30
2012
Wright Resolved To Free Agency If He Doesn’t Get Extension
An article by Hojo's Mojo
Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, scores a heck of an exclusive with David Wright who discusses his thoughts about the Mets, his next contract, Jose Reyes and what he’s looking for in terms of a vision and the direction of the franchise. Wright said he is resolved to test free agency after next season if no extension can be worked out in the next few months.
Wright on Jose Reyes not being re-signed:
“Yeah, of course it opens your eyes. It makes you realize in a lot of ways there is an ugly business side to this — whether it’s from the player’s perspective or the team’s perspective.”
Wright on the Mets direction:
“it’s important that we can make a trade or sign a free agent and be able to spend some money. This is my philosophy on it. And that’s why I’m going to sit down with these guys at some point and discuss it.”
Wright on if Mets are unwilling to add payroll:
“That would be something I’d have to think about, obviously. Just like players do a lot of times what’s best for them, organizations sometimes have to do what’s best for them also. The ideal is you want to get a winning team on the field as quickly as possible. That’s the front office’s job to make those tough decisions. It would be tough for me personally. But, at the end of the day, I would understand.”
Wright on playing for a winning organization:
“I’d rather be somewhere where I feel like I can win, somewhere where I feel like I can be happy and obviously comfortable. There’s a lot of other factors other than flat-out who’s going to pay you the most.”
Wright on playing for the New York Yankees:
“ I’ve never thought about putting on a different uniform. Hopefully that never happens. But you never know what the future holds. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me.”
Wright speaks so differently in his last few interviews, almost as if he is disengaging. He sounds disconnected. One thing is certain though, sounds like the gloves are off now.
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“It’s important that we can make a trade or sign a free agent and be able to spend some money. This is my philosophy on it. And that’s why I’m going to sit down with these guys at some point and discuss it.”
I agree David. He can’t do it alone, even Ernie Banks couldn’t. For alot of years in Pittsburg even Ralph Kinner couldn’t.
If Ted Williams couldn’t do it on his own then no one can.
It’s a good read. I don’t know if there was anything I was surprised he said. The points he made are valid ones that I would expect from him regarding his wants/desires regarding the future of the team and how that coincides with his as well.
I don’t know if anyone will give him a contract that will take him to the end of his career though unless he expects his career to end by 36. But if he is seeking an 8 to 10 year type deal then my opinion is that he will probably be wearing another uniform come Opening Day.
I know he keeps stating it’s not about the money but it is rare when that is the case so I’ll just wait to see what indeed he ends up signing for either with the Mets or someone else to see if he indeed is the exception rather than the rule.
This isn’t going to end well.
If he doesn’t get 200 mil for 10 years he will walk. He walks-theb only Met who has that kind of money squirreled away is Bernie Madoff and he is unable to get at it for the time being. (but I bet Ruth Madoff knows where it’s at-just a little political comment there.)
“Wright speaks so differently in his last few interviews, almost as if he is disengaging”
Doesn’t he sound a bit naive in those interviews too?
The best thing the Mets can do is this: If they are unable to reach a deal between the end of the World Series and the beginning of the Winter Meetings, Sandy Alderson needs to come into the Winter Meetings like gangbusters and let all the other GMs know that David Wright is “open for business”. Dickey as well since he wants to be the “package deal” with Wright when it comes to getting a deal done. With them available, they demand top shelf talent, either it be top prospects or guys on the major league level.
agreed. this was what I was going to say. No way they can play this like Jose and take a chance on him walking. Even with the ASG coming up, they can’t screw the future of the team just because they need a figurehead for that game, or as a sop to the fans for 2013.
just like you said, if they tip the first domino, go all in and do it right!
If they can’t reach an agreement with either one of them, then they have to trade both before the season starts, IMO. It’s the only way to maximize the return.
