Now, I am not worried about this. The Mets need an innings eater and Lohse does give that, yet I don’t see the him going to Queens, especially not at four years. And since the Mets are pretty much air tight when it comes to leaking info – unlike a few years ago when it was like the Nixon White House – the rumor came from another team or an agent. And if it came from his agent then all he is doing is trying to up the ante for his client.

If the Mets wanted to get a pitcher of Lohse’s caliber, there are other ones out there for Omar Minaya to grab and not at a bidding war with the Phillies.