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How great is this? http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/exclusive_photo_captain_munch_QNmVyqVl7eIPeKPH0sR53H Jeter has also been seen at the team�s minor league complex in Tampa a couple times this offseason, but not on a regular basis. It�s unknown if he has been there for treatment, workouts or something else. Picking up baseballs to sign for his gift baskets probably. Ha!

"@JonHeymanCBS: #mets deal with wright at $138M, 8 yrs is confirmed. pending physical"

Great news, I'm in my car waiting to go in to work, just tuned to the Fan to hear the news.... Carton " David Wright is a Met for life, makes no sense to me maybe it does to you", STFU asshole.

I need to take a blow after reading that.

Thanks Batmags.....I was taking the piss a little.....anyway, I thought Wright couldn't turn down this contract but reading this if true then he could. It is worth remembering that a dollar in hand today is worth more to Wright or anyone else than a dollar tomorrow. So the extent to which the contract is backloaded has a real effect on the total value of the package, particularly if Wright (accurately) believes he can earn the same contract from another team, paid out more evenly. $140 million is not $140 million, regardless of contract. But there's more. Just as the Mets management used to do with their players in the years they were heavily invested in Bernie Madoff's schemes, they are apparently asking Wright to defer a portion of his contract payout. How much deferred money is unclear, but this, too, has a real impact on the total value of the deal. For instance, the deferrals Johan Santana agreed to called for $5 million to be deferred each season for seven years, with 1.25 percent compound interest. So $5 million of his 2008 salary was withheld, earned interest, and gets paid out to Santana on June 30, 2015.

Martino also reported that the deal is backloaded. He didn't have specifics, but suggested that the structure of the contract was similar to that of Jose Reyes with his now-former team, the Miami Marlins no specifics?, a minor detail, do carry on.

Every time I open this thread it is in hope that I see a big fat "SIGNED" report.

I think if I lived in say Phoenix I would go to D-Backs games, but I doubt I would care enough to go see the Marlins if I lived in Miami, unless of course the Mets were in town......I don;t think I could ever get into going to see an AL team if I lived in such a city...... Back to the OP, Murdoch and the MFY's are a perfect match for each other.

All we need now is for the Mets to say something similar and then the deal is signed two days later.

It's an infinitely better offer that the 6/100.....

Not turning that down surely, sign that contract already.

From an espn article about Wright Also, with Friday the deadline to non-tender arbitration players, the Mets plan to cut loose three players this week -- right-handers Mike Pelfrey and Manny Acosta and center fielder Andres Torres, according to a major league source. probably not news but here you go.

"he who chases wins, wins no chase"

production is finite, money isn't. ??

Um, "well in excess" now "worth well above" $100 million.

I'm going with well in excess meaning $128 million , somewhere around $18+ million a year....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Sure was nice of the baseball writers to honor him while he was still around, no? They are making up for it on Twitter right now.

Let's look at the Rosental report. Mets take risks with contract stalemates UPDATED NOV 27, 2012 7:15 AM ET The standoff between the New York Mets and third baseman David Wright continues. And for the team, the risk is only becoming greater. The Mets offered Wright a six-year, $100 million contract extension on Monday, according to major-league sources. It is an offer that Wright is certain to refuse. Wright, who is under contract for $16 million in 2013, prefers a deal of seven years or longer, sources say. The Mets� proposal offered Wright only a slight raise, and matched the terms of the Ryan Zimmerman and Evan Longoria extensions, the latter of which was announced on Monday. Wright, who turns 30 on Dec. 20, is older than Zimmerman, 28, and Longoria, 27, but perhaps the safest long-term bet. Longoria is the best offensive player according to OPS-plus, a statistic that adjusts a hitter�s OPS to his league and ballpark. But he has appeared in more than 133 games in only two of his five seasons. Wright�s career OPS-plus is nearly as good as Longoria�s, and he has averaged 149 games in his eight full seasons. Zimmerman�s career OPS-plus is the lowest of the three, and he has not been as durable as Wright. A six-year extension would take Wright through 2019, same as Zimmerman. Longoria, on the other hand, is now under contract through �22 � and with one of the game�s lowest-revenue clubs. The Mets, playing in New York, should be at the opposite end of the financial spectrum. The team, with its latest proposal to Wright, is taking a more aggressive approach than it did last off-season with shortstop Jose Reyes, who said that he never received an offer from the club after signing a free-agent contract with the Miami Marlins. Club officials say their off-season priority is to sign both Wright and Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey to extensions. But the winter meetings are next week in Nashville, and the team is making little progress on either front, sources say. A trade of one or both veterans is possible, but Dickey also is signed for only one more year, at a salary of $5 million. Players entering the final year of contracts generally yield less than full value in trades, rival executives say. The Mets would gain little more than salary relief from such deals, unless they included cash to get better prospects. Another option for the Mets would be to grant potential trade partners windows to extend Wright and/or Dickey, knowing that teams would make more tempting proposals if they were assured of keeping their desired player long-term. Such windows, though, might only complicate the negotiations, particularly if the trades became public and the teams were unable to reach agreements with the players. Then there is the Mets� public-relations challenge. A trade of Wright would create the possibility that the team�s homegrown star could appear in the July 16 All-Star Game at Citi Field wearing another club�s uniform. To avoid such a scenario, the Mets could keep both Wright and Dickey into next season, continue trying to sign them to extensions and then � if the talks failed � trade them after the All-Star Game but before the July 31 non-waiver deadline. Such a strategy, however, would further depress the trade values of both players; teams are less willing to trade elite prospects because of a new rule that prevents them from receiving a high draft pick if they acquire a potential free agent in the middle of a season and he then signs with another club. But back to the central issue. The Mets� stalemates with Wright and Dickey raise questions about the team�s willingness to add to its payroll, which has dropped from $149.4 million at the start of 2009 to the $94.3 million at the start of last season. Even if the Mets kept both Wright and Dickey, they would need to add other players to contend in one of the game�s most competitive divisions, the NL East. Mets GM Sandy Alderson said recently that the team would need to gain �a little more clarity� on their talks with Wright and Dickey between Thanksgiving and the winter meetings. The meetings start Monday. And right now, both situations are far from clear.

Rest in Peace I am sure Ralph is sad today, always had good things to say about Miller.

Edgy MD wrote: It's as comforting as ever to know Ashie agrees with Ashie. Meanwhups, Ken Rosenthal of Foxy Sports says an offer is on the table. Madgal on Twitter said it's an offer Wright can't accept.

It was on recently on cable, watched it with Lorcan, I loved it as I remembered..........he loved the Marshmallow Man payoff....I didn't know until the latest viewing that Akroyd and Raimes were the writers. Love the song too, so 80's.

I've seen it maybe ten times with Lorcan.....it's fun, well made although the kids voice got very irritating after the fifth viewing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Massive risk reduction, should the RSN-value bubble get closer to bursting (this sort of sale kinda hints we're headed that way, no?). John Malone tends to see this happening. http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-73381727/

Fuck, I have to leave my house at 6:45, going to miss the announcment..... I watched the first show where they announced the finalists.....yeah, too long, I do like Harold Reynolds though, he's found a good spot on the MLB Network.

I think I would rather live in Toronto than Miami ......not sure if Jose will care for the turf there....still, should be playing to big crowds , great city etc.