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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't have all of the salaries at my fingertips, but I think there's a way to do the math that will make Jose affordable. Player2011 Salary2012 SalaryAlready Signed Santana$22.5M$24MBay$16M$16MWright$14M$15MDickey$2.25M$4.25MCarrasco$1.2M$1.2MArbitrationPelfrey$3.925M$5.5M (?)Pagan$3.5M$5M (?)Cheap ReturneesNiese$.452M$.5MParnell$.4335M$.475MDavis$.432M$.475MMurphy$.422M$.475MThole$.42M$.475MBeato$.414M$.475M Gee$.4M$.45MTurner$.4M$.45MPossible Returnees/Would Need to Be ReplacedCapuano or Extra Starter$1.5M$2MPaulino or Backup Catcher$1.35$1.5MHairston or Backup Outfielder$1.1M$1.25MByrdak or Lefty$.9M$1.2MHarris or Backup$.8M$1MNot ReturningBeltran$18.5M---Igarashi$1.75M---Young$1.1M---Perez$12M---Castillo$6M---Matthews Jr.$1M---Plus You'll Need To Fill Another 4-5 Spots---$7MTOTALS$135.1485*$82.85MWhich Leaves us to ConsiderReyes$11M???Rodriguez$11.5M$17.5M *includes Reyes and Rodriguez

From Buster Olney's ESPN blog: Jose Reyes won another game for the Mets, tacking another moment onto his early-season MVP candidacy. Day by day by day, he demonstrates how good he is and the impact he makes when he's on the field. There are natural questions that follow Reyes and whether he can stay healthy, given his injury history. When Fred Wilpon infamously stated in a New Yorker article that Reyes wouldn't get Carl Crawford money -- the outfielder got a seven-year, $142 million deal from the Red Sox -- the owner's skepticism was presumably based on those concerns. But Reyes is showing, again, that when he plays, he is a star. He's leading the National League in hitting, at .339. He's got 30 extra-base hits already, and a slugging percentage of .512. He's on pace for 49 doubles, 30 triples and three homers. Keep in mind that Reyes turns 28 this weekend. He's younger than Crawford. Reyes plays a premium position, and is an excellent defensive shortstop. As executives with other teams evaluate Reyes and quietly ask questions about his personality and his makeup, as the Red Sox did about Crawford, they will hear over and over what a good guy Reyes is, and how perfectly his personality would play in any baseball clubhouse. He brings a smile to the clubhouse every day, Mets manager Terry Collins said over the weekend, regardless how he played the day before, and Reyes desperately wants to play. "If you try to take him out of the lineup, he'll fight you," Collins said. There is an energy level that Reyes brings to the ballpark every day, the kind of energy that is needed in New York. Wilpon may be right; Reyes won't get Crawford money. If he keeps playing like this, Reyes may get more. And day by day by day, the same Mets fans who are extremely unhappy with the Wilpons and their ownership of the team are making more noise about wanting to keep Reyes. He is home-grown, he belongs to them, he is one of them. He has made it clear in the past: He loves playing in New York, and would like to stay When Fred Wilpon gave time for the interviews with The New Yorker and Sports Illustrated, he was trying to stir up sympathy and an understanding of what his family has gone through in the Madoff scandal. His words about Reyes, David Wright and Carlos Beltran obscured that other side of the story, however, and as the fans in Citi Field increasingly respond to Reyes and his success in 2011, Wilpon has to know this: Reyes' situation is becoming a referendum on the Wilpon ownership. If Wilpon wants to win back some of the favor of his fan base, the most efficient way would be to sign Reyes. If Wilpon doesn't re-sign Reyes, and the Mets' homegrown MVP candidate is traded or walks away as a free agent, a significant portion of the fan base that already knows it's in for a period of rebuilding may never forgive the owner.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Books! Ben Grimm for IGTMVP! Somewhere, Centerfield and his 7.2 WARP* cries. *Wins above replacement poster

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Capuano 4 Reyes 2.5 Rodriguez 1 Beato 1 Isringhausen 1 Tejada .25 Pagan .25

The Second Spitter wrote: *Am I naive to believe that he'll give the Mets a home team discount? It may not be the Mets per se that would make Jose want to give a favorable rate. His family is set up here; his kids go to school here; there's a large Dominican community here and it's easy to get to the D.R., etc. Moving to -- say, San Francisco -- takes away some of those advantages and disrupts the family. I don't think that's worth $2 or $3 M a year over a 7 year deal, but it's certainly worth something. A second theory (perhaps more farfetched) is that Jose likes being in a place where he is automatically revered by the fans and that might be worth "something" as well. I suppose if Cliff Lee can turn down the biggest bucks for his services and instead play where he wanted to play, Jose Reyes could too.

Edgy DC wrote: It's a fact that players perform misleadingly well in contract years. Maybe, but Reyes is also going to be 28 years old on Saturday and finally completely healthy after some injury shortened seasons. That alone is more than enough reason for a player to put up a "misleadingly" good season.

SteveJRogers wrote: Prove me wrong, look at the stats this year as compared to the other years where he's been healthy for an entire season. Your argument is not that he's playing well, it's that he's playing well BECAUSE it's a contract year. Those were YOUR words.

Steve, you're wrong. The two most glaring examples are: 1. The Jeter nonsense; 2. The idea that Retes is playing the best he's ever played *because* it's a contract year.

Wait, this is a real party? Not some sort of cruel joke? I've got an idea. If you've got friends who insist on holding this type of party, you either A. Tell them they're stupid; and/or B. Politely decline to go and/or C. Reconsider your friendship.

Ceetar wrote: geeze. That would be horrible. Objectively, I really like Jimmy Rollins. He's just the kind of player that suits me: he speaks his mind; he's intelligent; he's not afraid to be cocky and have some swagger. Now, I of course dislike him because he's on the Phillies. And I used to dislike the Phillies for their blatant hypocrisy in obssessing over Reyes (nowadays, the obsession is just pathetic) when Rollins is just as much a showboat in his own way. I don't want Rollins on the Mets because he's older and less talented than he used to be. But he's exactly the kind of player I like. If he had been on the Mets all these years, we'd love him the same way we love Jose.

Going to the movies for the first time this year.

Assuming the punctuation used in the story is correct, they are two separate gloves.

I recall Axford looking like a ridiculous hipster with a bad mustache when we saw him at the very end of last season at Shea. Photo here. Ruben Tejada hit a walk-off double to the wall in left field to beat him. Nice KTE.

I'd want an Evans/Pridie platoon in right.

Dickey 4.5 Reyes 1.75 Murphy .75 Beltran .75 Tejada .75 Pagan .75 Harris .75

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Willets Point wrote: 1My wife's first Met game was pretty good too. I had totally forgotten that Eric Davis (!) played in that game.

Jordan Schaefer CF Alex Gonzalez SS Martin Prado 3B Brian McCann C Freddy Freeman 1B Dan Uggla 2B Eric Hinske LF Joe Mather RF Tim Hudson P

Gee 4 Reyes 2.5 Thole 1 Murphy 1 Turner 1 Beato .5

I get the joke and all, it's just not that funny.

DO NOT TRADE THIS MAN

Look, there's Burkhardt again! Let's all pile on unnecessarily! Oh, wait - he's doing an interesting an informative report that adds to my knowledge of the team and enjoyment of the broadcast.

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Nice KTE. Love the bears. Any idea where Heyward is?