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2011
Rockies Place Waiver Claim On Wright
An article by Hojo's Mojo
According to Troy Renck of the Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies were one of many teams that put a waiver claim on Mets’ third baseman David Wright.
It’s unclear who was awarded the claim, but the Mets have made it known that they aren’t trading Wright.
Teams do this all the time, and while the Mets have said they are not trading him now, that doesn’t mean he won’t be traded in the offseason.
Obviously, the front office was trying to gauge what type of interest there was in Wright or he would have never been placed on waivers in the first place.
Renck believes that if the Mets do re-sign Jose Reyes this offseason, that there’s a good chance that Wright gets dealt.
Talking to multiple executives, there remains a chance that Wright might become available if the team re-signs shortstop Jose Reyes at top dollar. For now, Wright isn’t going anywhere. But the Rockies search for a third baseman will continue, and they will be first in line if Wright hits the trade market.
Wright is owed $15 million next season and the Mets hold an option for $16 million for 2013. The contract does not have a no-trade clause, but if Wright is traded, he can void his 2013 option and become a free agent after next season.
Wright or Reyes? Reyes or Wright? Why not both?
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maybe there is a pulse of sense in the FO after all. Whatever Wright gives you can be replaced easily by either one or 2 players. I always said i’d take somebody with less talent but with more ability to deliver timely hits.
Keep Reyes, move Wright for more pitching – load up on the pitching. He can bring you back ever MORE top pitching talent. The guy is over-rated beyond belief, I think that would be a smart move for the Mets
Why would u trade David wright when every met fan loves him. Mist people would want Reyes traded and keep wright forever. Keep wright a met forever and trade Reyes if it helps the team
who is everybody? Wright will be gone. SA is a very smart baseball man.
But as you’ve proved in the past, questions remain about your baseball savvy beyond being a Wright hater.
Wright would back a ton of pitching prospects and reduce payroll. Sounds like the Alderson/Wilpon plan, no?
Given you views, then Reyes would also bring a ton of pitching prospects and reduce payroll. Sounds like the Alderson/Wilpon plan, no?
Reyes was on his walk year. Wright is locked in for 2 years after this this season. Bad comparison.
duh right omar?? the thing is, being that he will make 15 and 16 million for the next 2 years it might be hard for a team to say we’re gonna pay him AND give up top tier pitching for a guy who’s not THAT good..
Des, so will dibanding the entire team. BOTH OR BUST!
Reyes is a free agent at seasons end.What do you think you’ll get back for Reyes who’s on the DL with 5 weeks left in the season.Lol…
no, just no.
Wright’s total value to the team now and in the next five years easily exceeds that of Reyes. Wright will not only be less liable to break down on the field, but he’ll also grow in his present role of team representative to the community and for charitable events. Reyes is severely limited in his appeal to the dominant charities of moneyed people. Giggles don’t last long.
wow, so you want a guy who went the team needs him the most dissapear, is unclutch, does nothing for the clubhouse in terms of leadership, is very soft, ohh, has back issues, make up tons of excuses instead of someone who by himself can take over games like no other met in history ever have? just because he’s a pretty boy and can speak very well english??
Alex68, you’re entertaining but not insightful. What’s really weird is how you try to assess my views and motives. Silly on your part.
P.S.: Your excuses are repetitive and boring.
This coming from the guy who “met” David Wright and when he did so he told him “how proud he is to be a Met fan”
What a PREPOSTEROUS reason for keeping Wright. In a city dominated by Latin Americans and Latin immigrants, Reyes is a tremendous representative for the Mets. Unless you think the LosMets theme is gone with Omar let go, which would make you wrong, btw.
OmarFan —
More preposterous is how you misjudged my views. I compared the worth of two very good players. I would like to keep them both. Did this help?
Give up
Thanks for the help, you Wright hater. You even made up bathroom stories about Wright in NYC. Sick man.
HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH ACCUSATIONS………….
Don’t make this what it isn’t
Not to make this a race issue (although, it seems I’m too late) but the most recent Census data, as well as municipal and NGO studies, show that “white non-Hispanic” is still the largest ethnic group in NYC. Italians being the largest nationality.
