At this point, I am hoping that the days of making non baseball decisions are over. Alderson needs to make the moves that have the most baseball sense and leave the opinion of the fanbase aside. For too many years money was thrown around trying to appease the fans with the win now mentality. And there is nothing to show for it.

That being said, Wright is the one situation where I can easily be convinced that making a non baseball move is sensible. Being the face of a franchise for a generation means a lot. The guys who come to mind: Jeter/Yankees; Gwynn/SD; Chipper/Atl; Ripkin/Balt; Kirby/Minn. This is an idea that I could be sold on.

The Marlins were on the phone with him on 12:01 AM the minute after they were legally able to

Unlike CC Sabathia who tried desperately to pull in Anaheim and LA…was unable to…and the yanks still paid him 60 mil more than the next competitor …and he STILL forced them to put in an opt-out after 3 years

It’s done the only relevance to Reyes at this point is the hope that they learned thier lesson in regards to approaching your own FAs and how it will affect Fan sentiment and attendance.

I’m also tired of hearing how Reyes had a bad year that made his entire contract a waste and bad deal when in the next few years he could be an ALL Star and Batting champ and make that deal seem like a steal….

One year’s performance does not a bad deal make especially in the first year of the deal where others did far more to make that season a bad one than anything Reyes did.

Baltran had a pretty bad year when he first got here too and no one would claim his signing was a bad deal we should never have made now would they?

The deal is the deal for the length of the contract and one bad year does not mean the rest of the deal won’t be worth every penny spent or more!

It’s possible if they are actually negotiating and not that far apart!

Leaks are most usually the product of trying to get public sentiment on your side.
Hence the leaks of the offer and rumor of making a deal by the time the WS starts.
Thats to get the idea accross that they are actually making an offer this time and it’s a priority.

All in an attempt to please the fanbase and get some to re-up thier season ticket plans or at least consider doing so.

Those leaks almost ALWAYS come from the team and it isn’t until negotiations “Break Down” that the agent for the player starts to leak details hoping to show how insulting the team offer is.

So My guess is the 100M offer is close enough to not be insulting and they may (or may not) be negotiating now and there is no reason for either side to leak anything at this time.

After the WS when the Media is done with the WS and desperate for baseball news thats when more stories and more rumors over what is going on with the Wright negotiations will be seen.

And the problem is once a beat writer puts something like this out there, some Met fans gloss right over ‘conceivable’, or ‘could’ and just lock onto the rumor itself. Hence: ‘Days after that another another leak came out that a deal would get done by the World Series’.

I don’t think I read once source that stated that anything would be done by the WS.

I just hope whatever happens – contract extension or trade – it’s done sooner rather than later.

If the FO came out and said the major changes were needed I think the fans would understand and grudgingly accept it better compared to how the changes are being made slowly over several years and dragging it out.

You had Puma who said it’s conceivable Wright and Dickey will have new deals in place, at least in principle, by the time the World Series begins. Conceivable? Way to go out on a limb there. Might as well have thrown in the “anything is possible” line while he was at it.

Then you had Heyman who said according to people familiar with the team’s thinking “The Mets are expected to open negotiations with an offer for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million for star third baseman David Wright“. This at least had more teeth but again was it really a revelation to say attempts at a deal would probably require $100M as a possible starting point?

Then what has to be my favorite so far you have Matt Cerrone say that he was told David Wright’s camp intends to “milk talks and draw things out until at least after the World Series, in hopes of reaching a better compromise at the last minute.” Yes because history suggest most $100M type contract extensions occur before the W.S. normally. I mean come on.

Then you have Martino who said “people involved in the process” told him that the Mets could schedule a meeting and begin formal contract negotiations next week. and that a Mets source told him that it’s “Too early to tell,” if it’s still possible for either player to be signed this month. Could schedule? Sure that falls in line with the “anything is possible” line again. And it’s too early to tell if it’s still possible? Yeah because everyone was running away with Puma’s earlier source that said it was “conceivable” so of course the rival paper had to have a source to blow that source out.

Outside of the entertainment factor there hasn’t been anything of real significance said so far regarding the negotiations and that in itself may be the biggest news. The World Series will soon be over and free agency will soon begin maybe then we will better know how things are really going.

I dont fault the players for signing those contracts but I also dont fault teams for not offering them. And with Reyes, lest we forget, 28 other teams passed on his services also at that price.

Because if so, it puts a very different light on this post.

If Wright is intent on getting $150M, then the Mets ought to trade him this off season and be done with him. That is an absolute waste for a guy who isnt even a top 5 player in the league. However, if the number is around $120M, even though a case could be made this is overpayment for his skills, it is worth it since he brings a lot more to the table.

As for the deals getting done, I always thought it a joke that anything would be settled by the WS especially since they didnt have in depth talks during the season. Thanksgiving might be a better bet for some type of decision.

As for the negotiations, I like that I haven’t heard anything. I detest public contract negotiations. Yeah, we all want to know what the scoop is and what the parameters maybe and such, but it always turns into a He said/She said, someone’s good name get smeared and no one ends up happy. Let them work and hopefully that can work out a deal where the WS ends and then BAM, new deal, here it is.

I don’t want to lose Reyes, Beltran, Wright, RAD, Ike, Murphy, Niese or Santana…and I don’t think we’ll lose all of them…but other than maybe Ike, I don’t see any of them being on the team once they make it back to the playoffs.

Just blow it up if that’s what you’re doing…you should have blown it up three years and not dragged it out. Us Mets fans wouldn’t have been happy, but we’d get over it…If Boston can see there mess get blown up and get over it, then we can too.