Post by Mr Met on Oct 25, 2006 14:47:04 GMT -5
Delgado can demand a trade since he was traded during the middle of a multi-year deal. Omar better pick up that option in 2009. I think Glavine is as good as gone.
www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/465007p-391286c.html
www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/465007p-391286c.html
Delgado is still playing hardball
By ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
ST. LOUIS - Carlos Delgado, traded to the Mets in the middle of a multi-year deal, has the right to demand a trade. He again declined to rule that out yesterday, though he may just be angling to get the Mets to guarantee a 2009 option. Delgado is owed $30.5 million over the next two seasons, though the Marlins will pay the Mets $6 million of that sum.
"We've got to figure out where we're going, how do we fit, what are we trying to do, before we make a decision. Simple as that," said Delgado, at Busch Stadium to pick up MLB's Roberto Clemente Award for his charitable work.
Asked about the importance of the Mets picking up the option, he said: "Would you like your boss to give you another year?"
Delgado had his right wrist wrapped a day after 10-minute surgery to repair carpal tunnel. Delgado, who wears No. 21 as a tribute to Clemente, and who would like to see the Pirate great's number retired, will undergo a second, more involved surgery on Monday to alleviate discomfort in his left elbow that has bothered him since spring training.
"We were able to manage the symptoms during the season," Delgado said. "It was pretty good, but it's something you've got to get taken care of. I think the elbow rehab is going to be four-to-six weeks. We've got plenty of time right now. It's a pretty simple procedure. Structurally there's nothing wrong, so they don't have to do any replacements, they don't have to put in any screws, they don't have to reattach any ligaments or anything like that."
The first baseman, who batted .265 with 38 homers and 114 RBI in his first Met season, maintained the Mets are the best team in the NL, whether or not they're in the World Series.
"We just didn't win the series that we needed to win," Delgado said "We all said in a short series anything can happen. If you look back at the course of 162 games, we played better than anybody else. I mean, at the end of the day, St. Louis is going to say that, 'We won it,' and, 'We're in the World Series.' We congratulate them. They played well. But in my mind I think we were the best team in the league."
STAYING HOME: Carlos Beltran, who was nursing an abdominal strain and quadriceps injury during the playoffs, pulled out of the MLB All-Star Tour of Japan that begins next week, leaving Jose Reyes and David Wright as the Mets' participants. . . . Tom Glavine has until Nov. 10 to declare his intention as far as a $7.5 million player option, while the team has until Nov. 20 to exercise its $14 million option. Glavine gets a $3 million payment if both are declined, and is still free to re-sign. . . . Third base coach Manny Acta interviewed for the Nationals' managerial job. He previously met with the Rangers and Giants. . . . Gary Carter and Howard Johnson are finalists for the Rockies' hitting-coach vacancy. Both have ties to Colorado manager Clint Hurdle from their Mets days.
