Mets are talking about Matt Chapman

[Benjamin Grimm]

https://sny.tv/articles/mets-have-talked-to-oakland-about-third-baseman-matt-chapman-reportMets have talked to Oakland about third baseman Matt Chapman: report

[Edgy MD]

J.D. Davis may be starting to take this all personally.

Chapman would require quite a hall, as the 27-year-old is one of the best two-way players in all of baseball, and has three seasons of control left. He and the A's agreed on a $6.49 million deal for 2021, his first year of arbitration eligibility.

"Hall"?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't think the Mets have a hall, but they do have a rotunda.

[LWFS]

I don't think this is happening, but I do KNOW from researching this that Tracksuit has apparently

blocked me on Twitter.

[Edgy MD]

Ouch.



That's my Tracky.

[ashie62]

Chapman is young and very good!!!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I don't think this is happening, but I do KNOW from researching this that Tracksuit has apparently https://twitter.com/martinonyc?s=09blocked me on Twitter.

I need to see the incident NOW!!!!

[Centerfield]

Chapman is good, young cost controlled. The prospect cost would be too high I'm guessing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

What would be Oakland's motivation to trade him?

[Edgy MD]

Same motivation as everybody — seeing more potential value in what's coming in. That said, I'm guessing this won't be a thing.

[Edgy MD]

I do like the thought of this news coming on top of the team bringing Jed Lowrie back, seeing as they're the only team where he has enough goodwill to bounce the embarrassment of the last two years into a subhead.



　　"Gosh, the A's are really digging in the trash. They just re-signed Lowrie."



　　　　"Well, he gave us some good years. I realize there's only the slimmest hope that he

　　　　has more than 25 cents worth of baseball left in him, but I like him and if he's gotta

　　　　bow out, it's cool that he'll bow out here."



　　"They just announced that they've traded Carpenter and I think Lowrie's the new

　　thirdbaseman."



　　　　"Ummm ... ."



It's like the Mets bringing in Curtis Granderson on a non-roster free-agent contract. It's more or less cool to have him working out with the team again in St. Lucie, signing some autographs with his glove on his head, and then hanging it up in two weeks. But then, you hear news of Michael Conforto being on the trading block ... .

[Lefty Specialist]

I'd imagine the A's would ask for JD Davis and what's left of the farm system.

[smg58]

Neither Lindor nor Arenado were traded at a cost that the acquiring team would consider painful, so who knows?



Chapman is the one third baseman in Arenado's league in terms of defense. And his OPS+ values are only a little bit behind Arenado's.



On the other hand, I really don't like the way his walks were way down and his strikeouts way up last year. His ISO was up, and he may have been overswinging, but that is not a good look. Perhaps his mechanics were off (which can in principle be corrected), or perhaps pitchers figured him out (which would be a problem). But I'd need some reassurance that we aren't getting a .276 OBP with a deadened ball in Citi Field. There are some drop-offs that look like injuries or a small sample size, but I'm worried there is a red flag here.

[Frayed Knot]

=smg58 post_id=56031 time=1613154544 user_id=62]
Neither Lindor nor Arenado were traded at a cost that the acquiring team would consider painful, so who knows?

[LWFS]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't think this is happening, but I do KNOW from researching this that Tracksuit has apparently https://twitter.com/martinonyc?s=09blocked me on Twitter. I need to see the incident NOW!!!!

I wish I'd said something to merit the Heisman treatment... I may have said something with the tone of a vague eye roll a while back, but this-- sadly-- was out of nowhere.

[ashie62]

Ronny Mauricio would be a start.