CESPEDES SIGNS!!!

[Zvon]

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I just got this one but I had a colorblind friend and I always asked what color he saw.
I thought it was artistic curiosity but maybe I was just being a dick.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

This thread needs a musical compliment:

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[Benjamin Grimm]

According to Mets Hot Stove, the physical will take place tomorrow (Tuesday).

[Edgy MD]

And according to Mike "It Ain't About the Sneakers" Puma, the Twins are fishing around for Carlos Torres.

[Centerfield]

Per Heyman, the deal from the Nats was 4 years, 100 million, plus the opt out. Some money deferred, but man that is really a lot of money to walk away from.

[Vic Sage]

yippee!
I'm as happy as a little girl >.>.

[Zvon]

[Valadius]

It's official!

[Benjamin Grimm]

@Mets wrote: It’s official! We’ve signed outfielder @ynscspds to a three-year contract. #Mets #GotYoBack

[Guest d'Kong76]

#cpftoocool

[Guest themetfairy]

To quote Studious Metsimus, Yo Gotta Believe!

[RealityChuck]

No problems with his hip? If that had come up, I think there would be tears.

And here's an analysis of the Nationals' offer to Cespedis. It seems that the $100 million figure included a lot of deferred money, so the net present value of the offer was $77 million. That only slightly more than the $75 million the Mets are paying.*

The Nationals are caught in a financial bind over TV rights fees. It's nothing like Madoff, but it forced them to have to offer deferred payments to the free agents this year, meaning they were actually paying less than they claimed to be offering.

*I don't pretend to understand NPV, but it calculates on the basis that money in the hand is worth more than money down the road. The Mets contract is actually slightly less than $75 million using NPV, since it's over three years.

[Ceetar]

Zvon wrote:

Bartolo is on record saying the NL should have the DH.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

HOW much does Yo heart NY? Cespedes negged two teams to be with us, according to Heyman.

Baltimore had a five-year offer on the table, says Heyman, but it was obviously turned down... But it hasn’t been reported what kind of guarantee and payout structure was involved in the O’s offer.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But... do we know that Cespedes turned down an offer from Baltimore? It's possible that it was withdrawn while he was still considering it.

[Edgy MD]

Not that I think it makes much differmints, but Heyman reports that it was still on the la mesa.

[Mex17]

Just listened to the conference call. The agent went out of his way to make it very clear that Yo is NOT looking at this as only a one-year deal!!

[Frayed Knot]

Of course he did.
And he may actually mean it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

What Yespedes means for the New York Mets and their owners
By Howard Megdal 7:16 a.m. | Jan. 26, 2016

EXCERPT:

Well, with the Cespedes 2016 contract number at a reported $27.5 million, the Mets will have a payroll north of $140 million. It still isn't remarkable by MLB standards, placing them somewhere around ninth in the league by 2015 standards, but no longer is the contrast between revenue and payroll so vast, and no longer is the team's roster starved of what it needs at a moment it can best take advantage of generational young talent. Ultimately, the years-long story of Mets ownership, Bernie Madoff and the lies that followed mattered only to the extent it led to a Mets team that operated primarily, if not exclusively, as a cash machine for ownership, rather than as a baseball team. If the Mets owners are taking in enough money to siphon off a bunch of it for their still-enormous debts, but still fielding a competitive baseball team financially, it really doesn't matter to fans, nor is it much of a story. And merely the ability to sign Cespedes is a welcome sign that the Mets at least have the capability to do this, though how fleeting that capability is, and how dependent on postseason revenues, is still a great unknown. If the Cespedes contract—a rare moment where the Mets, given a chance, significantly improved their team with nothing more than a huge outlay of money—is the new way the team is doing business, payroll will continue to rise accordingly. The young pitchers will be more expensive in the years to come, and a basic cost of doing business in MLB will be to extend at least some of them. Should Cespedes opt out, the Mets will need to sign him again, or replace him offensively. A return to even the 2015 payroll of $110 million would represent a continuing of the post-Madoff reality so many hope the Mets shattered Friday night, given the players on this team and what great talent costs. But that is for next offseason. And for now, the Mets have increased their payroll by approximately $30 million—nearly all of that increase coming in an 11th-hour acquisition of the team's best offensive player in 2015, all of which set off riotous celebration in a fan base that had come to believe such things were no longer possible.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/01/8589091/what-yespedes-means-new-york-mets-and-their-owners

[MFS62]

Gee, Howie waited to the second paragraph to mention Madoff.
Here's the key sentence to me:

If the Mets owners are taking in enough money to siphon off a bunch of it for their still-enormous debts, but still fielding a competitive baseball team financially, it really doesn't matter to fans, nor is it much of a story.

So, Howie, you finally realized it. Now, STFU and go find another story line.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Gee, Howie waited to the second paragraph to mention Madoff. Here's the key sentence to me: If the Mets owners are taking in enough money to siphon off a bunch of it for their still-enormous debts, but still fielding a competitive baseball team financially, it really doesn't matter to fans, nor is it much of a story. So, Howie, you finally realized it. Now, STFU and go find another story line. Later

If you're interested in this sort of stuff, Madoff isn't mentioned until the 11th paragraph. The above quote is merely an excerpt.
And what is it that Megdal finally realized (after the Mets finally started spending)?

[MFS62]

What I bolded.
Megdal has been a one trick pony, and now he admits that trick doesn't matter to the fans any more.



Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Boy, he needs an editor. Those run-on sentences, full of commas, needed or unneeded, made my head hurt.