So, while Latinos are a very visible and important demographic of NYC, they hardly “dominate” it.
And, we won’t even mention the suburbs.
Of course, all this is predicated on the notion that all Latinos thinking the same way in terms of favorite player. Which is wrong for so many reasons.
Here is where stats trick people. There are SO many undocumented Latinos in the city, you can’t possibly believe any “stat” that guesses and assumes numbers. The numbers stating Italians are the largest nationality is pretty amusing, and pretty much false.
The Mets broke attendance records with the LosMets theme. They weren’t there to see David Wright I’m pretty sure..lol.
And if you follow soccer and boxing (2 true world sports), nationality DEFINITELY plays a part when it comes to favorite team/athlete.
“There are SO many undocumented Latinos in the city, you can’t possibly believe any “stat” that guesses and assumes numbers.”
Ya, and they generally aren’t the target of professional sports franchises. Hell, even if they are, how many are big baseball fans?
Besides, you’re also assuming that all the undocumented people in the City are Latino.
And you still can’t counter the suburbs.
“The numbers stating Italians are the largest nationality is pretty amusing, and pretty much false. ”
Why? Because they don’t live on your block? Plus, nationality is different from ethnicity.
“The Mets broke attendance records with the LosMets theme. They weren’t there to see David Wright I’m pretty sure..lol. ”
Probably has something to do with the 90 win seasons. Notice, the further we go from 2006 and the worse the team record gets, the lower attendance gets.
“And if you follow soccer and boxing (2 true world sports), nationality DEFINITELY plays a part when it comes to favorite team/athlete.”
Which is why its silly to assume all Hispanics root for Reyes simply because he’s Hispanic.
You’re so clueless, I’m starting to think you DON’T live within the 5 boros of NYC, Donal. Dominicans are overflowing in NYC and are HUGE supporters of baseball. They listen, go to, and follow baseball like it’s their duty. There are OVER a MILLION Dominicans living in the city with 25% of them being undocumented. You have NO IDEA what you’re talking about. Throw in a million Puerto Ricans and you have 25% of NYC’s population. I don’t get understand where your mind is or what cave you live in, honestly. I think you live just to contradict, because you feel the need to protect your “territory” on a site where you feel threatened by those who know more than you do.
As for attendance, you’re wrong, as usual:
2004 2.3 Pre Los Mets
2005 2.8 First Year Los Mets
2006 3.3M
2007 3.8M
2008 4M
Omar was brilliant when he decided to tap into the Hispanic community of NYC’s, which has the largest PR and DR community in America. Only a BLIND BAT doesn’t see that it was not only an intelligent marketing plan, but also shrewd because these guys can play ball! Why a previous GM didn’t try this same recipe I will never know. It was a perfect storm of success.
Latinos gravitate towards Latino athletes. If you can’t grasp that concept, you’re missing the boat, my man. I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with it. The Mets broke attendance records
and only posted 1 90 win season with a team of predominantly Hispanic STAR players.
Silly us, though. They all came to see Wagner and Wright play, lol.
We got worse after 2006 and attendance went up. It wasn’t until injuries in 2009 and smaller park lowered our attendance to 3.1M.
Why cause of the language barrier, presumed and all, can’t think of any other reason for you to assume this.
Keep Reyes, lets keep our DL list active!!!
I’ll give up anyone for pitching, ANYONE, but you’re crusade to get rid of Wright for the sake of it is embarrassing now.
who on our team doesn’t routinely make a visit to the dl,not just reyes.they all have injury issues.
Ya, everybody knows how over rated Wright is.
The mets better nit trade wright or nobody will watch a met game ever again
Nobody is watching now.That’s why they need a whole new team.
It drives me nuts that some Met fans still think he’s untouchable.Have you not watched this team the last few years? No one is untouchable!
Joe, you’re too smart to give a street fans view. Worth to a team is established in a lot of ways, both on and off the field.
If the Mets beat Picard in the courts, this story becomes a footnote in the history of the Mets for something that never happened. The exploration of what each player is worth is suitable when there is an improbable but legal chance of a massive award for Picard.
