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The years are really a red herring, since basically every long term pitching contract comes with lost time. The total dollars, though? That's a lot. Not sad he's out of the NL East.
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5982409/2024/12/09/juan-soto-mets-yankees-signing-analysis/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5982409/2024/12/09/juan-soto-mets-yankees-signing-analysis/ [bLOCKQUOTE]You're the Mets. Sign Corbin Burnes. In for a penny, in for all of the pounds. It doesn't make sense to sign the best free-agent hitter we've seen in years, and then go cheap on the pitching side. I wouldn't even consider bringing Pete Alonso back if that might be an obstacle to signing a high-end starter. Signing Juan Soto to that deal tells everyone that it's World Series or bust, as it should be for the Mets. That means addressing the rotation, which has exactly zero guys in it you could count on for 160 league-average innings right now. Their main competition in the NL East, Philadelphia, has the best rotation in the National League, and they're going to make a big signing or trade at some point. The Mets can't stand pat and wait for it when they still have a clear weakness on the depth chart. [/bLOCKQUOTE]
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Frayed Knot wrote: hope that his recent (Oct) 26th birthday really IS his age and not just some number he arrived at through Pujolsian math What evidence do you have to suggest Soto isn't his listed age?
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Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure they are looking for more relievers except on minor-league deals. It's currently pretty tight in there. I don't think that should preclude upgrades. Beyond Diaz, Garrett, and Butto, there's a whole lot of unknown/untested.
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=Centerfield post_id=180622 time=1733778435 user_id=65] So what's left? 1. [CROSSOUT]Sign Juan Soto[/CROSSOUT] 2. Sign/trade for a middle of the order bat to protect Juan Soto (Pete Alonso? Bregman?) 3. One More SP. Preferably one that is less of a question mark than the guys so far. Manaea? 4. Rebuild bullpen.
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Benjamin Grimm wrote: So are we looking at an outfield of Nimmo and Taylor and Soto? Does Marte become a DH or does he get traded? Trading Marte means eating money on his contract. He's bad defensively, has little power, and is still making a fair bit of money this year. He's a bench player and probably plays DH some.
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=Centerfield post_id=177127 time=1729481565 user_id=65]Whatever it takes. Make him an offer he can't refuse.
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Excellent.
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=bmfc1 post_id=180429 time=1733534457 user_id=73]He will become a SP.
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That's well done. Mets have really leaned into ticket scaling for weekend games but weeknights remain a good value. As an example: the same seat for the Tuesday June 10 game against Washington is 55% more expensive for the Saturday June 14 game against Tampa.
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Mets announced start times for 2025 home games: Notable: Home opener is Friday, April 4 with a 3:10 start Sunday May 25 vs Dodgers is a 7:10 ESPN game. Memorial Day, May 26, is a 4:10 start vs. White Sox. Friday, July 4 is a 3:10 PM start vs Yankees. Sunday, August 17 is a “home game” in Williamsport, PA against the Mariners. 7:10 start. All Saturday games start at 4:10 except: -Saturday April 5 vs. Toronto. 7:10 start (because home opener is a Friday) -Saturday May 10 vs Cubs. 7:15 start. -Saturday May 24 vs Dodgers. 7:15 start. Everything else is the standard 7:10 weeknight/1:40 Sunday/1:10 mid-week getaway day schedule. Of course, another game or two on Sunday could be changed to a night game per usual practice.
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Shutout in August against the Marlins. Lead hype man with the OMG sign. Pushed through an extra inning in a heroic effort in the first Wild Card game in Milwaukee. Made an incredibly dumb pitch to Castellanos in the second division series game in Philly.
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I don't expect him back…but I also can't find any news indicating he signed with the Tigers?
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: [CROSSOUT]Mets Hall of Fame[/CROSSOUT]Number retirement has been rendered meaningless by all these numba retirees. Fixed it
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The first of the 3 (4?) starting pitchers the Mets need has been signed. 1 years, $17 million and a player option for 2026 at $17 million. —- Seems like another Stearns special: see what they can get off a short term deal. This past year wasn't very exciting (30 starts, 150 Innings, 89 ERA+)
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Scott was acquitted of the DWI charge, hence the distinction. If you were arguing that Scott's conduct required only a suspension and not a firing, I disagree—but not in the same way as I do regarding Porter.
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Edgy MD wrote: Both were guilty of indiscretions that seemed like more of a suspension offense. Strong disagreement here. Porter's firing was absolutely necessary. The Mets shouidn't have someone who's engaged in that conduct (and he admitted to it; it wasn't just an allegation) in the GM role.
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Mike Schmidt in 1980?
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The "bad" Bobby Bonilla deal is the one the Mets assumed then restructured when they reacqired him. That deal was the Orioles' iirc. It was the Marlins. After the 5 year deal that Bonilla signed with the Mets ended, he signed as a free agent with Florida for 4 years, $23.3M. He had a good first year (and the Marlins won the WS). When the Marlins dumped everyone, he went to the Dodgers in the Sheffield/Piazza deal, and was bad in LA. Then the Mets reacquired him after the 1998 season with 2 years left on the deal.
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Some quick data obtained via Google: 2024: 68 full shares worth $179,948 each; plus $3.25M split up as partials/cash awards (about another 18 full shares worth) 2022: 68 full shares worth $9,480 each; plus $161,692 split up as partial shares/cash awards (about another 17 full shares) 2016: 51 full shares worth $17,951.65 each; plus $233,883.26, which was split up as the total of 12.75 partial shares and 5 cash awards. 2015: 44 full shares worth $300,757.78 each, plus $3.5M split up as the total of 11.05 partial shares and 25 cash awards. 2008: 40 full shares worth $9,185.72 each, plus $144.163.48 split up as 9.5 partial shares and 23 cash awards. 2007: Full shares worth $9,411. 2006: 40 full shares worth $124,429.60, plus $1.695M split up as 13.33 partial shares and 6 cash awards.
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As LCS runners-up, the Mets players take 12% of the “Players Pool.”*. The Mets' players take totaled $15.5 million. The Mets players awarded 68 full shares, each worth $179,948 ($12.25M) and the balance of $3.25M was distributed through partial shares/cash awards. *Made up of 60% of the gate receipts for all “guaranteed” playoff games (first 2 games of each WC series, first 3 of each DS, first 4 of each LCS and WS).
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MLB moved a couple of series around on the Tampa schedule to try to avoid potential rainouts later in the season for teams that won't be back in Tampa. The result is that Tampa will play more home games in April/May and 69 of their last 103 on the road. Two week August road trip to Anaheim, Seattle, Sacramento, and San Francisco? You betcha. The Mets fortunately do not go to Tampa this coming year.
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Third place seems fair. The third place vote for Marmol and the first place vote for Thomson? Those, I agree are “yikes”
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It's been dead to me since they took out the hill.
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I recall reading once that Connie Mack's son stepped in to run the team several times when his dad was in his 70s. Not quite official though.
