Are the Mets good enough to Schmooze Torrealba

I know baseball is a business and money talks but are the Mets really good enough to schmooze things over with Yorvit Torrealba. Just early this month when discussing his pending grievance the catcher made it sound personal, that he felt he had a deal in place and that he was up set over Minaya speaking to his family raising their expectations only to pull the rug out from under them.

Torrealba filed a grievance against the Mets last year, one he said is still pending. The one bad taste he has left from the failed negotiations is from general manager Omar Minaya. He said the GM spoke with his wife and young son about coming to New York, raising their expectations before backing out of the deal. source NY Post

After the 2007 the catcher believed he had a three year deal in place with the Mets only to have them back out at the last minute, rumors are that the org. became concerned over medical reports about the catchers shoulder.

After re-signing with the Rockies his shoulder has held up, in 2008 he played in 70gms hitting .246 and in 64 gms this year he hit .291. Overall the 31 y/o right hander is a lifetime .255 hitter with a slg. pct. of .390 and an OBP .315.

The Rockies have five days after the World Series to pick-up his 4M option which is awful expensive for a back-up catcher in Colorado. It's believed they'll try to resign him but could go as low as 1M for a year.

Torrealba has a $4 million option for next season that must be picked up by five days after the World Series. The Rockies want to re-sign him for less since there's no guarantee he will start ahead of Chris Iannetta. source Denver Post

The catcher's name keeps coming up in regards to the Mets, who could easily out bid what the Rockies are willing to pay and he'd be a good fit, but how do they get past what happened last time. Marty Noble brought up Torrealba's name and now the Denver Post discusses what they would have to do to obtain the catcher under the current situation...

The Mets will have interest in catcher Yorvit Torrealba if the Rockies decline his $4 million option. It would require some fence-mending for Torrealba to end up with the Mets. He has a pending grievance against them for backing out of a three-year deal when he was a free agent after the 2007 season. Source Denver Post