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- Keyser Soze - 11-28-2005
Mets land closer Wagner
Posted: 21 minutes ago
The Mets have landed coveted closer Billy Wagner in a four-year deal worth $43 million.
The deal could be worth as much as $50 million as it includes a fifth-year option for the Mets worth $10 million. But if the team declines the option, Wagner gets a $3 million buyout which is considered part of the original $43 million deal.
Two of the Mets' NL East rivals, the Phillies and Braves, also were trying to sign Wagner.
Wagner, 34, was 4-3 with 38 saves and a 1.51 ERA last season for Philadelphia, which wanted to re-sign him. Wagner has 284 career saves and will be 38 at the end of the deal — 39 if the Mets pick up his option.
After spending most of his career with Houston, his two seasons with the Phillies showed the left-hander he could handle pitching in a tough city.
"I think if I had an opportunity to play in New York four or five years ago, I probably wouldn't have been as receptive to it," Wagner said last week. "After the trade of going to Philadelphia and playing there, I believe that's made it that much easier to handle the media, the pressures."
In recent days, the Phillies have become the most aggressive suitor for free-agent right-hander Tom Gordon, whom they now could target as their closer.
- GonzoStyle - 11-28-2005
There's a new evil empire in town.
- fbd - 11-28-2005
dont you already have 5 threads about the mets offseaon?
- diceisgod - 11-28-2005
The Mets signed Bobby Bonilla!
- The Jays - 11-29-2005
Look, I'm Omar Minaya! I''m throwing money at problems! Weee! It's fun!
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
yankees payroll is double the mets payroll, nigga please.
- The Jays - 11-29-2005
Look! I'm throwing money out the window now! Money, money, throw it all over!
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
i never said a bad word about steinbrenner spending money, i always said i wish my team's owner would do the same and now he is.
- The Sleeper - 11-29-2005
seriously, danny tartabull
- Goatweed - 11-29-2005
hahaha Tartar Sauce!!
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
didnt george costanza get his idea for cotton uniforms from the bull?
- GonzoStyle - 11-29-2005
this is the best mets signing since willie mays.
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
Alejandro Pena !!!
- GonzoStyle - 11-29-2005
Roberto Alomar!
- The Jays - 11-29-2005
omar should cancel the season and just burn bales of money in the middle of shea every night.
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
![[Image: yankees-payroll-800.jpg]](http://www.eugenewei.com/images/misc/yankees-payroll-800.jpg)
- The Jays - 11-29-2005
he can have free admission, and he can sell yankee merchandise which people can throw in the bonfire of money, or they can come with their own which they ripped off of the lawns and cars of yankee fans. he can also sell nathan's hot dogs and pizza from local pizzerias, which he can purchase because he has cash money, which he's willing to burn.
- Keyser Soze - 11-29-2005
im not happy that shea switched from thumanns to nathans.
- HedCold - 11-29-2005
i would have prefered they sign hoffman for 2 years, but whatever
- Galt - 11-29-2005
I'm still not going to sit on that shitbag train out to Queens no matter how much money Omar spends or how good that team is