They actually LOOK like a team that could possibly contend if everything fell right. The division has been decimated with injuries. Werth, Utley, Howard and a lot of underperforming new acquisitions.

Using Niese as an example. They didn’t wait for him to boost his value through the roof. It’s the same thing other teams are doing.

Are you saying they couldn’t sign him to a reasonable deal…say 6-7 years at $16M? They could even put an out clause if they wanted to.

Look what the Reds had to do for Votto.

When players get to the market there is no telling which way it will go. Why not secure yourself earlier than that instead of waiting until it’s too late.

But they could have done something earlier in the season, last year, if they really were going to keep him. But we all know they weren’t no matter what Sandy said.

A fractured finger is EXACTLY that in most cases…..a matter of pain tolerance.

My brother wrestled and won a county championship with a broken thumb on his left hand, and a broken pinky on his right hand. (the pinky had multiple pins through it to hold it together.)

The doctors advised him that there was very little he could do to make it worse. Worst case scenario was that he would extend the healing process. However, the doctor’s said that he could participate in sports as far as he could tolerate the pain.

I enjoyed the article, but really felt the need to comment on that. Hopefully some firsthand experience can give you a little more insight on that type of injury.

Fans and journalists need to separate sports fandom from sports economics. I love David Wright, but his performance and health over the past 2 years has been suspect. Yes, he is tearing it up during the first month of the baseball season, but it’s only the first month of the baseball season. I don’t understand why fans and journalist are clamoring for the Mets to resign Wright to a long-term deal right now, especially when (as I already pointed out) he already is under team control for 2013.

If you sign him now and his performance and/or health regress to what they were in 2010 and 2011, then those same fans and journalist will crucify the Mets for being dumb for having signed David Wright when he was already under control for 2013. You can’t have it both ways. Besides, signing him now just doesn’t make good business sense.

Why not just let Wright play out the season and show that he can maintain his performance and health at an above-average player level. If he does, then the day after the World Series you hold a news conference announcing a new long-term deal for David Wright and that he’s been made the Mets captain. Anyone that suggests otherwise just doesn’t understand how to properly manage a business, assets and risk.