R.A. Dickey says the Mets capped their offer of a contract extension to remain with the team at $20 million over two years.

That was on top of the $5 million Dickey is owed for 2013. The Mets dealt the pitcher to the Blue Jays and he then agreed to an extension with his new team.

Dickey also apologized Tuesday on a conference call with New York reporters for being so outspoken about his frustration with the pace of negotiations a week earlier.

"At the Christmas party, I must admit to you, that I was unprepared for that informal press conference, if you will," Dickey said.

"I wasn't aware I was going to be put in that position. So I didn't have a conversation with anybody about what was going to happen. ... I feel badly about using a time such as that to become emotional, and I want to apologize for that. That wasn't the venue necessarily to do that in. Now, I think my emotions and my feelings were warranted. At the same time, that was the wrong place to do that."