The Mets hope that the backbone of their team next season would be starting pitching suffered a crushing blow when ace Matt Harvey was lost following Tommy John surgery.
If they are going to have any chance of staying relevant in 2014, they will almost certainly have to lure someone like Bronson Arroyo to help the rotation.
Thursday was the first day teams could reach out to other team's free agents – although they are not permitted to talk about money until Tuesday — and while the Mets have not contacted Arroyo yet, that should change.
"Bronson is an East Coast guy and would definitely consider the Mets," Arroyo's agent, Terry Bross, said. "But we're going to take our time with this."
The Mets appear willing to do the same and may have little choice.
Needing a lot of help in the outfield, they figure to at least get in touch with Scott Boras, who represents two of the top free agent outfielders in Jacoby Ellsbury and Shin-Soo Choo, both of whom could prove to be too expensive.
Shortstop is another area of need, but they clearly want to add rotational depth, to help Jon Niese, Zack Wheeler and Dillon Gee.
Arroyo will turn 37 in February, but has logged at least 199 innings each season since 2005. In September, he told The Post, "I definitely think the Mets are a team that I would look at."
He rebounded from an awful 2011 season by pitching to under a 4.00 ERA in each of the past two seasons with the Reds in hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park and has said he is looking for at least a two-year deal.
That would likely cost around $30 million and the Mets have money to spend. They are planning on buying out the final year of Johan Santana's contract for $5.5 million before Monday's deadline, which will save them nearly $20 million.
Santana missed all of last season after shoulder surgery.
Among other Mets who became free agents Thursday were LaTroy Hawkins, who could return to Queens and Frank Francisco, who will not.
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Dr. James Andrews, who performed Tommy John surgery on Matt Harvey in Florida on Oct. 22 said while there's no guarantee the procedure was a success, he was confident the right-hander would bounce back.
"Everything went well with him," Andrews said on the Tri-State Sports Guys radio show in Connecticut. "He's a real, real hard worker. Whatever you tell him to do, he's gonna do it and he's gonna do fine. Tell everybody to relax and let him do his rehab, take his time and don't rush him and he should have a very good outcome."
Harvey will miss next season, but barring setbacks, should be ready for spring training in 2015.
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