Reyes Signs Contract Extension

[nymr83]

]Wright's a year behind Reyes in service time and isn't even eligible for arbitration until the end of '07. His deal may still be a year off.

true. but i'd give it to him now if its nearly as low as Reyes' deal.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I can't see any downside to this deal. I like this deal from the Mets perspective. The Mets have secured the services of a young player with the potential to be among the elite at his position for a reasonable rate. I also can't fault Reyes for taking the security of gauranteed money. As someone else already mentioned, Reyes will still be pretty younag and should be entering his prime when the deal ends so if he has performed well, he can still land his big free agent contract then.

[Elster88]

Nymr83 wrote: ]Wright's a year behind Reyes in service time and isn't even eligible for arbitration until the end of '07. His deal may still be a year off. true. but i'd give it to him now if its nearly as low as Reyes' deal.

Even offering such a deal to Wright would probably be a huge embarrassment to the Mets. Not publicly of course, but my guess is Keith would (correctly) laugh in their face. Or if he's too polite for that he'd get a good laugh out of it after the meeting.

[nymr83]

Wright has one more year of making shit, then 3 years of arbitration, then free agency, right?
arbitartion isn't an automatic big $$ the first year i don't think, so wright's salaries could look something like this:
2007: $350k
2008: $4mil
2009: $9mil
2010: $15mil
thats 28+mil over 4, if the mets were to offer him the security of a 4 year deal at say 22 million over 4 does he reject it? its millions sooner than he'd otherwise see millions and security now. it saves the mets a few million and gives them cost predictability. it doesnt take away even the first year of wright's free agency, so he's got nothing lost there.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Thing is, we wouldn't necessarily know whether they'd already offered something like that, or more, or less, or whatever.

I wish I didn't know anything about how much these guys were paid.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Daily News says this morning that no long-term discussions have been held with Wright. He and his agent would be receptive, but Mets says nothing's planned yet, since Wright is still a year away from arbitration.

Maybe they'll talk over the winter or during the 2007 season.

[Guest old original jb]

KC wrote: Oh great, now there'll be a one week controversy in the media and on the internet that Reyes got the shaft - he'll get wind of it - fall into deep depression and sulk about it- and suck forever. Russo is unbearable to listen to when he's alone, of course he's barely lis- tenable when Fattessa is around - but alone, I'd rather listen to the tires on the pavement. (let's rip off Wright next for a few years, lol)

I'd be willing to bet that Reyes will be pretty happy about his guaranteed $22 million regardless of what some professional loudmouth says on the radio--all that way to that place where they keep the money and give out free toasters. Of course, to folks like us, that's not really a lot of money, is it?

[soupcan]

What's he doing exactly - trading about $10,000,000.00 for insurance against an injury / significant decline in performance and still coming away with enough money so that his great grandchildren will want for nothing?

Doesn't sound like such a bad deal to me.

[Willets Point]

Relive the fun!.

[metirish]

That was a cool thread, thanks for the memories.

[Guest KC]

He is happy, jb, I was being sarcastic (again).

[Guest old original jb]

KC wrote: He is happy, jb, I was being sarcastic (again).

Unfortunately, so was I. (Unfortunately about it not being that much money, that is.)


I guess I have to have my sarcasm detectors cleaned or something.

Actually, I like the idea that Reyes is not yet an "I must have every last dollar" guy, and that his agent lets him "get away" with that. (I can't imagine a Boras type allowing that to happen). Maybe you have to be in that position to comprehend it, but I don't think that I ever will understand people who get upset about getting $22 million because it isn't $28 million.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I just think there's still a chance that Reyes could pull a Furcal and recede before advancing again.

Willis was nutty wild pitching to him with Franco on third last night (I think it was the seventh), even throwing one behind his head. With a 2-0 count, where he should be zoning, he had to check his swing on a pitch two and a half feet outside.

Willis, by the way, had more velocity last night than I remembered him having.

[Guest KC]

Willis looked like he tapped into something a little extra being so furious
with the umpire - he had that look in his eyes like not turning back.

[TransMonk]

I agree...an awesome read.

[Frayed Knot]

I like archived threads where I still agree with everything I said 9 months later.

[nymr83]

Frayed Knot wrote: I like archived threads where I still agree with everything I said 9 months later.

Some of us might be better off if the archives went away

but i still stand by everything i said in that thread, he showed the improvement i asked for (no matter how unlikely i thought it was) so he got the contract.

[metsmarathon]

in that other thread, i wrote: a cursory glance at this years' crop of qualified ML SS's tells me that $3M looks to be about mean, with a reasonable ceiling, excepting furcal, tejada and jeter, of $6M, but i have no idea how that all changes with time- it was, afterall a cursory glance. so, given those assumptions, and a 2006 full of offensive progress - ie raising his OBP to at least 350ish with promise of more discipline in the future, no injuries, and, dare i say, a modest increase in power at no expense of speed, i'd be cool with something on the order of 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, (7 opt) to secure our shortstop for the next 5-6 years.

[Zvon]

Smartest move Omar has made to date,IMO.
And thats sayin alot.