Buster Olney of ESPN The Magazine says the Mets are looking to add a starting pitcher, and not a five-inning, 100-pitch, No. 4 or No. 5 guy. The Mets want a solid No. 1 or No. 2 pitcher.

Olney says the Mets will have several choices:

Roy Oswalt: Oswalt may be too expensive given the $27 million that is owed to him and the fact that the Astros will want good prospects in return.

Cliff Lee: There is sentiment internally that the Mets will make a good run at the left-handed pitcher. The downside is that the Mets may not have good enough prospects to make Seattle bite.

Ben Sheets: The Mets were second in the Sheets bidding last off-season and the Mets can absorb whatever is left of his $10 million salary this year.

Fausto Carmona: The pitcher has a 3.23 ERA and has improved command. Carmona may be a long-term liability that the Mets may not want. He’s signed for $6.1 million next y ear and a series of options through 2014.

Dan Haren: The Diamondbacks may want a significant return for Haren, and the Mets would rather take on a player who costs more in dollars than in prospects.

Jake Westbrook: Olney also suggests that Cleveland right-hander Westbrook is available. Westbrook has been rumored as a target of the Mets. The Mets had advanced scouts watching Westbrook earlier this month and will get a first-hand look at him tonight when Westbrook starts for the Indians.