Jed Lowrie--We Care About Him Now

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm in favor of exploring ways of getting Frazier off the club somehow though it seems we still need some RH pop.



I'd totally do that Sonny Gray trade. I'd do a Frazier-for-Frazier trade just because

[A Boy Named Seo]

I'd do it, too, but aren't the NYYs kinda set with Andujar?

[smg58]

They've kind of implied that they'd like to move Andujar off of third base.

[Vic Sage]

Cano isn't moving off 1b until he can't play 2b anymore. And nobody is taking Frazier off our hands. And they clearly don't think McNeil can replicate his last season.



If Lowrie is healthy, I think this move forces Frazier to 1b to start the season, and he'll stay there unless and until Alonzo hits his way up a month or 2 later (with Super2 status intact). If/When Alonzo comes up, a few things will happen: (1) whoever is not hitting between Lowrie and Frazier becomes the IF backup; (2) they're going to use McNeil in the OF, too, which will force Dom Smith back to AAA; and (3) there will be no room for Rivera, and he probably doesn't have any options left, so he (or Frazier) gets traded or cut. This signing comes down to Lowrie taking ABs from Frazier, and some from McNeil and Rivera, too, before ultimately replacing Rivera on the roster... which I'm all fine with. Could they have used $10m better? I don't know; neither do you.



lineup

3b Lowrie#

Lf Conforto*

2b Cano*

C Ramos

RF Nimmo*

1b Frazier (until Alonzo comes up)

Cf Lagares

P-

ss Rosario



bench:

d'Arnaud (c,1b)

McNeil* (Ut/If-Of)

Broxton (of)

D. Smith* (1b/Lf)

Rivera (Ut) [until Alonzo comes up], then Frazier (1b/3b)

[A Boy Named Seo]

1-5 looks pretty decent and we should have guys getting on-base at an above-average clip. 6-9 looks like caca doo-doo.

[Vic Sage]

when Alonzo comes up and Cespedes comes back (replacing Frazier and Lagares), it has the makings of a great lineup, particularly if Rosario continues the progress he showed toward the end of last season.

I'm also assuming JDDavis still has options left. If not, he takes Rivera's role and Rivera's out from the outset.

[Centerfield]

I think Brodie is setting up to trade for Nolan Arenado. Frazier, Giminez, McNeil and Dominic Smith go back.



"We'll give you an entire infield for just your third baseman!"

[Mex17]

Opening Day 2019?



Nimmo-rf

Lowrie-3b

Cano-2b

Ramos-c

Conforto-lf

Frazier-1b

Broxton-cf

deGrom-p

Rosario-ss

[LWFS]

If Frazier gives you anything with the bat, Alonso handles himself decently, and Rosario shows even mild offensive improvement... this becomes a very interesting lineup.

[DocTee]

I think Mickey likes Rosario at the top of the lineup, and his run from August through the end of the season, where he mostly batted there, suggests he can handle that slot.

[Frayed Knot]

fwiw, mlb.com is doing a ranking by position project and we somehow wound up employing two of the top four 2nd basemen in the game today.



1. Jose Altuve

2. Jed Lowrie

3. Whit Merrifield

4. Robinson Cano

5. Chris Taylor

6. Scooter Gennett

7. Joey Wendle

8. Gleyber Torres

9. Ben Zobrist

10. DJ LeMahieu



Now all we have to do is effect some sort of rule change which allows us to play them both at the same position at the same time.





The rankings were done "based on player performance over the last two seasons, a number of offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced data and traditional numbers and analysis

by the MLB Network research team."

Apparently there was some sort of show that went along with this list's release (and also their 3B list upon which we placed no one) which aired Saturday night on MLBN with input from

a number of their on-air slate of personalities, a show I suspect will be re-run multiple times over the coming week for those so inclined.

Their choices at other positions will air over the next several weeks.

[bmfc1]

It's the "Top 10 Right Now" series. Saturday night, 9 and 10 PM. 3 more weeks, next week is Catchers and RFers.

[kcmets]

Another replay tonight at midnight if anyone wants to DVR.

[ashie62]

It's one big hot mess

[Centerfield]

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It's one big hot mess

[smg58]

=Centerfield post_id=1110 time=1547478536 user_id=65]I mean, would you rather go Machado-McNeil, or Lowrie-Cano?

[Mex17]

When is this thing going to be official?

[Edgy MD]

Official as of 20 minutes ago. News conference tomorrow.



Folks are posting as many different batting orders as they are defensive lineups.

[Mex17]

Edgy MD wrote: Official as of 20 minutes ago. News conference tomorrow.

I see nothing on the internets or the FaceTwitts.



It's not official to me until I see the "Welcome to the Mets" graphic posted somewhere.

[Edgy MD]

https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/jed-lowrie-mets-contract-brodie-van-wagenen-1.25984483https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/jed-lowrie-mets-contract-brodie-van-wagenen-1.25984483

[A Boy Named Seo]

Presser apparently starting NOW!!!!



https://www.mlb.com/mets/video/c-2522158683https://www.mlb.com/mets/video/c-2522158683

[A Boy Named Seo]

Jed issued uni #4.

[seawolf17]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Jed issued uni #4.

/gif/wilmer-flores-cries-after-learning-hed-been-traded-stays-in-the-game-ciOV6H

[A Boy Named Seo]

BVW calls him "the perfect player" for this roster, right now. Amazingly, not a whiff of the Mets interest was leaked, even though BVW said the Mets started reaching out to his people in November.



BVW: "Jedi, welcome to the Mets. And may the force be with us all."

[A Boy Named Seo]

The two are very chummy. Apparently they met ~15 years ago and "Jedi" was a former client at BVW's agency.

[seawolf17]

"He's going to be in the lineup pretty much every day."

[A Boy Named Seo]

BVW talking about Jed playing second, third, and short (spoken in that order), and said he will play all over the field and keeps sighting his versatility. He mentioned that the team has some older dudes in the infield who should not be expected to play 162 games, and said they will need more days off. BVW also spoke of having depth for when someone goes down w/ injury. Of course he's not going to say, "I'm still trying to trade Todd Frazier's ass," but it sounds like Brody Van Spraytan wants to rotate all these guys.

[A Boy Named Seo]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Jed issued uni #4. /gif/wilmer-flores-cries-after-learning-hed-been-traded-stays-in-the-game-ciOV6H

:'-( I'll be there for you, Wilmy

[smg58]

Jedi? OK, he'd better earn that one.

[Frayed Knot]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: BVW: "Jedi, welcome to the Mets. And may the force be with us all."

If he really said this I want him fired NOW!!!!