Mets Pursuing Huston Street

The Colorado Rockies acquired Huston Street from the A's earlier this offseason as part of a deal that sent Matt Holliday to Oakland. Now, Colorado is willing to deal Street elsewhere.

Mets' GM Omar Minaya has been actively talking to Rockies' GM Dan O'Dowd about a trade for Street. The Mets would like to use Street as their set-up man in 2009 and the former closer would be a nice fit.

The 25-year-old Texan will not be eligible to become a free agent until 2011 and sports a career 2.88 ERA and 1.07 WHIP.

The centerpiece of the deal on the Mets side is maligned reliever Aaron Heilman, whom the Rockies believe could be an effective starting pitcher. The Rockies are looking for a left-handed set-up man and are interested in Pedro Feliciano. However, Omar Minaya does not seem to want to include him in the deal, prefering to trade a prospect instead. The two sides continue to work on the deal as they tend to their other business at the Winter Meetings.

After struggling with injuries in 2008 and early 2009, Street lost his closer's job in Oakland to rookie Brad Ziegler. Nonetheless, Street finished strong with a 1.74 ERA in September.