http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/wfa ... z0b719HyOC
The Mets have reached agreement on a four-year, $66 million agreement with Jason Bay pending a physical, The Post has learned.
Mets officials refused to confirm the agreement, largely because the results of a physical are not complete and the Mets do not want to embarrass themselves by confirming a deal then having to back away should Bay not pass the physical -- think the humiliation and legal hassle with Yorvit Torrealba a few years back.
And the physical might not be a formality. There has been a lot of talk in the sport that the Red Sox were hesitant to do a long-term deal with Bay because they were concerned about the health of his shoulders.
New York Times has it also:
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/2 ... ract-deal/
The Mets made Bay a four-year, $64 million offer weeks ago, then watched as nothing happened. Speculation increased that Bay, mindful of the Mets’ poor record in 2009 and the difficulty of hitting home runs in the Mets’ new stadium, did not really want to play in Queens and was looking for other offers from other teams.
But no other club appeared ready to come close to the Mets’ offer and now the Mets have gotten the player they wanted. The agreement between the Mets and Bay was first reported by WFAN radio and was confirmed by a major league executive who did not want his name used because the deal was not yet official.
