The Mets are searching for a closer, but don't appear willing to give anyone a deal longer than three years. New York is known to be against fulfilling Francisco Rodriguez's demands for a five-year deal, and according to team officials they won't even offer a fourth year to K-Rod or any other closer. They fear as the only big-market team searching for a closer that they may be bidding against themselves in considering four-year deals for either Rodriguez or Brian Fuentes.