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I always regret that he hasn't written an account of his days with the Mets (before going to the Angels) whose title parodies Nolan Ryan's autobiography, "Throwing Heat," merely by transposing two letters: Thor Wing Heat


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Capped off his best season as a Met, 2016, by starting the one and done Wild Card game that the Mets lost to the Giants, pitching seven innings of shutout ball and striking out 10.



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Didn't get pinch-hit for, didn't get double-switched. Just got pulled.



Of all the guys to lose an all-or-nothing playoff to — Conor Gillaspie.


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Capped off his best season as a Met, 2016, by starting the one and done Wild Card game that the Mets lost to the Giants, pitching seven innings of shutout ball and striking out 10.



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The Hot Corner wrote:

I really don't care that Syndergaard left. Likely did the team a favor. After professing his love for New York and his desire to remain a Met, his departure just seemed rather abrupt.



I think the $18.4 mil. of the quality offer made to Syndergaard would be better spent trying toward resign Stroman. At this point, I would much rather retain Stroman than to have kept Syndergaard.

This is a good analysis except it omits that he can go f**k himself.


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=Ceetar post_id=81600 time=1637629375 user_id=102]
gotta hate players that look out for themselves right? BLEED FOR ME

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Begging for a QO, if that's what Syndergaard truly did, is probably part of "looking out for himself". With a QO attached to him, teams that were truly interested in signing Syndergaard had to compete against the QO itself. So Syndergaard was looking out for himself, maneuvering and employing tactics to get the highest possible contract.



And the Mets are better off having QO'd Syndergaard as opposed to not QO'ing Syndergaard at all, as they'll now receive a compensatory draft pick for losing out on one of their own Qo'd players.



So what's the beef?


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Begging for a QO, if that's what Syndergaard truly did, is probably part of "looking out for himself". With a QO attached to him, teams that were truly interested in signing Syndergaard had to compete against the QO itself. So Syndergaard was looking out for himself, maneuvering and employing tactics to get the highest possible contract.



And the Mets are better off having QO'd Syndergaard as opposed to not QO'ing Syndergaard at all, as they'll now receive a compensatory draft pick for losing out on one of their own Qo'd players.



So what's the beef?




Blame the Mets if the Mets secretly or internally wanted Syndergaard and were willing to match or top the Angels offer.


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It's hard to say because there's so much we don't know, but me personally, I'm seeing something that might be a not-so-random pattern here where the Mets are falling short in the FA market. Springer, Realmuto, Bauer, Synergaard and today Loup. Yeah, I know all about Bauer but nobody knew how vile and disastrous Bauer's 2021 season was gonna turn out before he signed with LA.



This could be nothing but coincidence. Or maybe Cohen has some superduper rich man's complex about not wanting to be taken advantage of financially so he overcompensates by sticking to underwhelming offers that won't close deals. What's he supposed to do, though? He's operating in an extremely sophisticated market and can't keep it a secret that he's one of the world's two or three dozen wealthiest persons.


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Yeah, I know all about Bauer but nobody knew how vile and disastrous Bauer's 2021 season was gonna turn out before he signed with LA.


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That Bauer had the potential to be a polarizing figure, a social media annoyance, and a clubhouse 'distraction' was foreseeable. But there was nothing in his past to suggest that (alleged) violent criminal was the likely outcome.


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Frayed Knot wrote:

That Bauer had the potential to be a polarizing figure, a social media annoyance, and a clubhouse 'distraction' was foreseeable. But there was nothing in his past to suggest that (alleged) violent criminal was the likely outcome.


He was aggressive and demeaning to women constantly. It wasn't a huge stretch. See also: The barstool guy.


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Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Year in 2016.



Schaefer Mets Player of the Month, July 2015, May 2016.



Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month July 2015, April 2016, May 2016, September 2018.


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That's a pretty terrific legacy for a pitcher who never quite seemed to have it all together.



Sort of like the Darryl Strawberry of pitchers, in that you could get so lost in how great he might be that you don't fully appreciate how terrific he is.



Same height, too.


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