Good News, Bad News

Jayson Stark at espn.com wrote the following late last night:

So there's no reason to think they're suddenly about to turn their attention to Zito, who would require them to deal Lastings Milledge or Aaron Heilman, plus another lesser player. Zito is a Nordstrom's kind of item. And the Mets clearly are just Target shoppers these days.

If Heilman and a lesser player gets the Mets Zito, we're close to a deal that could really work for the Mets (and, in my opinion, be fair for the A's as well). The bad news is Stark's feeling that the Mets just don't want to add payroll, which would be the height of silliness when you consider how much has already been invested in this season and how much is possible in the next few months.