Chatter about a batter: Is a Conforto reunion a possibility?

Marshmallowmilkshake · February 23, 2022

Seeing stories that, given the expected frenzy to sign players when this deal is done, Conforto might be better off taking a short deal with the Mets to take a season to rebound, then hit the market when conditions are more favorable and there's time to let a deal develop.

Are the Mets even looking for an outfielder at this point? Would the team even want a one-year, $25 million deal with him? Does Conforto have a shot at a $100 million+ deal elsewhere in that frenzy?

https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-michael-conforto-reunion https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-michael-conforto-reunion

Benjamin Grimm · February 23, 2022

Well, I certainly wouldn't pass on Conforto simply because the Mets have Mark Canha.

seawolf17 · February 23, 2022

Conforto absolutely, unquestionably makes this team better in 2022.

metsmarathon · February 23, 2022

oh hell yeah, i'd take conforto back. wouldn't mind if they got bryant instead, but yeah, man, i'm all about conforto. especially if it means him not becoming a [blech] phillie.

Marshmallowmilkshake · February 23, 2022

I don't know what his market would be after last year. Not sure which team out there will throw him the long-term deal he is looking for. But if the Mets can get him, it would be great!

Benjamin Grimm · February 23, 2022

He probably should have accepted to QO.

I read something recently that said that signing Conforto (or Bryant) won't cost the Mets a draft pick, but that's not true in Conforto's case. They get a draft pick if he signs elsewhere, and wouldn't get it if he signs with them.

That wouldn't stop me from signing Conforto to a one-year deal. The Mets are in win-now mode (as they should be) and if they can get him they should.

smg58 · February 24, 2022

We are already likely to have extra pieces on offense even with the DH, so the top priority should still be another SP. That being said, if his market value is lower than I think or if Cohen's wallet is bottomless, then sure I'm interested.

ashie62 · February 24, 2022

Marcus Stroman tweeting today that he hopes Conforto will sign for a team other than the Mets

It is an anti Mets and Billy Eppler rant.

The Mets signed our paycheck. What an ungracious jackass.

Lefty Specialist · February 24, 2022

Yeah, I'd be all over signing him again short-term.

Marshmallowmilkshake · February 24, 2022

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Marcus Stroman tweeting today that he hopes Conforto will sign for a team other than the Mets

It is an anti Mets and Billy Eppler rant.

The Mets signed our paycheck. What an ungracious jackass.

Edgy MD · February 24, 2022

Maybe not, but a reporter can certainly get access to the players other ways.

I've seen enough of Marcus that it isn't hard to imagine a little of his personality going a long way.

bmfc1 · March 18, 2022

There has been more Conforto chatter the last two days. The Mets need another outfielder (unless you think that Travis Jankowski is the answer). The OF might be Nimmo (L), Marte ®, Canha ®/Dom(L). Given the date, perhaps he signs a one-year "pillow contract".

From Just Mets (a free newsletter):

[bLOCKQUOTE]At worst, Conforto would serve as depth at two positions in the outfield (for what it's worth Brandon Nimmo gets hurt frequently), and at best, he returns to the All-Star caliber form he demonstrated in both 2017 and 2020. It would remain to be seen if Conforto could earn an everyday role again with the Mets, but the designated hitter would afford him plenty of plate appearances anyway, especially against right-handed pitching (he had a .792 OPS against the right side in 2021). Conforto would also be valuable insurance for Mark Canha in the event he struggles against right-handed pitching or needs to be spelled overall. But between Conforto, Canha, Nimmo, Starling Marte, Dominic Smith and JD Davis, the Mets outfield depth chart would be as strong as any team in the league (assuming nobody is traded).[/bLOCKQUOTE]

Marshmallowmilkshake · March 18, 2022

There has been more Conforto chatter the last two days. The Mets need another outfielder (unless you think that Travis Jankowski is the answer). The OF might be Nimmo (L), Marte (R), Canha (R)/Dom(L). Given the date, perhaps he signs a one-year "pillow contract".

