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Mets' free-agency plans: Big-name hunting

It's not exactly John Lackey or bust. But the Mets have made it their mission this offseason to sign a big-ticket free agent, a person familiar with the club's thinking said as the clocked ticked down to midnight yesterday.

Despite the price, the Mets understand they can't afford to come up empty, not after three straight seasons of missing the playoffs and then watching the Yankees win the...

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