27
2012
David Wright Calls Reports Inaccurate
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Updated Post 7:30 PM
According to MLBTR, David Wright is calling all of today’s reports inaccurate:
Mets third baseman David Wright offered commentary on the slew of reports from earlier today regarding his rumored contract negotiations, telling MLBTR, ”I have said from Day 1 that I want to play my entire career with the New York Mets. I remain hopeful that goal can be achieved. However, I am disappointed by the reports that I have read today which are inaccurate,” said Wright.
Nothing is imminent, agent Seth Levinson explained to MLBTR: “Discussions with the Mets are ongoing. We don’t anticipate a deal any time soon. However, things can always change. I will not characterize the negotiations or comment on the accuracy or inaccuracy of what is being reported,” Levinson said.
I’m shocked that both Rosenthal, who’s one of the best, and Martino were not onto something. Are the Mets purposely leaking this stuff as a means to an end? It wouldn’t be the first time.
Updated Post 11:15 AM
After making David Wright a six year, $100 million offer yesterday. As Ken Rosenthal predicted it was rejected, and now this from Andy Martino of the Daily News:
Like I’ve been saying, Wright will get a huge second generation contract from the Mets, and the masses will be appeased.
It’s happening…
I’d be shocked if deal doesn’t get done by end of the day…
In fact, I’m betting on it…
Original Post 10:15 AM
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Mets offered David Wright a six-year, $100 million extension on Monday, on top of the $16 million owed in 2013.
It’s the exact dollars and length of the deal that the Tampa Bay Rays gave to Evan Longoria yesterday. But Rosenthal says that the offer is expected to be rejected by Wright’s reps.
Wright is wanting more in both years and dollars, and Rosenthal adds that he wants at least a seven year extension or longer.
Wow…
This will certainly mute the crowd that has been insisting that Wright is different than Reyes. That he wants to be here… That he dont care about money… That he loves the Mets so much he’d give them a hometown discount… That he’s more loyal to the team than Reyes…
I wonder if he counters, or if he just tells the Mets he wants more… A lot more…
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This will certainly mute the crowd that has been insisting that Wright is different than Reyes. That he wants to be here… That he dont care about money… That he loves the Mets so much he’d give them a hometown discount… That he’s more loyal to the team than Reyes…”
MOTHERF*CKING THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
His legion of fans will cry foul or that this is a slap in the face. this offer is more than enough for him, he gets to be 37 when his contract is up, other than maybe be a DH what else can he be at that point when he by then would’ve lost all the little power he has now.. not sure what else can he want. if he does in fact reject this offer all his legion of fans should STF.U forever about how this guy is the all american dream and whoever has a daughter should encourage her to marry this guy blah blah blah… All the sh** he was talking about wanting to win etc is BS, money fuc*** talks!!!!!!!!
“MOTHERF*CKING THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^”
Alex!! This made me literally lol my friend. Hope all is well with you and yours and that you had a great holiday!
I am glad i can always help oklahoma met.. Long time no see around here, hope all is well out there in Boomer Sooner town!
Been away for a while. All is good here. What happened to the shout box?
Oklahoma, it’s gone from the blog, but it’s still here although noone uses it anymore..
http://metsmerizedonline.com/chat/
Hey, A*****e…. we’re all aware that it’s a business. It’s the Mets business practices that are in question, not David Wright’s. He’s entitled to ask for whatever he wants. The Mets, on the other hand, are running this operation where they do nothing but scam their fans. There is an element of keeping the customer happy here. If you want David Wright out of town, so be it. I want him here and I want the Mets to make a pledge to me as a fan to put the best team they can out on the field…. not in 2015 or 2016, but 2013. Will it happen? I doubt it. Sell, Fred, Sell!!!
I say TRADE wonder boy for some prospects and try to sign Mark Reynolds as a stop gap for 1-2years. Reynolds would only cost half or a little less than half of Wright will get paid next year.
THIS, and probably will hit more HR’s in one year than wright in the next 3…
Reynolds isn’t a bad option but I think based on my eyes and what I have read he was an absolute terrible 3B but much better 1B. I would imagine his value is more to a team that has a 1B hole.
No he is NOT a great 3rd Baseman defensively but he is adequate….Its not like we are used to Scott Rolen at 3B….Honestly Wright was terrible defensively at 3B til this past year
After you got done watching Reynolds strikeout 220 times you’ll be begging for Jason Bay to play 3d
Lol…I didnt say he was an Ideal choice but he would be a STOP GAP….
But there is NO way I”d be begging for Bay….lol…
Reynolds strikes out a lot BUT I’d take his 200K’s a year for his 30+Homeruns, 90 to 100RBI’s…at half the price or LESS than half the price to replace David Wright as a stop gap/bridge til the Mets find a suitable 3B replacement(hopefully its Wilmer Flores)
BB, I just think that if they trade Wright there is no need for a guy like Reynolds. Might as well let Murphy play there until Flores is ready. Save the money for when the kids are ready instead of wasting it on stopgaps.
This ^^^ Reynolds has 2 hotstreaks a year and then strikes out the rest of the year. Big spots, not big spots. Reynolds goes down. They’ll be begging for the guy they call Choke artist. Even though they had no problem with the other choke artist Reyes who finally got his first walkoff hit in 2012 with Miami, albeit a misplay by the RFer. Looks like a line drive in the boxscore though.
LOL
with 2 outs and the bases loaded…Wright is batting a scorching .194…and that includes his 2004-2008 seasons…
BB based on my eyes he made Wright look like Brooks protegee. He was god awful at 3B.
