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Right. Unless you have a reason think nobody will make a better offer between now and the deadline-- and we're not that close yet -- you sit.

You should have said things like "hit memorable postseason series-clinching walk-off homerun that grazed the centerfielder's glove." Now you're making us think, and I have a headache.

Is #1 Anthony Recker?

Here is a hypothetical. You're the Tigers' GM, and you conclude that selling is your best option. Do you take the best offer on Skubal if it comes from the Dodgers?

It would be funny if we got Jett Williams back. His power numbers are down this year, which I'm hoping is injury-related, but I'd gamble on a bounceback.

Yeah, I think Semien's upside is not a whole lot better than what we're seeing. If anybody asks over the next week -- not that I'm holding my breath -- the answer is yes.

I definitely agree with not selling short. He had a .786 OPS last year and has a .791 OPS this year, despite not being fully healthy in either season. I realize health is a very legitimate concern, but how easy do you think replacing him would be if nearly all those teams will still be in the market for a catcher in the offseason?

This was exactly how I'd answer the question. It might be a little different if we were buyers, but not much.

I'm still pretty high on Benge, though I'm higher on Ewing. He was thrown into the deep end before he was ready, and he adjusted and held his own. Our rookies were what went right this season. I think you have to bet on them moving forward next year, regardless of how strongly they finish.

Ed Hearn, who helped us win a championship and was then one of the biggest overpays in the history of the game.

Everybody asks everybody about everybody the week before the deadline. OK, nobody is expecting the Dodgers to be sellers, but you get the idea. Torrens has a very legit glove, and that's enough to make other GMs ask about him. From my perspective he'd be very dealable if I had more confidence in Alvarez staying healthy, but I'd still listen. It's always possible that somebody will offer more than I think he's worth.

"Blewett" is an awkward last name for a relief pitcher. Or maybe I'm just sensitive because my first name is Scott.

We'd still be sellers, unfortunately, because too many other things have gone wrong.

I'd pay more for Raley right now, I think, but they both will find value. They are both quite a bit better than Gregory Soto, the best lefty non-closer dealt at last year's deadline, so the Mets should get more for each of them than they gave up for Soto (Wellington Aracena is currently the number 14 prospect for the Diamondbacks, after being traded a second time). Given the sellers' market and the fact that there is no bullpen that couldn't use an upgrade, I don't think asking for one of a team's top 10 prospects is unreasonable.

No real surprises. The free agents pretty much have to be moved. Weaver should be moved, as his value will never be higher than it is now and there are always comparable free agent relievers available in the offseason. Holmes is more complicated. Personally I'd gamble the difference between the draft pick and what we could get in a trade that we would be in a better bargaining position to bring him back for three years by holding on to him. But the right return could change my mind.

Their futility with RISP in the pandemic year was maddening, because that was a good team with (when nobody was on base) a great lineup. An average amount of luck (at bat; injuries are another thing) wouldn't have saved this team. So maybe this is a good year to get it out of our system.

https://www.mlb.com/news/chicago-bandits-advance-to-ausl-championship-series?p=0&partnerId=it-20260724-19101127-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20260724-19101127-mlb-1-A&lctg=140161442 The inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League play-in game was put in the books courtesy of a clutch walk-off hit by one Aliana Agbayani.

He'll be a fan favorite, for sure.

I don't think the Mets have anything to offer that would get a top-50 prospect. Peralta's ERA would need to be half what it currently is. I think if you want a relatively high-end prospect, you have to make a package offer. Peralta (with a good outing or two) plus Weaver might get us Gray, and that intrigues me.

You take what you can get for the impending free agents. Holmes: The injury has to cap his value. I'm willing to gamble that we wouldn't significantly beat the draft pick that would come with a QO, and then try to talk things out with him. Weaver: He's pitching over his head, and he won't be that hard to replace.

I'm for whoever comes to the interview and makes the interviewer think, "this guy knows things that I don't." I'm hoping that's not a low bar to clear.

You can't blame Ewing for the good contact, but good defense coupled with smart positioning sealed the W for Milwaukee. Also, I discussed this in another thread that both Robert and Taylor are obvious trade candidates and I was expecting both to be showcased as much as possible. So naturally Baty was playing right. While I think Baty could handle the position given the experience (McNeil never had a problem, Ewing is a converted second baseman, hell Lagares was a converted infielder), the need for him to play there doesn't exist right now..

"Given the underperformance" implies that people had the right to expect more from the team Stearns assembled. There is plenty to debate there, but guys not playing to realistic expectations are not the GM's problem. Guys getting hurt aren't necessarily the GM's problem either, unless they came in with an injury history (or are pitchers) and were paid like full seasons could be taken for granted (see Polanco, Jorge). As far as the "excessive reliance on spreadsheets" goes, anybody who can read a Fangraphs page knew Peralta got lucky last year. There's a lot of anger over dismantling the team's core (Alonso especially), but I get the anger and I get concluding the Mets had gotten as far as they could go with them to equal degrees. Like I said over the winter, I think Stearns would have been forgiven if he put a better team on the field, but he... didn't. What I didn't (and most likely won't) forgive Stearns for was the way he completely botched the deadline last year. Bringing in Mullins actually made the team worse. There were available relievers having better years than Helsley that would have cost less. (And Stearns would have known that if he relied excessively on spreadsheets.) And he didn't get any righthanded bats, which they needed. So I'm with ashie as far as Stearns handling this year's deadline goes. That being said, the mess we have is not all Stearns' fault. The team has gotten some crummy luck with injuries. Soto wasn't out for long, nor did it compromise his play for an extended period of time, but the season was already over by the time he got back. Lindor has just not been right. I don't think I appreciated how brutal losing Clay Holmes would be, but given how our other veteran starters have performed, it's been brutal. But we have a new young core emerging, some players will bounce back, and we'll have money to spend. Next year is not a lost cause, and the deadline needs to be approached that way.

We are presumably shopping both of them, so I would expect to see them both in there often. Which would mean plenty of Soto at DH (not necessarily a bad thing), and probably a fair amount of Ewing at second (not a good thing, but I'll deal with it if it optimizes the return).

Hunt was before my time, so I can't say much about him. But there is something to be said for being the first player to excel in a Mets uniform.