K-Rod not in Mets future

So much for the K-Rod to the Mets rumors. Both the team and Rodriguez's agent refute rumors that he's headed to the Big Apple.

A Mets official who preferred his name not be used characterized the report in El Universal as "not true," and agent Paul Kinzer said his client was in Venezuela and that the report was inaccurate.

Mets general manager Omar Minaya didn't respond to a telephone call.

"Unless I know nothing about it, there's no truth to it," Kinzer said via cellular phone from the Atlanta area. He said he had spoken with his client, who had told a reporter in Venezuela of the need for a flight for business purposes. "But it wasn't for a physical," Kinzer said. "It didn't involve this."

Kerry Wood Mets rumors should start to fly any time now.