Lol….hey if you dont feel comfortable with Reynolds as a stop gap there is always Kevin Youkilis …lol…we already know how much of a hard on DePodesta had for him when he was a minor leaguer…
Or even Casey McGehee…there are other options available lol
See my comment above. If they don’t re-sign Wright they aren’t competing in 2013 so might as well move Murphy there and wait on Flores instead of wasting money on a stopgap.
“Honestly Wright was terrible defensively at 3B til this past year”
This statement couldn’t be more inaccurate. The guy is a 2 time gold glove winner and yes, has gotten even better this past year. The foolishness continues
Sorry Leroy, but Reynolds would be the Grim Reaper for the Mets, killing rallies instead of taking souls. Last thing we need is a human windmill in the lineup.
so are you ok with signing wright then? because he too will kill rallies. we’ve seen him strike out and fold in big spots countless time.. aka choke artist
Lol…Well at the very least Joe D. …..Mark Reynolds will show up to kill the Yankees (as he always does) in the subway series
Joe D.
“This will certainly mute the crowd that has been insisting that Wright is different than Reyes. That he wants to be here… That he dont care about money… That he loves the Mets so much he’d give them a hometown discount… That he’s more loyal to the team than Reyes…”
I think the most important thing not mentioned above, what he will ultimately be guided by, and what he’s emphatically stated several times as his #1 priority…….he wants to play for a winner. All the rest is just pro-Wright propaganda.
…….he wants to play for a winner.”
Here we go…… Bro, no player in their right mind wants to play for a loser, think jayson werth for a minute, he signed with the nationals, the nationals, everyone thought it was crazy money threw his way right? You think he cared that the nats lost 90+ games 5 of last 7 years? NO!!! he got paid, that’s what matters, it’s up to the owners and the FO to keep building around that player or to make the team better jeez…. Play for a winner my ass..
Werth already got his ring…….Wright hasn’t even sniffed a ring. Possibly could effect one’s appetite to win.
If David Wright takes a 10 year 200 mil offer to go to the Cubs, then yes u are right..
if David takes a 6/100 to go to the Phillies/Braves/Nationals/Cardinals/Giants/RedSox/Angels or the 101 other clubs better than us…then he really just wanted to go to a winner
JDD……LMFAO…….That would definately settle this argument once and for all.
“I think the most important thing not mentioned above, what he will ultimately be guided by, and what he’s emphatically stated several times as his #1 priority…….he wants to play for a winner. All the rest is just pro-Wright propaganda.”
LOL….IF that were the case Wright wouldnt be negotiating AT ALL with the Mets he would play out the season then come back to the table in winter of 2013. After the Mets have been given time to show there direction he wouldnt be making counter offers. lol…..
So there goes that MYTH!!!!
Lmao@He wants to play for a winner thats why he doesnt sign that deal but wants to counter lol
Not necessarily because he could kinda direct where he goes like Johan. Assuming the Mets are open to a negation window if they start actually shopping him.
“Not necessarily because he could kinda direct where he goes like Johan.”
NO HE CANT!!!!!
You want to know why???
Because in order to do that he would have to grow a pair and put away the “Leave it to beaver act” and come out and say, “hey I want to go to another team or I dont like the direction of the mets and would like to play for a contender ”
Santana did that…He let it be known he was UNHAPPY with the direction of the team and was willing to go to free agency if he wasnt dealt to the team of his liking
Well Johan knew the Twins weren’t going to pay him what he was looking for. If Wright found that out about the Mets he too would have to make a decision.
Maybe he does want to win, and thats why he will force a trade?
THIS^^^^
And quite honestly he deserves it and and most of all we deserve it too because it would eliminate any chance of the FO making another mistake of the past in giving him a huge contract that he won’t live up to.
“If” the report is true and I “assume” it is because Rosenthal is one of the more credible sources.
No one can blame JEFF or FRED WILPON for not re-signing Wright if things dont work out between the 2 parties.
But I know Wright supporters and they will be here soon stating
“We dont know if this report is true, after all Rosenthal has to sell papers etc.”…..or “We dont know if its a money thing maybe Wright wants his contract front loaded etc”
WE WILL NOT HERE FROM ANY OF THEM THAT WRIGHT IS GREEDY FOR WANTING MORE AS YOU WOULDVE HEARD IF REYES TURNED DOWN SUCH A FAIR DEAL!!!!
Wright can only blame Longoria for swooping in and setting the market for 3rd basemen in stone
Lmao, lery exactly, is longoria’s fault for taking a hometown discount while being better and younger than wright… Lol.. amazing the same bullsh*t of him wanting to win is being thrown out there, his legion of fans just do not want to accept this guy is just like every other player, all about money and ego…
Alex, lets skip the Wright part because we know where each other stands. However Longoria didn’t do too bad for himself either. Keep in mind that those extra years between now and the 6/100 that he extended WERE club options.
13:$6M, 14:$7.5M club option ($3M buyout), 15:$11M club option, 16:$11.5M club option
He now gets those guaranteed and now no matter what happens the next 4 years, especially coming off an injury plagued year, he will and the end still get the same extension that Zimmerman got.
What would have happened to him if 2013 and 2014 were injury years and 2015 comes around and there isn’t even a buy out on his contract. You think he isn’t released or traded? You think he would still get the 6/100? Did he give up some money for security? Sure, that’s how extensions like this work. It isn’t really comparable to Wright because of how long Longoria was away from FA and how those years were club options. It did however, give the Mets a great way to back up their 6/100 offer.
WOW you guys are amazing with the excuses for Wright….
You make the argument that the contract is a plus to Longoria because of the possibility he gets hurt but what about the flipside to that argument of…
What about the MORE LIKELY SCENARIO????
If he DOESNT get hurt….which is the more likely and plays the majority of his original contract at the level of play he has to this point. This is all rhetoric on your part
Point blank the 6yr 100mil is the new market rate for 3rd basemen
BBLB, if you want to say the two situations are similar I just can’t agree but will agree to move on.
