Try a Little Tender-less

[Frayed Knot]

Tonight was the deadline for tendering contracts to pre-FA players. The following are those pre-FA eligible players who their clubs decided to make FAs anyway. iow, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
All eligible Mets were offered contracts.


Angels: INF Gregorio Petit; LHP Cody Ege

Indians: RHP Jeff Manship

Orioles: RHP Vance Worley

Rangers: OF Jared Hoying

Rays: 2B Ryan Brett

Red Sox: C Bryan Holaday

Twins: RHP Yorman Landa

White Sox: RHP Blake Smith

Yankees: LHP Jacob Lindgren

Braves: RHP Chris Withrow

Brewers: 1B Chris Carter

Cardinals: RHP Seth Maness

Cubs: LHP Gerardo Concepcion; RHP Zac Rosscup; RHP Conor Mullee; INF Christian Villanueva

Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa; C Welington Castillo

Dodgers: RHP Louis Coleman

Nationals: OF Ben Revere

Padres: RHP Tyson Ross; INF/OF Alexi Amarista; RHP Jon Edwards; RHP Erik Johnson; INF/OF Jose Pirela; C Hector Sanchez

Phillies: 3B/OF Cody Asche

Pirates: LHP Jeff Locke; C Eric Fryer

Reds: C Ramon Cabrera; RHP Keyvius Sampson; OF Gabriel Guerrero

Rockies: RHP Matt Carasiti; INF/OF Stephen Cardullo

[Edgy MD]

That's Chris Carter getting non-tendered ... following a 41-homerun season.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Wellington Castillo's not worth a tender offer? Hell, decent defense and more-than-decent pop? He's a little more than a little like our erstwhile Throbbin' Rod Barajas, no?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I think Sandy might look into buying his kids some new Welingtons this Christmas

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I think Sandy might look into buying his kids some new Welingtons this Christmas

(After looking at his numbers) I sure hope Sandy does.

And, FK, kudos on the thread title.

Later

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: That's Chris Carter getting non-tendered ... following a 41-homerun season.

Wow.

[Mex17]

Vance Worley could be an option for the Mets, no?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I think Sandy might look into buying his kids some new Welingtons this Christmas

Not sure what Welington (nickname gotta be "BEEF" right?) will ultimately land, but wonder if Sandy was like "ah, shit", holding Rivera's contract with the still-wet ink. Deep, 15-second Google research tells me that Beef's defense is, to quote the internet, "weak".

[A Boy Named Seo]

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: That's Chris Carter getting non-tendered ... following a 41-homerun season. Wow.

Imagine that 2-headed platoon monster with Duda.

[seawolf17]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: That's Chris Carter getting non-tendered ... following a 41-homerun season. Wow. Imagine that 2-headed platoon monster with Duda.

They would hit like 90 home runs.

[Edgy MD]

Well, they'd be limited to more or less one of them playing at a time, but sure, why not.

[seawolf17]

I'm exaggerating, of course. 75 at most.

[Centerfield]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Yeah, I think Sandy might look into buying his kids some new Welingtons this Christmas Not sure what Welington (nickname gotta be "BEEF" right?) will ultimately land, but wonder if Sandy was like "ah, shit", holding Rivera's contract with the still-wet ink. Deep, 15-second Google research tells me that Beef's defense is, to quote the internet, "weak".

But maybe getting better?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/08/diamondbacks-considering-welington-castillo-extension.html

Notably, Castillo has made strides with his defensive work this year, according to Baseball Prospectus’s catcher ratings (subscription required and recommended). He has typically graded as a solid blocker while registering good marks with his arm. And Castillo has also improved greatly as a pitch framer; once one of the game’s least-regarded framers, he now registers as average to slightly below-average (with StatCorner valuing him higher than does BP) at winning strikes for his pitchers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I can't take a guy named Wellington seriously.

He's probably Wellington Ramsey Castillo IV.