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  1. Gwreck
    Niece. She is the daughter of Cory Rasmus (also a former MLB player).
  2. Gwreck
    1. Even if the Dodgers hadn’t saved/invested one penny towards those future obligations, and even with his potential legal troubles and other financial issues, Walter could cut still easily a personal check today that would cover the nominal value of all future obligations (without any discount for present value). Yes, he is that rich. 2. Where I disagree with your comment (“when a big portion of your payroll is going to guys that played for your 15 years ago, you won't be able to outspend your competition”) is that you are thinking of those future obligations as part of the 2036 or 2045 or whatever year’s payroll. They’re not. Unless the Dodgers are run by complete morons, they’ll have long since allocated money and invested it so that (as Edgy noted above) it will have already covered those future obligations and then some. The then-current payroll will be a totally different pot of money.
  3. Gwreck
    Kay had quite the circuitous path to becoming a Met: -Drafted by the Mets in 2013 out of Ward Melville (also Steven Matz’s alma mater). Doesn’t sign. -Drafted again by Mets in 2016, this time as a first rounder out of UConn. Was the compensatory pick for losing Murphy in free agency. -Traded to Toronto in 2019 in the Stroman deal -Picked up by the Mets in 2023 after being cut by the Blue Jays and Cubs. Pitches 3 games at the end of September/early October.
  4. Gwreck
    Unless he’s really mismanaging his money, he shouldn’t need to suddenly get billions of liquidity just to pay the lawyers. If he was going to negotiate some huge financial settlement in order to resolve the investigations? Maybe, but 10+ figure settlements are extremely rare. Without knowing all the details, it’s hard to say but it wouldn’t be a surprise if the sudden need for free cash is to be able to restructure what his insurance companies are investing in — specifically, to move investments from being in related/affiliated companies (which is apparently the key issue in the investigations — whether those investments were proper/properly disclosed) into something not at all linked to Guggenheim/Walter.
  5. Gwreck
    They have to fix the replay system. 1. They have to be able to explain the call. Tell us why you are making the decision you’re making. 2. This is not the first time in recent memory that it seems like the foul poles are too short. 3. How is there not technology available to put a camera on the top/side of the foul pole? Or one looking straight down the line at each pole? — so we don’t have to use those weird TV angles.
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    You think they’re not saving/investing money to pay the deferral obligations? (And not in a Ponzi scheme?) They are making plenty of cash, well above and beyond expenses. I seriously doubt a “day of reckoning” is coming re: those obligations.
  7. Gwreck
    Yeah, we need to talk to Andy Green about this. He brings Pache in for Baty (not as a pinch runner; just a straight defensive replacement) in the 6th but then hits Robert for Pache in the 8th. By doing the switch for the top of the 6th, It is guaranteed that Pache’s spot will come up to bat again. And we know that Pache can’t hit. (So does Andy…that’s why Robert was used). So what’s the thinking here? Robert is too fragile to play 4 innings in the field on his off day? Baty’s too much of a liability in the field to play more than 5 innings? Pache has a games played incentive in his contract and Andy’s trying to do him a solid? I really can’t see the logic.
  8. Gwreck
    And the wrong Brian Giles. The Mets did have the right Bobby Jones though (and also the other one too at one point). Kevin Brown (not the one who would play for the Mets) is correct. Nicely done.
  9. Gwreck
    It was obvious then too! Many observed as such here. Given the problems with starting pitching and injuries, it’s not clear to me it would necessarily have made a difference in whether the season would be a success* but it still was a move made far too late. *”Successful” season = making the Division Series.
  10. Gwreck
    On the other hand, San Diego (not anywhere near the largest market, nor does it have anywhere near the largest stadium) has been top 5 in MLB attendance every year since 2021. This will also be their fifth consecutive season with a winning record. It’s not all going poorly.
  11. Gwreck
    Well, I won’t tell you that Swan had a no-trade clause in his contract, and won’t tell you that that meant he was required to be among the 26 protected players, and thus I won’t tell you it’s a right answer. Except I did just tell you. One answer left on the board, the hardest one since he never made the majors anywhere.
  12. Gwreck
    I’d still do it. Need baserunners and he’s the best shot to get on, yes?
  13. Gwreck
    I’d go to Young.
  14. Gwreck
    I think you mean third but I agree with the point. 100% of Mets homers tonight hit by guys named Luis.
  15. Gwreck
    Listening to the radio and Howie/Keith commenting on Tatis getting booed. Howie says it’s because he’s good. No, Howie. It’s because of the PED suspension.
  16. Gwreck
    Correct. After his MLB career ended, Jefferson returned to NYC (he’s originally from the Bronx) and became a NYPD officer (retiring in 2004 due to WTC-related health conditions).
  17. Gwreck
    Yes to Wes Gardner. Not particularly successful as a Met but went to Boston in the Ojeda trade and had a pretty good 1988 as a swingman…and then a pretty bad 1989 in the same role. Shawn Abner did go to San Diego in the McReynolds deal…but at the time of this draft he was playing for Mechanicsburg Area High School in Pennsylvania. The Mets would take him #1 overall in the June 1984 draft.
  18. Gwreck
    Yes to Cochrane. Promoted to Jackson in 1984, he hit 22 homers with an .842 OPS…but with lots of strikeouts. Repeated AA in 1985 and tore a ligament in his right ankle running the bases which developed a serious infection and he missed the rest of the year (while being traded to Chicago). 8 MLB homers.
  19. Gwreck
    Yes to Sisk and Fernandez. No to McDowell. In 1983, Roger was still a starting pitcher: 172.1 innings in 26 starts at Jackson. It wasn’t going so well, either, with a 5.80 ERA and 1.59 WHIP. He would get hurt in 1984 in Jackson (pitched only 3 games) but made the big league club in 1985 having never played a single game for Tidewater.
  20. Gwreck
    24 of the next 30 games are against teams that would be in the playoffs if the season ended today. It will be a tall task.
  21. Gwreck
    Yes to Leary. The Mets’ #1 pick (second overall) from 1979, he had been hurt and had 3 MLB starts to his career at this point. Traded after the 1984 season to Milwaukee in a deal that brought Frank Wills (who?) to NY as an temporary-offseason-only Met before being flipped to Seattle for Wray Bergendahl (who?) a starting pitcher that never made it past Jackson.
  22. Gwreck
    Reviewing this list (even before we’ve revealed everything) confirms that most of the players protected were correct decisions. Even the prospects that didn’t work out (a few of which got flipped for Carter and some in other trades). There’s really just one or two really bad calls for inclusion over Seaver.
  23. Gwreck
    Yes to Terrell and Gibbons.
  24. Gwreck
    Yes to Darling, Hernandez, and Oquendo, who all played on the Mets in ‘83. Yes to Mitchell and Dykstra, the two most successful hitters from the prospects. Yes to Eddie Williams. In addition to being a first round pick for the Mets, he was the first overall selection in the 1985 Rule 5 draft and debuted with Cleveland in 1986. 395 MLB games between 1986 and 1998 (with some time in Japan as well). No to Backman. After spending ‘82 entirely in the majors, Wally was back in Tidewater for most of ‘83; he only had 45 PAs in the majors that year.
  25. Gwreck
    Yes to Mookie, yes to Ortiz, and yes to both Winningham and Youmans who went to Montreal for Carter. Winningham did play in the 1990 postseason for the Reds, but the 2 guys we’re looking for here did it 3 times each.
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