If Richard Hidalgo has a big year with the Mets, it would make Astros hitting coach Harry Spillman look awful. However, there are other factors at play here. Richard was ready for a change of scenery. This was more a divorce than a trade, and both sides needed it.
Hildalgo is a very happy man right now. He was excited to play in NY & he is proving it at this point & time.
He wants to prove the Astros wrong but also has an even bigger incentive & that is the fact he is auditioning himself. He will be a free agent at the end of the season unless the Mets pick up the option on him for next year which they won't. The option is for $15,000,000.
He will get a nice contract if he keeps this up as what better place to audition yourself then in the toughest market for sports, New York.
He wants to prove the Astros wrong but also has an even bigger incentive & that is the fact he is auditioning himself. He will be a free agent at the end of the season unless the Mets pick up the option on him for next year which they won't. The option is for $15,000,000.
He will get a nice contract if he keeps this up as what better place to audition yourself then in the toughest market for sports, New York.
