Mets’ Wright gets 6-year extension
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As first reported by SI.com’s Jon Heyman, third baseman David Wright has signed a six-year extension with the New York Mets worth $55 million.
The extension calls for a $1.5 million signing bonus and salaries of $1 million next year, $5 million in 2008, $7.5 million in 2009, $10 million in 2010, $14 million in 2011 and $15 million in 2012. There is a $1 million buyout if the Mets do not exercise a $16 million option for the 2013.
“I never would have imagined something like this when I signed in 2001. I always wanted to be a lifelong Met. I think this is the first step in that direction,” Wright said Sunday.
“It’s a special feeling growing up as a Mets fan and now knowing — knock on wood — I’m going to be a Met for the next six or seven years.”- SI