Read: Molina Would Have Come to Mets, for 2nd Guaranteed Year
According to the New York Post, Giants C Bengie Molina said during a conference call he would have joined the Mets had committed to another guaranteed year on their offer.
Molina told reporters:
“We were very clear with them at the beginning and very clear with them at the end, when nothing happened…I don’t understand why they didn’t want to commit to another year, with my numbers and my experience and things like that.”
…well, Bengie, i think it has something to do with the fact that you’re in your middle to late 30s, and that usually spells trouble for catchers…
Molina also told reporters he felt the Giants have a better chance at making it to the playoffs in 2010 than the Mets do.
…i thought if the Mets would have landed Molina, they would have had one of the more formidable lineups in the league going into the season…that was of course until Carlos Beltran became sidelined…in the end, he can say whatever he wants, but the Mets made what i felt was a more than competitive offer, and i didn’t think it was unreasonable to make a 30-something catcher earn his second year by simply staying on the field all season…he thought otherwise, so good luck, Bengie…
Molina hit .265 with a career-high 20 home runs and 80 RBI with San Francisco in 2009, and is returning to the Giants on a one-year, $4.5 million deal plus incentives.
