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Mets Notes: Wright, Dickey, Pelfrey, Davis

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | October 2, 2012 at 3:00pm CDT

The Mets will “turn over” the roster this coming offseason, team sources tell Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com. Here are the details, starting with the team’s franchise player…

  • Team officials remain optimistic that they’ll be able to retain David Wright long-term, Rubin reports. Mets executives hope the third baseman will succeed Tom Seaver as the unofficial ambassador for the organization once he retires as a player, according to Rubin. Wright told Rubin over the weekend that he hopes his next contract will cover the remainder of his playing career.
  • Relievers Jon Rauch and Ramon Ramirez are expected to leave as free agents after the season, Rubin reports.
  • Rubin hears from Mets sources that Andres Torres and Mike Pelfrey will likely be non-tendered this winter.
  • R.A. Dickey’s contract includes a club option for 2013 that will surely be exercised, but his long-term future with the organization is not entirely secure, according to Rubin. Mets executives seem wary of making a “sizable commitment” to the Cy Young candidate.
  • One Mets person said the team would require “a boatload” to part with Ike Davis, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports. The Red Sox had two scouts in attendance at last night’s Mets-Marlins game and could have interest in trading for the first time arbitration eligible first baseman, Heyman reports.
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  1. Rick Garcia

    13 years ago

    if they require a boatload the Red Sox are probably not the best trade partner

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    • dc21892

      13 years ago

      Why? They actually have some nice pieces in their system. Look at what they got from LA. They have a good mix of almost ready and low minors prospects with middle to high ceilings. I’m not trying to overvalue this system, but with guys like Barnes, Webster, Ranaudo, de la Rosa and then Bogearts, Swihart, etc, its hard not to like it. I hope they don’t deal for Davis though. I’d rather them save the prospects and either sign Loney to play for the year or have Mauro Gomez handle it for a season.

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      • User 4245925809

        13 years ago

        Even without what they got from LA, Boston had more prospects at AA and lower than many teams.. Some fans here just look and know about names floated about and never heard of Jackie Bradley, Matt Barnes, Xander Bogaerts, Garin Cecchini, Brandon Workman.. It is quite comical.

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        • stl_cards16

          13 years ago

          No, it’s that every team has really high upside players in the low minors. Every stud high school player or recent college draftee is viewed highly when they are in A-ball. Most of them lose their shine before even getting to the high minors, let alone the majors. When you get to AA and higher and are still producing and getting better, that’s when they start to get valuable(trade-wise) and you can start to pencil them into where they might fit on a ML team.

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          • User 4245925809

            13 years ago

            3 of those (Barnes, Bradley, Bogaerts) are BA top 50 ranked I should have added. I left out Henry Owens even, simply because he was a HS player with no real play before a national audience at Barnes plus Bradley both had 3 seasons of collegiate ball. Bogaerts has been in the Sox system for 3 years. Cechini 2, Workman Collage and 2 nice seasons..

            Fans here just don’t pay any attention (many, not you i realize you and some others do) to most prospects unless they have been mentioned here dozens of times in articles and are MLB ready.

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            • stl_cards16

              13 years ago

              Those 3 are obviously the class of the system, at the moment. I don’t think there are many that actually follow MiLB and don’t know of them. I’m sure most fans here don’t recognize how deep the Cardinals system(or many other teams)is but I don’t feel its necessary to go out of my way to try to talk it up. All fans think their system is great and always know more of the non-top prospects than other fans.

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              • User 4245925809

                13 years ago

                It’s (to me) the ones who repeatedly talk bad about systems and don’t know the 1st thing about them.

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        • dc21892

          13 years ago

          I forgot about Jackie Bradley, lol. But yeah their system was solid before nobody took the time to look though.

          Reply
  2. jlasovage

    13 years ago

    The sox need to leave davis alone if they want a boatload. I like tge idea of getting middkebrooks over to 1st letting aviles play some third and ciriaco at short with iglesias resign ross and papi. Pray to whoever you have to tgat pitching turns around under tge new coaching staff

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  3. Rob 31

    13 years ago

    If this team can get high quality prospects for Dickey and Wright I would do it. They problem is the Mets get minor leaguers or over hyped guys typically. They have really not gone for quality in a long time just try to fill gaps. I am thinking a Gio Gonzalez type trade for Dickey. look how it helped the A’s.

