Starting Pitching Market : With Lowe and Perez looking to cash in, Mets will look for cheaper alternatives

In the NY Daily News,  John Harper reports that the Mets will have to look for cheaper alternatives at starting pitcher because Boras' Clients, Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez will be priced too high.

The Mets are in the hunt for two starting pitchers, and Harper points out that the Mets have interest in Jon Garland and might revisit the trade possibility of  Javier Vazquez. I like Jon Garland and I think he would be a good fit for the Mets. As for Javier Vazquez, if the Mets can rid themselves of  Luis Castillo's contract in a trade to Chicago and receive a pitcher who has pitched 200 innings and struck out 200 or more batters in the last two years, I'd be all in for that..

Another Trade possibility that Harper says the Mets can revisit, is for Tampa Bay's Edwin Jackson. He is only 25 years old and he has electric stuff. The Rays are known to have interest in Heilman as a reliever, but have a need for a right fielder. Harper says the Mets might be inclined to throw Ryan Church at the Rays to get the young starter and replace him with Raul Ibanez..