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The good news is we're not lacking in depth. I don't know what kind of quality we have up top though. I think Parnell will be better with an established role, and K-Rod should hopefully bounce back, but I'm not guaranteeing either. I have no idea what to expect from the Japanese guys or from Escobar. I don't think it's unreasonable to hope for two or three guys on that long list to step up their game this year, so at this point I'd say I'm cautiously optimistic about the pen.
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Screwball pitchers do tend to have reverse platoon splits. He's probably not a difference maker, but cheap redundancy never hurts.
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National Disgrace (Split from Met-Lovin' Big Shots)
smg58 replied to stevejrogers's topic in New York Mets Talk
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I bet Jacobs wouldn't be any worse defensively behind the plate than he is at first.
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If money was so tight, they could have made a lower offer to Bay (nobody was competing with us) or settled for Damon at one year and $6M or so and spread the rest of the money around; non-tendered Francoeur and either brought him back for less than half that much or gone for any of the other cheap outfield options; tried to move K-Rod while closers were the only position with a sellers' market; and refrained from signing Cora for $2M when, given the current market for past-their-prime veterans, he'd most likely still be available now. But they did make offers to Piniero and Molina, so I'd have to assume there's no hard cap right where they are.
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Marcus Thames to the Yankees on a minor-league deal. Brian Giles to the Dodgers, also on a minor-league deal.
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I can't believe Branyan and Lopez are still available. Calero, too -- FA relievers have done nicely this offseason, and you can argue that he had the best year of all of them. I'd ask the Marlins what in addition to Murphy would get us Nolasco (I'm assuming Josh Johnson is out of the question), and I'd ask the Cubs if Ollie, Castillo, and Parnell plus taking on all of Zambrano's contract (basically 2012 at $18M, plus an option) would be enough. If I could get assurance Chien-Ming would be ready by June, I'd sign him now and sit tight. (I tried multiple variations of that sentence using the word Wang, and each one was more embarrassing than the previous.) One or two meaningful pickups this week would make the offseason actually look good.
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If you want love, you'll need a glove. (Defense 2010)
smg58 replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk
Bay's defensive numbers were better last year (at least according to the Fielding Bible) than the previous two. Perhaps he's made some adjustments, or perhaps he benefited from having less ground to cover in Fenway. I guess we'll find out soon enough. -
Reed Johnson goes to the Dodgers for $800k. Should I mention that he's a better player than Matthews?
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Willy Tavares and Adam Rosales to the A's, Aaron Miles and a PTBNL to Cincy. Ryan Garko is a Mariner for $550k plus incentives.
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Putz has reasons to embellish the story, but it's still damning. It's not clear what never really having a physical when the trade went down means, but the alternatives I can think of are embarrassing. It seems that the Mets had the opportunity to check out the bone spur, and either failed to do that or chose to gloss over the findings while parting ways with seven players. And then Manuel had Putz on a 100-inning pace in the middle of May. There's no way to spin this that makes the Mets not look incompetent. As for not wanting Putz to address it in the media -- you don't want a player making excuses for himself, but if he's hurt he's hurt. It's easy to take shots at the Mets right now, but the people running the team have put themselves in this position, and what Putz said is consistent with the general impression people currently have of the Wilpons, Minaya, and Manuel. And the impression might be accurate.
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He was doomed by the expectations, to be sure. You could argue that the great start he had on his call-up in 88 (a .961 OPS) was the worst thing that could have happened to him, as Met fans started expecting twenty years of that. As it was, he did have two great seasons in St. Louis, but everything else was pretty pedestrian. It's easy in hindsight, or at least it should be, to cut him some slack for being a kid that was mentally in way over his head.
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I see him battling Carter for one spot. My money is still on the younger and more powerful Carter, but the redundancy can't hurt. I expect he'll be a fan favorite if he makes the team, though.
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Lopez was inexplicably awful for the Nats. Even though he's been good every place else, it's conceivable that teams are worried that they'll pay for an .800 OPS second baseman with a good glove and then get what the Nationals got.
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I'd take Russ Branyan and Erik Bedard, and Kiko Calero (who should be on this list) as well, plus Garko to platoon with Branyan. Then I'd send a small package headed by Murphy to the Marlins for Ricky Nolasco. If the price for Lopez or Hudson comes significantly down, I might be willing to make Castillo a very expensive reserve.
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Tatis is hardly awful. Ronnie Belliard just got less than a million, so hopefully Tatis won't get more than him. Ryan Garko is still out there, though, and he's a much better hitter against lefthanded pitching.
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metirish wrote: If at any point in the season I'm missing Redding then I fear things are worse than I suspect. That would most likely mean that somebody from this forum is on the mound for the Mets, so it wouldn't be all bad.
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Something had to have bothered Winn swinging righthanded last year. (I'm not sure what's more bizarre -- that he had a .384 OPS in 120 ABs righthanded last year after even platoon splits for his whole career, or that he was allowed to have 120 ABs righthanded under the circumstances.) If he's over that, then he's a great value at $2M for the Yankees, unfortunately. On the other hand, the Yankees now have two starting outfielders whose OPS against lefties last year failed to break .500. That's a potential weakness teams are going to try to exploit.
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Xavier Nady is a Cub for $3M. Ronnie Belliard is a Dodger again, for $825k -- he hits lefties well enough to platoon at first, and could have been an upgrade at second. The Twins land Jim Thome for $1.5M, which I think is a good deal for them. John Garland gets $4.7M for the Padres.
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There are enough options available to justify passing on beating $8M or more for a guy who missed all of last year.
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If you want love, you'll need a glove. (Defense 2010)
smg58 replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk
If Martinez can't start right now, he's not making the team out of ST regardless. Carter will likely still have a place on the bench, though. It will be interesting to see what happens when Beltran comes back. It's certainly possible that Carter can outperform Matthews, and extremely likely that Pagan will. Would the Mets be OK DFAing Matthews at that point if it comes to that? -
Getting Pujols to hit into a double play with the bases loaded (6/22/09) has to be the high point. He was a good situational guy for us, but his control unraveled as the innings piled up. Still, he didn't come completely unhinged like a few Mets relievers have over the past couple of years.
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Why hasn't any network hired Glanville?
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Well the Mets do need somebody else in addition to Pagan who can play center, and if we're paying him $3M over two years and giving up nothing, it's not that big a deal. There's no reason why he should play over Pagan, and hopefully Manuel realizes that, but the depth won't hurt.
