It sounds like Jose Reyes will not be a Met next season. Fine. Let him go. I hope it's the start of Sandy Alderson starting to turn things around with the Mets. It's time to say goodbye to those who were part of losing and injuries (something I was saying 2 1/2 years ago before the injuries became an issue), and it's time to bring in smarter spending.
Basic baseball spending principle - you can do more with your team if you don't throw 99% of the money at 1% of the players. Okay, in baseball, it may not be quite that extreme, but a GM can fill more holes (and there are many) by not throwing all of the available spending money at one player. I am all for filling in the holes more than I am in favor of bringing back a player who, while being very dynamic, was also very prone to injuries, and was one of the "leaders" of the team during the days in which the team had utterly failed. There are other "leaders" that I would get rid of who have been around the Mets for some time now (David Wright, you know who you are).
Yes, it's true that the Mets have money issues that will indeed impact their player salary spending. Maybe that has something to do with the expected decision to not have Reyes back (we haven't actually heard anything from the Mets that regardless of where he signs, Reyes will not be back with them next year - this is just conjecture based on the lack of news coming out of Queens regarding Reyes), and maybe it doesn't. As noted above, it's just smarter to let Reyes go and use the money elsewhere than it is to break the bank to bring him back.
I've seen some angry words by some Mets fans that seem to be directed towards the Mets for not having Reyes back. I think most of these people are short-sighted. Hold the hostility for Reyes when he returns to Queens.
