Note: The Mets and Spending, the Fans on Tickets
This morning, Adam Rubin of the Daily News wrote, citing team insiders, “Omar Minaya expected the salary demands of Matt Holliday and Jason Bay to be too high for the Mets.”
In response, Anthony De Rosa of Hotfoot writes, “If Holliday and Bay are too expensive for the Mets, your tickets are too expensive for me.”
…oooh, zing…de rosa makes an important point… but, i think everyone should settle down… seriously… the Mets said the same thing about Francisco Rodriguez last season, when he was demanding a five-year deal; they said the same thing about Billy Wagner, when was asking for a five-year deal; and they said the same thing about Carlos Beltran… this is not to say rubin’s sources are wrong… they may very well be very right… today… right now… when holliday’s agent, Scott Boras, is talking about an eight-year deal… for what it’s worth, the Mets are not alone:
Last week, in a poll of 4,100 readers of MetsBlog.com, voters were split, 50–50, on whether Holliday is even worth a seven-year, $120 million deal.
…the point is, i plan to let this play out… no team, not even the Yankees, jump right out and say, ‘We’re in it, we’ll pay whatever you want,’ which would be the dumbest negotiating move in history, especially with boras at the switch…
…maybe it’s true, maybe under all circumstances, the Mets do not plan to sign holliday… maybe they will… it’s November, and i bet there will be two more months of this before he signs anywhere…
