You just purchased the New York Mets!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Now... What are you going to do about the GM?

[Centerfield]

Anyone dumb enough to make the Cano trade can't be part of my team.



I don't know who is smart and who is available but I know Brodie ain't it.



Other things I do on my first day:



1. Call MLB/New Era and inform them we will be wearing first responder caps on 9/11/2020 and every year thereafter. Go ahead and fine me or try to block me in Court. I will shame you 24/7 until you concede.



2. Remove the orange dot from the blue cap.



3. Spend the rest of the day taking BP and shagging balls on the field. Promise the players this won't be a regular thing.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Tear down citifield, build a new park that resembles Shea in the parking lot

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Srsly, I assume the right answer is c) make the guy sing for his supper

[Ceetar]

I'd be a meddler, absolutely be a meddler.



I'd also end up pissing off 30 of the other 29 owners with all the wacky (and progressive) Things I was doing.

[bmfc1]

BVW has handled the preparation for this season flawlessly. While other teams are having difficulty with their testing and protocols the Mets appear to be able to play without disruption and with a minimum of distraction. He has manipulated the draft to acquire two #1 picks in consecutive years (if it was easy every team would do it). On the field, he acquired Porcello and Wacha which were even more important moves with Noah's injury. He signed Betances for below value and made smaller moves that I think will benefit the team (e.g. Marisnick, Adams, Fargas). The Kelenick/Cano trade can't be undone but Cano has been a professional and a quiet leader. I answered "C" because Cohen didn't make his money by not observing his personnel but I would give BVW a lengthy grace period, especially with the work he has done this year.

[Edgy MD]

Interfering gets a bad rap. If I'm going to own a team, my fingers are going to be in every pie there is.



On the real question, I chose option 3.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That was my choice too.

[LWFS]

This offseason was handled pretty damn well. The last one... was not. I mean, you HAVE to make the guy dance, right?

[Fman99]

Fire him for the Cano trade.



But, you know, I have to finish working on the Tom Seaver Rotunda, so I probably put one of my lackeys on that.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Tear down citifield, build a new park that resembles Shea in the parking lot

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[kcmets]

Jumped on the landslide band wagon; sing-for-supper, dance and all that jazz.

[G-Fafif]

Once we have fans in the ballpark, my administration's first move will be to eliminate the “no backpacks” nonsense and generally overhaul guest relations protocol.

[metsmarathon]

i'm ok with letting citifield stand, but would certainly look to improve it somehow. maybe building out some additional fan experience areas over the loading docks. slapping some big neon baseball players on some walls somewhere. tastefully, of course.



brodie can stick around for one more year. i'd want to get my feet under myself before making changes like a new GM. and maybe he's someone i can work with. or at least i pump him dry of any remaining good ideas and then cast him to the wind.



i don't like reactionary, hasty, ill-tempered decisions making changes just for the sake of having claimed to have made a change, and would intend to run the franchise in the same manner.

[Ceetar]

are we talking Citi Field? I've got huge changes planned.



1. Promenade Club. KABOOOM.



now that entire section is going to extend out, taking over the 400 sections in front of it. (there can still be room for a few of the cameras that are there) Instead of the seats there there are going to be 3-4 SRO type aisles, at graduated levels, to watch the game. You'll be able to see. you'll be even closer, because we're going to extend it out above the press box a little more.



Above that will be the best beer stand in professional sports. Each homestand will feature a new NYC area brewery with a custom made rivalry beer for one of the opponents. Also probably a few kegs of beer FROM that rival's city, if it can be worked out. This will be roughly where the prom club is now, but open air, public access. WEll open air to the sides. There will likely be a roof on it, which is a larger 'rooftop' standing area in front of the 515ish stands. You'll be able to see some/most of the field, though not home plate, because this will be a little set back, but Citi needs more SRO spots that are in front of the seats, not hidden behind it. Most of the baseball/The Piazza/rotunda roof area that exists now will be there. Big Apple Brews will go away again, so you can see the whole baseball. Probalby moving to more of the standing tables, like out in the OF, there, with the kiosks still around it.



Also food, which will be similarly rotating, with a few staples. Nothing that has to cool long though. No made to order nonsense, plenty of staff, plenty of turnover. as quick in and out as possible. In my Citi Field, you'll be able to order from every stand before you get there anyway.

[kcmets]

I haven't been in the Ptom Club since year one or two. No bathrooms. What kind of

club has no bathrooms? It is a waste of space, I approve of doing something better.

