OK so while technically today’s “According To Sources” is from yesterday as it seems this came out late last night it is nonetheless the latest “According To Sources” addition.
Today’s edition of “According To Sources” comes courtesy of Andy Martino of the NY Daily News. Martino reports in a post that according to a Mets source that the “speculation, tossed around for weeks, that Dickey has asked for a Perez-type contract is “completely incorrect,” and that the team could retain the knuckleballer by offering two years and significantly fewer dollars than it paid Perez.”
Now let me just add that until yesterday I wasn’t aware that such speculation existed but for those that did enjoy. Martino also reports that a team source said the decision to sign or trade Dickey “could resolve pretty quickly” after the NL Cy Young winner is announced.
According To Sources History
- 10/6/2012 – it’s conceivable Wright and Dickey will have new deals in place, at least in principle, by the time the World Series begins later this month.
- 10/9/2012 – The Mets are expected to open negotiations with an offer for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million for star third baseman David Wright.
- 10/10/2012 – David Wright’s camp intends to milk talks and draw things out until at least after the World Series, in hopes of reaching a better compromise at the last minute.
- 10/13/2012 – Mets could schedule a meeting and begin formal contract negotiations next week & it’s too early to tell if it’s still possible for either player to be signed this month.
- 10/25/2012 – Contract negotiations between the Mets and Wright & Dickey remain very preliminary and have not advanced to the point of talking years or dollars and they are still talking about when to really get talking.
- 11/6/2012 – The Mets are “not close” to a resolution with either Wright or Dickey.
- 11/7/2012 – Discussions regarding Dickey’s contract extension could see “a resolution before the month ends”.
- 11/8/2012 – Mets are not expressing the same optimism with R.A. Dickey in regards to “progressing, albeit slowly, in completing a long-term extension”.
- 11/8/2012 – Mets are “showing little interest in signing Dickey to extension” and are “discussing him in trades”.
- 11/9/2012 – Speculation that Dickey wanted a Oliver Perez type deal is “completely incorrect” and that a decision to sign or trade Dickey after the NL Cy Young winner is announced could be resolved pretty quickly”.
6 comments
Stick
11/9/2012-3:51pm at 3:51 pm (UTC -4)
oh, so breaking news. They might sign him for a lot of money. Or a little money. Or trade him. or maybe something else. They could nominate him for pope. Maybe he takes over as Mr. Met.
TX
11/10/2012-5:42pm at 5:42 pm (UTC -4)
“If the Red Sox do look to move Salty, the Mets and White Sox are among the clubs that are in need of catching, tweets Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald. Lauber suggests that the Mets could use Jon Niese while the White Sox might be willing to trade Gavin Floyd. Yesterday, Mets GM Sandy Alderson addressed the idea of trading Niese without being prompted.
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#Td6BGLTU6VigLplv.99”
Reading the above, if that could be Dickey, I’m all for it. I just can’t see trading Niese for Salty. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love Salty on this team, an it would require more than just Salty to get the deal done, but with no lefties on this team other than Niese (once Santana is put out to pasture), I value Niese more than I do Dickey.
Stick
11/10/2012-5:47pm at 5:47 pm (UTC -4)
I agree about Neise. And really think they need to be using Dickey to try and fill holes on the field.
Wright of course is a bit different issue, largely because moving him creates an additional hole to fill!
wanny
11/10/2012-7:46pm at 7:46 pm (UTC -4)
Dickey for middlebrooks and salty. Wright to AZ for Bauer and Pollock.
Stick
11/10/2012-7:56pm at 7:56 pm (UTC -4)
that sounds like a plan to me.
Hazmet
11/10/2012-9:38pm at 9:38 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t see the Sawx doing something like trading Middlebrooks when they traded Youkalis out to pave the way for him taking over at third. I thought they were counting on him being there for years and won’t trade him for a 38 year old knuckler entering next year coming off torn labrum surgery.