Glavine Mets Close to 2-Year Deal

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

According to the NY Daily News (Link), the Mets and Glavine are close to a two year deal that will pay the lefthander 25 million dollars! :shock:

 

If Glavine can get a two year deal that pays him 12.5 million per season, imagine the price for the younger Zito. Furthermore, it reduces any chance that Schmidt signs for less than four years and less than 13 million over those four.

 

The dearth of quality in the market is going to drive the prices way beyond what many of us expect.

[Guest]

According to the NY Daily News (Link), the Mets and Glavine are close to a two year deal that will pay the lefthander 25 million dollars! :shock:

 

If Glavine can get a two year deal that pays him 12.5 million per season, imagine the price for the younger Zito. Furthermore, it reduces any chance that Schmidt signs for less than four years and less than 13 million over those four.

 

The dearth of quality in the market is going to drive the prices way beyond what many of us expect.

those other guys are nothing. Did you see how clutch Glavine was this post-season?

[frostwyrm]

I'm still on the Zito bandwagon for now.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

And not to be outdone by his former teammate in Atlanta, Maddux has asked for a 2-year deal in his negotiations with the Dodgers.

 

Two 40-year-old players who should be bound for Cooperstown are talking to their teams about new deals. Hall of Fame lock Greg Maddux and the Dodgers are discussing a return, with the team suggesting a one-year deal and Maddux, who has 333 career wins, looking for a two-year contract. Maddux, 40, was the player that helped put the Dodgers into the playoffs when he was acquired from the Cubs at the trade deadline, and he loved it there. So the guess here is that they work it out, one way or the other. Friends thought Maddux was miserable enough with the Cubs that he might call it quits after 2006. That's obviously changed.

 

 

Link.

[frostwyrm]

And not to be outdone by his former teammate in Atlanta, Maddux has asked for a 2-year deal in his negotiations with the Dodgers.

 

Two 40-year-old players who should be bound for Cooperstown are talking to their teams about new deals. Hall of Fame lock Greg Maddux and the Dodgers are discussing a return, with the team suggesting a one-year deal and Maddux, who has 333 career wins, looking for a two-year contract. Maddux, 40, was the player that helped put the Dodgers into the playoffs when he was acquired from the Cubs at the trade deadline, and he loved it there. So the guess here is that they work it out, one way or the other. Friends thought Maddux was miserable enough with the Cubs that he might call it quits after 2006. That's obviously changed.

 

 

Link.

 

"Miserable"? I thought we had the ultimate player's manager.

[Mizzou]

I thought Glavine wanted to go back to Atlanta.

[LuckyPup]

Boy, Barry Zito eyes just lit up-Dollar bills ya'll-he's a lock for 15M per-

[Pinktermite]

Now he has 25 million reasons not to go back to the Braves. They would NEVER have paid him that kind of money. This is just ridiculous, 25 million for a guy that's 40. I thought 8 million for Kenny Rogers wasn't bad...but 12.5? Geez...

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I thought Glavine wanted to go back to Atlanta.

 

For 25 million, he can wait and go back in a couple of years.

[C.C.]

Boy, Barry Zito eyes just lit up-Dollar bills ya'll-he's a lock for 15M per-

 

He was a lock for 15M per way before this..

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Boy, Barry Zito eyes just lit up-Dollar bills ya'll-he's a lock for 15M per-

 

Zito will get a 5/75 deal or better.

 

Schmidt will get 4/55 or better.

 

Mark it down.

[Pinktermite]

He'd be stupid if he didnt' take that, and then go back to Atlanta.

[baseball7897]

I'm still on the Zito bandwagon for now.

 

That makes two of us.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Glavine's agent is now denying the report that Glavine and the Mets are close to a deal.

 

Link

 

Glavine's agent denied a report in the New York Daily News that the pitcher is closing in on a two-year, $25 million contract with the club.

 

Clifton said there have been no negotiations since Glavine spoke to chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon about a possible return at the end of the team's season two weeks ago.

 

"There has been no dialogue to date,'' Clifton told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick. "No conversations with the Mets have commenced whatsoever in any way, shape or form regarding Tom's option or the team's option -- or an alternative somewhere between the two.''

[Balsa]

Yeah I thought he wanted to go to Atlanta....

[Soriano12]

Salary cap? Anyone?

[cubweiser03]

Dude chose NY the first time for $, no reason to expect anything less the second time around. He just made NY pay him more to stay there by saying he wanted to go back to atlanta. When he said he wanted to go back to Atlanta i was like why.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Dude chose NY the first time for $, no reason to expect anything less the second time around. He just made NY pay him more to stay there by saying he wanted to go back to atlanta. When he said he wanted to go back to Atlanta i was like why.

 

Glavine "choose NY" the first time, simply because he is the Head of MLBPA and if he took less to stay with Atl (his preference, he said so himself) it would set a bad standard for the rest of the union. Glavine took NY simply because he had to make sure players got what the market value them to be. It was about money, but it was also about keeping the market honest for free agents.

[CuseCubFan69]

I wonder if Steve Carlton is interested in a comeback...wow that's a lot of bread.

[cbbryan]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the issue w/ Glavine is alittle unique. He has a player option this year and a team option for next year, I believe the two years are for 8.5 and 14.5 which is pretty close to the price he'd be getting with the current deal.

 

Sorry, I don't have all the info, but I was listening to WFAN the last couple days.

 

I don't know if anyone has a way to find additional information on it.

[soccer10k]

I don't know if this has been brought up, but the issue w/ Glavine is alittle unique. He has a player option this year and a team option for next year, I believe the two years are for 8.5 and 14.5 which is pretty close to the price he'd be getting with the current deal.

 

Sorry, I don't have all the info, but I was listening to WFAN the last couple days.

 

I don't know if anyone has a way to find additional information on it.

 

As per Cot's

- adding 2007 option ($7.5M player, $14M club)
   - $5.5M 2007 player option ($3M buyout)
     (increases by $1M each for 180, 190 & 200 IP in 2006)
   - $12M 2007 club option ($3M buyout)
     (increases by $2M with 180 IP in 2006)
   - performance bonuses may increase 2007 salary to $14M

 

Based on that I would think that both the Mets and Glavine have options for 2007 but not for 2008.