Reyes Says Mets Still Haven’t Contacted Him, What’s The Delay?

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• John October 7, 2011 at 9:55 am

  Deep concerns? Are you a buffoon?
  • any October 7, 2011 at 9:59 am

    I imagine there are lots of logistical things related to wrapping up the season (dealing with coaches among them). It is really early, and you don’t hear about other teams either.

    Besides, if the Mets had made an offer last week, team Jose wasn’t going to do anything with it anyway. Guaranteed this drags on to the last minute.

    And if his agent already told them they are hitting FA to test the market, what is the rush? If they are planning to overwhelm him with a blank check, they can do that after he fields other offers. And if they are making a 1 and done this is it offer, why hurry?
  • Joe D October 7, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Are you a Neanderthal? Yes, deep concerns. Disagree? Articulate why and spare me the snark.

    Any 2012 Mets team that will not include Reyes will be an inferior team to the 2011 version. That deeply concerns me.
    • t agee October 7, 2011 at 10:04 am

      Concerns every Met Fan Joe,

      So do these mutants that only come here to insult people instead of engaging in baseball discussion the way the web site was intended.

      That troll is a freak.
• any October 7, 2011 at 9:55 am

  who knows if Reyes has even talked to his agent. The Mets would be dealing with him, not Jose.
• srt October 7, 2011 at 10:15 am

  I’m not sure this makes much of a difference. First, I read where Reyes just wanted to take a week off to relax – which I’m assuming translated means ‘don’t bother me for a week’.

  Second, I have very little faith the Mets are going to sign Jose during the exclusive window they’re allotted. Can’t imagine there is any way Jose does not file for FA. I’m sure his agent is advising him to do just that.
  • Joe D October 7, 2011 at 10:27 am

    Thanks as always for your comment srt. While I don’t disagree with you, we’ve seen the Mets pull some rabbits out of a hat before during the exclusive negotiating window. Piazza and Glavine (unfortunately) were just two cases that come to mind. In the case of Piazza not only did most feel he would test free agency, but many thought he had no desire to re-sign at all at the time.

    The thing is, nothing can get done unless the two parties talk. It seems like we are wasting away what MLB teams fought hard for in the Collective Bargaining Agreement – that exclusive negotiating window intended as a last ditch effort to keep a team’s players from bolting.
    • Donal October 7, 2011 at 10:49 am

      The window hasn’t started yet. Technically, negotiations don’t start until after the World Series.
    • srt October 7, 2011 at 11:23 am

      Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’d love nothing more than for the Mets to make Reyes an offer he decides to take in the next few weeks. I’m in the camp of wanting him to stay. But you know agents……

      I’m reading this morning that Reyes expects talks to start in the next couple of days.
• darth minaya October 7, 2011 at 10:24 am

  Reyes is not giving a hometown discount. Knowing that, there is no benefit to making an offer now. Reyes is determined to find out his market value. If Mets find the market value to be something that they can afford, then they can make an offer, and Reyes will decide if he wants market value to play in New York, or the same-ish money to play elsewhere.
• alex68 October 7, 2011 at 10:27 am

  well, to be fair, the mets have a 5 day window AFTER the world series to negotiate with him, so no need to negotiate anything as of now… with that being said, it will be interesting to see if sandy offers reyes a contract on those days.. remember this, jose reyes LOVES ny, ny LOVES jose reyes… Sandy may be small market or whatever, but he is fully aware that losing reyes not inly will hurt the franchiSe but also its fan base
  • srt October 7, 2011 at 11:24 am

    Damn, it’s only 5 days? I thought it was 15….
    • alex68 October 7, 2011 at 11:28 am

      lmao, no.. ALL team got a 5 days period to deal with their players.. and i believe is usually until december 7th they have to offer arbitration ..
    • any October 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm

      it used to be longer. 5 days was put in to get the process moving. Call it the Boras rule!
• Barry October 7, 2011 at 10:44 am

  It could easily be smart negotiating to not reveal your offer right off the bat. Assuming Reyes won’t take the offer, there would be more rounds of negotiating the earlier they start. Lots of offers by the Mets and rejections by Reyes would set a (high) market price–without yet knowing what other teams would offer.

