WEDNESDAY: Mets CEO Jeff Wilpon spoke to ESPN New York's Adam Rubin and backed up Alderson's statement, though he didn't make it sound like getting a contract worked out with Wright is an urgent matter.
"As Sandy said I think last night, [Wright is] under contract this year," said Wilpon. "We have an option for next year. There's no gun to anybody's head. So let it just play out. And at the right time Sandy and I will discuss it and it'll move on."
TUESDAY: Earlier this month we heard that the Mets were likely to offer David Wright a long-term contract, and today GM Sandy Alderson confirmed to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com that an offer will be made during the season. He would not disclose the size of the offer or when the superstar third baseman could expect it.
"I would expect sometime before the season's over, we will have a conversation," said Alderson. "I'm hopeful he'll be here a long time."
Wright, 29, is making $15MM this season and has a club option for 2013 worth $16MM. He came into the day hitting .373/.474/.578 with five homers and more walks (32) than strikeouts (29). Ryan Zimmerman's six-year, $100MM extension with the Nationals seems like just a starting point for a new Wright deal given his superior performance record and durability.
Lets not “Intend” on doing it. Lets just do it.
Maybe he should wait til the end of the season. Braves will be looking for a 3rd baseman and should have a little dough. If anything it will drive the Mets price up.
Except the Mets have an option for him which they’ll undoubtedly pick up if they don’t lock him up before then
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I can say with confidence that David Wright is back to being a top 10 hitter in the league. He looks terrific. Go ahead and overpay him.
I’m a big Wright fan, but does it really make sense to pay him tons of money for 5 or 6 years? Will it really benefit the Mets in the long run? I’m not sure . . .
I’m also on the fence in regards to Wright and a contract. On one hand, a Mets lifer is pretty rare (only the original #7 says hello I believe), and his veteran leadership is a good thing (not to mention his production) on a young and inexperienced team.
On the other, I’d like to see him rebound, build up trade value, and then be unloaded for prospects to help us fill the holes the team has (C, 2B, 1B?, SP, etc etc). Wright is great and as a Mets fan I love him, but its been an exhausting 10 years and I want the Mets to do whats best for the longevity of the team, personal fan attachments aside.
Exactly, you hit the nail on the head, both pros and cons.
Just get it done! The Mets MUST re-sign David Wright!!
5 years/$100MM on top of the $16MM option should be appropriate.
Get it done. Wright means as much to Mets as any player/team pairing out there.
I don’t know, Zimm is two years younger than Wright which means his deal starts when he’s 28 and ends when he’s 34(really 35 because his birthday is in September). His deal gets all the years in his prime. Wright is under contract until 2014 which means it wouldn’t start till he’s 31. If he got 5 years, it would end when he’s 36. You wouldn’t be paying for his prime years but rather his declining years.
Unless this Mets team thinks they’re close, Wright honestly doesn’t make sense and they do need to cut down payroll. I wouldn’t offer more than 6 and 100 if I’m the Mets. I think 5/85 in addition to the one year that already exists is what I’d offer. If he says no, it makes more sense to trade him anyway.
I would not only pay him his worth+but that C-letter on his uniform would intoduce the mets into the contention that we’ve all been waiting for,moreover the situation wold greatly improve the teams chemistry, Aldersen dont just be a title be a great title.
You think the letter C on Wright’s uniform would put the Mets in to contention? Are you mad?
More importantly, you understood that post?
Something tells me that a ‘C’ means absolutely nothing when it comes to wins and losses. Then again, your name is ‘chemistrymaker’, so you must put a lot of thought into that stuff (lol).
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Ummmm. Ok?
Zimmerman and beltre are both better deals to have made than to wright, especially based on two months time.
Give it time, look to negotiate after this season is over, you have more information, and you need to remember the state of the Mets, and how old he is going to be. 5/85 if he puts up a 6-7 WAR season this year. If he levels out and finishes in the 4-5 WAR range, hen maybe 4/70. But I wouldn’t give him 100 million at his age, no way. You never give a player over 30 100 million ever, unless you are paying for his name (which is borderline lunacy in the first place and not how you run a baseball team).
It’s amazing how quickly fans forget the last three years and react to two months.
Pretty sure 5/85 isn’t going to do it. Sometimes you just have to “overpay” or otherwise you’re stuck with scrubs at positions where you previously had All-Star caliber players.
Wright was an elite 3B from 2005-2008. In 2009-2010 he was still very good with a 3.6 and 4.0 WAR respectively.
With the way he’s playing this year, would it really be a stretch to consider 2011 the outlier?
But hey, if the Mets want to sink well into the pit of mediocrity, the Dodgers would gladly take Wright off their hands.
You’re absolutely right. David Wright is a solid player, but he’s no superstar. While the Mets should sign him to a fair contract, they need not go crazy, especially at this point in time. While they could do the politically correct thing and go for the extension, they’re not bound to it.
I’m fairly certain that he is not going to offer any type of Home Team discount, so there’s no reason to get any extension done this year. Let’s see where the dust settles at the end of the season. After the Mets pick up his option next year, he still gets a raise.
We should recognize that the only reason that Wright is the Mets best player at the moment is because they traded Beltran and let Reyes leave last year. Everyone needs to see things in their proper perspective.