Well a near full rotation of former Mets pitchers have now weighed in on the Jose Reyes‘s pending free agency. According to Dan Martin of the New York Post, David Cone recently said that he believes other teams may present the All-Star shortstop with a better opportunity:
More money, a better chance at winning, hell why not throw in warmer Winters and no state sales tax as other reasons for Reyes to try a change of scenery. Truth be told, there’s no arguing with any of Cone’s points and the same can be said for the comments former Mets ace Al Leiter made while with Cone at John Franco’s charity bowling tournament:Photo by Michael G. Baron
There are better fits, places that give him a better chance to win, probably,” YES Network analyst David Cone said of the shortstop, who can be contacted by other teams beginning tomorrow. “If he really loves playing for the Mets, maybe he’ll give them a discount, so to speak, or work with them.”
But Cone also knows that a 28-year-old, who just won a batting title and never has been a free agent before, likely isn’t inclined to sacrifice much.
“It’s his first go-round,” Cone said. “It’s gonna be hard [for him to take less money].”
Whenever a star player says, ‘Let’s wait till November,’ to hat’s code red for, ‘I wanna see what other teams are not only offering, but what options you have,’ ” said Al Leiter, who was .
“Any time you have a great cornerstone player and let them become a free agent, that’s the risk you take,” Leiter said. “To me, it’s a red flag.”
Perhaps the strongest opinion on the matter came from my all time favorite Mets pitcher, Dwight Gooden, who flat out stated that he believed Reyes will walk:
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I think he’s gone,” Gooden said Tuesday night at John Franco’s Charity Bowling Tournament in Manhattan. “It’s a situation where if I was the GM I’d try to lock up my core players before they got in this position. And now you’re in a situation where you’ve got the agents trying to get what’s best for themselves.”
Now if we can just get a middle-reliever and closer to comment on the situation I think that should just about to do it. I can’t believe nobody reached out to Jesse Orrosco for comment, but maybe that’s something we have to look forward to.
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November 04, 2011
