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Gary asks: Hi Mack, A question for you, considering the
Mets must know whether or not they have the $$$$ to sign Wright ( I do WANT
them too) if they don't want to go over say $125 for 6 yrs (Zimmerman got 100
mil for 6) would trading him now make sense or would the winter after picking
up his option be more prudent? The answer as we have talked about before seems
simple...wait till winter pick up his option then feel out the market. The
thought of trading him and say Dickey now (trading high on both) is this is a different
market than ever before. The added wild cards means more teams being in the
hunt and that has created a MAJOR sellers market. Wild thought but what the
hell ....I would think you could get some serious minor/major league talent and
let’s really give this rebuilding phase a kick in the ass. Thanks, Gary.
Mack: You make good points, but we’re getting to
the point of almost being past predicting or speculating. Word has begun to
leek from inside the hallowed walls that the Mets will be making a long term
offer to him before the regular season ends. The amount of money or years
involved would just be guesswork at this point, but you can use the old,
outdated Zimmerman deal as barometer here.
Word also is that the
offer could come as soon as the Mets ‘officially’ rule themselves out of the
wild card race.
This will leave Wright
and his agent to decide whether he should keep his NYC home.
This will get done,
Gary.
You know, Mack, one of the problems we have is we're not good enough to keep Wright and Dickey and we're not bad enough to trade them. Wright has to remain the centerpiece of this team because he will herald them into the next "stage" that Sandy and company came on board to usher in. However, it's rare you can have a position player and pitcher SO high above their normal value that a bounty could, indeed, come back in trade for each of them. That being said, not only do I NOT want either one to be traded (they're virtually all we have to look forward to, this side of Harvey) I don't think they'll even consider it at this point. But great question, one on the minds of a LOT of fans right now...
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