David Wright and R.A. Dickey both have club options in their contracts for next season and Mets general manager Sandy Alderson expects both players to be with the Mets for a long time.

"I fully expect that David Wright and R.A. Dickey will be here not only next year, but long term," Alderson said.

"As you all know, we have options on both those players and it's not our intention to simply rely on those options and go into next season and deal with their free agency after 2013. We're going to deal with it up front while we still have a little bit of room to maneuver. But we're committed to trying to bring those two back. I hope they'll both be back and I'm excited about the possibilities they will be."

Wright is in the final guaranteed year of a six-year, $55 million deal. The third baseman doesn't want to discuss an extension until after the season.

The question becomes whether the Mets can afford to re-sign both players. The team's payroll dropped about $50 million to $100 million overall this season. Retaining Wright and Dickey could become expensive.