Des the team has been on a downward spiral since the heartbreaking loss in the 06 NLCS and are about to lose roughly 70 Million Dollars at the gate. There isn’t a whole lot of worth in keeping him if a deal can be made to impove the team over the long haul.They’re so far away from being a contender it’s sickening.He’s more valuable to the team as a trade chip than as a player.He’s a very good complimentary player.He’s not a franchise player.Not untouchable.
Thanks, Joe.
Are you implying that Wright is the chip to make up for all the mistakes of Jeff, Tony Barnyard, Omar, Willie, Jerry, etc? No of course you aren’t. I just disagree with your assessment. If (and it’s a big ‘if’) Picard strikes out, the Mets will have a lot of money now being squirreled away. It wlll even affect who owns the team. Then we’ll judge the remedies. IMO, we’ll look back and laugh at our dilemma that wasn’t really a dilemma.
Reyes had a career season. This being said, let’s remember the views of prior front office and on-field personnel who viewed Reyes as a guy who did a lot of ‘walkabouts.’ Maybe he’s matured, let’s hope so. Of course the real test is when whatever happens is in the past. Then with his new contract, we’ll see if Reyes is the same guy. He’s a great player, but to lionize him and view him as hall of famer is premature.
It’s a shame that we can’t trade ownership.
OK, taking out the facts of what Wright brings to the team off the field (fan base, advertising, etc. etc.) what does Colorado have that the Mets would want? The Rox aren’t trading Cargo or Tulo, their pitching depth at the major league level is not deep, with Chacon being one of the bright spots, and I cannot offer any insight on what they had in the minors other than they just got Pomeranz. So, while the Rox love them some Wright, I’m not sure how they even match up on this.
GENIOUS!!!! SANDY ALDERSON THE CORE SALUTES YOU!!
with that being said, he SHOULD be traded, he’s overrated, will NEVER again succeed in new york and can bring in pitching talent to the ballclub, the fan base or legion of his fans have tune out on him because they realize what i’ve been saying for the past 3 years, he’s overrated, unclutch and very soft. a good player, not a superstar as his legion pegged him to be, he will be making 15 million dollars next year and 16 million the next after that, and you wonder is he worth it? HELL NO. try and see what’s out there for him during the offseason, i hope he catches FIRE in the next month so his value goes up, some IDIOT is screaming and yelling about reyes value and have him making at best 14 million, i’d bet he won’t throw a fist or say anything when he realizes wright will make more money than many more better 3rd basemen in the game, including longoria, zimmerman, hell, even youkilis..
trade him, get pitching prospects, tell murphy, gear up for 3rd base and off we go.. keep piling up on pitching sandy… if he does this, sandy will get a thumbs up from THE CORE
What is the Core?
I love how each day you prove what little you know about the game.
Do you know what it really means when a players is placed on waivers? I know the answer is NO, because you have no idea the names of players that HAVE been placed on waivers over the years.
The CORE salutes you.
Thank you for giving me something to laugh at every single day!!!
What a clown
you are welcome..
The core is a small group of people who alex salutes when they think like him. Often times that thought process is misguided, unrealistic and negative.
group?? i ride solo bro.. if you don’t know the history behind it then shut the **** up.. again, since you’re so tough and bad, how come you didn’t show up to my citi field invitation?? i am sure you could’ve settle things up nicely yet you decided to ignore it, afraid much??
another typical blabermouth who just talk and acts like an as***** just to pretend..
by the way, you probably mad than you didn’t come up with some sort of “group” yourself..
although, i saw a movie the other day in which you, donal, xtrre-micon, that guy joe smith and others were in it..
The Expendables?
no, it was called THE LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow… good one. You got us.
Alex, that’s not fair at all. I’m way better looking than Chris Evans.
lmao, well.. pick whoever xtreemicon… lol.. good comeback in my view, glad to see you have a sense of humor, that is why i thought you were joking with the “the mets HAVE to sign chris young” line you drop the other day
I’ll be Jeffrey Dean Morgan……..had had the scene with the scantily clad Zoe Saldana, right? Good enough for me.
And no matter how hard you laugh at it, signing Chris Young for peanuts still is a good move.
“group?? i ride solo bro”
So are you saying that you, an individual make up the core?
