A day after saying there was little more to do than fill up the bench, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson took a step in that direction yesterday, with the team agreeing to a one-year deal with Ronny Cedeno, pending a physical.

Though at this point, it seems the Mets are loaded with bench players.

Cedeno, who will be 29 next month, likely will back up Ruben Tejada at shortstop. His deal with the Mets is believed to be worth a little more than $1 million.

The Venezuelan native was the starting shortstop in Pittsburgh a year ago, hitting .249 with two homers and 32 RBIs and also spent time with the Cubs and Mariners.

The Pirates declined to pick up his option for 2012.

The Mets brought in infielder Omar Quintanilla last week and had been considering other possible backups like Jack Wilson and Ryan Theriot. They also opted to bring back reserve outfielder Scott Hairston on a one-year deal on Thursday.

Alderson said this week he didn’t expect to be in the market for any high-priced players heading into 2012, so these are the types of moves the Mets are expected to make for the rest of the offseason because money is clearly tight.

Though their financial woes have been well-chronicled, the team insisted again yesterday that despite its hiring of the same company that guided the Texas Rangers through their bankruptcy and sale less than two years ago, the Wilpons are not going down that road.

After saying on Thursday they had “engaged CRG Partners to provide services in connection with financial reporting and budgeting processes,” the team reiterated that should not be seen as a signal for bankruptcy.

“Lots of talk about CRG,” the Mets said via Twitter. “To be clear: CRG’s services aren’t bankruptcy-related. There are no bankruptcy services being provided by anyone.”

Sources said they agreed the hiring of the company is not an indication the team is considering bankruptcy.