Francisco Rodriguez

Mets will not sign Jose Reyes to a call Crawford contract. Seven years 142 million. But for all concerned about the team's finances. Keeping Reyes is out of the question if he's willing to accept a shorter deal. Say three years between 45 and fifty million. Reyes it is healthy almost certainly will get more than that on the open market. Still it is a slam dunk that the Mets will trade him. The team will need to wait a variety of concerns. Won its position in the standings and whether it's still competitive. To attendance and -- Three and finally. What the maturity that trade would be vs the high draft picks the Mets would get it -- simply left as a free agent. The team could avoid the issue of Frankie Rodriguez is seventeen point five million dollar option. Simply by trading him to a club. That would use K rod as a setup man and not a closer . Let's say for example that he was the Rangers. They would not need to worry about that option becoming guaranteed of here right finished 55 games they have -- holly please if healthy as their closer . He'd be the one finishing games. Now -- can block deals to as many as ten clubs as part of his contract. But the Mets to facilitate this deal would gladly pick up the 3.5 million dollar buyout to make him go away. -- to me is