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Cone already made the list as did Kent. I can't imagine most of those guys have anything resembling a legit hall of fame case. Bonilla is the only maybe, but I'd have to think there is no way he's be the top 16 not yet revealed

Edgy MD wrote: Jerry Koosman and Willie Randolph strike me as two guys who should be in the Hot 100 but don't belong in any Top 20. Rusty Staub, too, and maybe Tug McGraw. Still no Tug. (And I ain't holdin' my breath for that.) But Billy Wagner checks in today at #17 - the highest ranked one-time Met, so far. you'd have to think the list goes something like Bonds, Clemens, Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson? so you have about 12-13 spots left before it gets obvious - are there any potential Mets left?

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Maeda has a career ERA of 3.75 and WHIP of 1.110. If that is your floor he's better than a mid-rotation guy. how does that translate though? Japan is like Quadruple-A right? NPB typically plays at about a AA standard of competition, but that doesn't speak to whether they are in an offensive or defensive era relative to MLB or relative MLB-afilliated AA circuits. There is disagreement among researchers on what this transfer rate actually should be. Moreso, I think, than the competition-level estimates of other foreign leagues and major independents. Some folks place NPB as high as mid-AAA. Part of the distinction is whether researchers are measuring both ways. Some are basing their estimates on NPB performers coming over to MLB, but others are looking at MLB players going to Japan as well. I think that would definitely be the difference - some guys (Ichiro, Tanaka, Darvish) come over here and remain star players or at least pretty good ones (Maeda) but the evidence against Japan being a high-level league would be the guys who go to Japan after having very limited success here. Tuffy Rhodes is exhibit A, B, and C of Japan being Little League. Maybe the truth is somewhere else - Japan is MLB, but "during Spring Training" all year. There are plenty of MLB-quality players, but the overall stats are hard to judge/translate because there are also plenty of guys who would struggle to crack the Brooklyn Cyclones roster. This would also make sense given baseball culture in Japan and its relative population size - unlike say Venezuela or the Dominican Republic, the dream of every young Japanese baseball player isn't to make it in America. The league retains top talent because it is a viable enough end-goal for world-class talent.

=Centerfield post_id=53055 time=1609423643 user_id=65] I hope not. I imagine it would take about a month before we get hit with an injury and regret trading him. Besides. The DH will be full time in 2022, if not 2021.

Edgy MD wrote: Weird. "The owner is active on Twitter" thung has like a 95% chance to backfire. Was this a shot at Wilpon? Why?

=Centerfield post_id=52968 time=1609335342 user_id=65] Maeda has a career ERA of 3.75 and WHIP of 1.110. If that is your floor he's better than a mid-rotation guy.

=Centerfield post_id=52964 time=1609302897 user_id=65] How good were the prospects that went to Chicago? I feel like the Mets could have matched Davies with Steven Matz.

Steve Cohen, asked about the luxury tax threshold: “I think at some point we will [exceed it], but maybe not this season,'' Cohen said. “I'm not afraid to go over it, but you want to have flexibility on our payroll. Long-term contracts can limit a team's ability going forward.'' Nice. Sounds like he is more afraid to have some albatross Cano deal locking down a position than he is to pay up for a short term deal. I like that line of thinking. 3 years and tons of millions for Bauer please!

Edgy MD wrote: Kim supposedly has "at least six" teams sniffing, according to Bai Ji Haeon of Navar News. One of those teams supposedly is the Mets. Man, signing this guy would really put the merry-go-round in motion as to what positions the players should consider themselves assigned to. As long as we dont have another Kaz Met-sucky situation where a superior defender hets moved off SS to accomodate the big name. We are not the Yankees, we shouldnt do that shit.

someone tweeted Cohen (he didnt reply to this one) "Have @LennyDykstra bobblehead day. hasn't been arrested for like 2 years" the real Lenny Dykstra replied "Try 2 years, 5 Months, and 9 days, bruh."

