Mets general manager Sandy Alderson has met with the representatives for Jose Reyes, but he does not expect a quick resolution to the All-Star shortstop's free agency. "Things are going to go slowly, which I think is typical of most if not all free agents," Alderson said. "Very few sign during the exclusive period." Open bidding on free agents begins Thursday. "Take it out of the Jose Reyes context into just the general free agent context," Alderson continued. "There are some situations where a player might indicate what it would take for him to forgo the free agent market. There are some situations where a club might try to make a preemptive offer to preclude that (open bidding). "I don't think either one of those things is going to happen in this case. I don't think Jose is going to give us a number for which he would forgo free agency. I don't think we're in a position to make him what I would characterize as a preemptive offer."