Exactly!!!
They will always generate a new excuse for him now its because he wants to sign with a winning team but if that were the case you would hear that Wright doesnt want to sign til he sees what the Mets plans are but NO….
He is negotiating for himself he isnt worried about team direction now because if he was he wouldnt ask for more than the market value price. He would take a team friendly or in this case a fair for both parties deal so the Mets have money leftover to sign other players
OTHER PLAYERS LIKE RA DICKEY!!!!
The man who said he wants to sign based on team direction and Wright coming back!!!! Anyhow the Mets overpay Wright, they will trade Dickey….Dickey wont get paid with the mets if they have to overpay right…
Selfish Wright
Selfless Dickey
Personally I see it as part of negotiations. Something that every FA should do. Team offers one amount, player says something else. The two sides either meet in the middle or they don’t.
TRS,
Oh thank you TRS for explaining the meaning of “NEGOTIATING” we’d be lost without you…
But the point of this article in particular is CLEAR!!!! Its not saying Wright is a terrible person because he wants to negotiate for more money, years,etc.
It is putting to BED the MYTH that Wright is a team player that would sign for less to stay with his boyhood team. blah blah blah…..And that Reyes was greedy for signing with the MArlins and right would NEVER have done that etc etc…
That was the message I and MANY received from this article not how negotiations work….we’re all aware of the process BRO-ski
Are we? Because if so, why would we ever suggest that ANY player would take the first offer a team makes? If Wright did that then why the hell would he even need an agent?
So can we hear your thoughts on the offered that was presented to your boy?? Fair? not good? Slap in the face?
Again, Alex I have already written about 5 articles on the merits of trading “my boy”. When will you ever get that I root for the name on the front, not the one on the back. You should try it sometime and you won’t be so personally upset when they don’t sign back your idols like Reyes.
As for the offer, I think personally 6/100 is fair but I won’t be marching on Citi if it’s 7/126 either. I expected something in-between the 6/100 and the 7/140 and I had hoped if they were going to sign him that the 7th year would be an option.
Who the hell said this was the 1st offer????
NOONE!
Stick to the issue at hand
Wright is not what his fans say he is….He’s NOT the exception, he is just like everyone else!
MONEY MONEY MONEY
and its nothing wrong with that…because its what people do….the only problem is the people who would have everyone believe differently that somehow Wright is different and he would take LESS for the sake of the team….Hell according to reports he doesnt even want a fair deal he wants MORE!!!
Lets be real here…….Lets put to rest another myth, and that is Reyes being greedy for signing with the Marlins. Reyes signed with the Marlins because thats the only official offer any team made for his services, not because he was greedy.
We’ll never know what teams might have kicked the tires on Reyes – and was told the price starts at 100 million, which might have made said teams think ‘no thanks’.
But Miami is where he wanted to be apparently, plus they offered him north of the 100 MIL he was asking for. Mets were never topping that offer.
I wouldn’t call him ‘greedy’, as some others have done. Even if the Mets were to make a formal offer, I’m sure the most it would have been was 75-80 MIL. Can’t blame Reyes for taking the Miami offer.
Ohhh, and btw, If I’m sandy and this offer that is well more than fair is rejected, i’m calling KC right away and see what they got for us… good bye and good riddance.. can you imagine if this was reyes last year? He’d be murdered by now by the wonderful and colorful mets fanbase
Alex, why is it always about double standards and Wright vs Reyes? Reyes is gone. Perhaps Wright will be too. Lets focus on this issue instead.
As for trading him to KC, not sure they need him. LOL. Think teams like Arizona or the Angels.
It’s not double standard bs, it’s the truth, point in case jason bay and luis castillo, bay was worst than castillo in all faces of the game yet there were all kinds of articles being written for him being a good guy, wishing him luck etc while castillo was literally ran out of town making 1/3 of what that POS made. again, Wright is lucky that his name is not david derecho iit’s all i am saying and i’ll leave it at that..
I nearly spit out my coffee. That was hilarious. Well done.
ALEX
Whats that word they love to use????
Oh I remember now
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THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Lmao… You’re too much leroy!
yeah! Remember when that POS Jessep wrote that scathing article about Luis Castillo?
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2010/04/time-to-give-luis-castillo-a-break.html
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2009/11/quit-focusing-on-2b.html
Oops.
I was pro-Castillo before it was a cool hindsight thing to do.
Uhhhh Im sorry I dont see where Alex stated YOU! specifically wrote articles about Castillo….Actually he doesnt mention you at ALL…
Self Promote much???
Or baiting?
Both.. Only thing i’ll agree on his comment is “yeah! Remember when that POS Jessep”
to that i’ll def say THIS^^^
Lucky for me I have a memory and can recall being called names for never attacking Jason Bay like I did Luis Castillo.
Yes…and THE REASON You had to write articles about giving Castillo a break was because he was DEMONIZED by the media and a large majority of met fans.
Now are you denying that you had any reason to write those articles?
OMG….race suddenly creeps into it again…..but not surprised.
Maybe if Bay dropped a f**king routine fly ball to lose a sure victory against the f**king Skankees…..he would been run out of town too without wishing him well.
I will admit that I was one of those who saw Wright as not being motivated by the dollars as much as I thought Reyes was. Reyes had that $100 million number as his goal, but Wright is looking for much more than that and he’s a year older than Reyes. I’m a little surprised at Wright. $100 million is a fair offer. I’m very surprised and disappointed actually.
Apology accepted
Att: The CORE
Gina,
You feel that way because you are not like the others whom are David Wright fans 1st then a mets fan 2nd
You are a TRUE METS FAN!!!! FAIR not one sided as most are whom will continue to defend and find excuses for David Wright to no end.