[Ceetar]

one year.. 2018? They had some of those like, street fair donuts where they pour the batter in and you watch it float in the oil to the end and they fresh coat it in sugar? those were good. I try to get in once a year just to see what's up. Decent 5 minutes to AC it up too, if you need. That's about the extent of it.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I think the guy who managed to sign both Michael Wacha AND Rick Porcello gets an extension.



Nah, I think BVW has been pretty clever with regards to the draft, saving slot money to throw at guys higher ceiling guys who slipped cause they're rehabbing from injury or whatever. I'd make him Draft Operations Director or some shit, then get a real GM. No offense, Brody.

[MFS62]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I think the guy who managed to sign both Michael Wacha AND Rick Porcello gets an extension. Nah, I think BVW has been pretty clever with regards to the draft, saving slot money to throw at guys higher ceiling guys who slipped cause they're rehabbing from injury or whatever. I'd make him Draft Operations Director or some shit, then get a real GM. No offense, Brody.

That would be my plan. He seems to wield a sharp pencil but I'm not sure how he would build a deep organization through the draft. You can find excellent talent in lower rounds where player evaluation and not money is a issue. He seems to center his focus on players with whom he has a past relationship (he or his agency) and you need broader purview when looking to acquire talent through trades.

Later

[dgwphotography]

My first move would be to create a fan relations group comprised of members of the CPF who would meet monthly to help implement changes to make things more fan friendly.

[MFS62]

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My first move would be to create a fan relations group comprised of members of the CPF who would meet monthly to help implement changes to make things more fan friendly.

[Edgy MD]

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My first move would be to create a fan relations group comprised of members of the CPF who would meet monthly to help implement changes to make things more fan friendly.

[Lefty Specialist]

Yeah, you have to test-drive Brodie for a year even if you're thinking of replacing him. Yeah, the Cano/Diaz trade was a disaster, but he's done some other things right.



The fan unfriendliness really needs to be addressed. We're still waiting on refunds for June tickets for a game they knew in April they weren't going to play, and they're saying it could take another 4-6 weeks. Strangely, the money I paid to buy them was transferred immediately.



The first even remotely fan-friendly thing they did was the FanFest in January. It was great, but it took them decades to figure out it was a good idea.

[Ceetar]

reminder that Cano outhit Alonso in the second half a year ago.

[Edgy MD]

When he was in the lineup, anyhow.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Had Cano done jack shit in the first half we'd have made the playoffs



(probably).



(Not looking it up).

[nymr83]

BVW has handled the preparation for this season flawlessly. While other teams are having difficulty with their testing and protocols the Mets appear to be able to play without disruption and with a minimum of distraction. He has manipulated the draft to acquire two #1 picks in consecutive years (if it was easy every team would do it). On the field, he acquired Porcello and Wacha which were even more important moves with Noah's injury. He signed Betances for below value and made smaller moves that I think will benefit the team (e.g. Marisnick, Adams, Fargas). The Kelenick/Cano trade can't be undone but Cano has been a professional and a quiet leader. I answered "C" because Cohen didn't make his money by not observing his personnel but I would give BVW a lengthy grace period, especially with the work he has done this year.

yeah all of this - its C. coming in and making whole sale changes Day 1 to a team on the verge of contender isn't smart. This is not the Marlins. I would stop and observe.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Despite what we've said in this thread, it certainly is playing out as if Brodie is doomed.



We can expect to find out for sure in less than two weeks.

[bmfc1]

BVW has handled the preparation for this season flawlessly. While other teams are having difficulty with their testing and protocols the Mets appear to be able to play without disruption and with a minimum of distraction. He has manipulated the draft to acquire two #1 picks in consecutive years (if it was easy every team would do it). On the field, he acquired Porcello and Wacha which were even more important moves with Noah's injury. He signed Betances for below value and made smaller moves that I think will benefit the team (e.g. Marisnick, Adams, Fargas). The Kelenick/Cano trade can't be undone but Cano has been a professional and a quiet leader. I answered "C" because Cohen didn't make his money by not observing his personnel but I would give BVW a lengthy grace period, especially with the work he has done this year.

I will grade my own test:

"he acquired Porcello and Wacha which were even more important moves with Noah's injury." Both were mediocre at best but disappointing. Porcello had a +1.7 WAR, Wacha had a +0.1.

"made smaller moves that I think will benefit the team (e.g. Marisnick, Adams, Fargas)" Adams and Fargas never played for the Mets. Marisnick had a +0.1 WAR and was hurt a lot.

I'll give my report a +0.1 WAR but that's it.

[G-Fafif]

It feels unlikely BVW gets more than the most cursory consideration.



I think we're in a new ballpark before the decade is out.