The Yankees and CBS Radio are close to a deal that would put the Yankees on WFAN starting in 2014, a person familiar with the negotiations told Newsday. The arrangement would bump the Mets off the station that has carried their games since WFAN's inception in 1987. Lonn Trost, the Yankees' chief operating officer, said Tuesday a deal for the team's radio rights is "close," but he would not confirm or deny that WFAN is the likely landing place. "Right now we're in negotiations and everything is confidential," Trost said. "Part of the agreement we're drafting has a confidentiality agreement. I can't even get into it. I am close with some entity for next year." Still, he cautioned, "Things have gone in so many directions with this negotiation . . . I can't tell you today if it will be the same thing tomorrow." It is not clear where the Mets would land, but options include ESPN Radio and one or more of the New York stations -- including WOR -- owned by Clear Channel Communications, which earlier in the process made a serious bid for the Yankees' rights. All indications are that John Sterling would remain the team's play-by-play man. Less certain is the status of his partner, Suzyn Waldman, but if the team gives its blessing they will continue the on-air partnership that began in 2005. The Yankees currently are carried by WCBS Radio, which like WFAN, is owned by CBS. The current one-year contract is believed to pay the team $13 to $14 million. The Mets are believed to earn about half what the Yankees do in rights fees but have been a money-loser for WFAN, which inherited the team when it took over WHN's 1050-AM signal in 1987. The Mets then moved down the dial with WFAN to 660-AM in 1988. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/source-yankees-close-to-deal-to-move-to-wfan-in-2014-1.6044600 Will the Mets prefer to stay on AM, and possibly be on WOR, or go to ESPN-NY which means FM? I removed the question mark in the title as Rubin tweeted: "Jeff Wilpon confirms #Mets leaving WFAN. Says team negotiating with several parties."