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Monday middlings: Jason Bay, Ben Sheets, Johnny Damon and Brandon Lyon

Right now, you'd have to guess that, of the "Big Three" free agents, Jason Bay will be the first to sign, ahead of Matt Holliday and John Lackey. That's based on Urbon's words over the weekend, which we discussed here yesterday, which were clearly designed to get things going.

How bad would it be if the Mets committed a fifth year to Bay and landed him? It wouldn't be ideal,...

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