Early Fire Sale Chatter

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Hey, maybe that's how we alienated Met Fairy. I think she left because she didn't like my response to her post about how Michael Conforto was going to fully recover from his serious shoulder injury and surgery all because her husband, who probably doesn't have to lift anything heavier than a pencil, recovered from the same injury. If that's true, and I hope it's not ... whatever.

I found the Michael Conforto shoulder thread: https://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/25900/f1_t25926.shtmlhttps://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/25900/f1_t25926.shtml

[batmagadanleadoff]

I thought I'd be reading about fire sale chatter.



It's hard to say if Conforto fully recovered from that injury. He bounced back right after surgery but he kinda went into a decline soon after ... and before his age 30 season.

[Gwreck]

Edgy MD wrote: Also, don't trade anybody. Just go out and whoop the Marlins. In the next 35 games (through July 22) the Mets have only two games against a team that currently has a winning record (Yankees). If they can go 22-13 (or better) in those next 35 games, then selling might be off the table. That would bring them right up to .500.

21-10 since London. Nicely on pace for keeping selling “off the table.”

[Lefty Specialist]

If you're sitting in the 3rd wild card on July 19th, you are definitely a buyer.



When Senga returns, it's widely believed they'll be going to a 6-man rotation. That means one less bullpen arm, so the quality of those arms will be critical. I don't really trust anyone outside of Nunez and Diaz at this point (and I'm a little shaky on Diaz). Anyone else can be replaced.



In the NL, only the Marlins, Rockies and maybe the Nats are sellers. Everyone else is a good week away from being in the spot where the Mets are now. In the AL it's Jays, A's White Sox and Angels. Rangers are on the cusp, as are the Tigers. Somewhere on those teams there must be two solid middle innings guys that can be had without giving away the farm. This is where Stearns gets to earn those big bux.

[Edgy MD]

You're forgetting José Butto, who has been such money since moving to the bullpen that he might end up Lugo-ing up his careeer and getting stuck there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I saw someone (probably not anyone credible) suggesting the Mets trade Baty, Parada, and Sproat to the White Sox for a reliever named Garrett Crochet.



I would like the proposal better if Sproat was replaced with someone else.

[nymr83]

Selling has to be off the table for the Mets, but I wouldn't go all in on buying with this team either. As in, I would not trade top prospects for rental type players. Smaller deals for the bullpen or deals for players and longer control would be fine.

[smg58]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I saw someone (probably not anyone credible) suggesting the Mets trade Baty, Parada, and Sproat to the White Sox for a reliever named Garrett Crochet. I would like the proposal better if Sproat was replaced with someone else.

I'd be shocked if that's all it took to get Crochet. But I also worry that paying top dollar for multiple years of a pitcher is just too risky right now.



The Nats just got their current #6 prospect (keep in mind that mlb.com rates Sproat as #6 for the Mets) for a year and a half of Hunter Harvey. It's a seller's market, so while the Mets absolutely need bullpen help they have to be careful.

[TheNextMetsManager]

Edgy MD wrote: You're forgetting José Butto, who has been such money since moving to the bullpen that he might end up Lugo-ing up his careeer and getting stuck there.

Getting disrepected and undervalued by the Mets all the way to being an All-Star with another club that believes in him you mean?

[kcmets]

=Gwreck post_id=162966 time=1721365647 user_id=56]If they can go 22-13 (or better) in those next 35 games,