Nov
2
2011

Cone, Leiter, Gooden Weigh In On Reyes

An article by Hojo's Mojo

“There are better fits, places that give him a better chance to win, probably. If he really loves playing for the Mets, maybe he’ll give them a discount, so to speak, or work with them. Bit it’s his first go-round. It’s gonna be hard for him to take less money.” ~ David Cone

“Whenever a star player says, ‘Let’s wait till November,’ that’s code red for, I wanna see what other teams are not only offering, but what options you have. Any time you have a great cornerstone player and let them become a free agent, that’s the risk you take. To me, it’s a red flag.” ~ Al Leiter

“I think he’s gone. t’s a situation where if I was the GM I’d try to lock up my core players before they got in this position. And now you’re in a situation where you’ve got the agents trying to get what’s best for themselves.” ~ Dwight Gooden

All three former Mets were on hand for John Franco’s Charity Bowling Tournament in Manhattan on Tuesday night. It’s interesting to hear their takes and it’s so obvious how tuned into the situation they are.

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11 Comments + Add Comment

alex68 November 2, 2011 at 7:36 am

Wow… gooden didn’t beat around the bush, he went stright for the jugular… as i said before, last year sandy should’ve try to lock him up while his value due to injury was at its lowest. but instead he wanted to “evaluate” things.. but hey, look at it this way, as sandy had mention before “we get 2 supplementary draft picks for him”
- Russell Zanca November 2, 2011 at 9:45 am
  
  Cheer up, Alex: Just think of all the HRs bay will be hitting now that the fences have been brought in.
  - Metsie November 2, 2011 at 11:23 am
    
    I don’t really buy that Russel…
    I think in the end him and Wright are going to swing for those fences more and not hit many more HRs but lose a ton of BA instead.
    
    We have FED the psychosis by moving in the fences when we should have been moving the MINDS to not try and hit HRs just put good wood on the ball and hit for high average. If they had the HRs would come with them because they would be more focused on HOW they hit it not WHERE they hit it!
- Metsie November 2, 2011 at 11:20 am
  
  Did he want to Evaluate or was what he did just VALUEATE Reyes and allow his price to go WAY UP for lack of showing interest when the price was lower?
  
  If there was even the SLIGHTEST hint in Sandy’s mind that Reyes wasn’t really worth a lot of money then why didn’t he lock him up then before reyes had the chance to EARN and RAISE his worth?
- JoeSmith November 2, 2011 at 12:17 pm
  
  Sorry, but no GM in baseball that would have walked in the door and resigned Reyes off the bat. As much as we all love Reyes, and appreciate that he won a batting title THIS year, going into the season you are looking at a guy that has spend a fair amount of time on the DL the three years prior.
  
  Some GM’s may not have even picked up his option last year, but Alderson did do the right thing and did that.
  - Metsie November 2, 2011 at 12:43 pm
    
    Omar did!
    - JoeSmith November 2, 2011 at 2:04 pm
      
      Thanks! I should have said any GM with any sense.
      
      We are talking Reyes right? Not Moises Alou???
      - Metsie November 2, 2011 at 2:19 pm
        
        Moises did precisely what he was signed to do!
        
        Platoon! in 87 games he hit .341 with a .524 SLG and 13 HRs!
        
        We got exactly what we paid for!
        
        darth minaya November 2, 2011 at 3:43 pm
        
        Alou had 102 PAs vs lefties in 2007. He had 258 PAs against righties. If he was signed to platoon, he sure wasn’t managed that way.
kevin November 2, 2011 at 9:09 am

Just pay the man.
Mr North Jersey November 2, 2011 at 10:52 am

I think all 3 are correct to an extent.

Gooden is right when he says the agents are trying to “get what’s best for themselves”. All agents do this. The question is if will doing this end with Reyes remaining in Queens?

Leiter is right as well about Reyes wanting to see what other teams are “offering” and the risks involved in allowing that which is why I am not as concerned with the both sides (Reyes agents & the Mets F.O.) not wanting to be 1st to put a number.

Cone is also right when he says there probably are other teams that “give him a better chance to win”. Sooner or later we will know how far both sides will go to getting a deal done. In my opinion both sides will have to give somewhat to get it done and I am of the belief that both sides will do so.

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