Sandy Alderson talked with reporters late Wednesday and said, while he doesn't know that he'll make any deals before the end of the Winter Meetings, he's made progress in talks with teams and agents that he hopes will benefit the Mets before the end of the offseason.
Alderson also had the following to say about...
The possibility of keeping all of his current outfielders...
"Well, payroll is in an issue, but so is playing time. Right now, we're not configured well to allocate the playing time. There are some things we need to do to smooth that out.