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Old 12-13-2012, 06:16 PM   #963
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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz View Post
It's expected that any team acquiring Dickey would want an exclusive window to negotiate an extension. The Mets are trying to give him a 2 year extension and the buzz around baseball is that Dickey would get similar contract from any team in baseball. Because he's a knuckler, nobody really is afraid of locking him up through 2015. Even if he regresses a bit, he's expected to be durable.

But the Mets would be better served hammering out an extension and making Dickey a part of the long-term solution than selling him for a guy who, at best, would be a lateral move. They already have Captain Kirk in the Majors plus Matt dek Dekker in the minors who are exactly the same kind of player as Bourjos.
Making Dickey at 38 any kind of "LONG TERM" solution would be t he worst thing for the Mets.

Though I doubt they can get much right now in return for Dickey (nothing top notch) they could deal him at the deadline for a nice return.

The Mets are 3 years away from competing for a Wild Card. They need to focus on that window. And I know Dickey is a knuckleballer. But he would be going on 42.

Just not going to do it for them.

Dealing him to the Angels makes perfect sense. But they will have to accept that they wont get a bounty.
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