Boras Has a Few Zingers, and a Few Free-Agent Stars, for the Mets ORLANDO, Fla. - Scott Boras entered the hotel lobby here Wednesday afternoon like a rock star, mobbed by reporters. He was about to give what has become his annual unofficial address at the general managers meetings, discussing his clients and baseball in general. One of the first questions posed to him was about the Mets. Boras paused. He had made a point, in recent years, to tweak the Mets. Two years ago, he said they were shopping for fruits and nuts, instead of their usual: steak. Last year, he said they were in the freezer section. This year, he said: "The Mets are like NASA. They have big rockets, a lot of platforms and very few astronauts. Astronauts are hard to find. They've got one guy with the "Wright" stuff. That's for sure. And they've got a lot of "Arm"-strongs, too. But they're certainly a club that I'm sure is in a pursuit of a higher level of talent. He later added: "The Mets have the ability to pretty much do what they want to do. But it's hard to find astronauts. Boras had outquipped Sandy Alderson, the Mets" general manager and unofficial king of the quips, who said this week he had been stacking $5 bills in his hotel room. "I don't think his intergalactic metaphor is exactly right," Alderson said when told of Boras's comments. Asked what was wrong with the metaphor, Alderson said, "I'm not sure, because I've got to first understand it." On Tuesday night the Mets met with Jhonny Peralta, who was here with his agent. Without naming Peralta, Alderson said it was always positive to meet a player in person. Peralta, normally a shortstop, hit .303 with 11 homers in 107 games for the Detroit Tigers last season. He was suspended for 50 games in the Biogenesis scandal and rejoined the team's lineup at the end of the season. He became one of the few hitters the Tigers could rely on in the playoffs, batting .333. Because Detroit had acquired Jose Iglesias, Peralta played some left field. Signing him would be a coup for the Mets, although bigger names are out there. Boras mostly discussed Jacoby Ellsbury, Shin-Soo Choo and Stephen Drew, three of his free-agent clients who might fit well with either the Yankees or the Mets. Boras described Ellsbury as a center fielder who had power to pair with his speed. Boras said Ellsbury's home run total dropped because his role was to get on base this season, and he was playing with a swollen hand and wrist. He called Drew a winner after his stops in Arizona, Oakland and Boston - a shortstop with a reliable glove and some pop in his bat. Boras said Choo was "along the lines of Michael Jordan in Korea." Without specifically referring to the Mets, who could benefit from connecting with the large Korean population in Queens, Boras noted that some teams, in some cities, could prosper by adding him. The Yankees could use Choo, too. He gets on base, throws well, is a well-respected teammate and could provide some power by taking advantage of the short right-field fence at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees met with Boras on Wednesday, and with the agents for Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann. Alderson had spoken with Boras before the meetings, but Choo could cost too much for the Mets. Alderson has indicated that he will not spend $100 million on one player this off-season. When Boras was told that, he said: "The hardest thing about limits is that it doesn't limit others. It limits you. Someday, Alderson and Boras presumably will try to negotiate what is likely to be a lucrative deal for the Mets" ace, Matt Harvey. Boras said Harvey was doing well after Tommy John surgery and would start his rehabilitation in a few weeks. If the Mets do not sign Peralta or someone else by then, their fans could get restless. Do I sense it? Alderson said of the fans" anxiety. Yeah, to some extent. Do I tune it out? Yes, to the largest extent possible. Because for us this is a day-to-day proposition, and it's not that predictable. So I just sort of have to take it out of the equation to some extent but be aware of the overall environment as well. WILSON NOT IN YANKEES" PLANS Brian Cashman, the Yankees" general manager, hears a similar refrain from agents at functions like these every year: "All their players want to be Yankees." "Well," Cashman said Wednesday, "Brian Wilson doesn't want to be a Yankee." Cashman explained that Wilson's agent had said the closer would not shave his beard, meaning he would not comply with the Yankees" policy on facial hair, which prohibits players from sporting anything beyond a mustache. Not even for the right price? "I didn't ask," Cashman said. I was told don't even bother.