From Just Mets (a free newsletter):

[bLOCKQUOTE]At worst, Conforto would serve as depth at two positions in the outfield (for what it's worth Brandon Nimmo gets hurt frequently), and at best, he returns to the All-Star caliber form he demonstrated in both 2017 and 2020. It would remain to be seen if Conforto could earn an everyday role again with the Mets, but the designated hitter would afford him plenty of plate appearances anyway, especially against right-handed pitching (he had a .792 OPS against the right side in 2021). Conforto would also be valuable insurance for Mark Canha in the event he struggles against right-handed pitching or needs to be spelled overall. But between Conforto, Canha, Nimmo, Starling Marte, Dominic Smith and JD Davis, the Mets outfield depth chart would be as strong as any team in the league (assuming nobody is traded).[/bLOCKQUOTE]

Mets Blog reporting that the team offered him $100 million last year. I'm sure that's off the table now, and he's probably looking for something bigger. But it would have been neat to be able to lock him up.

https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-offered-michael-conforto-100-million-contract-last-spring https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-offered-michael-conforto-100-million-contract-last-spring

cal sharpie · March 18, 2022

Given the speculation that Conforto might have been one of the vax-less Mets, the NYC vaccination rule might be a disincentive for him to re-sign.

Centerfield · March 18, 2022

We need another bat. In a perfect world, he'd be righty, but I would be happy to welcome back Conforto. I think he'll bounce back.

Johnny Lunchbucket · March 18, 2022

I think it's kinda weird justice that Conforto can't find a job right now. He's just been too shitty at times to demonstrate he worthy of a giant deal.

That said I'd like to have him back too

Fman99 · March 18, 2022

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I think it's kinda weird justice that Conforto can't find a job right now. He's just been too shitty at times to demonstrate he worthy of a giant deal.

That said I'd like to have him back too

Maybe he's got no contract because he's got no antibodies. Go play in Hoboken, cootie boy !

Benjamin Grimm · March 18, 2022

He did have COVID last spring. I sometimes wonder if his poor season was because he was long hauling to an extent.

Fman99 · March 20, 2022

Going by https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2021-22-free-agents-by-position this list on MLB's web site,, he is now the player with the highest predicted WAR value of any unsigned free agent, at any position. He's got to play somewhere, right?

I want him - I feel much more confident with Canha as my 4th OF than my third.

Edgy MD · March 20, 2022

Cahna could well be the fourth depending on how other things shake out.

If ... McNeil retains his hold on second, and ...

... if Escobar is demonstrably a full-timer at third, and ...

... if Canó has enough left to be the regular DH, and ...

... Smitty continues his impressive spring, ...

... then Smitty is your leftfielder and Cahna is #4.

That's a lot of ifs that have to fall into place, but there certainly is something of an unsettled situation. They might keep an eye on it for a few days and jump on Conforto later if he's available.

Of course, most every team is probably one injury away from jumping all over Conforty.

Fman99 · March 20, 2022

Yeah, I see what you're saying. Dom can press the issue by continuing to hit, and hoping that Cano can justify his roster spot. I have CANHfidence in McNeil at 2B and Escy at 3B.

smg58 · March 21, 2022

Edgy MD wrote:

Cahna could well be the fourth depending on how other things shake out.

If ... McNeil retains his hold on second, and ...

... if Escobar is demonstrably a full-timer at third, and ...

... if Canó has enough left to be the regular DH, and ...

... Smitty continues his impressive spring, ...

... then Smitty is your leftfielder and Cahna is #4.

That's a lot of ifs that have to fall into place, but there certainly is something of an unsettled situation. They might keep an eye on it for a few days and jump on Conforto later if he's available.

If McNeil and Smith are healthy, as they appear to be, then three of the four "ifs" are high-probability. That leaves Canó, but we still have JD Davis as a fallback. I think our depth in the lineup is good (I'm leery about catcher, but we might have the top catching prospect in the game right now), and unless the entire team stays healthy (an "if" I would not bank on), nobody will get squeezed out of playing time.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't take Conforto if he could be had at a discount, but Conforto at a discount still costs as much as Collin McHugh, Ryan Tepera, and Andrew Chafin. That would have given us depth where we most need it.

Edgy MD · March 21, 2022

Yeah, all those ifs don't necessarily have to be there. I'm guessing the baseline plan right now is that Cahna is #4, taking at-bats against lefties from Smitty and Nimmo, depending on how each is hitting.

Benjamin Grimm · March 21, 2022

Or whether they're vaccinated.

Edgy MD · March 21, 2022

There's that, although a lot can happen in between Brandon Nimmo saying a lot can happen and something happening.