I’m back, did you all miss me? LOL
TRAID WRONGZ!!!!
I think he is going to be going to Baltimore!! He will be closer to home,play for a owner who wants to win. In a ballpark condusive to his swing. And will be a winner for years. Blatimore will sign Hamilton this off-season and Wright next off-season!! You watch this will be Sandy’s LAST OFFER
“…a 7 year deal well in excess of a $100mm…” is insane.
u dont care about these double-standards is because they dont offend you.
thats why u cant relate and it all sounds like noise.
Jeff Pearlman, Mike Lupica, Andy Martino and a host of other journalists have written articles about how these double-standards from other members of the press and fans.
you think David Wright and Jason Bay hanging out with these reporters and cracking a beer has no affect on the type of things being written about them?
Jose Reyes is not hanging out with Adam Rubin.
David Wright is.
This is why when Reyes gets angry at Jerry for taking him out of a game. He is throwing a “childish tantrum”
When Wright does the SAME EXACT THING, the SAME EXACT REPORTER says Wright is being a “FIERY LEADER” and is publicly voicing his displeasure
what these reporters write tends to fan the flames on what folks already perceive.
this is why folks who have never spoken to Jordany Valdespin a day in his life already made up their minds he is cocky…
unless he shaves his head, joins a group of Buddah Monks in the offseason and saves some starving kids in Somalia, your perception of him probably isnt ever going to change.
Jordany will be the next brown guy who cant speak english that you cant wait to complain about for doing stuff that everyone else does…like smile after a homerun
JDD….
“This is why when Reyes gets angry at Jerry for taking him out of a game. He is throwing a “childish tantrum”
When Wright does the SAME EXACT THING, the SAME EXACT REPORTER says Wright is being a “FIERY LEADER” and is publicly voicing his displeasure”
Yes you’re right about the same reporter and his contrasting views on the incidents. But comparing the incidents is like comparing apples and oranges. Each of the players were taken out of the game for completely different reasons. Reyes’ removal was injury related when Jerry thought he may have tweaked his nagging hamstring, simple as that.
Wright’s removal was completely different. Terry was putting Wright on a different level than the other players by removing him for fear he was gonna take a beanball. Wright wanted no such special treatment and wanted to be treated like everyone else.
I would have to believe that the difference in situations had everything to do with why the reporter had a different view on each.
Wright’s removal was completely different. Terry was putting Wright on a different level than the other players by removing him for fear he was gonna take a beanball. Wright wanted no such special treatment and wanted to be treated like everyone else”
So, does that give you a pass for basically embarrasing the manager in front of the whole world? Was it acceptable? While reyes was bad wright’s was even worse, he could’ve walk it off but instead went at the manager to the point that teammates had to get involved and separate the 2 of them.. Showing off your manager like that is not good for anybody’s image…
Alex…….you’re 100% correct, but I never meant to condone Wright’s tantrum. Its never good when a player publicly shows up his manager. All I was saying is that the writer may have been swayed to put a positive light on Wright because of the situation. I could see where Wright’s situation could have garnered support, which it obviously did with this reporter. Was it good journalism? I’ll just say he didn’t do anything different than any other writer. Sometimes we agree with what they’re writing and sometimes we don’t. I think the bigger question here would be…..how would this writer have reported it with the same 2 players but the situations reversed? But I guess we’ll never know.
MWM, we’ll never know because it never happen that way.. I am sorry, as much as i did not like what reyes did you cannot compare the 2. Wright was much worse and deserve the backlash, problem is, BECAUSE he is DW he didn’t get none, while had it been reyes or beltran or somebody else, i am sure the player would’ve been pegged as a clubhouse cancer, a POS etc…
The problem with this ..is that reyes + childish tantrum were pretty much synonomous with every thing reyes did emotionally.
If Reyes hit a triple and clapped too much…he was acting like a “kid”
If Reyes argued a call and got ejected…he was acting like a kid…
If Reyes stole a base and clapped, he was acting like a kid…
So Reyes arguing with his manager and being called a kid just fell in line with how reporters catering to the traditionalist in them or in their reader base.
David shows emotion and is fiery
Reyes shows emotion and is a child
Jason Bay looks depressed on the bench and he is a gamer
Castillo looks depressed on the bench and is a cancer
sorry dude…but the fact that there is NO DIVERSITY in baseball NY media is the culprit.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/bondy/2011/04/sex-o-matic-static
here is Bondy, a white man over the age of 60, writing an article for the daily news about the mets
does he talk about anything related to the game? NOPE
he takes an article out ( approved by the editor ) to write about the mets choice of music in the dugout…
it turns out Bondy is not a fan of rap music and thinks is a problem in the clubhouse because he has on his rap music too loud
“there’s still an element of boys-gone-wild in the Met clubhouse”
boys gone wild????
Is this 86???
Is David Wright doing lines of coke???
Or is he just listening to Drake???
FYI – it turns out the person putting on the music that day was Willie Harris, who later had some comments about Bondy’s article
There is this weird redneck element when it comes to baseball.
Its like they are stuck in the 1950′s…
and IMO a huge part of that is trying to create a hero that they can relate to, even if they have to create double-standards in how they are covered.
…if David Wright was David Derecho, had dreads, a beard, pimples, listened to reggeaton non-stop, barely spoke english…or basically…became Manny Ramirez….I doubt he becomes the ambassador for the team
David Wright will be signed by the end of this day or tomorrow at the latest.
He will get a deal that I said back in early October would be 8 years and over $140 million dollars with the option year included.
Thansk Joe D, you just RUIN my appetite… UGH
If that is true 8yr $140Million that would be by far worst than any deal Omar has EVER handed out. And David Wright will be a hated Met towards the end of that contract because he wont live up to it. But he wont care because he’d be PAYED.
