Happy Anniversary, Captain!

[Guest themetfairy]

Here's to the next ten years!

[RealityChuck]

I wonder how many Mets have had ten years on the team.

Offhand, I can think of Kranepool, Seaver, Koosman, Harrelson, Grote, Cleon, Gooden, John Franco, and Lee Mazzilli (in two tours of duty)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Craig Swan (12 seasons w Mets, 2 games for Angels). Ron Hodges (12, all with Mets).

[Edgy MD]

If partial seasons count, then so does Mookie.

[Gwreck]

Not that we would ever think of such a thing but David now has no-trade rights.

[Edgy MD]

More than a few Mets fans think about it all the time.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Somebody find that igt. I don't remember Wrights debut as well as I do Reyes'.

[ashie62]

Like who???

[Edgy MD]

I'm sorry. You don't encounter Mets fans who've advocated that the team trade Wright? They've been everywhere, often claiming that the team should do it for Wright's very own sake.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Not that we would ever think of such a thing but David now has no-trade rights.

I'm sure he's had them at least since he signed the big contract.

If partial seasons count, then so does Mookie.

Of course if partial seasons count then David's already into his 11th.

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gwreck wrote: Not that we would ever think of such a thing but David now has no-trade rights. I'm sure he's had them at least since he signed the big contract.

Cot's Contracts does not reflect this.

[Ceetar]

Gwreck wrote: Gwreck wrote: Not that we would ever think of such a thing but David now has no-trade rights. I'm sure he's had them at least since he signed the big contract. Cot's Contracts does not reflect this.

Can't find any reference to a clause when I google his new contract.

the 10-5 rights are a service time thing though right? Baseball Reference says he had 9.075 or something as of January, so he might not be quite at 10 yet.

[Frayed Knot]

It would be pretty shocking if there were no no-trade clause included when he signed the big deal two years ago.
It just makes no sense that a guy with enough pull to rate an eight year $100 mil+ deal wouldn't insist on one or that mgmt willing to give him that would somehow refuse the N-T.

the 10-5 rights are a service time thing though right? Baseball Reference says he had 9.075 or something as of January, so he might not be quite at 10 yet.

9.075 is shorthand for 9 years plus 75 days (days, not games) and with 172 days making up a full season* that's just shy of a year and a half so the elapsed time since opening day 2014 gives David the full 10 years (give or take a day or two).
He's never been sent down since his call up and DL time counts as service time as long as you were on the ML roster at the time of the injury.



* I believe it's 182 days technically that make up a complete season but there's some clause that allows players within ten days of that to get credit for a full season (hence late April call-ups for some young players - it won't delay arbitration but it can delay FA-gency)

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: 9.075 is shorthand for 9 years plus 75 days (days, not games) and with 172 days making up a full season* that's just shy of a year and a half so the elapsed time since opening day 2014 gives David the full 10 years (give or take a day or two). He's never been sent down since his call up and DL time counts as service time as long as you were on the ML roster at the time of the injury. * I believe it's 182 days technically that make up a complete season but there's some clause that allows players within ten days of that to get credit for a full season (hence late April call-ups for some young players - it won't delay arbitration but it can delay FA-gency)

Yeah, I knew the math was close but timing and calendars and who knows. Why does baseball insist on using fake decimals that you only understand if you get it? 3.2 IP is poor too. Especially when most of that stats DO correctly use decimals so it's confusing. argh.

Probably a boxscore/space constraint thing?