  Who knows? But why would anyone interpret it as management being uninterested or–even worse–unable to accomplish good things this off-season.

  Name-calling is childish, but I understand the exasperation. You’re taking something that at worst is meaningless, and at best is the right strategy, and saying it shows management will not do well for us.

  That’s also childish.
• Metstheory22 October 7, 2011 at 11:40 am

  His agent and Jose are going to take their time. Free agency has not even started so they are NOT in a hurry to sign and the Mets know it.
• Metsie October 7, 2011 at 12:20 pm

  The only thing making an offer now is going to serve is set the bar for what Reyes will ask for from other teams!

  Even if we made an offer (and a good one) they will drag it out until they see how much someone else is going to give them and then Reyes will decide if he takes the money or goes for less to stay in NY as he says he wants to!

  Truth is the Mets shouldn’t make an offer first, Let Reyes say what he wants to sign and then either Take it or say no thanks but come back to us when you have an offer you like and we will see if we can make a deal.

  If we need to make the first offer then make it lower than we bare actually willing to pay and say this is all we can offer now but if you get a better one give us a call!

  No sense in setting the market for Reyes right now!
• George October 7, 2011 at 3:42 pm

  I don’t understand this at all, how can you just let him go and get nothing for him. I understand if you don’t want him the team anymore, for what ever reason, but you can just let him leave without atleast trying to sign him so you can go and trade him.
  • alex68 October 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    george,

    i believe sandy is already thinking of the 2 draft picks he’ll get once reyes leaves. make sure you keep an eye out for a jesseP right after saying how it was the best move the mets could’ve did and a list of prospects the mets will possible get in next year’s draft as the supplementary picks for reyes
• martin October 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm

  the off-season starts after the world series.
• alan October 8, 2011 at 11:24 am

  Not having contacted Jose the first week should not be so upsetting to everyone. After spring training and then 162 games what does a few days of quiet mean?

  I would think that Sandy and his guys have been talking back and forth about the different scenarios that could take place. A good money per year offer will be made to Jose for sure. I firmly believe that it will be no more than a 4 year offer and then the option year. There has to be some thought that whether Reyes is signed or not that WE NEED 2 STARTING PITCHERS and or a CLOSER OF QUALITY. The only major trade piece we have is unfortunately David Wright. He could bring back some good talent. The question is how much and what hole do we fill first. Obviously, what will other teams be willing to part with to get David?

  There are still so many question marks about our players….What the hell do we do with Mike Pelfrey? I just found out that Pelfrey got fleeced financially by the Madoff stuff
  too which might explain his poor performances. He supposedly lost millions. Josh Thole was not good at all this year and seemed to regress a bit…Justin Turner showed grit and some clutch hitting often but he also showed flashes of brain freeze in the field. Lucas Duda was a pleasant surprise but where will he play? A big question has to be the Ike Davis injury. He was en route to a very good season when he got hurt but he was never fleet of foot and now he has suffered what seems to be a serious injury.

  It looks like the team has pretty much decided to bring in and lower the fences in some way so that too can have an effect on player movement. There is no doubt that the dimensions of Citi Field has created “demons” for David Wright and for Jason Bay.

  All of these things and so many more need to be discussed by our brass so that decisions are not made hastily. We must also remember that it is important to recognize what our enemies will be looking to do.

  Bottom line….the Jose Reyes issue is still cloudy for now because who knows what other teams might offer to get him?

  Patience is always a virtue….
• Annie Savoy October 8, 2011 at 12:10 pm

  I guess Sandy, Fred et.al saw the ESPN pictures of Reyes with outhis uniform – in fact, wearing nothing at all. Is this what we want to have on our team?
  • Bayonne Mets Fan October 8, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    I can think of worse things for athletes to do. If Wright posed like that I have a strong feeling your take would be different.
  • Metsie October 8, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Well Annie I have to ask…
    If Choirboys are required to be a Met, then you would have had to sack almost the entire 86 Met team!