Anyhow that deal is done Sandy would be veering away from his original plan of not signing players to ridiculous deals.
Hence my claim this is NOT an Alderson deal. It has Wilpon written all over it and reports are emphatic that Jeff is in the middle of negotiations. The Wilpons do not want to see an empty Citi Field in 2013 and that is what happens if Wright is gone. I stand by my initial observation: the fact that Alderson did not test the waters with Wright the same as Dickey at the GM meeting shows he wasnt allowed. Someone that anal is not going into hardcore negotiations without knowing what a guy is worth in trade.
Jeff wants his Ambassador…it is that simple.
If you make enough predictions, one or two are bound to happen.
Think ‘Jean Dixon’.
If in fact if the Mets sign Wright to this type of contract, unless they bring in other productive MLB players, we will be looking at a repeat of last year, and the money will be foolishly spent if it isn’t already. We read Dickey said no Wright no me, but I have not heard it the other way around.
“unless they bring in other productive MLB players, we will be looking at a repeat of last year, ”
Agreed, you don’t sign Wright to this kinda deal unless you are prepared to do what it takes to surround him with MLB players.
ha this is getting funny.
This is exactly why I don’t over react on “sources” or “reports.” I will judge when there is something real to judge.
I think he’s gonna get overpaid but I’m not gonna be worried about it once it’s done. Just like I didn’t care when Ollie P was overpaid. Once its done, its time to move on. If the Mets signed Reyes to an 8 year deal I would have accepted it.
I will look forward to the reaction though. Mostly because the people who adamantly do not want Wright here are the same people who claim Alderson will not sign long term big money deals.
So you have your choice I guess of which shoe to stuff in your mouth if he does sign.
“Once its done, its time to move on. If the Mets signed Reyes to an 8 year deal I would have accepted it.”
Uhhhhh….youre a liar lol
If the Mets wouldve signed Reyes to an 8yr deal you wouldve wrote a post after the fact stating how big a mistake the Mets made by doing so and how bad the deal is for the Mets future….
Actually that’s not true. In fact, I actually predicted the Mets WOULD sign Reyes for a deal I didn’t like. I do not worry about what players make AFTER the fact. I want what is best for the team but if Reyes signed, I wouldn’t be mad about his average 2012 campaign based on his salary.
In fact, I probably would have been pretty pleased to see the Mets were ABLE to sign a contract of that value.
You can’t tell me what I would have thought.
You’re a liar, a big time liar at that… You have said many times if the mets signed reyes is a mistake, that they should let him go and after he signed with miami and sandy signed those 2 POS and traded for 2 more POS you wrote one of the worst articles this blog has ever seen, the infamous “sandy had a good day” piece of crap. You were uberly excited to see him go because he bunted on his last at bat as a met and that hurt your feelings, yet you came back clamoring how the mets HAVE to sign david wright just because without giving any reasons whatsoever… You’re a liar and one of those met fans we refer to all the time
That is going to be curious. This deal doesn’t seem to fit with Alderson at all and also doesn’t scream we are broke either.
Where have we heard those claims before?
Joe D, Flip his name and you’ll have your answer….
Uh, I believe he was referring to himself but hey maybe he agrees with SRT as well. I mean you did this morning so…
If you only knew what a nice person srt was, who never insults anyone or has one bad thing to say, maybe you would lay off of her. And TRS was right, I was referring to myself. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.
I’ve never said SRT is a bad person.. I’ve never insulted her. i just as i told her many times think she’s too pro alderson and don’t wanna admit the guy sucks as a GM with or without money..
Why should she have to admit that he sucks as a GM? LOL.
You can’t be serious.. my point is that no matter what sandy does she’d always follow that with a “Blame the wilpons” comment .. Don’t try to be naive, you’re not this stupid ok…
Alex, as I’ve tried to explain before….that’s b/c I believe the Wilpons were one toe away from having to sell the team and SA was part of the deal they made with Selig.
He’s almost like a lame duck GM. He was brought in to save the team for the Wilpons. Goal accomplished.
There is no way anyone will make me believe that if not for Madoff, SA would currently be the GM. If the Wilpons didn’t continue with Omar and went in a different direction, SA would have not been a remote thought for Omar’s successor.
Hi SRT,
After all this time, I only now realized that you are a lady instead of a gentleman.
Doesn’t matter of course, but sure messes up the picture I had of you in my mind the past nine months!
Exactly, that is my point.
A few things happen if they sign Wright
#1 It’s officially his team on the field. Anybody trying to say otherwise should just move along
#2 Sandy Alderson is able and willing to sign longterm deals and also to spend $100m on a baseball player
#3 The Mets are capable of spending money on the team now and in the near future
Change #2 to Mets because there will still be controversy over who authorized the Wright deal. Myself, I don’t really care.
If the Mets signed Reyes to an 8 year deal I would have accepted it”
Let’s be honest here, you weren’t.. looking forward to the new version of your articles of $100+ million dollar contracts gone wrong..
I think I’m gonna be sick. I got that feeling that this is gonna come back to haunt them.
Alex is correct!!! He is chasing every last penny, no way he’d sign if he literally wanted to play for a winner.
Players like Chipper are history. They all chase the big bucks.
If this is true it will turn out to be another nightmare contract in 4 years. Wright stays in shape but 33-34 is not a friendly age for an infielder. I would’ve given him 5 years and then if he says no traded him. Bad deal if it happpens.
terrible, terrible news. All this hoopla just to stay the same. Terrible decision, terrible team, and terrible G>
Wilpon have no money MY ASS. This cash was there all the time.
The contract kicks in after next year when Bay and Santana’s money comes off the books. They’ll only have Niese’s contract on the books for 2014. The money won’t be an issue then.
