The Mets will have the seventh overall pick in next season’s draft, according to Jim Callis of Baseball America.
…the important thing here is, because they finished in the worst 15, the Mets will not lose their top pick if they sign a Type A Free Agent, such as Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, Orlando Hudson, Randy Wolf and John Lackey…
According to Eddie Bajek and MLB Trade Rumors, both Fernando Tatis and Carlos Delgado project to be Type B Free Agents, meaning, assuming the Mets offer each player arbitration, the team could receive an additional draft pick for between the first and second round.
…the thing is, i have to think there is zero chance the Mets offer either tatis or delgado arbitration, because they’ll both probably accept it… i mean, i can’t think anyone is ponying up a multi-year deal to get delgado, especially since he never made it back from the disabled list this year because he pulled a stomach muscle while rehabbing his hip…
By the way, in a post to Twitter, SNY’s Ted Berg points out, “The Rockies drafted and developed all 10 of their top 10 2009 plate-appearance leaders.”
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How much would Delgado make in arbitration? $5-6m? That would be worth the risk of him accepting, but not for Tatis.
Offer Delgado and incentive laden contract at 1 mil with an opportunity to earn 10 mil. If he’s serious about helping this team, he’d take it. If not, hasta.
You cannot offer either arbitration. Delgado’s would be more then what he made this year, and so would tatis. Both would be a complete waste of money. They only way you can possibly have Delgado not accept is if you make it clear he’s a bench option, which i don’t think you can even justify. This is why you should have declined his option last season and offered him arbitration to see him go to the AL and be a DH where he belongs, and get the compensation picks last year.
How would Delgado make more than what he made this year by accepting arbitration? He played in around 30 games, it doesn’t work that way. He’d probably make around half of what he made this year.
No actually…he would get close to what he is getting paid now. And even at 5 to 6 million, he might accept, which i dont think is a bad thing.
“No actually… blah blah blah.”
You didn’t answer my question, you just repeated what you already said.
Why do you think Deldago would get paid around $12M in arbitration after a season in which he only played 26 games? It doesn’t work the way you think it does, there is no minimum salary for a guy like him.
And yes, I think at 5 to 6 mil it wouldn’t be bad which is why I said offering arbitration to him would be a thing good either way.
Thank you for proving my point.
No need for that in here PedroMANIA.
The Mets and Diamondbacks finished with identical 70-92 records. Anyone know why the Diamondbacks got #6 and we got #7?
Nevermind, I found the rule. It goes by whichever team had the worst record the previous season (which was the Dbacks).
Nice work – I had no idea!
But….the DBacks were in the NLCS in 2007, while we missed the playoffs then too…does that not count for anything?!
7th pick is a nice slot.
WE HAD TO SWEEP THE FREAKIN ASTROS. We havent won a series to end the season in what 3 years? and of course we do it this year and it costs us a draft position. Normally I wouldnt care but there are 3 stud college pitchers who will probably all be gone by our spot but if we were 6 in front of the diamondbacks we’d probably be able to get one.
Yeah, but lets wait to see what happens first. For every Verlander there is a Humber.
How do you figure the 3rd of those 3 pitchers will last to 6 but not 7?
Shhh… don’t be logical.
im sorry what does logic have to do with this? Harper is #1 (not 1 of the pitchers), OF from middle Tenn will also be in the top 5 plus alot of people like this AJ Cole HS pitcher. Since I can count to 6 that makes 3 stud pitchers plus 2 hitters and 1 HS pitcher. Thats 6 not 7. Obviously nothing is guaranteed and anyone can fall but I find it ironic that the only time they need to lose they win.
I agree with you Zeile. PedroMANIA just likes to give everyone a hard time because he is so insightful and knowledgeable. I understand your point, as does everyone else on this board – it just figures that the Mets would sweep to end the season. I watched the games, and it makes me wonder if the Astros were throwing it a little.
The bottom 15 thing is big…this franchise has to at least have the mindset that they won’t finish in the bottom 15 again anytime soon, so now is the time to fill holes with free-agents…similar ot the Yankees last year, who signed 3 Type-A free-agents in one offseason and only had to give up a first-rounder once.
I agree, although Im pretty sure you surrender 2nd round picks if your at the top of the draft. Either way I think they have to take advantage of the fact that they have a top 10 pick that cant be touched.
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