Mets doing some spring cleaning?

[Sammy Sofa]

While Im very skeptical that Pujols would leave the Cardinals, I have no reason to believe that The Cubs wouldnt be a perfect fit for Fielder. What makes you think its so far fetched?

 

Fielder will get more money/ years from an AL team that can DH him as well as play him at 1st. I could see a team like the Orioles driving a truckload of money up to his door and he'd be foolish not to at least kick the tires.

 

I'm hoping that the Yankees sign Pujols and are willing to trade Texiera for salary relief. That gets Pujols out of the NL Central and really has to hurt the Cards a lot. If the Cubs could be the team that gets Texiera it would still be a net improvement.

 

That's a gigantic (and probably terrible) gamble to expect the Cubs to pass up on both Fielder and Pujols in the slim hope that Texiera is traded. I'm sorry, but the Cubs willfully passing on Dunn, Fielder AND Pujols is just foolhardy.

[dew1679666265]

That's a gigantic (and probably terrible) gamble to expect the Cubs to pass up on both Fielder and Pujols in the slim hope that Texiera is traded. I'm sorry, but the Cubs willfully passing on Dunn, Fielder AND Pujols is just foolhardy.

 

Yeah, I can understand the reasoning for passing on Dunn and could even see passing on Fielder, but there's really no reason to not make every effort possible to get Pujols. If he wants 10/300, do it. He'll be well worth the money.

[Sammy Sofa]

That's a gigantic (and probably terrible) gamble to expect the Cubs to pass up on both Fielder and Pujols in the slim hope that Texiera is traded. I'm sorry, but the Cubs willfully passing on Dunn, Fielder AND Pujols is just foolhardy.

 

Yeah, I can understand the reasoning for passing on Dunn and could even see passing on Fielder, but there's really no reason to not make every effort possible to get Pujols. If he wants 10/300, do it. He'll be well worth the money.

 

Right, there are reasons to pass on all three, especially the first two, but to actually pass on ALL three given the needs of this team would just be infuriating. I mean, you can make an argument against anyone and everyone, but they can't keep passing on players like that for the mythical perfect player/moment that will never arrive.

[SouthSideRyan]

And passing on him with the hopes that the team with the highest payroll in baseball will trade away one of their best players to us (and not one of 28 other teams) when they already have a DH spot open for him is absurd.

[BCVM22]

David Wright supposedly has a stress fracture in his lower back.

[dew1679666265]

David Wright supposedly has a stress fracture in his lower back.

 

Out at least 2 weeks, MLB Network says.

[dew1679666265]

Mets owner Fred Wilpon apparently doesn't think too highly of the talent Beltran, Wright and Reyes have.

 

Shortstop Jose Reyes will not be getting a super-huge contract from the Mets. "He thinks he's going to get Carl Crawford money," Wilpon says, referring to Crawford's seven-year, $142 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. "He's had everything wrong with him. He won't get it."

 

On right fielder Carlos Beltran, Wilpon mentions Beltran's huge postseason with the Houston Astros in 2004 and says, referring to himself: "We had some schmuck in New York who paid him based on that one series. He's 65 to 70 percent of what he was."

 

About David Wright, Wilpon said: "Really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar."

[SouthSideRyan]

Fred's broke.

[TruffleShuffle]

jeez the mets are even more embarrassing than the cubs.

[Tarver]

It's a shame that an excellent article will be overshadowed by a few off-hand comments. Should he have refrained from commenting on current players? Yes. But he's right.

[TruffleShuffle]

It's a shame that an excellent article will be overshadowed by a few off-hand comments. Should he have refrained from commenting on current players? Yes. But he's right.

 

who the hell cares if he's right? it's a joke for an owner of a baseball team to be openly disparaging individual players.

[javy knows my name]

It's a shame that an excellent article will be overshadowed by a few off-hand comments. Should he have refrained from commenting on current players? Yes. But he's right.

 

who the hell cares if he's right? it's a joke for an owner of a baseball team to be openly disparaging individual players.

 

I'm trying to think of some cagey reason why he would do this. I've got nothing; it's just supremely unprofessional and a piss-poor business decision.

[dew1679666265]

It's a shame that an excellent article will be overshadowed by a few off-hand comments. Should he have refrained from commenting on current players? Yes. But he's right.

