We should have discussed Harrison Bader

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

https://sny.tv/articles/mets-sign-harrison-baderhttps://sny.tv/articles/mets-sign-harrison-bader



We have him for $10 million.



We really need someone with more pop. Hopefully they'll get a power guy for DH.

[metirish]

I'm not feeling tingley

[Fman99]

Oh good I was worried we didn't have enough guys who hit .232 last year

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess he's the guy they got instead of Michael A. Taylor.



If he bats ninth and plays a decent center field, he might turn out to be a good addition. But as Marshmallow said above, they need to add a big bat, a DH who can give us 30 homers or so.



It's January. I imagine things are really going to start to happen, not only for the Mets but for many other clubs too.

[Edgy MD]

Won a Gold Glove in 2021, prompting the Yankees to trade for him in their ongoing comical quest to move Aaron Judge out of center. His subsequent failures for them have been a gift to mankind.



I associate him as the embodiment of the modern ballplayer — simply elegant in his perfect conditioning, walking away from the plate utterly flummoxed about how this "hitting" activity is supposed to be undertaken.



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[bmfc1]

Stop calling him "Master". That's childish.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: But as Marshmallow said above, they need to add a big bat, a DH who can give us 30 homers or so.

I'm not sure that's happening. I think we might have to bend our heads around DJ Stewart and Tyrone Taylor opening the season at DH. I think the main focus right now is a starting pitcher.



It looks like their approach on offense (and defense) has been to shore up rather than remodel.

[metirish]

Nimmo

Bader

Marte

Taylor

Stewart



This is it ?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure that's happening. I think we might have to bend our heads around DJ Stewart and Tyrone Taylor opening the season at DH. I think the main focus right now is a starting pitcher.

Because Cohen can only afford one of the two, but not both.

[smg58]

Bader has a career .824 OPS against lefties, so that plus his defense makes him a starter on the short side of a platoon and a defensive sub the rest of the time. He has a role. Not sure that makes him worth $10M, but it's one year and I'm still assuming Cohen has money for what he wants to have money for.

[Edgy MD]

I don't think it's about what Steve Cohen can afford. If opening the season with Stewart and Taylor DHing is the route they take, it likely isn't about what Cohen can afford; but more about who's available and what the roster limit and what their strategic process of roster-building can afford.

[DocTee]

He's a local, at least. Horace Mann Prep if I'm not mistaken.

[Edgy MD]

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He's a local, at least. Horace Mann Prep if I'm not mistaken.

[Frayed Knot]

Had a couple decent seasons for the Cards in '20 & '21.

Maybe he sukked for the Yanquis because they made him cut off most of his blond curls and he'll improve now that he's removed from 1960's prep school rules.



Def a defensive and speed upgrade.

Will turn 30 mid-season.

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[metirish]

Gator teammates with Pete , it's all over Twitter

[nymr83]

How did this guy get 10 mil? Terrible signing.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Another 1-year deal. Another bounce-back candidate who will be off the books in '25 if he has no "bounce".



The Bridges of Queens County will be the hottest blockbuster of summer 2024.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Interesting in that it moves McJeff to 2B, for now anyway

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Interesting in that it moves McJeff to 2B, for now anyway

And maybe Nimmo to LF

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm thinking that we may end up seeing McNeil play third more than anyone else this year. This could happen if Baty and Vientos flop and Acuna rises.

[MFS62]

“Please, sir, I want some more.”

― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist



Later

[Chad ochoseis]

I dunno. Nimmo took a big step forward defensively in 2022 and seemed to take a big step backward last season. So I guess this kind of improves the team. But "get a center field glove" wasn't on my list to Santa this year.



Bader's main value is as a fill in when you need a Yankee and Cardinal for Immaculate Grid and you've already used Carlos Beltran.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Bader's main value is as a fill in when you need a Yankee and Cardinal for Immaculate Grid and you've already used Carlos Beltran.

This was funny! Nice.

[Edgy MD]

Yankeedinals I've used:



Jack Clark

Neil Allen

Jim Kaat



Clark also works when I need a Yankee with a unibrow.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Roger Maris.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Do we think that they would give him Jacob deGrom's uniform number?

[MFS62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Do we think that they would give him Jacob deGrom's uniform number?

If he could give them 41.9 WAR, I'd consider it.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Do we think that they would give him Jacob deGrom's uniform number?

Only if they represent the number in inappropriately small digits.



That's some bad PhotoShoppin'.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He wore 48 with St Louis and 22 with the MFYs