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It's not an easy call. Eppler's 75 wins with the ludicrous payroll was impressive in a bad way, but the team won 101 games on his watch the season before. I'm going to go with Zack Scott, because trading Pete Crow-Armstrong for two months of Javier Baez when it was clear that DeGrom wasn't coming back still has the potential to be the most regrettable move the team has made since the Kazmir trade, if not even worse.

The odd thing about Soto's defense is that both Fangraphs and the Fielding Bible have him as better in right field that in left. And neither pegs him as significantly worse than average. If anything he's significantly better in right than Marte has been the past two seasons. I don't see it as a major concern.

cal sharpie wrote: Angels seem committed to making Logan O'Hoppe their catcher so Travis will likely be a back-up. The apostrophe in his last name probably clinched the deal. It's not a bad hedge bet from their perspective.

He'd have to be a contact pitcher here, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The plus is that he could develop into Imanaga with fewer home runs. The minus is that he needs to build up his innings. This is a case of how much are you willing to pay up front for upside.

You could make a case for 5 and 140 with either of them. Adames is younger, but Bregman is a safer bet defensively at third base. I wouldn't go overboard, but I'd certainly check in.

When do they decide on this? I'd be OK either way with Severino, and I'd be pleasantly surprised if Alonso or Manaea took it.

I think $25M per year is as much value as you can get from him, although Cohen might not care. And that's assuming things don't go pear-shaped at some point, which is always a risky bet for a pitcher. I wouldn't go above 4 and 90, and if that's not good enough I'm OK with shopping for value on the pitching side of things.

=Centerfield post_id=178700 time=1731165389 user_id=65] Signing him to a long term deal and having him opt out of the second half would be ideal.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/top-35-trade-candidates-mlb-offseason.htmlhttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/10/top-35-trade-candidates-mlb-offseason.html MLB Trade Rumors put up its list of 35 trade candidates. A couple of very random thoughts: I'd be curious to see if that one pitch to Alonso tanks Devin Williams' value -- and if the Mets would be the quickest team to forgive him for it. I'd trade a year of Starling Marte for a year of Jordan Montgomery. Crochet just strikes me as an overpay waiting to happen. Sonny Gray is intriguing because he is a very good pitcher who is not worth the $35M he is owed for next season. He also has a no-trade clause, but the Cardinals are intent on rebuilding and he might accept a deal to a sure-fire contender. I could see him going to a team willing to take the contract if they don't have to throw in players of value. Yandy Diaz strikes me as a buy-low opportunity if things don't work out with Alonso. Luis Arraez played with a bad thumb that appeared to compromise his power (not that he had much to begin with) and possibly his glove (he was above average at 2B before this year), and he still won a batting title. Not sure he's a fit here, but if the Padres are dumping salary I'm checking in. Wilyer Abreu is a platoon player, but he's a better-than-you-think platoon player in case RF is not solved elsewhere. I'd ask about Mullins and Bellinger for CF, but something tells me I won't like the price.

PS I'm asking rhetorically, because I haven't figured out how I'd answer that question yet.

Of course you have to be in on Soto. The Mets are freeing up more than enough money, and if you want to get to the level of consistent contention where the Yankees and the Dodgers are at, you have to be willing to pull the trigger on big deals. What makes this interesting is that at least two of the Mets, Dodgers, and Yankees will not be comfortable with the ultimate asking price. So I think the question is, what price would actually make you uncomfortable?

I'm pretty sure Iglesias only has a one-year deal. (Which brings us back to the not-mutually-exclusive question of will he be too expensive to keep or did we get the best of him this year.) I don't think price is really an issue -- we have freed up all the money we were paying Scherzer, Verlander, and a bunch of catchers -- so the question for me is more years than anything else. I'd bring back most of that list one one-year deals, but I'd only consider three for Manaea (and even then I'd prefer two).

I know this is bad karma, but I enjoyed all the close-ups of disappointed Philadelphians.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I want San Diego because it knocks ATL from the playoffs. A thousand times this. Although I'm not bringing in Diaz in the ninth just to seal the deal. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Plus the Brewers proved they are difficult for us to beat The 1988 Mets beat the Dodgers ten games out of eleven in the regular season.

There are a couple of things that make it hard to compare the 62 Mets to these White Sox. The Mets were an expansion team where everybody was either too young or too old to be in their prime, playing for a fan base that was thrilled to have a National League team again. The White Sox play in an era where big market teams can always afford to be at least adequate, and somehow they had half the necessary win total to be defined as adequate. It's just not fathomable.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Point of order, Mr. Speaker..... The US didn't enter WW1 until April 6, 1917. The 1916 A's had no excuse. I yield back my time. Normally the owner would fire the manager after such an embarrassment. But the owner WAS the manager.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Peterson's dad was a horse trainer who died of an accidental overdose when David was a kid. Young David also dealt with a broken leg that threatened his career before it started. https://www.mlb.com/news/david-peterson-s-path-to-metshttps://www.mlb.com/news/david-peterson-s-path-to-mets I saw this and I thought "His dad can't be the same Peterson who trained Seattle Slew." But apparently, he can.

Syracuse just hasn't been friendly to any of our pitching prospects this year.

=ashie62 post_id=169720 time=1726090330 user_id=90] Would be insanely helpful you get a hot Francisco Alvarez here on

Exclamation point!

Green has been missing outside. At some point he will aim one.

Pete looked bad on the first two pitches but did well enough.

Wow the tone of this game changed in a really big hurry.

Strange pitch choice. He threw his best pitch of the day to get strike two and should have thrown the same thing only lower. But he followed with a really fat fastball, and Lindor knew what to do with it.

This. Or, at the very least, disregard the idea that the league's biggest payroll would have difficulty replacing a 1B/DH type north of 30 who can no longer guarantee you an .800 OPS.