True, but if they don’t make some trades or up the payroll in 2014 then it will be a horrible deal for sure.
That’s my point, the Mets could have made other moves (regardless of denomination amount) with a similar template to this if they really wanted to compete.
Now here’s my question to Joe D. Would it increase the chances of trading Wright now that he may be locked up? Or is this the real deal and they’re going to keep him.
Joe may have a different opinion but if they sign him for this there’s no shot in hell they are trading him. Also, he would be very close to his 10-5 rights, correct?
Did i ask for TRS opinion? Unbelievable. Now here comes his last word that has nothing to do with the original topic.
People dont have to ask for opinions in a public forum. If you dont want replies, than don’t comment.
i understand that but considering the contentious nature of the relationship, and i’m sure you’re aware of it, it’s not a good idea
LOL, Bay are you a 13 year old female that holds grudges? Seriously? I have moved on from any issues we have had and I am trying to just have fun posting about the Mets. I don’t hold grudges and half the time don’t even pay attention to who posted the comment.
LOL, Bay are you a 13 year old female that holds grudges? Seriously?”
Joe D, how is that comment not an insult to bayonne??? Yet you always jump on our case as soon as we defend ourselves…
Just because he used LOL at the beginning of the sentence doesn’t mean it’s not inuslting, it’s amazing how other people get away with stuff in here others like us don’t… amazing..
Same thing when TRS was insulting the blog and the shoutbox calling it the fuming pile, but hey, it was all forgiven because he LOL in the comment..
By asking him if he was? Good god Alex. All I am saying is I don’t hold grudges on posters and read each of their comments based on what is said and not who said it. I guess that goes back to the name on the front name on the back thing.
So, was there a need of you insulting him by calling him a 13 year old female? Yet you jump the gun as soon as we say SRT is a cheerleader of the sandy fanclub… You’re something else you know that? I am not sure why is it ok for you to insult bayonne but if he does insult you then he gets call out by joe d while you swim in free water as they say… Amazing
See below Alex, we have more important things to talk about. I will try not to respond to you or Bay anymore. Heck I already put myself on moratorium from Metsie, I can do the same for you guys too.
Alex they can all hop on David Wright’s back and ride him all the way to last place for the next 7 years for all i care. I don’t give a SHIT about this horrendous organization. I’m looking for another team to root for but i admit it’s hard to be honest with yourself about it, and gotta change this stinking name and take Mets out of it.
This is a black day in Mets history. It’s like an inverted Tom Seaver situation to me. When Seaver was moved it was a black day, this is similar only the player is staying.
If the superstorm taught us anything, it’s that contentious relationships on a baseball blog is absurd and meaningless in the grand scheme of things. We are not mortal enemies and we need to understand that opinions on the Mets are not worth bringing out the beast or the worst in us.
and who fired the first shot, Joe?
“LOL, Bay are you a 13 year old female that holds grudges?”
So you think contentious relationships on a blog are silly? What about you and that guy Mack?
I’ll put it another way. I don’t like talking to the guy, okay? There are people i don’t like talking to and I don’t like them talking to me. It’s the way I roll, okay? That a problem?
You know..this is not a good day to pick to finally address this okay? This is NOT a good day.
“We are not mortal enemies and we need to understand that opinions on the Mets are not worth bringing out the beast or the worst in us.”
Agreed Joe.
Besides that all of this is in fun. It’s like arguing with friends for me. You wouldn’t believe how many knock down drag outs I have had with some of your “favorites” from TRDM but we all come back the next day like the previous day never existed. LOL.
OK Joe, I am moving on from this discussion. We are both too rational for this to continue. I will try not to respond to people who don’t agree with me.
Hi Joe,
Excellent words that you have expressed before in different ways.
For those who don’t participate in such type of behavior, the personal attacks expressed after offering an opinion hurts and cuts deep quite badly.
Joe, you run a fantastic web-site, intense with up to date news, information and great topics of interest and discussion. I don’t understand why talking about the Mets has to come to this with so many people. Even more so, they should understand it is more than just a one-on-one thing going public, it is also ruining the integrity of a website you have devoted so much time, effort and devotion.
Did i ask for TRS opinion? Unbelievable. Now here comes his last word that has nothing to do with the original topic”
LMAO, THIS^^^^
Bayonne, interesting that when they finally decide to spend money they’ll spend it on an overrated soon to be done 3rd baseman with no power and that won’t help the team moving forward just will tied us up financially…
Go figure..
If Wright still rejects the deal…maybe…just maybe…it had nothing to do with money…
just sayin
Maybe…just maybe….he can be packaged for someone *cough*Stanton*cough* and the money could be used for multiple needs, like Joe suggesting going after Bourn (although I still have my worries).
It’s not like we don’t have another 3rd baseman waiting in the wings that could be up by the middle of next season….
Giancarlos Stanton?? Nope, the guy hasn’t won anything and hasn’t made the playoffs, why would we want him!?
PLEASE tell me that was sarcasm….
Yes it was… Some idiot actually said that yesterday..
And do you realize why that was a stupid thing to say?
“7YEARS WELL IN EXCESS OF $100MILLION”
I thought Sandy said we were through signing players to BAD DEALS they cant live up to????
Guess not?!?!? Get rid of a Johans big deal only to add Wrights bad deal to the table….this is gonna be bad
CANT COMPARE THE METS PHILOSOPHY TO THAT OF THE RAYS AFTER A BAD DEAL LIKE THIS IF TRUE….
I apologize to anyone who saw JimmyBX’s comments and they have been deleted and his IP has been banned. It’s a shame some people resort to primitive behavior on a baseball blog.
