I watched this off-season's first installment of SNY's Mets Hot Stove Report yesterday. Kevin Burkhardt was talking to Jon Heyman and Newsday's David Lennon. (Played convincingly by Neil Patrick Harris.) They both think the Mets have a decent shot of ending up with Francisco Rodriguez. (Known to some as "K-Rod.") Their thinking is that not too many teams are looking for a closer, and of those that are, the Mets are the only "big spending" team. Supply and demand may make Rodriguez more affordable as the fall progresses. Especially now that the Angels have said that they've moved on. (Although I think the Yankees said that about the other Rod last winter, didn't they?)