Not Buddy this time

[Cowtipper]

The Mets signed David Stearns' favorite kind of reliever, a bad one, inking 4-year vet Mike Baumann to a deal; whether it's a big league deal or a minor league one is unknown. He didn't pitch in the majors in 2025 and owns a career 4.95 ERA, 83 ERA+ and 1.452 WHIP, which is actually a little low by Stearns' standards.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/mets-to-sign-mike-baumann.html

[MFS62]

The Mets signed David Stearns' favorite kind of reliever, a bad one, inking 4-year vet Mike Baumann to a deal; whether it's a big league deal or a minor league one is unknown. He didn't pitch in the majors in 2025 and owns a career 4.95 ERA, 83 ERA+ and 1.452 WHIP, which is actually a little low by Stearns' standards.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/mets-to-sign-mike-baumann.html

 

That script is aging like milk. He should try a different formula.

Later

[ashie62]

And I'm hoping for Bellinger or Tucker, I must be nuts

In a couple of years Stearns could be as popular as Mussolini

[Edgy MD]

Well, you are probably not nuts, but it is certainly wrong to think this has anything to do with signing or not signing Tucker or Bellinger.

I do not know why this performative misery over fringe signings occurs year after year after year. We all know how baseball works. We all know that every team signs numerous fringe players in the offseason.

[ashie62]

Well, you are probably not nuts, but it is certainly wrong to think this has anything to do with signing or not signing Tucker or Bellinger.

I do not know why this performative misery over fringe signings occurs year after year after year. We all know how baseball works. We all know that every team signs numerous fringe players in the offseason.

 

I know, this is like the Christian Pache signing but it felt good

[Cowtipper]

I think the performative misery exists because these are supposed to be fringe players, but for some reason the Mets love to plug them into major roles and we all suffer as a result. Remember when it was something like Scott Rice, Carlos Torres and Greg Burke taking up a lot of bullpen space? These guys should be 1-2 game fill-ins, not cogs. But they always become cogs.

[ashie62]

Interesting. They do seem to take on a life of their own at times

[Edgy MD]

But they always become cogs.

 

No, they do not.

[Edgy MD]

Bowzer, amazingly, appeared in the bigs for five different teams in 2024. Five! One sixth of MLB in a single season!

No wonder he went to Japan.