Apology accepted… But to be fair, comparing nimmo to flores is utterly STUPID at this point…
LOL, be careful. The last time he was banned he said he would bring this place down with his secret internet mumbojumbo powers.
Wasn’t he IP banned many times before? What a loser you gotta be to use multiple IP’s just cause you have nothing else better to do.
Yes it has. Now there’s ways of getting around it and many of those who get banned do.
“This will certainly mute the crowd that has been insisting that Wright is different than Reyes”
Actually no it shouldn’t….
Wright does want to be here but he wants to RETIRE here….
That means a 7 or 8 year deal is the target. 6 Year deal would only take him till age 36 and no player plans to retire at that age unless they suffer a major injury and decline.
So I don’t think the fact he is holding out for 7 or 8 years means he is not serious about wanting to be here…
If he was taking a deal from some other team he might accept a 5 or 6 year deal because then the idea of retiring after playing for the same team was gone.
So that length of contract is just the product of wanting to retire a Met.
Plus the fact that at age 35 what kind of deal would he get? Most likely year to year.
Have to agree here with Metsie on this.
Fangraphs put up a new post, Did Mets Lowball David Wright?
LMAO!!!!
LMAO, THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^
I saw the headline. Was it based on the 6/100 or the 7/100+++
I have no idea, I didnt read it but would assume it was the 6/100. I just saw it come up on my reader and thought it was a ridiculous claim to make in a title.
“I’d be shocked if deal doesn’t get done by end of the day…
In fact, I’m betting on it…”
I would be shocked.
Well, I wonder if David is holding out not so much for the money but to see if there will be better moves than acquiring Brandon Hicks. Remember, he said though he wanted to remain a Met, the more important thing for him was being on a winning club. We shall see.
Hey David, you don’t think Brandon brings with him that winning attitude from Oakland?
I don’t think Wright is at all like Reyes, according to this FO.
They said from the get go they wanted to make Wright a Met for life, take over as ambassador, etc. You never heard any of that with Reyes.
So good money and north of 6 years doesn’t surprise me at all.
Correction: Wilpon said that, not the FO.
Alderson said that are always other variables that come into play. But he was tight lipped about it. I am certain this contract moved outside the realm of what he thinks Wright is worth. If this was the open market and FA from another team, he would pass.
If the owners said that even more of an indication that they were planning on offering Wright a contract that would keep him here for life – don’t you think?
AdamRubinESPN Adam Rubin
ESPN’s Jayson Stark spoke with source who does not believe David Wright contract extension would be finalized before winter meetings.
6 minutes ago
I still say there is little chance they sign David before winter meetings – they will be listening to all trade offers on Wright & Dickey
I disagree. I don’t think they will wait for the winter meetings for Wright. I don’t think there’s any point to.
First of all have you ever been to the winter meetings let alone in Nashville?
The Mets will be lucky to find the other GMs haha… seriously though the Nashville Winter Meetings are crazy. You do more walking there than a weekend at Disney with your family.
BREAKING NEWS:”Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the Mets have offered David Wright a seven-year deal worth between $125-150 million.”
https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/273518314091868160
HEAVEN’S TO MURGATROID!!!!!
They cant sign him to that big a deal and tell the fanbase they cant afford to spend money on free agents in the open market.CAN THEY?
It doesnt make any sense smh
It gets more horrible by the minute and any fan who supports this well you get ALL the losing you deserve
Not much different then we already suffer Bayonne
I just threw up in my mouth. And will be for the next 8 years. Awesome.
THE WILPONS HAVE NO MONEY!
Is David Wright ACTUALLY WORTH THIS MUCH MONEY???
Is he on the level of MIGUEL CABRERA??? Who signed a 8 yrs/$152.3M contract!!!!
The fans who keep saying the Mets need to sign Wright to what ever he asks for are selfish. How does that help the team moving forward? A familiar face that takes up too much money and has been declining for years? Get real. It’s time to move him. He wants to stay a Met, then he should show his loyalty and be reasonable and not ask for so much money for things he did 3-4 yrs ago. This yr he hit for average but power is down and so is his run production. He is no star, one was but is no longer.
Guy and what makes it worse is this guy is bilking a financially strapped team for all it’s worth.
Wright is making the decision not to sign Reyes even more regretful than ever. Reyes and what he would have meant to the future of this team with him and Tejada providing a solid middle infield for the Mets young pitching staff TO THIS DAY was STILL the better and more smarter way to go if you wanted to rebuild as fast as possible in New York.
This is the complete opposite.
Hi Bayonne,
How could David be bilking a financially strapped team for all that it’s worth if they didn’t have the money to make such an offer to begin with?
If David was asking for as much as is being reported – instead of the Mets having made the actual offer – and the Mets countered with one that was less in terms of money and maybe even length, then it could seem that he is holding a gun up to Sandy’s head taking advantage of the fan pressure to keep him, just as if David asks for more than the Mets are offering at this time.
I’m still wondering if David is hesitant to sign any contract with the Mets based on the southern slide they appear to be having for quite awhile.
“I’m still wondering if David is hesitant to sign any contract with the Mets based on the southern slide they appear to be having for quite awhile”.
THIS^^^^^^
OMG….race suddenly creeps into it again…..but not surprised.
Maybe if Bay dropped a f**king routine fly ball to lose a sure victory against the f**king Skankees…..he would been run out of town too without wishing him well.
…but castillo was largely unpopular before that dropped pop-up…
his poor 2008 season + our collapse pretty much put him in the clubhouse cancer category.
He played the entire year hurt…and was booed the entire year…
Same with Beltran…
But if you want to pretend that we are all just delusional be my guest..
If I was David Wright I would remember this comment while I was hurt and on the DL:
“A really good kid,” Wilpon said. “A very good player. Not a superstar.”
