"Former Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez made his return to Citi Field tonight as the Milwaukee Brewers came in for a three-game series, and he did so with an appreciation of his rocky two-and-a-half years here.

""I think I had good moments here and obviously I had bad moments," he said. "I was looking forward to seeing my old teammates and saying hi to them. They were great to me, they stood behind me in my struggles and my bad moments outside the field, I left some good friends out there."

Rodriguez collected 83 saves in 165 appearances with the Mets but hasn't had one with the Brewers as he's served as John Axford's setup man, though he has pitched well with a 2.03 ERA in 13 1/3 innings and struck out 18 batters.

But with his three-year contract ending after this year, and after agreeing to get rid of the clause in his contract that would have vested next year's salary at $17.5 million, he is likely to be a free agent.

"I wish I had a crystal ball and let me know what is going to happen, two to three months from now," Rodriguez said. "But unfortunately this is difficult and as far as being a free agent and I don't know where that is going to take me, how long that is going to take me, where I'm going to end up so I just sit tight and wait and see what's going to happen.""