Off-season FA news (non-NYM edition)

[Ceetar]

metirish wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: One year, $8 million. He's one of the free agents who turned down the $14 million qualifying offer. much angst on twitter about this deal, it seems the writers can't help but take the Mets to task for spending their $8 million on Young and not Cruz, as if that was so cut and dry several months ago....God they are annoying.

I'd rather have Young anyway. Writers can be so whiny.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I would MUCH rather have Young at his age/condition than Cruz at his.

[Zvon]

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: One year, $8 million. He's one of the free agents who turned down the $14 million qualifying offer. much angst on twitter about this deal, it seems the writers can't help but take the Mets to task for spending their $8 million on Young and not Cruz, as if that was so cut and dry several months ago....God they are annoying. I'd rather have Young anyway. Writers can be so whiny.

Annoying, whiny, and full of shit half the time. You really have to be reaching to take a shot at the Mets over that.

[Edgy MD]

And the corps would have been so supportive if the team held their outfield money until February and let the market come down to them. You know they would have because they're being so supportive of the Mets taking that tack with regards to Drew.

To be fair, it's not that writers are whiny, it's that a whole lot of them know no better way to generate readership than to suck up to whiny fans.