I wish that more fans on this site would accept the fact that there has been no money to speak of to really delve into the FA market these past few years. Sandy has whittled down the payroll to greatly reduce the losses that the team had incurred since the sh*t hit the fan a few years ago. The team will be able to once again start spending money now that they have saved upwards of 25 million on trading Dickey. I truly believe that we will once again be a relevant team by 2014

Reyes – immaturity ?

no wonder most sports fans think most met fans are idiots

Why they took Nickeas has got to be somehow related to catching Dickey too. I remember seeing Mike and RA next to each other constantly in the dugout on Dickey’s off-days. So maybe it’s surrounding him with familiarities?

The reason this happened is that the Wilpons werent about to let Wright go. They decided the checkbook was open for him. Alderson had no choice but to play along. Fred and Jeff saw empty seats at Citi from Day 1 if Wright was gone. That is too much for them to bear.

Wright was resigned the day Jeff uttered Wright was the replacement for Seaver as Met ambassador.

1. Wheeler is a great prospect, but even great prospects bust a lot of the time. It’s more likely that he becomes a complete bust than becoming a #1 or #2 starter. I know that sounds very pessimistic, but that’s just the way it is with all prospects. The jury is still out on him because he pitched in the majors yet, and we all have no idea how he will pitch once he gets here.

2. Couldn’t the Mets have traded Reyes for prospects like they just did with Dickey instead of getting two picks in return? Also, we don’t for sure how know how he’ll play for the rest of his contract, so again, the jury is still out on him too.

3. Dickey is not a one year wonder. He was one of the top pitchers in baseball for the past THREE years. I believe he’s top 5 in the league in ERA during his time with the Mets. Age does not effect a knuckleballer the same way as it effects a conventional pitcher, so the concerns over his age are overblown.

And like I said about Wheeler, d’Arnaud hasn’t played one game in the majors yet. So, we can’t call it a “win” because we have no idea how he’ll perform once he gets up here. I hope he can become like a Matt Wieters or something like that, but realistically, there’ almost as much of a chance that he becomes the next Jeff Clement.

The Mets got a nice return for Dickey, but it won’t be years until we know if the Mets “won” or not. If these prospects don’t live up to the hype(which is a very real possibility ), then it’s not going to be a win for this organization.

Don’t under estimate the power of financial security. If a team like the Red Sox or Angels had traded for Wright and pledged a market value contract, I don’t think he turns it down. One, those teams are showing and have shown an ability to build winning teams, two, those teams are arguably closer to contending, and three, he has had injury problems and some would say is beginning to decline…even still, if he were to slump in 2013, it would dwarf what he could get at this point. Financial security matters.

12/11 is not the end of the off season.

The Mets got prospects back because Dickey was willing to sign with the new team because he’s a 38 year old journeyman who is looking to end his career with guaranteed money.

Why in the world would David Wright sign with anybody the Mets dealt him to before testing the market? Would you?

If you’re a 30 year old 3B and: Atlanta, Philly, Cincy, Angels, maybe Yankees, White Sox all need a 3B – why would you not test the market? It literally makes no sense. So if he was traded to say KC for Wil Myers with Dillon Gee (just throwing a random hypo out there) why would he sign with them? And if he wouldn;t, why would a team give up top prospects?

The Jays gave up what they did because they knew they could have Dickey for 3 years. Not for 1.

Wright and Dickey are at different points in their career. Wright would be leaving his homegrown team – why not test the market when several win now teams may need you?

That’s why they couldn’t net top prospects for Wright.

2. The only complaint is that we should have moved Wright as well and added to young upside prospects, and to free up the future monies due to him for present upgrades (veteran starter or two starting MLB OFers) or for future financial flexibility.

Win 1: Beltran for Wheeler
Win 2: Not resigning Reyes..I’m sorry but Reyes’ injuries, inconsistancy and immatury while the Mets finances were in a pretzel was a smart move
Win 3: Shipping off our 38 year old (for the most part one year wonder) for the future including the top catching prospect in the game who’s hero was Mike Piazza.

Now I will add that I think the Mets could have netted back Raj Davis in the deal because it makes sense for him to be on the Mets, but otherwise we totally came out winners in this one.

Now line the outlfield and sign another low end pitcher for added depth.