Mets Flexen their muscles and have Gott a trade

[metirish]

[A Boy Named Seo]

MLBTR sez the Mets are DFA'ing Flexen and picked up his salary so they could acquire Gott. okie doke.



PS - good thread title. I would've said "Gott Flexen?" and that was basic

[Edgy MD]

"Chris, we've made a deal, and are trading you to the Mets."



"YAY! I'm going home!"



"I haven't finished yet, Chris."

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: MLBTR sez the Mets are DFA'ing Flexen and picked up his salary so they could acquire Gott. okie doke. PS - good thread title. I would've said "Gott Flexen?" and that was basic

Martino said the Mets might do a number trades where they can take a bad contract, release the player and eat it. I wouldn't have thought Flexen would have a bad contract, thought.

Edited July 3, 2023 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

About $4 mil for Flexen apparently.



I happened to see a piece of a Seattle game a few days ago and was surprised to see Flexen's ERA north of 7.00 when he came into a game. He had two pretty decent seasons post-NYM so I'm not sure what happened lately but it includes 13 RA in his last 5 outings totalling less than 9 innings.

[MFS62]

On Arthur Avenue, they would have said the Mets got Un-Gotts.



Later

[nymr83]

Trevor Gott doesn't seem very impressive as an addition, but I guess if he is better than Brigham or Hartwig that is good enough since all he cost was Steve's cash.

[Edgy MD]

T.J. McFarland may be the bar.

[smg58]

I'd be willing to offer Flexen a team option for next year at something like $4M or a half million buyout, so that he accepts the demotion and maybe we can get the 2022 Flexen back before this season is out. Worst case scenario, we're out a little bit more money.



Otherwise, I can see the point of spending money instead of a prospect (even a borderline one) to get a reliever who'll still be under team control next year, but I'm not sure Gott is worth the trouble. That being said, I wish their was some way to pair Gott with Tim Teufel.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I suppose Flexen's DFA may lead to him going to Syracuse.

[Edgy MD]

=smg58 post_id=130733 time=1688427600 user_id=62]
I'd be willing to offer Flexen a team option for next year at something like $4M or a half million buyout, so that he accepts the demotion and maybe we can get the 2022 Flexen back before this season is out. Worst case scenario, we're out a little bit more money.



Otherwise, I can see the point of spending money instead of a prospect (even a borderline one) to get a reliever who'll still be under team control next year, but I'm not sure Gott is worth the trouble. That being said, I wish their was some way to pair Gott with Tim Teufel.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, Tuefel facing one time SFG hurler Jim Gott back in the day was usually a launching pad for jokes 'round these parts.

[ashie62]

Flexen had become a KBO God and had a year of success with Seattle upon his return



He is the definition of "pitches to contact"

[metirish]

[Fman99]

We've been watching D-Reyes get knocked around in Syracuse for weeks since his demotion. Peace out tomato can.



In other related news, Fwife had to interact with Trevor Gott a number of times in the past, as he had a child enrolled in my wife's day care center when he was pitching here in Syracuse as a minor leaguer in the Nationals system. His baby mama was quite nice and their daughter as well, but in every interaction with him my wife stated that he was a smarmy, entitled asshole. She was not pleased to hear about this trade.

[Frayed Knot]

Sounds like he has a Gott complex.

[smg58]

I was hoping for a Teufel-may-care attitude.

[G-Fafif]

Chris Flexen has signed with the Colorado Rockies, or as the Daily News might have put it in its glory days, Flex to Rox.

[MFS62]

=G-Fafif post_id=131558 time=1689260736 user_id=55]
Chris Flexen has signed with the Colorado Rockies, or as the Daily News might have put it in its glory days, Flex to Rox.