The left-side of the Mets infield may come to an end after the season, but according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, third baseman David Wright is hoping that shortstop Jose Reyes can make the team think twice before giving up on him.

“I’m a big Jose Reyes fan,” Wright said. “He makes everybody around him better, including me. So I hope he goes out there and has a great year and kind of forces the hand of the front office so they lock him up to whatever kind of extension. I hope that’s the case.”

Reyes is in the final year of a four-year plus team option contract that he signed in 2007. The deal paid him about $35.25 million, and many have speculated that Reyes is a candidate for a $100+ contract this Winter. Given that the Mets are going through financial issues, it may be difficult for the team to re-sign Reyes especially if he has a good year.  It would be to their best interest to trade him as soon as possible to get more highly valued prospects in return.

One place that Reyes could wind up is in San Francisco. Buster Olney of ESPN speculated in March that if incumbent shortstop, Miguel Tejada, fails, the Giants could go after Reyes. The only problem is that San Francisco is not hitter-friendly, so unless there’s a dump truck full of cash then don’t expect Reyes to pick the city by the Bay as his long-term residence.