team can add payroll, i wouldn’t expect them to take on, for instance, ALL of the $30 million due to oswalt… of course, no team is interested in doing that… and so, instead, i hear adding a guy like Cliff Lee, or Ted Lilly, who are due roughly $3 million or so between now and the end of the season, is totally within reason… unless he will cost Jon Niese or Ike Davis, in which case the lack of action will have nothing to do with money or motivation, but everything to do with talent…

~ MetsBlog.com – Buzz: Mets Can Add Payroll, within Reason.