What are Mets thinking with Dickey?

R.A. Dickey was the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner. And yet he?s reportedly willing to accept Ryan Dempster money in a contract extension with the Mets: $13 million per season for two years.

The Mets, however, are not willing to give him Ryan Dempster money, according to the New York Daily News. That?s simply too much. And yet they?re asking teams for two top prospects in return for him in trade talks.

?We?re in the process now,? COO Jeff Wilpon said. ?It?s a negotiation. They want more than we?re willing to give right now. We want to do it for less than they want to accept right now. Somewhere in between there?s probably a deal to be done. If not, he?ll be a great bargain at $5 million playing out next season for us.?

Again, the Mets don?t think Dickey is worth Ryan Dempster/Dan Haren money, yet they think another team should be willing to fork over two of their best young talents for him, when they could, you know, just sign Ryan Dempster instead.

At this point, Dickey should really just tell the Mets to keep their money and that he?s going to test the open market. He?d be doing them a big favor by signing a two-year, $26 million extension. If he were a free agent right now, he?d have his pick of three-year, $45 million-$48 million offers, and it hardly be a shock if some team went to $20 million per year. He has a realistic shot of outperforming Zack Greinke over the next three years.

The crazy thing is that Dickey may well be worth Wil Myers from the Royals. He?s not worth the Mets? request of shortstop Xander Bogaerts and outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. from the Red Sox, but he could be worth one of the two and a lesser prospect. The Angels, Dodgers, Orioles, Rangers and Tigers should all be interested, too, especially if he?s still willing to take $13 million per year from his new team. But if the Mets were going to get that return they wanted, it likely would have happened already. They should just extend him and be done with it.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/06/the-mets-are-overplaying-their-hand-with-r-a-dickey/related

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