 

who the hell cares if he's right? it's a joke for an owner of a baseball team to be openly disparaging individual players.

 

I'm trying to think of some cagey reason why he would do this. I've got nothing; it's just supremely unprofessional and a piss-poor business decision.

 

People on here complain about Hendry driving down players' value when he's ready to trade them, but at least he waits until their value is really low already. Wilpon just gave some great ammo to opposing GMs looking to drive down the trade value of Beltran, Reyes and Wright should the Mets fall out of contention and look to sell.

 

It's hard to sell guys as elite players (which you could argue with all three) when the team's owner openly admits they're not elite players.

[davearm2]

I don't think this drives down these guys' trade values that much. Sure it was completely foolish and unprofessional, but can you imagine a team no longer being interested in trading for any of these guys based on these comments?

 

Now if there were only one or two interested teams to begin with, then maybe. But I doubt that applies here.

[dew1679666265]

I don't think this drives down these guys' trade values that much. Sure it was completely foolish and unprofessional, but can you imagine a team no longer being interested in trading for any of these guys based on these comments?

 

Now if there were only one or two interested teams to begin with, then maybe. But I doubt that applies here.

 

It won't cause teams to lose interest, but it's potential ammo for teams to use in negotiations. For instance, if a team calls interested in Beltran and the Mets are looking for elite talent in return for him, the opposing GM can cite Wilpon's comments as a reason why the Mets are asking too much. It's hard to get the most for your players when your own owner makes the comments he did.

[davearm2]

I don't think this drives down these guys' trade values that much. Sure it was completely foolish and unprofessional, but can you imagine a team no longer being interested in trading for any of these guys based on these comments?

 

Now if there were only one or two interested teams to begin with, then maybe. But I doubt that applies here.

 

It won't cause teams to lose interest, but it's potential ammo for teams to use in negotiations. For instance, if a team calls interested in Beltran and the Mets are looking for elite talent in return for him, the opposing GM can cite Wilpon's comments as a reason why the Mets are asking too much. It's hard to get the most for your players when your own owner makes the comments he did.

If I'm the Mets' GM and I hear that from another GM, I chuckle a little and say "yeah can you believe what a knucklehead Wilpon was there? Anyway are you interested or should I click over to line 2? I've got a bunch of other teams calling."

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If that's how he feels, I'd love to be trying to swing a deal fro Wright this very minute.

[Clem Fandango]

If that's how he feels, I'd love to be trying to swing a deal fro Wright this very minute.

 

Vitters and Barney for Wright. I'd throw in more, but that's as far as I go for someone who isn't a superstar.

[TruffleShuffle]

fred wilpon may be a moron, but sandy alderson is not. maybe we can just try to deal directly with the wilpons and cut alderson out of the negotiations.

[jersey cubs fan]

I think the assumption is Wilpon is laying out his "I'm no genius capable of pulling off the Madoff heist" defense rather than I'm really just going to give away all my best parts.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If that's how he feels, I'd love to be trying to swing a deal fro Wright this very minute.

 

Vitters and Barney for Wright. I'd throw in more, but that's as far as I go for someone who isn't a superstar.

 

I might give them Brett Jackson. I really like Wright.

 

Wright could slide into Ramirez's spot, sign Pujols and that's a nice middle of the order.

[erik316wttn]

If that's how he feels, I'd love to be trying to swing a deal fro Wright this very minute.

 

This x100

[dew1679666265]

It won't cause teams to lose interest, but it's potential ammo for teams to use in negotiations. For instance, if a team calls interested in Beltran and the Mets are looking for elite talent in return for him, the opposing GM can cite Wilpon's comments as a reason why the Mets are asking too much. It's hard to get the most for your players when your own owner makes the comments he did.

If I'm the Mets' GM and I hear that from another GM, I chuckle a little and say "yeah can you believe what a knucklehead Wilpon was there? Anyway are you interested or should I click over to line 2? I've got a bunch of other teams calling."

 

And you better hope there are teams out there offering more. It may not ultimately change what the Mets get for those players or it may, but it does make Alderson's job a little bit harder because he's got to deal with Wilpon's comments.

[SouthSideRyan]

Wilpons are getting off easy, and should be able to keep the Mets. Good for us, bad for society.

 

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