Joel Sherman of the New York Post says that the Mets have money left over, and they can improve the team before Spring Training begins. Sherman says that the Mets were willing to give then free agents Bengie Molina and pitcher Joel Pineiro about $12 million, but the team could not close either deal. Therefore the team still has that money budgeted for the 2010 season and there are plenty of free agents left that they can sign for a bargain.

Among those that are available that the Mets can get are catcher Rod Barajas, first baseman Russell Branyan, reliever Kiko Calero, utilityman Felipe Lopez or starter Jarrod Washburn with the $12 million.