So it’s your secret treehouse gang with imaginaries?
again, since you don’t know what it is or was, i asked you to please shut the f*** up right.. is funny how hypocritical you are, all of the sudden a news break out about wright being claimed by the rockies and all of the sudden you start yapping about how it makes sense,then start looking for players in their farm to try and make a trade, how you saw this coming.. ugh.. please man, for once, make a comment, then shut up!!! why you act as if you KNOW everything revolving the mets????? wtf you work in the front office or something??
Let me understand, you say the core salutes you, then you say you ride solo? So which is it?
You sound like a tough guy yourself – you’re not threatening with violence are you?
Why do you answer questions you know nothing about?
The CORE is not what you said. It’s simply a group of about 15-20 different Mets fans that used to post and comment daily on MetsBlog and called him out and you earned your striped by being banned for disagreeing with the almighty one. We’re talking almost 10 years ago. So when he mentions the core he’s talking about those of us who were once regulars on MB.
Stop acting like you know everything, and stop instigating flame wars with alex.
MANIAC!!!
THE MOTHERF****** CORE….. SA-LUTE-SSSSS you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No problem bro, when I saw him trying to explain what the CORE is I just had to stop him from making a dopey clown out of himself. He owes me one.
he’ll never get you back, that my friend is a guarantee, he’ll never admit when he’s wrong, matter of fact, in his little dubious mind he’s never wrong, knwos it all and in case you disagree with him and his idiotics statement, he’ll call you uneducated, idiot, fool or a rac-ist comment about ppl not speaking eng-lish the right way
Yes because I’m sure alex was banned simply for disagreeing. Everything I’ve seen from alex and others has proven that when they disagree they do so respectfully.
Fail.
by the way, the core is a lame excuse for a group of people who like acting like they run things.
If the core doesn’t represent the majority, then what are they the core of?
Why dont you ask Stick Guy or Mr. North Jersey? They are part of the CORE too? Better yet, why dont you just shutup because those of us who’ve known each other for nearly 7-9 years from Mets Blog and Mets Online are really laughing at your asinine attempt to weigh in on this. When did you buy your first PC, 2009?
maniac, don’t waste your time with that guy, remember that in mets blog if you ever dared to disagree with the almighty one he’ll banned you for the hell of it.. ppl were kissing his and david wright’s ass like there was no tomorrow, shoot, guys were getting banned just for say that david wright was UNCLUTCH !!!
remember maniac!! TRS86 and CO??
LOL How can I forget them? I havent seen your buddies Grave Digger and Wanny post here in a while. I think they are still posting but with new names. That idiot is still trying to act like he even knows what we’re talking about. These geeky newbie Alderson bloggers that crawled out from under their Bill James Abstract’s piss me off, but they do in fact give me a good laugh now and then. Plus it’s so easy to shoot their philosophies full of holes.
lol, yes, these losers here who pretend to know it all are more easier to disguised.. although once back into a corner they go to joe D to get you banned..
alex: Why do you get on people for kissing up to Wright when you had your chance to tell him how unclutch he is and how much you dislike him you said “how proud you are to be a mets fan”
even though they suck i AM STILL PROUD TO BE A METS FAN,this meeting occured in 2006, when beltran, delgado and reyes were leading the way.. rememeber??
How come they don’t talk about the core? Weird… and how come the “core” only salutes those who make ridiculous statements and only alex is the one saluting? Enough already.
why does the CORE salutes you bothers you so much? is it because you haven’t gotten one salute yet??
oh it doesn’t bother me at all. It’s a desperate attempt to cause a divide on this site with commenters. It’s lame. I think we can leave it at that and quit blowing up this blog
to cause a divide?? please man, just shut the hell up man.. move on, you don’t like me, i don’t like you. let’s leave it at that ok..
Enough already???? Is this you telling us that your tired of talking about something again? Why dont you just stop bossing readers and bloggers around on this site? Stop trying to direct every conversation your way or the highway. Closed minded people like you is what’s always led to censorship, hate, dictatorships and even worse things in the history of mankind.
WOW – you’re as funny as the Core Alex – calling him closed minded, you obviously never reread some of your own comments.
Glass houses
You and the core keep talking about how overrated he is, while pushing for Reyes.
