The Internet is atwitter with this report from Jesse Spector in the Daily News, in which Bengie Molina weighs in on what he feels happened between him and the Mets this offseason. Check it out:

“Right from the beginning, I told them, I said, ‘Hey, listen. You’re gonna have to give me two years at least, because that’s the only way I’m going over there.'”

Oooh, look out, world: Bengie Molina plays hardball. Unless you’re willing to commit more than one year to him, at 35, he’s just going to continue getting on base at a sub-.300 clip, being the worst baserunner in baseball, and impressing coaching staffs with nebulous leadership and staff-handling abilities in San Francisco, where he’s comfortable.

What’s hilarious about the article is that Molina accuses the Mets of not really being interested in him, and only pretending to have interest to show fans they were pursuing big-name free-agents like Bengie Molina. Molina doesn’t even consider the possibility that the Mets might have been smart enough to not want to sign a 35-year-old catcher who isn’t all that good to a two-year, multi-million dollar contract.

Just like, you know, all the other teams in the Majors that weren’t willing to meet Bengie Molina’s two-year contract demand. Namely all of them.

Since Molina, in the article, exposes himself as something of a jackass, I’m even happier that the Mets didn’t extend him that two-year contract offer. Plus, though Molina’s a better player than Rod Barajas, the Mets got Barajas at such a massively discounted rate — especially compared to the one it would have taken to land Molina — that the ultimate outcome was a decent one.

What’s funny, to me, is that the Giants’ biggest offseason need clearly should have been adding an offensive weapon. They posted a team OPS+ of 81 last year, falling just below Omir Santos’ 82.

They have, in catching prospect Buster Posey, an offensive weapon that appears nearly ready for prime time. Posey did spend most of 2009 in High-A ball, but hit .321 with a .391 on-base percentage and a .511 slugging in 151 plate appearances in Triple-A.

The fifth-overall pick in the 2008 draft and Baseball America’s No. 7 overall prospect might have represented the Giants’ best opportunity to improve their offense, but instead, they’ll again start the season with Molina behind the plate.

So though the Giants may have gotten Molina at a reasonable price, he might not actually improve their team much over the in-house alternative. He would have improved the Mets at that price, but likely wouldn’t have been a good deal at the price he was demanding of the Mets.