I think what David Wright is saying with today’s “disappointed by reports that I’ve read today which are inaccurate.” comment is that there was NO offer given by the Mets yet.
This is what I will believe until proven otherwise.
This whole thing is starting to look like a farse to save face for when the Mets trade him in two weeks
you heard it here first over a month ago:
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/10/what-if-the-rumored-contract-offer-for-david-wright-is-just-a-ruse.html
I think Wright just said that Joe D is going to bed shocked tonight.
Looks like a deal isn’t forthcoming tonight and might not happen to quickly, if at all.
Not surprised or sad about it either way.
By all means, keep posting every little false detail that leaks, accompanied by the ” I told ya so’s”. It really is fun; this cluster&@$! Negotiation and the posting of wrong details and opinions.
When will the posters here and elsewhere learn that there’s no telling what’s going on in the negotiations with any player until the matter is concretely resolved one way or the other. This is how things work in the real world. Everything else is conjecture. It’s unfortunate that most of the posts here pretend individual feelings and hysterics are facts.
Hey, when you have an agenda and narrative to push, you don’t let silly little things like facts get in your way.
No, you hold up the whispers that support you as gospel. If you don’t have any, you take other statements out of context an twist them to fit. And then you go and attack anyone who contradicts your narrative. Not disprove what they are saying, mind you, attack the person.
Donal,
Well Said.
Just told my wife that David Wright said the reports coming out were not true and she immediately said knowing Sandy Alderson it’s probably true and they are putting out lies to make the Mets look good or David bad. It never occurred to her that the reports were inaccurate. She said she would believe David more than she would believe Sandy Alderson after everything that has been going on.
My wife just said she doesn’t say things unless she means it! Guess you can figure out who wears the pants in this family! LOL
Sad that David Wright has to be the one to knock down these rumors…
shouldnt Sandy be doing this?
I thought he was the good at speaking English guy …
Terrific comment that is really going to forward the discussion. I am glad I was able to read it.
Dating back to 2010…all the “leaked stories” are never knocked down by the front-office….
1 – Beltrans knee surgery and the contract situation….that should’ve remained in-house
2 – The Walter Reed fiasco….that should’ve remained in-house
3 – Reyes’s initial offers from the team
4 – The Ike Davis fiasco
5 – The David Wright negotiations
the list goes on and on…
why leak out stories to make David out to be the guy…and if you’re not leaking them out…then why not deny them…
thats Sandy’s job…and one thing he was supposed to be great at is public relations and changing the image of the team….
hence why i call him the good english speaking GM
but u knew that already…
excellent job of avoiding my point
Sandy does like chips and salsa.
“I’m shocked that both Rosenthal, who’s one of the best, and Martino were not onto something. Are the Mets purposely leaking this stuff as a means to an end? It wouldn’t be the first time.”
Of course…
Rosenthal misses rather frequently (Deadspin even has a series that goes into how many of his rumors fall flat) and we all know Martino likes to churn stuff out to gets arguments started.
Joe, you’re a good writer, but the negativity and conspiracy theories are starting to drag your work down.
I’ve been saying this since 2011….
Wright is not going to want to stay here…
Maybe if the Mets can trade Ruben Tejada straight up for Jose Reyes..
Maybe Wright will consider staying here for 6/100
Traditionally, corner infielders age a lot better than middle infielders.
Look up & down the history books.
If you want to sign an infielder to a longterm contract into his mid to late 30s, you want to do it with a corner infielder, not a middle infielder. That´s a key difference between Wright & Reyes (besides the Mets´ ownership´s financial situation today being a lot more stable than a year ago, facing the billion dollar lawsuit and having burned a ton of money in 2011).
That´s why signing Wright – the best overall hitter this franchise has ever developed and the 2nd best hitter that has ever played for this franchise except for Mike Piazza – makes a lot of sense.
Look at it differently, if you don´t give a longterm 2nd generation contract to Wright, you´re not going to give such a contract to any player. And there won´t be a single player entering the free agent market any time soon who is as good as Wright & who projects to remain as good as Wright. And even if the Yankees somehow not re-sign Robinson Cano, based on history, re-signing a 2Bman longterm is a lot more risky than signing a 3bman longterm. If not re-signed, Wright is easily the best available free agent bat next off-season & the following off-season too. Which of course, increases his leverage to get a mega deal from someone else like the LA Dodgers, LA Angels or even NY Yankees who would probably be willing to give him an 8-year, 184 million $ type of contract.
Two of the most productive 3bmen in Baseball over the past several years are Adrian Beltre (33) and Aramis Ramirez (34) who don´t seem to regress. Chipper Jones remained quite productive until he retired at age 40. Scott Rolen, even with nagging injuries early in his career remained productive well into his mid 30s before finally tailing off now. Those are very comparable players to Wright – though Wright had a better 2012 season than any of them (and also was better than brittle Evan Longoria and Ryan Zimmerman for that matter).
The Mets – even if Wright gets 18 to 20 million $ per year for the next several years – have a ton of space on their 2014 & beyond payrolls. So, he´s an easy fit, whether the budget remains in the 95 to 100 million range or eventually jumps back to the 120 to 150 million range.
Does it make the 2013 Mets any better ? No. Because it´s just keeping the status quo. A lot of work remains to be done. But this is part of the groundwork to be even able to improve the team going forward vs. continueing the exodus of core players.
So David said “the reports that I have read today which are inaccurate”. What does that mean? An offer has been made. Otherwise he would have said “What offer?”
So David’s agent said “We don’t anticipate a deal any time soon”. To me, that means the years dont match up. When a 7 year deal was offered and if that is what David is looking they could work out a deal this week. Or are the numbers that far away? He wants 20 a year and the offer is 17 a year.
Anyway, the story is ongoing……………