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    • Joe Valenti

      13 years ago

      I like this. The Mets don’t have the parts that justify bringing back Wright. If you can’t put a lineup around him in 2014 there’s really no reason to spend on him opposed to trading him for guys who can contribute in 2014 and on. It’s the same idea with Dickey. A pitcher in his mid-thirties is not someone you include in your future plans and they have pitching depth

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    • ceraunograph

      13 years ago

      The problem is we still have owners whose idea of a good prospect is Victor Zambrano. Until the Wilpons leave all the Mets can do is spin their wheels.

      Reply
  4. NickyNoodles

    13 years ago

    Any chance Ellsbury is on the block? The Mets could use a CF’er w/ some speed. Perhaps his injuries have made his pricetag go down.

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    • Jeff Hill

      13 years ago

      Yes he most likely will be but they will probably want Zach Wheeler and a couple of other middle tier prospects.

      Reply
      • Lyell

        13 years ago

        Zack Wheeler? He’s untouchable, Wheeler AND other prospects? They may want that but they have no chance in hell of getting it.

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        • Hector Cortes

          13 years ago

          Yea Zack Wheeler isn’t going anywhere he’s apart of the Mets future rotation no chance he gets traded period.

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    • rwdavis22461

      13 years ago

      Your half correct his price tag in a trade maybe down but remember he has a big contract and not the Mets policy under Sandy to pay over 12 million on one guy has not been yet that 12 is per season and Ellsbury makes 16+

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      • Jim 23

        13 years ago

        Why make things up? Ellsbury made about $8M in 2012 and is arb eligible in 2013.

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  5. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    2.6m is over 1m too much for a middle reliever (Ramirez) losing velocity and who has issues with control.

    Can’t blame the mets for letting him go. Ramirez will have serious problems getting half what he did in 2012.

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  6. ceraunograph

    13 years ago

    This is all such a moot point. The Wilpons have no money and no desire to spend. A contract extension for Wright or Dickey will be that much less SNY profit for themselves. Everything else is just posturing so that when they don’t offer him a contract they don’t get eviscerated in the tabloids.

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  7. ceraunograph

    13 years ago

    The Wilpons must have evidence that Selig knew about PED use. There’s no other explanation for them continuing to own a major league team.

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  8. Victor Kipp

    13 years ago

    The Twins are scouting players like Ike that are young, cheap, productive and controllable for several years because they are going to be looking to move Mauer. Their team is in a severe downturn and need prospects, young controllable players and salary relief. A prime candidate to move Mauer to is the RedSox where the dimensions of Fenway as well as their opening at 1B is coming with Loney leaving. Mauer’s days of catching are over and the Twins know they can not afford him and rebuild the team at the same time. Ike Davis would be a very suitable player for them to replace Mauer with and the trade with the RedSox where they may be able to get lavernway as a catcher in return would allow the Twins to trade a few prospects the Mets way. IK a lot of you will say the Twins won’t do this, but I ask you…why wouldn’t they? The Twins move of Mauer won’t be popular in Minnesota but you can’t deny that moving him would help the organization rebuild and the regain financial flexibility to make moves to build a better team.

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    • Jim 23

      13 years ago

      I don’t see the Sox paying $23M a year for a catcher who shouldn’t catch any more or a 1B who who has topped 13 HRs exactly once in his career. They just got lucky unloading some bad contracts, no need to take on another.

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  9. ed27

    13 years ago

    Ellsbury doesn’t fit for the Mets–he’s a Boras client who will be a Free Agent after the 2013 season. If he has a decent year they won’t be able to afford him given what they will be forced to pony up against the bidding from other teams. If he has a bad year, then it will just be another poor acquisition.

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  10. Andrew Silvestri

    13 years ago

    why would mets trade ike davis for prospects not smart listen/to/ elsbury liister lets listen

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