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  1. smg58
    Edgy MD wrote: Wish I knew if he could go 200 innings. If we don't already know the answer, it's probably no. I'd settle for averaging six innings a start. I just don't know how aggressive I'd be. I'd do 3 and 90, but my gut tells me any more years than that is too high risk.
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    Doesn't make as many bats miss as you might think, but he does keep the ball in the yard. If 3 and 36 had a chance of getting him I'd be interested, but I'd be OK moving on if somebody goes over that.
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    You can fill pages with what you think is going on inside a player's mind. But until he unequivocally turns down the best offer -- which almost never happens -- the bottom line is the bottom line. MLBTradeRumors said it would take 3 years and $135M to sign him. I would much sooner give more years at that salary to a position player. Honestly, after being all for getting Scherzer last year, I don't think any pitcher is worth that right now. Even if they're healthy, they won't give you enough innings.
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    "of course" the Mets don't want a war with the Yankees? I suspect they welcome such a war. And why wouldn't they want to spend money on Judge? Well, for a lot of reasons, none of them being "Judge has a high ticket price on him." They wouldn't sign him because he's overpriced, maybe on the verge of a career decline, but Cohen is dying to spend big buck to improve the roster. I'm pretty sure Heyman was the same guy who suggested a couple of years ago that Mets fans should be OK with trading deGrom to the Yankees. Personally I'm for signing Judge, giving free Judge T-shirts out to every single Mets fan (in the traditional orange and blue pinstripes, naturally) and having a big parade that starts at Heyman's house and ends at Michael Kay's. But I'm not for starting a war with the Yankees, no.
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    There's a lot of value there, but some of that value (a very big chunk in Swanson's case) comes from them playing shortstop. It would be more fiscally prudent to resign Nimmo than to outbid a bunch of teams who need a shortstop more than we do. And if money is no object to bring in the right big bat, the right big bat is Aaron Judge. You consider it, but it's plan D or E.
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    I think it's fair to point out the risks. He was worth this deal in only one of the four years he's pitched with the Mets so far. And the number of closers who have been elite for many years without an injury or major hiccup is small. But if the question is "Do I want him back next year?", the answer is yes.
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    Frayed Knot wrote: Def past his prime ... 38 y/o in a few weeks. OPS: 945, 924, 881, 860, 832, 788 [2017 - 2022] seeing a pattern here? This is the best argument against it.
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    Walker has a player option for $6M, which he'd be nuts to take. But he won't go anywhere unless the Mets can do better than him.
  9. smg58
    You keep Nimmo. You deal Canha if you need to, but Nimmo stays. Period. Moving on.
  10. smg58
    Yes, but this involves adding a special feature that the average fan can't afford, so it's all good.
  11. smg58
    I'm not sure enough Yankee fans appreciate that the current generation of Steinbrenners have yet to act in a Steinbrenneresque fashion. You can probably upgrade third base and catcher (certainly catcher) without spending any money. Cano comes off the books in a year. Canha and Escobar could be moved if needed, and McCann, well, OK that's probably a sunk cost. But there's room for this and for bringing back Nimmo, before we even look at pitching.
  12. smg58
    A Boy Named Seo wrote: But CF >>> Manfred by a thousand miles. Well CF also likes baseball, so there's that. Seconded.
  13. smg58
    Fun to watch a venerable ace pitcher mowing them down in a big game like that.
  14. smg58
    These aren't those Yankees. My money is on him going some place else. You can't expect a duplicate of this season. But the Mets can use another power bat and, well, he has one. I'd start at 6 and 250.
  15. smg58
    Wheeler has had his three best seasons since walking. He wasn't close to this good as a Met, which makes me wonder if there was a problem with how we handled him. As for deGrom, I'm willing to go 3 and $105 on him. If he can do better, let him do better.
  16. smg58
    They all had very good seasons, but all of them except Martin were pitching their third game of the series, and Phillips led the bunch with a whopping 63 IP this year (none of the others broke 60). The thought that relief pitchers might run out of gas too never seems to factor into the equation.
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    Willets Point wrote: Perhaps the Padres are actually a good team and losing to them was not a rage-inducing humiliation or a sign that the Mets "gave up" that some Mets fans have insisted upon. I wouldn't have thought or felt any of that stuff even if it was the Nats or Marlins that took two of three from the Mets. It was two out of three games, that's all it was. (Oooooooh. But it happened in the playoffs. The plaaaaaaaaaaaayoffs.) There is an element of randomness to the playoffs, by design. Anybody can have a good week, or a bad one. I felt the National League had four very good teams and two pretty good ones, and guess which two are still playing? I felt this year's Braves team was demonstrably better than last year's team. You can argue that having multiple rounds levelizes the playing field against consistently elite teams like the Dodgers -- and there's more than enough evidence at this point that it does. But you're still better off making the playoffs consistently if the goal is to come away with a title or two.
  18. smg58
    #LOLDodgers
  19. smg58
    #LOLBraves
  20. smg58
    Arbitration starts today. You have a month to boost up salaries on your opponents' teams. PS Is anybody not coming back? And does anybody want in if we have an opening?
  21. smg58
    Basically, other than Scherzer we are reconstructing the pitching staff from scratch. I would expect Diaz back, but we'll pay a premium for him. As for the others... I'm not for giving deGrom a raise to play maybe half a season. I think he needed to be all the way back to justify opting out, and he wasn't. I'm OK with bringing him back if the market isn't what he thinks he is, but I'm not going nuts about it. Bassitt didn't close the year like somebody I need to have back, and neither did Carrasco. I'd talk to Walker's agent, but we don't have to bring him back if there are better options available. I don't think any of the options will be exercised other than Vogelbach's, but even then I am more inclined to deal him than keep him. Re-signing Nimmo is a priority. Otherwise, I'm OK with giving Baty and Alvarez a shot and focusing resources on an OF/DH bat
  22. smg58
    Willets Point wrote: The "fans" who have this kind of attitude are something I can never comprehend. Baseball is fun. It's supposed to be fun, as are all spectator sports. If it causes one to feel misery and anger, then for one's own mental health, it's time to pursue another hobby. This, this, this, and this again.
  23. smg58
    Steve Garvey was one of the first people (not only baseball players) I read about who was an avocado farmer. Steve Garvey, overrated on and off the field. Anybody is welcome to re-use this when we get to the "Fuck Los Angeles" thread.
  24. smg58
    How's that megadeal with Tatis working out?
  25. smg58
    Is Alvarez even eligible?
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