Danny Knobler of CBS Sports says, while negotiations between the Mets and David Wright have been slow, enough progress has been made to the point the Mets are not currently entertaining a trade for him.
'There's enough progress, anyway, that no trade talks involving Wright are on the horizon, and the Mets will instead continue to talk to Wright and his representatives exclusively,' Knobler explains.
Knobler says optimism remains the two sides will eventually come to terms on a new contract.
Matthew Cerrone, MetsBlog.com
10:26 pm: The more and more I hear from people at the GM Meetings, and the more I hear from team insiders, and the more I read the tea leaves, the more I get the feeling these two sides have already discussed numbers and are cool with what it will take to get a deal done. I'm not saying they've agreed to anything, necessarily, but knowing the two sides met in Virginia last week, and hearing so much about R.A. Dickey today, I believe Wright, his agents and Sandy Alderson might already be seeing eye to eye and it's just a matter of time before they put it in ink.
Michael Baron, MetsBlog.com
I won't be totally confident about the situation until the deal is official. But I'm not any more concerned a deal might not get done just because the negotiations have been reportedly stagnant. One thing we've learned ' especially with the Jason Bay situation ' is this front office is incredible at keeping their business to themselves and not letting things get out. It's fair to question the situation, considering who the player is and no deal appears to be imminent, but there's no way to really know where they stand in the process.
