Omar Minaya said he will continue to explore pitching options on the free-agent market, according to MLB.com.

In recent days, the Mets have been linked to Ben Sheets, John Smoltz and Chien-Ming Wang, after being turned down by Joel Pineiro and catcher Bengie Molina.

“You always wish that when you make offers, you get the players,” Minaya said in response to Molina and Pineiro. “We would have liked to have gotten at least one of those guys. We have to continue to look at the market, look at the guys that are available and try to fill in those areas of need.”