Mets Want Out of K-Rod Contract

Monday afternoon it was reveled that Francisco Rodriguez will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his pitching thumb, as a result of his altercation with his common-law father last week.

K-Rod was already suspended by the Mets for two games because of the melee, now the Metropolitans want out of the contract.

Rodriguez is due $11 million next season, and if he pitches 100 games through next season, a $17.5 million option will automatically kick in for 2012. That's $28 million due to K-Rod over the next two years.

If the Mets want to cut costs, trading K-Rod before the option kicks in is certainly a viable option that the Mets are strongly considering.

It will be difficult because the players union will be heavily involved in the grievance process against the Mets if they don't pay K-Rod his money. The Mets argument will be that the injury was self-inflicted hence they have no right to pay him the remainder of his 2010 salary.