Friday, November 30, 2012

Money mattered to David Wright

One idea that was frequently mentioned during the David Wright negotiations, and which has been confirmed by some post-signing reports, is that it was very important for David Wright to make more money than Johan Santana?s $137.5 million deal and thus become the highest-paid player in New York Mets history ?out of pride.?

Which I suppose I understand on some level. What I don?t understand is why anyone would say such a thing to a reporter. ?If you?re Wrights? agents, don?t you worry about that making your guy look kind of petty and/or ego-driven? If you?re the Mets leaking that, aren?t you risking some amount of clubhouse harumphing by essentially telling one player that the other wanted to top him?

Probably not the biggest deal in the world. After I tweeted about all of this, wondering if it would be awkward, one of my tweeps made a very logical point:

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Or, if Curacao is not for sale, they just have a money fight.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/30/it-was-important-for-david-wright-to-make-more-money-than-johan-santana/related

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