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He began the year in AA, so some sort of market correction was inevitable. I see no reason to be worried long-term.
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Oh I have no doubt it will all play out poorly. But it's not our problem.
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Torrens has a .785 OPS against lefties this year, and a .723 OPS against them for his career. That's good enough to make him a must-play with his defensive value. I think holding on to both him and Alvarez was smart.
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I would argue that 26 seasons of being a good starting pitcher counts for something, even if he was more pretty good than very good for most of them.
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The Mets are a top 10 defense according to the Fielding Bible, although our backup catcher is responsible for a fair chunk of that. The only noticeable negatives (at least last time I checked) are Alvarez (he's had trouble staying healthy, but I think DHing consistently against lefties will keep him in the lineup and help his bat and glove in the long run), Soto (we read the fine print when we bought him), and Semien (umm, yeah, that kind of flies in the face of why we supposedly got him in the first place).
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I'm not arguing this point at all. Stearns did not appreciate that Cedric Mullins and Marcus Semien had declining defensive value and were no longer on the good side of average. (And if he is as obsessed with analytics as some of his detractors make him out to be, he would/should have known.) And Baty is not going to become a good outfielder by playing there occasionally. (Plus with Robert healthy and Benge and Ewing established here, there is really no need.)
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I know Keith has criticized the Mets for taking first base too lightly, and I wouldn't expect anything different from him given that Edgy's description of him is accurate and it's obvious he took an enormous amount of pride in that facet of his game. But moving people around is not unique to us. Bichette was asked to switch positions during the World Series, Edgy mentioned what the Phillies did just to accommodate Luis Arraez, and the Nationals just announced that they are moving C. J. Abrams from shortstop to second base right now, in the heat of a pennant race. I was watching a Mets game that was nationally televised, and Vientos made a bad play at first. The head announcer asked the color commentator if it was reasonable for the Mets to ask Vientos to switch from third to first and expect things to work out. The color commentator was Todd Zeile. Of course fans will hold you to account if you do something risky and it doesn't pan out, especially in New York. But defense didn't put the Mets where they are this season.
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Jorge Polanco Has Quickly Entered Himself Into Mets Infamy
smg58 replied to Michael Reed's topic in New York Mets Talk
I kind of feel bad for Polanco because he was broken out of the box. Now maybe somebody should have paid closer attention to the physical, or maybe there was bad luck involved. But I'm not sure he's doing himself or the team any favors by going out there right now. He's nothing close to 100%, and it's far more important that we figure out if he can get to 100% by next spring, or whether he's simply a sunk cost. -
I've never felt like Mauricio has gotten a fair shake. You can't exactly argue that his path is being blocked by too many infielders having solid seasons for us. As for Polanco, you call a Mulligan and start over. Maybe a year of barely playing will get him healthy enough to be a useful bat-first reserve who can move around the infield. But I wouldn't plan around him being more than that.
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I'm worried that he'll need to have Murakami's level of power to make the strikeouts tolerable and will likely come up short in that regard. I think Ty France would be a better fit for less money.
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Far too young. Jay Horwitz apparently indicated it was a blood clot in his lung.
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You would be hard-pressed to find too many non-Dodgers who are 27 or less and have been to the World Series twice, winning one of them. The three previous teams he's played for have all gotten at least as far as the league championship series with him. If you want to argue there are holes in Soto's game, go ahead. Personally I'd have moved him to first base once it was clear Alonso wasn't coming back. But he's also been the toughest out in baseball since he was a teenager, and has 40-HR power to boot. Guys like that win ball games, and then win pennants, as Soto has done. The list of people (on the field, in the dugout, and upstairs) who have far more obviously let this team down these past two seasons is very long.
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His ISO of .098 is slap-hitter territory. He's basically getting nothing on his swings. I have to think he's playing hurt. I'd be curious to see if the Jays are willing to sell low.
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I don't know if we will have much need for a lefty outfield reserve/DH bat going into the offseason, but if we do I wouldn't oppose bringing Conforto home..
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New York Mets Minor-League Hitters of the Month: July 2026
smg58 replied to Braden Ramsey's topic in New York Mets Talk
Bay and Collins are a bit on the old side, which explains why they haven't been on the prospect radar, but they have live enough bats to have a shot of getting to Queens.- 1 reply
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A 50. I'm not a fan of it, but the team needs somebody to get pumped up and make it spread.
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Question of the week: Grade the trade deadline
smg58 replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in New York Mets Talk
Judging it by itself and not on the fact that we knew we needed to sell by mid-June, I'd go with a B. The deal with the Cubs brought in our new #1 prospect, which is a big win, but the rest of the deals fall under "OK, I guess." -
His definition of excitement differs from mine.
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I think we're still judging the Peralta return by what we dealt. I'm all for blaming Stearns for overpaying in the first place for a pretty good pitcher on paper, but Peralta isn't pretty good right now.
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I was intrigued by the the Red Sox dealing Marcello Mayer. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with Mayer or Kristian Campbell that's not a direct result of their injuries. Mayer was a good buy-low for the Giants, and Campbell will be the same for somebody as well. I think that other than the Cubs and the Dodgers, nobody really went for it. That's frustrating as fuck when you are rooting for a seller, but it is what it is. Most teams overvalue their prospects. The Brewers and Rays were probably thinking that not outbidding the Dodgers for a playoff run with Skubal will give them more opportunities down the road to be buyers and then not go for it. To accommodate the Arraez acquisition, the Phillies are moving Byson Stott to third, Alec Bohm to first, and Bryce Harper back to the outfield. It will be interesting to see what kind of hellfire rains down on their GM over this.
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Picking up Robert's $20M option would make giving Alex Cora an extension with a vesting option look shrewd.
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It was as good as could be reasonably expected. It looks a lot better with Rojas.
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Clay Holmes AND Tyrone Taylor to the Cubs
smg58 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
He was #1 on the Cubs and top 50 overall, according to Fangraphs. I kept saying that if they wanted a high-end prospect, they had to make a package deal. He's also played some second base, which is probably where he winds up here (unless they think it's time for Lindor to move to second, which we may need to start considering). -
A five-game losing streak at the wrong time turned the Nats into at least partial sellers. I guess the Nats felt they needed to trade offense for pitching, but I still don't make this deal if I'm them.
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It looks like they got more for Minter, which is actually kind of surprising/disappointing.
