-Mets and Neil Walker's people are talking extension. Walker and Sandy expected to sit down directly shortly.
- Sandy says Mets are "all in" regards to the payroll. The Mets can add or adjust over the course of the season regardless of Bruce. (I maintain the early spring stuff was a negotiating ploy while he was still engaged in talks with Blevins and others and it worked)
-Wright made 30 throws today and felt good
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But a pending FA and = no Conforto. So it's really Cespedes AND Conforto or JD Martinez. Good year Martinez gets at least Cespedes money, bad year and you traded Conforto for a bad player.
"Morosi was on MLBNetwork last night and repeated his previous story in which the Mets inquired into JD Martinez and the Tigers ask was Conforto, Mets passed on that and signed Cespedes. I always wonder in situations like this, did the Tigers ability to pry away their "ask" in the Cespedes deal influence their confidence in not backing down now? Now Martinez is still a tiger so they may yet just be holding out for a big return (despite his pending FA). For all of the "Tigers will tear it down" talk, it seems less likely they do a full tear down than people thought. Yeah there is time left but you don't even hear them involved in talks and other teams have filled holes."
No reason to believe he'd be open to an extension. He's going to want to hit FA. If Cespedes 4 years 110 at 31, gotta believe Martinez would need something like 6 for 140+ to even consider bypassing FA. Not something I could ever imagine the Mets doing in-season.