Contract Extension for Ike Davis?

[YoungStuna]

http://metsblog.com/metsblog/contrac...for-ike-davis/

Sandy Alderson will consider signing Ike Davis to a contract that covers his three years of arbitration, the GM told the New York Post’s podcast yesterday.

“It has to fit for us. It has to fit for the player,” he explained. “So, in his case, and maybe one or two others, we keep an eye on it. Sometimes the player is not interested, sometimes the agent is not interested. It’s one of those things that has to work for both sides.”

I hope this gets done. It makes a lot of sense and hopefully Sandy moves on this like he did with Niese.

[metswon69]

http://metsblog.com/metsblog/contrac...for-ike-davis/

I hope this gets done. It makes a lot of sense and hopefully Sandy moves on this like he did with Niese.

They should do the same thing with Harvey too next year if he pitches well this year.

And Wheeler and D'Arnaud if they perform well this year and in 2014.

Extend all of them an option year in FA and they could be getting significant production at below market value.

[YoungStuna]

I doubt Harvey will go for that(Boras)

[metswon69]

I doubt Harvey will go for that(Boras)

If they include significant raises of his pre-arbitration money i think he would.

[fanofclendennon]

I'm beginning to hate baseball.

Here we have a team struggling to reach the 75 win mark and what are we talking about? Locking up players during the arbitration process?

Why should we care? They're guaranteed to be Mets at least until they can file for free agency. What difference does it make to us how much we have to pay them at that point?

I can see where it becomes relevant when you want to extend hm beyond his free agency date. Any thing prior to that is just bookkeeping that shouldnt concern us.

[YoungStuna]

Yes, if they extend him they are looking to extend him past his FA day, otherwise it makes no sense.

[metswon69]

I'm beginning to hate baseball.

Here we have a team struggling to reach the 75 win mark and what are we talking about? Locking up players during the arbitration process?

Why should we care? They're guaranteed to be Mets at least until they can file for free agency. What difference does it make to us how much we have to pay them at that point?

I can see where it becomes relevant when you want to extend hm beyond his free agency date. Any thing prior to that is just bookkeeping that shouldnt concern us.

Arbitration raises can be significant enough that if the Mets buy out some of their arbitration years they can get these players at a discount of what they would have to pay them down the line.

Delaying FA is never a bad thing either.

In fact, given the Mets current financial status, it makes a lot of sense to offer their younger guys these type of deals.

Like Stuna said though, it's a matter of whether guys like Harvey take it or not.

I have zero doubt Ike will.

[fanofclendennon]

Awright. I guess I'll just go F myself then.

Carry on.

[Mr. Magoo]

Awright. I guess I'll just go F myself then.

Carry on.

So Magoo goes away for a while and you turn into a cranky old man? Come on, dude, it's baseball season.

[jomota]

It's stupid but it makes sense. These arbitration deals usually wind up raping the team.

Say the team wins 70 games and Ike hits 40 HRs, an arbitrator will give him a ton of $$$$.

Way too much ???? in the game.

[KingsnQueens7]

I was at that game when he rolled his ankle. It didn't look that bad but it turned out to be a major setback. The 1st half of last year he wasn't there but he turned it around. The potential is still there, and i'd try and resign him cheap right now if he does provide us a monster year.

[metswon69]

Awright. I guess I'll just go F myself then.

Carry on.

It's the nature of an ever evolving business FOC as you would know..

I don't agree with it necessarily either from the standpoint of guaranteeing these guys more money in pre arbitration (not in the case of Ike because he was already Super 2 eligible) but teams look at market value and if they believe their player can exceed that value at a discounted rate they'll take the risk.

And if they can buy out a FA year or two, that's just the icing on the cake.

[paletsgomets]

the guy hit 227 last year, lets at least see if he improves, we never won a damm thing with Dave Kingman either, why spend money if you dont have too. let s see what Ike does this year

[metswon69]

the guy hit 227 last year, lets at least see if he improves, we never won a damm thing with Dave Kingman either, why spend money if you dont have too. let s see what Ike does this year

If Ike hits 40 homers this year and plays a very good defensive 1st base (both very plausible things) he is going to see a significant raise to the 3.13 million he makes this year.

Not to mention if Ike has that type of season, the Mets lose all that bargaining power they currently have.

At that point, he would command significantly more money to buy out those remaining arbitration years and a year or two of FA.

[jomota]

If Ike is making $3 million based on what he has done so far, he is overpaid.