Even Flow what if the Mets don’t re-sign R.A.?Who are you going to watch at Citifield? Johan?The Mets need a draw or their attendance will drop below 2 million. Open your eyes. Did you see the AAA lineup we had last night without David Wright not starting? Picture that lineup and all the AAA starters the Mets will have next season on their 25 man roster and you give your fans no reason to come out and support this team. If the Mets don’t re-sign David Wright the only thing any club interested in him will do is wait for the season to end and sign him then.
No, YOU open your eyes and stop being so emotionally attached to these guys. This is why we’ve gotten nowhere. Have you been paying attention the last few years? Our situation is getting worse and worse.
We have NO outfield.
Our catching situation? Unsatisfactory.
Bullpen? A joke.
What if the Mets don’t resign R.A.? Did you miss the part I wrote about him being put on the block with Wright at the Winter Meetings? I could care less about attendance, so don’t throw that shit at me. This team needs a facelift, one that should’ve been done the last 3-4 years, but neither Omar or Sandy have gone fully with it, fooling fans about competing with “5 year plans” and getting somewhere in 2014. If the fans don’t come out because of a guy who peaked 4 years ago is not back, so be it.
Please don’t compare Omar and Sandy like that. Omar had some success here while Sandy will not. Remember those 3 runs from 2006-2008 and how emotionally involved you were following those PENNANT RACES?
So please don’t compare what one GM achieved here to the present GM who has achieved nothing as things worse. There is no comparison.
Tell me, how emotional were you when you saw Philly win the World Series in ’08? Stop with the 2006-08 runs. We had two runs that fell flat because of pitching, injuries and depth issues that should’ve been addressed from the get go. There is no excuse for back to back collapses, no matter how much you want to play it. What have we done since that moment in time? Two things: SINK and STINK! You saw how Philly retooled their roster and ascended themselves back into another winning season, despite things going wrong in the first half that reminded you of how we’ve played in recent years? You mean to tell me the Mets couldn’t have done that and still prevent ourselves from being an afterthought? Please.
Well we needed a real ace to replace Glavine and got Santana. Were you against that trade? Did that not fit your definition of going after pitching?
What did we do again to address the bullpen problem? (for those of you who have forgotten, the bullpen has been a prolonged problem since ’06)
I believe we addressed it by letting Bradford and Oliver walk and signing Showencrappy.
Wait… so, Oliver was older than schoenweis, and according to #’s which you guys ALWAYS BRING UP scott was better than oliver was no? there was not a person who didn’t think the mets improved the bullpen in 2007 when schoenweis was acquired.. come on TRS. you’re better than that..
Maybe not better, but younger, and also, i looked up his 2008 season, we all saw how AWFUL he was right, but if you look up at his numbers, he was 2-6 3.34 while making $3.5 million.. Sounds AWFULLY familiar right??? Because it is, the guy you all praise and rave about JON RAUCH has a 3-7 record to go along with an 3.51 ERA and makes $3.5 million. go figure.. yet Rauch is this great guy sandy got yet he has similar #’s that schoenweis had in 2008.. but of course, Omar get ripped for that signing and alderson gets praised for rauch.. Double Standard at its best..
Well if Sandy ever gets the Mets there then we have a discussion on what to do, until then there is NO discussion because Sandy will not get this team to a place where we can discuss a pennant race collapse to begin with.
The arguments these people make to defend Sandy and CRY because we lost on the field is sickening and they are only lying to themselves trying to rationalize, years later, why we lost THE BIG PRIZE from 2006-2008
When Sandy gets this team in a position for such heart break – that would be PROGRESS! But it’s not gonna happen so therefore he will NEVER be able to equal Omar Minaya. Never. Not with this organization.
wright plus dickey plus wheeler for mike trout?
Dine! I’ll even drive them to LaGuardia airport.
“And pigs will fly in Flushing”
I think David Wright pretty much knows the handwriting is on the wall with this organization.
I expect the same with R A Dickey, some half hearted extension offers and a lot lies to the fans in the media about how they tried and he’s gone to “anyplace but here”.
