The Mets are unlikely to sign him, but they have taken the time to meet with Michael Bourn.

Sandy Alderson and assistant general manager John Ricco flew to Houston last week to have dinner with Bourn and his agent, Scott Boras, according to the New York Post.

The meeting "was more a getting-to-know-you session than a dollars-and-cents negotiation," according to the paper, "at a time when the dollars and cents remain among the most significant hurdles in doing a deal."