I love how people say “see what the team looks like without him”
WE’VE BEEN WITHOUT HIM MORE THEN WE’VE HAD HIM ON THE TEAM THE LAST 3 YEARS.
Yeah – release Wright, Keep Reyes – we always need guys on the DL
and that’s one of the BIG reasons why the team has lost more, no reyes we lose, simple math man.. while wright has SHIED away from being what he calls himself “a leader”.
by the way, is funny how some of you guys wanna keep blaming reyes about his injuries problems, yet i haven’t seen one single post about ike davis being fragile or injury prone, and he’s missing the entire season.. go figure..
Why isn’t Reyes a leader? He’s got the longest tenure, why hasn’t he taken initiative to be a leader? Isn’t that what superstars should do?
I’ve never blamed Reyes for injuries (more crap you make up), but you can’t rely on a guy that’s been hurt as much as he has.
More pointing out the obvious – this is Ike’s FIRST injury, so that doesn’t make him injury prone or fragile – but nice spin.
Players know who their leader is, not you. keep it real. wright is your leader not their.
yeah and the bad contracts,like santana’s,that’s the contract that’s going to kill us in the future.no matter if he comes back he’s not going to be worth the 50mil. we owe him.
Omar Minaya was on WFAN this AM and made it clear that almost every man on the 25 man roster is put on waivers. I wouldn’t read TOO much into this.
However, I would not MIND if Wright was dealt so long as the package of players received made sense. What I find interesting is the 1 team where I think he’d be a great fit, is the one who claimed him.
I think if Colorado wants to blow the Mets away with an offer, Wright will be gone.
but I don’t see that happening
Who do they have, though, that would work for a trade? And does Colorado have the room financially, to add another 15 mil. player to their roster?
Speaking in purely hypotheticals because I think it’d be a bigger trade than just Wright for X ya know
But A) yes they have the financials. They’ve never really been hamstrung by finances. People just assume so because they are generally younger.
Excluding the specs they got for Ubaldo they have 3 interesting ones in terms of Mets “needs” with
Nolan Arenado, a 3B (which you assume if they grab Wright that means Arenado has a glass ceiling), Wilin Rosario a catcher who admittedly has struggled though but the tools have been there and then Rex Brothers a lefty starter who could be big league ready within a year.
They have some others like Tyler Matzek who was highly touted but he’s taken a giant step back lately.
I mean it’s really tough to say because if Wright was “officially” on the block as they say, I think a few teams would be interested in a 3B upgrade. But if it were Colorado, they could definitely send something to the Mets worth having
Fair enough. For the record, I’m in the camp of holding onto Wright. But if he supposedly could return either an OF or 3B prospect + a Catcher + a pitcher and maybe one other lower prospect, I’d think you would have to consider it. Maybe that would open up a spot for Lutz or Murph for the short term?
And all I can say is if you thought the “I can’t wait a couple years for this team to become good, I want action and signings now!” faction on this website was on the edge of a ledge, imagine if they do trade Wright for prospects only… Yikes.
I think it’s about due dilligence to tell you the truth. You don’t really know a players value unless you put him out there. Which is why Upton was put out there by Arizona last year.
“I would not MIND if Wright was dealt so long as the package of players received made sense. ”
And another moneyball Domino falls!
Don’t look now Jessup but you just said something that the CORE might salute you for saying!
LOL
metsie,
i REALLY doubt the core will salute jesseP anytime soon
hell, sandy alderson got one before him, that should tell you what i think of him..
“Wright is an excellent player who, despite the multi-year horror movie he has seen, wants to stay. This is worth noting again, after reports Thursday morning said that Wright was on waivers this month – a very small deal, by the way, and not the first time he’s been on waivers. … As for Reyes, he is an irreplaceable superstar, and worth the injury risk. The National League East competition is re-loading, and a New York team keeps its homegrown stars. These two, especially, are worth it.”
~ Andy Martino, Daily News
ok, rework his contract of 31 million the next years, pay him 10 million per for the next 4 seasons, then we’ll see then.. he wants to stay, start by giving the team a hometown discount..
What discount? And he has to something about his squeaky voice.