Signing Sugar

[Edgy MD]

People don't want to make predictions, but a lot of opinions nonetheless going around. Let's get it out there. It'll be healthy.

[seawolf17]

Think: This off-season.
Want: Immediately, for ten years and $400 million.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Yesterday.

Seriously, this is a priority. He's the face of the franchise, a true leader and a model citizen.

[metirish]

I of course thought of this great Lizzy song, and hell the lyrics fit

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[Frayed Knot]

I'd sign Sugar as soon as humanly possible



I wanna be signed by you
by you, and nobody else but you ...

[nymr83]

This offseason, 8 years 180 million.

[Edgy MD]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Yesterday.

Well, I can tell you on reasonably good authority that he wasn't signed yesterday.

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Yesterday. Well, I can tell you on reasonably good authority that he wasn't signed yesterday.

The deal is signed but, as a good "company man", Wright and his agent have agreed to keep quiet until the press conference... To be held the day that 2013 Season Ticket renewal notices go out.

[ashie62]

Nymr83 wrote: This offseason, 8 years 180 million.

That..and now.

[Edgy MD]

Eight of eight voters say he'll be extended before opening day 2013. What a lousy bunch of Met-hating pessimist you guys are!

[nymr83]

Edgy DC wrote: Eight of eight voters say he'll be extended before opening day 2013. What a lousy bunch of Met-hating pessimist you guys are!

Well, according to the Mets Predicting thread all but 2 or 3 of us are behind their win pace

[TransMonk]

The off-season. It is definitely a priority, but Sandy will make sure he does best by the team.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Alderson's conviction on the matter seems to have grown, but the urgency hasn't, has it? It waits until winter.

[Edgy MD]

Well, somebody bailed from the optimism bandwagon. As we have our first vote that has him signing with the Cartidgersox. Anybody want to own up to andn discuss that vote?

Some options I didn't include in the poll:

Wright will sign his next deal...

• ...as an extension with some other team during the 2012 season after being traded by the Mets in 2012.
  
• ...as an extension with some other team during the 2012-2013 offseason after being traded by the Mets in 2012.
  
• ...as a free agent with some other team during the 2012-2013 offseason after the Mets opt not to pick up his option.
  
• ...as a free agent with some other team during the 2012-2013 offseason after being traded by the Mets in 2012, and the team he's traded to failing to extend him.
  
• ...as an extension with some other team during the 2013 season after being traded by the Mets in 2013.
  
• ...as an extension with some other team during the 2013-14 offseason after being traded by the Mets in 2012.
  
• ...as a free agent with some other team during the 2013-2014 offseason after being traded by the Mets in 2012, and the team he's traded to failing to extend him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think (hope) that they'll get it done over the coming offseason.

I think he wants to stay. I think they want to keep him. I think they're feeling less squeezed financially. (Although who knows for sure?)

Hopefully the Mets will continue to play well. In the pre-season predictions thread I picked the team to have winning records in May and June and then a death-spiral in August and September. I think avoiding a horrific end to the season may be the most important thing. If the season ends on a toxic note, David's eye may start to wander. On the other hand, a good sustained run at the playoffs, even if they fall short, may give him a sense of unfinished business, and a reminder of how great it can be to have success in New York.

[seawolf17]

I don't like the "threat" angle the Mets are (inadvertently?) playing right now. "Well, you better come out to lots of games, or we won't have enough money to raise the payroll, which means... well, you know."

Fuck you, Mets. Don't be a dick. You dealt Seaver. You let Straw go. You let Reyes go. Don't fuck this up.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

What's the deal with the "sugarpants" moniker anyway?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

It used to be High Fructose Syrup Pants but Bloomberg banned it.

[seawolf17]

Sugarpants, eh?

His name is David. So... David, like David Sunflower Seeds, which are a great alternative to sugary snacks, and Wright, like the Wright brothers, who flew airplanes, on which you should wear pants. Hence, "sugarpants."