=Centerfield post_id=52659 time=1608694190 user_id=65] I wonder if the release fee counts against the luxury tax.

Edgy MD wrote: Deeply mixed feelings as I read that my alma mater has landed top-flight lacrosse recruit Jaziel Rivera, and then realize that he's the son of Mariano Rivera. My lacrosse engagement is such that I think I can maintain my equilibrium. I couldnt name one person to have played for my alma mater's lacrosse team, ever. or the soccer, softball, volleyball, swimming or anything else that isn't Football, Baseball, or Men's Basketball. Do you actually follow these things or was this solely in some news somewhere specifically because he is Rivera's kid? I may be most shocked to learn that they play lacrosse in Panama or anywhere else really.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Yeah the Bible verse in his signature gives us an idea what we're in for. He's gonna make Nimmo look like an atheist. Mark 10:27 And Jesus, looking upon them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” What he should say is "With more money than God, all things are possible." If anyone's offended by the blasphemy, you can delete this. But I have a very low tolerance for God-botherers. I'm not Christian and don't know the 'new testament' from a hole in the wall so maybe i'm missing something - is there something particularly offensive about that quote? like is that one of the ones used to justify hating gay people? if not, wtf is your issue?

Charlie Neal (Atlanta Black Crackers) and George Altman (Kansas City Monarchs) played in the Negro Leagues. Black Crackers has to be the funniest team name out there, did "cracker" not have the meaning then that it does now?

Yeah I suppose if they take Cano we can raise the bar to giving them a not-useless player. Let them try to rehab Matz maybe? or Davis? The point of having all of Cohen's Cash available is that we'll take a good player on a bad contract - but only if the 'trade' is relieving the other team of the salary obligation. good young players should only be getting traded for good young players.

Edgy MD wrote: If 'the undefeated' wrote an article expressing positive feelings on a subject, it would be their first. I haven't read much from the outlet, I don't think, but I'd be much more interested in the case if the hyperbole wasn't so goofy. I mean, "Of all the nonsense that the most duplicitously conservative sports league in the history of the United States of America has ever pulled, this might be the most ridiculous piece of soft supremacy we've ever seen." What do you do with that? its a sub-site or area of ESPN What do you do with that? You pat yourself on the back that you dropped ESPN Insider like the flaming poop it is and you thank the editors of the Athletic for raising the standards of sports journalism while happily renewing your subscription. Truthfully, I only ever go to ESPN anymore because of fantasy leagues, though i do click some clicky bait while i'm there.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Yeah I'm not sure this works given our relative weakness in trade fodder. I mean it could but would we want it to The contract is an albatross. His value, including the contract, is negative when you consider his unilateral ability to opt out. If Arenado would "opt in" as part of the trade... The contract still makes it hard to trade quality playets for. I would offer some C level prospects at best and if they say no they can keep that contract.

If 'the undefeated' wrote an article expressing positive feelings on a subject, it would be their first.

The Mets need guys like this at AAA so that guys like Wilmer Font and Walter Lockett aren't called upon to start games in emergencies.

makes sense. you dont want to wait out Realmuto and Springer and Bauer and watch everyone else sign.

Please don't be the idiots in Washington. Pick a new name before stepping on the field.

Arod is a cheater and NYY Scum. So glad he is not the new owner.

I'm not "over the moon" either. But they needed a catcher and this one seems fine. Lets see what else they do.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=52115 time=1607828338 user_id=68] =nymr83 post_id=52114 time=1607827704 user_id=54] I'll judge the Mets off season by hiw it looks as a whole, not by one guy whose motivations we cant know.

We dont know what Realmuto will get. More importantly, we also just dont know that he was willing to come to the Mets. If I was a baseball player and I could make millions of dollars anywhere, if Miami called me up with the best offer I'd say "Florida? Fuck that" I'll judge the Mets off season by hiw it looks as a whole, not by one guy whose motivations we cant know.