For Mets, five might get one Bay. Jason Bay is swinging for the fences, maybe hoping to get a fifth year from the New York Mets.A five-year deal would mean Bay would turn 36 during the final year of the contract. At 31, the righthanded-hitting left fielder hit .267 with 36 home runs and 119 RBI in 2009 for the Red Sox. The Mets prefer Bay to Matt Holliday, the other premier left fielder on the market, because Bay is more of a pull hitter, and thus his power is better-suited to hitting home runs at Citi Field. -NY Daily News

Rangers, Red Sox wait on Lowell deal. By JEFF WILSON Not all the blame should fall on the Texas Rangers for holding up a trade that would give them the right-handed presence they want to add to their lineup.There is a level of concern about the right thumb of Mike Lowell, and baseball sources confirmed the Rangers are gathering and evaluating information on the injury the third … -Star-telegram.com

Bay, bridge. So is it too soon to speculate on the leading candidates to be Jeremy Hermida’s platoon buddy in left field? Probably not as of Saturday, given the gauntlet heaved from out of left field from Jason Bay’s camp that the Red Sox left fielder is prepared to “move on.” Here is what Joe Urbon, Bay’s agent, had to say: “We don’t agree with their … I get it.

Wanting Bay to stay is understandable, particularly given the current world order. The Yankees Way — spend millions on superstar baubles, develop a few supporting players here and there, and hope your allegedly aging icons somehow continue to retain their youth — worked for the first time in nearly a decade.-Boston Globe