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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wouldn't be surprised at all if they ended up just releasing him. They were willing to eat Cano's salary, which was so much more than what's owed to Ruf. they probably will, but why not try and find some minor league reliever you like for him until the day you are forced to make that decision?

Bassitt is still out there and maybe that qualifying offer helps steer him back here

=metirish post_id=114176 time=1670425313 user_id=72] I love the years

=G-Fafif post_id=114214 time=1670436953 user_id=55] There goes the big name catcher to a division rival. Five years.

=Fman99 post_id=113911 time=1670260280 user_id=86] I'm not done being pissed at deGrom yet. This may last a long while

Great signing, this will age better than the deGrom deal.

I think "Jake the Snake" with a photoshop of a Texas rattlesnake in a uniform is all you need.

Good for McGriff, by all accounts a really nice guy, who today was voted in by the "committee of friends of really nice guys" including teammate Greg Maddux. You need 12 votes out of the 16 member committee. Mattingly had 8, Schilling 7, Murphy 6 and nobody else 4+ (they only announce 4+ votes so you wont know who got 0/1/2/3) - So you'd think Mattingly maybe could get in if this committee were more stacked with ex-yankees or other friends of his but it becomes less likely from there - and nobody is yet ready for the confirmed roid users. I'm not really a fan of these committees. All of these guys were shunned recently enough by the much larger body of regular voters that i dont see why a small group in a proverbial smoke filled room should elect them now. a much stronger argument can be made for revisiting the candidacies of neglected negro leaguers and of major leaguers who were on the ballot before we could view their careers through the lens of modern analytics (though many of those analytics, particularly defensive metrics, can't be applied retroactively)

=Fman99 post_id=113741 time=1670038529 user_id=86] It was a privilege to watch him pitch in a Mets uniform. I hope he goes 0-32 for the next five years though.

The flip side. Keith Law, writing for The Athletic, is down on the Diaz deal. I read Keith earlier. The entire premise of his article rests on the idea that each player has a value above which a deal is "bad". This may be the case for the Pirates. It may even be the case for top spenders with limits like the Rangers. But the analysis completely falls apart if your view of the underlying economics of the Mets is different: Steve Cohen has more money than most owners and doesn't mind throwing it around. The cost to the Mets in prospect capital, draft capital, and other talent is zero. The cost in "Cohen Bucks" is irrelevant. The other key consideration to me is that the Mets don't have internal alternatives. Rebuilding a farm/player development system doesn't happen overnight. In 5 years, the farm might be developing great in-house relief options but it isn't right now, and retaining Diaz costs nothing but money. If this Diaz deal somehow prevents the Mets from signing Nimmo, or deGrom, or Alonso to an extension, or whatever…then it might be a problem. But do we really think that's the case? Another (positive) consideration is that with relievers, there is really no concern of a contract "blocking" a roster spot. The downside to Cohen signing say Mark Canha to a 5 year deal isn't the money but the roster spot. Cohen might be willing to eat the money if Canha sucks, but what if he is an average player? they likely won't just jettison the money owed to an average player to sign a better one (as opposed to a BAD player who they view as a sunk cost). this isn't a concern if Diaz is merely average in year 3 of his contract, because the bullpen has 7-8 spots in it

The flip side. Keith Law, writing for The Athletic, is down on the Diaz deal. I read Keith earlier. The entire premise of his article rests on the idea that each player has a value above which a deal is "bad". This may be the case for the Pirates. It may even be the case for top spenders with limits like the Rangers. But the analysis completely falls apart if your view of the underlying economics of the Mets is different: Steve Cohen has more money than most owners and doesn't mind throwing it around. The cost to the Mets in prospect capital, draft capital, and other talent is zero. The cost in "Cohen Bucks" is irrelevant.

Wow. You have to think that the closer wouldnt be getting that deal first out of the gate if the plan was anything other than "we won't let money get in the way of winning." Welcome to the new Mets reality. I like it here.

=Fman99 post_id=111372 time=1665916691 user_id=86] Bye bye Dodgers. Happy to see all the teams I hate most having their seasons end. Just waiting for the Guardians to salt away the MFYs now.

=roger_that post_id=110994 time=1665371855 user_id=128] Probably a coincidence, but I haven't had a drink in 63 days, and I just cracked the seal on a fifth of Jack Daniels. Gonna be a long winter.

absolutely brutal by Ottavino, doesnt even make the padres put the bat on the ball

McNeil comrs through huge, still 2 runners in scoring position, get em home! Help save Diaz for tomorrow!

Is a 12 out save possible tonight?

Snell walks the first 2 batters so you give him an out???? FUCK BUNTING

Did the ESPN broadcaster just twice refer to Lindor as "Reyes"?

Padres took a shit on Scherzer tonight. this blows.

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i love Lindor "patting down" the SS after he keeps his hand on him forever post-tag

=Ceetar post_id=110226 time=1665155453 user_id=102] It's very Yankees to have something pretty historic (more than Judge!) in Suzyn Waldman in the radio booth for ever, and not let her speak (do PbP)

I would start deGrom Game 2 either way. Worry about the Padres first.

=DocTee post_id=110234 time=1665158205 user_id=85] neither Carrasco or Walker. Nyquin behind Gore and Ruf?