2022 Free Agents

[kcmets]

I figured you were in Camp Low Hanging Fruit. Pretty obvious.

[kcmets]

Typical editing of posts.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Again with the edit. I don't change my post after someone responds to it. Where's the "edited" tag?



Where?

[batmagadanleadoff]

=kcmets post_id=73989 time=1628566428 user_id=53]
Not likely.



I don't remember either of you chiming in that the Mets were

bought by Steve Cohen. Now it's a thing. Everything is a thing.

[Gwreck]

It's not shocking that a guy that's had to hire scummy lawyers twice to "settle" workplace harassment cases

Why would you put the word settle in quotes? Are you unsure how lawsuits, and particularly employment discrimination lawsuits work?



“Scummy” lawyers is also a giveaway that you're pushing an unsupported agenda here.

[kcmets]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=73993 time=1628567143 user_id=68]
=kcmets post_id=73989 time=1628566428 user_id=53]
Not likely.

I don't remember either of you chiming in that the Mets were

bought by Steve Cohen. Now it's a thing. Everything is a thing.

[Ceetar]

It's not shocking that a guy that's had to hire scummy lawyers twice to "settle" workplace harassment cases Why would you put the word settle in quotes? Are you unsure how lawsuits, and particularly employment discrimination lawsuits work? “Scummy” lawyers is also a giveaway that you're pushing an unsupported agenda here.

because firing the HR lady and the jerk you rehired is _not enough_ it does not settle the workplace issues, nor does having 'training' or 'meetings' about it. The lawyer in question is the one that successfully argued that hiring Jared Kushner wasn't nepotism. Working for the scumbags pretty much is the definition of scummy. I think I outlined more in the callaway/porter thread.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=73993 time=1628567143 user_id=68]
=kcmets post_id=73989 time=1628566428 user_id=53]
Not likely.

I don't remember either of you chiming in that the Mets were

bought by Steve Cohen. Now it's a thing. Everything is a thing.

[Edgy MD]

2022 free agents suck.

[kcmets]

Where did I ever write that Cohen's purchase of the Mets was a negative thing?

Well, you jumped on the Cohen badness Ceetar train earlier in the thread.

I merely pointed out that neither of you said anything negatively about him

until the last day or so (that I recall).



This thread is "batshit" crazy at this point.



Peace out.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=kcmets post_id=74014 time=1628611923 user_id=53]
=batmagadanleadoff post_id=74011 time=1628611306 user_id=68]Where did I ever write that Cohen's purchase of the Mets was a negative thing?

[kcmets]

Hope your using me as your personal punching bag gives you the

warm and fuzzies. Just move on, no one here cares to see this.

[kcmets]

Alleging piling on by piling on. Classikc!!

[metsmarathon]

so... uh... like... other than arguing back and forth whether or not steve cohen is a terrible guy, a terrific guy, or quite possibly somewhere in the inbetween...



who among the 2022 free agents do you think we should be pursuing? (whether or not steve cohen, who may or may not be better than the wilpons, may or may not open his wallet wide enough to sign anyone....)



(fuck i hate this place sometimes....)

[Ceetar]

The obvious ones are Stroman, Syndergaard, and Conforto. Or try to upgrade each of those with someone else, which is going to be tough all around.

[kcmets]

=metsmarathon post_id=74027 time=1628621915 user_id=83]
who among the 2022 free agents do you think we should be pursuing?

(fuck i hate this place sometimes....)

[Ceetar]

I've been talking about how much of a scumbag he is since before the first deal fell through. I don't know if A-Rod would've been financially viable as an owner, but at least I figured his priorities would be better for fans. Who knows.



What I do know is the Mets 2022 holes are bigger than there 2021 ones, and they'd be much better positioned with Realmuto or Springer.

[metsmarathon]

yeah, there's not a lot of upgrade space out there....



scherzer aside, about the only free agent pitcher that seems like a good buy might be jon gray. if we want to just build up an immense collection of injured forearms, maybe we take on kershaw for fun and anxiety. but mostly anxiety. otherwise, gosh, there doesn't seem to be much of anything.



i hope the market really isn't there for syndergaard, but it's so thin, he might be hard to hold onto.



conforto is a tough one. he really seems to have fallen completely apart doesn't he? in the outfield, the top candidate is castellanos. kris bryant, too, if you play him there.



are we fully sour on baez? i'd kinda like to see what an infield with him and lindor looks like, but he's not making the strongest case here.... and i wonder if we'll get to see that anytime this year. sigh. but with the kind of hitter he is, we really need better hitters around him. or we need our hitters around him to be better. one of those.

[Edgy MD]

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And you and you and you.

[metsmarathon]

=kcmets post_id=74029 time=1628623259 user_id=53] no one cares. No one.

[duan]

I have no problem conceptualising that a billionaire hedge fund guy ain't a warm cuddly uncle like “Steve” seems to currently aiming to be portrayed as.



There's also a decent number of things where you can point to the front office (which is a proxy for ownership) and go - Holy Fuck guys that's not a great judgement call.



The lads on For All You Kids Out There did a fairly good if depressing job of going through all that stuff on their last two episodes (worth a listen if you haven't)



I won't get too deep into all that but to buttress Ceetars claims that they don't know what they're doing is that unless we finish in the 10th slot or above in the draft we will lose the other first round pick after the Rocker comp pick if we sign someone who has a qualifying offer. So unless a higher end Free Agent was traded (Bryant was thankfully) we would be stupid to sign them

[Edgy MD]

I missed the strife in this thread because the subject wasn't one I was interested in.



Can we please keep political discourse in the NBF?



Beyond that, the Red Light Forum is also a lovely place for off-topic confrontations. Let's please keep the poop out of sandbox.