Looking for SA to come up with some blockbuster deal for talent for the two is ridiculous.
When has this club been able to do anything of late without shooting itself in the foot or higher up the anatomy.
I’m totally heartsick at the future of this organization.
Wright, should be a career Met, but it’s like he sounds almost sad, reminicent and resigned to the fact that he just may be leaving, as if the reality of really leaving has crept in. As a fan I have a terrible sense of foreboding…as if the coldest of winters is about to set upon Citifield, this boy of summer, this iconic Met, feeling the cold freeze of indifference eminating from the offices of Fred, Saul, Jeff and Sandy…
You should try writing mystery novels. Your comment sounded like the beginning of a good Dean Koontz book.
Mary — I needed a laugh today and you’ve just provided it. Thanks. LOL
“That’s the front office’s job to make those tough decisions. It would be tough for me personally. But, at the end of the day, I would understand.”
…Sounds like a man who expects to leave, and not even on his own regard.
This is going to suck.
that’s the circle of life, baseball style. Everyone leaves eventually. Sometimes early, before the fans are ready (and when they could still have a long career ahead). And sometimes well after their expiration date, when often the fans have turned on them for declining production. Redsox fans got over trading Nomah, and plenty of other icons have had to move on.
the key if they do move him is getting something good back. if they trade him for a couple of A+ level (PSL) 20 YOs, give up hope. But, if they get a couple guys that are about ready to break into the majors and can join the young pitchers as a new foundation, and they create some excitement/wins, fans will move on quicker than you might think.
stick — ” Everyone leaves eventually. Sometimes early….”
Did you have to say it on a day when we last saw Chipper, the career guy?
Kiss David goodbye. In 2014, Wright will be playing 3rd base for one of these teams: The Phillies, The Orioles or The Yankees. Sell, Fred, Sell!!!!
We’re really talking about 2014 money here, when Bay and Santana are off the books. Sign both DIckey and Wright, and make some moves for 2013–in anticipation of having more latitude later.
Mets Owners Suck!!! David Wright and Mets Fans deserve better. I wish thevWilpons were run over by a train!!!
What has me more concerned that what David said was what Alderson said:
“I think that you have to constantly assess where you are and where they might be and make the best possible judgment.”
That sounds a lot different than what he said to season ticket holders in August:
“I fully expect that David Wright and R.A. Dickey will be here not only next year, but longer term. We’re going to deal with it up front while we have a little room to maneuver.”
A lot different, don’t you think?
Follow up on my original thoughts, nothing has changed with the Mets financial or competitive situation to cause Sandy to imply one thing in August and another now – except that he is aware that David is indeed serrious about leaving.
That would make Sandy’s remark as quoted by Rubin make sense. But it also implies it’s the Jose Reyes situation all over again. I do not believe Sandy know something now that he didn’t know in August. As I said, nothing has changed regarding the team, it’s finances, it’s play on the field – or David’s own personal feelings.
This is a whole lot different then the Jose Reyes situation. I hope it doesn’t turn out the same with getting nothing in return. Jose’s demands were too high based on the injury risk factor involved. Add the fact that Ruben Tejada was in the wings and that is why the Mets were not going to get involved with a bidding war. They gambled and lost on the basis of the players edge in these situations.
This time will be different. Hopefully, Sandy A will be able to sit down and begin negotiations on giving Wright and Dickey the extensions and money they are asking for and do it within the next 30 days or so. The longer the brass waits the tougher it will be.
“Even Flows” first posting may be the most accurate in that if Sandy and Co feel they can’t possibly meet the demands then he will indeed be a seller this winter. What would he want to get in return for these two players? The big money market teams will play hardball with Sandy hoping that they would have a chance to get these guys instead by the Free Agency route a la the Jose way.
The fallout from the loss of two guys who are such fan favorites would be enormous!
Hope it’s not July 1977 all over again!
New York, New York….it’s a helluva town!