The current roster of batsmen seems pretty set. There's an apparent limit of 13 pitchers (although that's been waived the last two years).

But based on that implied number of 13 batters, that leaves two catchers:

　　McCann

　　Nido

... six infielders ...

　　Alonso

　　Canó

　　Davis

　　Escobar

　　Guillorme

　　Lindor

... and five outfielders ...

　　Cahna

　　Marte

　　McNeil

　　Nimmo

　　Smitty

Now, you can switch McNeil with Davis (and probably should) as to which unit you imagine him a part of, but the thing is that most of those guys are locks. If you bring in Conforto or somebody else without moving somebody out, the odd man out is most likely Guillorme, and that would leave Escobar as the only shortstop backup. It certainly could be done (as the DH means, among other things, it's easier to go only two-deep at a position) but it's a tight squeeze.

Benjamin Grimm · March 21, 2022

I can still see Davis getting traded for a pitcher.

Edgy MD · March 22, 2022

Conforto now being the highest-end outfielder on the market, with Tommy Pham a distant second, I tried to figure out which team was thinnest in the outfield, by ranking them according to how many WAR Zips projects for their top five outfielders. I could have looked beyond the top five, but I can't work on this all night.

Always interesting to see which prominent names (Kris Bryant? Charlie Blackmon? Joc Peterson?) the projections are most pessemistic about, but it's really compelling to see Colorado's outfield the most starved for WAR after signing Bryant. It's also notable which teams (Atlanta, Anaheim, DC) have all their eggs in one basket, although the Angel outfield looks unspeakably stronger if you add Shoehi Ohtani to the depth chart.

My money is on Chicago, but don't sleep on division rivals like Phillie and Washington.

A reunion with Syndergaard in Anaheim also feels like a strong possiblity.

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	25		[PTEXT=8]ATL[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Acuña, Jr., Ronald[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]5.7[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Duvall, Adam[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]2.4[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Ozuna, Marcell[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.2[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Rosario, Eddie[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]1.1[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Walters, Drew[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]0.0[/PTEXT]	11.4
	26		[PTEXT=8]WSN[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Soto, Juan[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]7.6[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Robles, Victor[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]1.5[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Cruz, Nelson[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]1.0[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Thomas, Lane[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]1.0[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Hernandez, Yadiel[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]0.3[/PTEXT]	11.4
	27		[PTEXT=8]LAD[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Betts, Mookie[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]6.2[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Bellinger, Cody[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]3.1[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Taylor, Chris[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.2[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Pillar, Kevin[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]0.2[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Beaty, Matt[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]0.2[/PTEXT]	11.9
	28		[PTEXT=8]SEA[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Jesse Winker[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]4.1[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Julio Rodríguez[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]3.4[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Haniger, Mitch[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.4[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Frazier, Adam[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.3[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Kelenic, Jarred[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]1.2[/PTEXT]	13.4
	29		[PTEXT=8]PHI[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Harper, Bryce[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]5.3[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Schwarber, Kyle[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]3.3[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Castellanos, Nick[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]3.0[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Hoskins, Rhys[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.6[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Herrera, Odúbel[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]1.0[/PTEXT]	15.2
	30		[PTEXT=8]NYY[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Judge, Aaron[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]6.2[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Gallo, Joey[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]4.7[/PTEXT]		[PTEXT=8]Stanton, Giancarlo[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.4[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Hicks, Aaron[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]2.1[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]Locastro, Tim[/PTEXT]	[PTEXT=8]0.5[/PTEXT]	15.9

Johnny Lunchbucket · March 22, 2022

Wait, McNeils not an outfielder and Castellanos is no MFY. I also doubt the Rangers have two outfielders called Calhoun

Edgy MD · March 22, 2022

I tried.

The data came from Fangraphs. They had both Smitty and McNeil returning on an outfielder search. I'll stick Smith in there and correctly team Castellanos. That'll sure make Philly look like the powerhouse they are in the outfield.

Edgy MD · March 22, 2022

Changes made above.

Mets get knocked out of the top tier and are socializing among the middle class after knocking McNeil out for Smith in the outfield depth chart. The ZIPS guys are really unenthused about Smitty's projection, but hopefully (a) they're wrong, or ( McNeil can play some outfield if they're right. It certainly makes a Conforto return more inviting for the Mets.

I'm still thinking Chicago or Anaheim.

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