[Ceetar]

flying would be much more pleasant if i didn't have to wear pants.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But not for everyone else.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I'm sure no one would object if Ceetar wore a long kilt while traveling by airplane.

[Ceetar]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: I'm sure no one would object if Ceetar wore a long kilt while traveling by airplane.

12.5% Scottish.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Shot at World Series more important than money as Wright mulls Mets future
By MIKE PUMA

David Wright is willing to make at least one prediction about his baseball future: The dollars probably won�t matter as much as the opportunity to win championships. After avoiding the topic of his contract for most of the summer, the Mets third baseman told The Post he is �optimistic� he will remain long-term with the only organization for which he has played, but he also needs to see in what direction the franchise is headed. Wright is enduring a fourth straight August with almost no hope of reaching the playoffs. The Mets are expected to pick up his $16 million option for 2013 once this season concludes, and then have the winter to negotiate a long-term contract with the 29-year-old, who is poised to test free agency if he doesn�t have a deal in place by next March. �The money issue for me, I don�t think that will be the deciding factor,� said Wright, who is batting .325 with 16 homers and 75 RBIs and .416 on-base percentage in the final guaranteed season of his six-year contract worth $55 million. More important, he says, is a chance to win the World Series. �You want to be able to win, and I�ve only experienced a little bit of that here,� Wright said. �In a perfect world, we get this thing turned around and going in the right direction and ultimately I get to experience the bad, the ugly and the good here, which includes winning.� Wright was asked to assess the Mets� chances of reaching that goal. The Mets are 55-60 and third in the NL East as they prepare to open a three-game series tonight in Cincinnati. �We�ve taken a baby step in the right direction and I still think there�s a long way to go before you can say that we�ve kind of turned that corner where I think that we will,� he said. But Wright pointed to prospects Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler as reason to believe the Mets can rebuild their pitching in the same manner as the NL East-leading Nationals. Wright said he has been �frustrated� by the last several seasons. That answer came in response to a question about whether he felt respected by the organization. One of Wright�s friends from outside the organization was later asked what the third baseman meant by the comment. �Very simple: Winners want to win and David desperately needs to win,� the person said. �Everything flows from that desire and need.� Wright said the Mets have respected his request to delay contract talks until after the season. That will leave the Mets with essentially a four-month window of exclusive negotiating rights with Wright. �I told these guys we�re not going to discuss it during the season, either this one or next, so I guess that�s a fair assumption,� Wright said. �If we�re not going to talk about it during this season or next season, then I guess the timing would be during this offseason.� Wright can only guarantee he will be listening closely to what the Mets have to say. �Coming up through the system, I have a tremendous amount of loyalty to this organization,� Wright said. �I can�t tell you what the future holds, but I�m hoping � optimistic � that something will get done.�

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/will_to_win_ndnBMRtF2Lq3FSSjW6rvwO#ixzz23XCMtMaZ

[seawolf17]

Ten years, $400 million. Make it happen, Sandy.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Sandy Alderson wrote: Then, there are his two stars, both approaching free agency. Third baseman David Wright will likely command a nine-figure deal after the team picks up his $16 million option for 2013. Dickey burnishes his case with each sterling outing. Even so, Alderson shrugged off the pressure to re-sign the pair this winter. �Nothing with respect to 2013 rides on what we do with those two players,� he said last week. He added, �Their situations will be at the top of our list. But if we have to exercise options, we have to exercise options.�

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2012/08/for_mets_re-signing_ra_dickey.html

[Edgy MD]

seawolf17 wrote: Ten years, $400 million. Make it happen, Sandy.

Ummm....

[ashie62]

This is David Wright one BIG payday. Im predicting St. Louis.

[metirish]

Shot at World Series more important than money as Wright mulls Mets future


I mean , that's nice and fits with David's goody two shoes persona but it's bullshit.

[Edgy MD]

David confesses optimism.

�My favorite player was Cal Ripken,'' Wright said. ��The biggest reason for that was, I like that he stayed.''

(Wright's agent begins weeping inconsolably.)