"The Mets and Rockies had brief conversations about a trade that could have involved Mike Pelfrey and Huston Street, but the Mets are not overly enamored with the Colorado closer.

The trade would have been difficult because Street and new Mets bench coach Bob Geren dislike each other from their days with the A's.

In May, Street told the San Francisco Chronicle that Geren was "my least favorite person I have ever encountered in sports.""