Moises Alou is staying with the Mets, and Damion Easley will return next season, too.

Early indicators suggest the Mets are leaning toward a full courtship of Alex Rodriguez, pending David Wright's blessing.

Six Mets filed for free agency Monday, on the first day players were eligible: Marlon Anderson, Luis Castillo, Ramon Castro, Damion Easley, Shawn Green and Paul Lo Duca.

According to George King of the New York Post, the Mets aren't expected to re-sign Paul Lo Duca, and the Marlins, who have been stockpiling dollars, will likely be interested.

Orlando Hernandez had surgery on his right foot Friday, and the Mets' pitcher is expected to be ready for spring training.

Steve Phillips regrets one thing about the Mets' short-lived but highly publicized flirtation with Alex Rodriguez seven years ago.

Paul Lo Duca might have moved a step closer to staying with the Mets on Tuesday when the Detroit Tigers announced that they had picked up the $13 million option on catcher Ivan Rodriguez's contract for next season.

It was speculated that Mo Vaughn, who grew up in Norwalk, Conn.

Mets pitcher Tom Glavine declined his $13 million option with New York on Friday, making himself eligible for free agency.

A disappointing 2007 season ended in surgery on Wednesday for New York Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran and lefthander Jason Vargas.

Tom Glavine is unlikely to pick up his player option for the 2008 season and return to the Mets, SI.

In the roughly 40 hours that had elapsed since he left Shea Stadium on Sunday evening and returned Tuesday morning, Willie Randolph had symbolically distanced himself from the Mets’ collapse.

Paul Lo Duca returned to Shea Stadium Tuesday to clean out his locker and made it clear he hoped to be back next season.

Considering the New York Mets' late-season collapse, there is little doubt that general manager Omar Minaya will make a run at Twins two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana this winter.

Scott Schoeneweis, fingered by an Internet report that said he received six shipments of steroids from the pharmacy that is at the center of an ongoing investigation into illegal prescription drug sales, told the New York Daily News Monday night that he has never heard of Signature Pharmacy or received shipments from Florida.

The Mets forfeited millions in playoff revenue along with the National League East title by stumbling down the stretch during a pitiful September.

Scott Schoeneweis, the veteran Mets reliever and a survivor of testiticular cancer, received six steroid shipments from Signature Pharmacy while playing for the White Sox in 2003 and 2004, ESPN has learned.

Now that New York's epic collapse is over the attention turns to what the Mets do with Willie Randolph, the manager for this debacle.