Will Walker Walk?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He was a good pickup, good value, but will cost more $$ next year. Everybody needs a 3rd starter so there will probably be a market for the guy.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I think he's gone. A team will give him a contract of $20 million+. (Good for him.)

[smg58]

Walker has a player option for $6M, which he'd be nuts to take. But he won't go anywhere unless the Mets can do better than him.

[metsmarathon]

i think that if walker is offered the QO, he'd take it, because i think he's the kind of player whose value would get sunk having that around his neck.



and while i might be hesitant to give him, say, four years at $20M, I'd give it to him for one year in a heartbeat

[Benjamin Grimm]

=metsmarathon post_id=112373 time=1667571014 user_id=83]
i think that if walker is offered the QO, he'd take it, because i think he's the kind of player whose value would get sunk having that around his neck.

[metsmarathon]

we would still need solutions for the degrom/bassitt slots in the rotation, but if $20M saves us from having to fill three slots, it's well worth it, imo, even if it might be a slight overpay. because after you get past the options that might be suitable to replace degrom/bassitt, you really don't have many good options out there to replace walker.

[Edgy MD]

Not a Lucchesi fan?

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Not a Lucchesi fan?

It would be a lot easier to answer that if we knew if he is healthy.

And if he is, he isn't more than a # 4 or #5 starter and maybe not even as good as Walker.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Not a Lucchesi fan?

He'll be one of the guys in the mix, but I wouldn't want to count on him to be in the top five on the depth chart.

[Edgy MD]

Who knows who is healthy or who will be healthy in the spring? But Lucchesi threw 12 innings down the stretch in 2022, moving among three levels, posting a 2.13 ERA, striking out 12 and walking three.

[Gwreck]

Two-pitch starting pitchers aren't a great bet for success. Lucchesi should be no higher than 7 on the depth chart going into the season.



I'd certainly give Walker a QO and consider a longer term deal.

[Lefty Specialist]

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Two-pitch starting pitchers aren't a great bet for success. Lucchesi should be no higher than 7 on the depth chart going into the season.



I'd certainly give Walker a QO and consider a longer term deal.

[Edgy MD]

Well, he's fifth now. I feel pretty comfortable that he's gonna get knocked back by a couple of guys.



There's probably also a temptation to non-tender him rather than holding the roster spot.

[The Hot Corner]

I would definitely attempt to retain Walker. At the very least I would extend him a qualifying offer.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Mets decline to qualify an offer to Walker

[Fman99]

Right now Magill, Peterson and Lou Cheesy are 3-4-5 in the 2023 SP depth chart.



That should terrify any Mets fan.



They're all decent, or have been at times, but I much prefer that they be 6-7-8 in the pecking order. Essentially the same spots for Megill & Peterson as they had entering this past season.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'd be okay if they were 5-6-7. The Mets will definitely add (or retain) some starters between now and April. The who and the how will be among the big stories of the winter.

[Edgy MD]

=Fman99 post_id=112746 time=1668113590 user_id=86]
Right now Magill, Peterson and Lou Cheesy are 3-4-5 in the 2023 SP depth chart.



That should terrify any Mets fan.



They're all decent, or have been at times, but I much prefer that they be 6-7-8 in the pecking order. Essentially the same spots for Megill & Peterson as they had entering this past season.

[vtmet7]

might just be my perception but it seems like Walker relies on the defense behind him (particularly the infield defense)...with shifts going away next season, does that make him more vulnerable as a pitcher?